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Recent content by CaligulaCuddles

Is the wait list/ launch price an introductory price ??

Do you really think the production will be so slow as to create a big demand in the secondary market? It always bugs me when resale prices are incredibly jacked like that on new gear, especially with the guitar market. Hopefully Fractal is able to build up a decent stock when it's released so...
- CaligulaCuddles
- Post #10
- Feb 3, 2018
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Getting a dynamic-yet-squishy clean tone?

Yeah, you're totally correct. Is there a good way of emulating that squished attack? I tried experimenting with compressors after the cab block, but at best I get a flat sound with awkward recovery.
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- Post #10
- Aug 11, 2016
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Preset Exchange
The "other" Benson jazz tone...

To be fair to this topic, that gear during that period of George Benson's career is up to debate; the JC120 or Twin could easily be a red herring there...
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- Post #17
- Aug 1, 2016
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Preset Exchange
Getting a dynamic-yet-squishy clean tone?

I've seen them live as well, but I think the studio sound of Loveless is a bit of a different affair. Kevin maintains that it was all done without pedals; just a parametric EQ. Alan Moulder testifies otherwise. Sure there's a hair of grit on the guitars during the verses, but the definition is...
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- Post #6
- Aug 1, 2016
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Preset Exchange
Getting a dynamic-yet-squishy clean tone?

Hey all, help me out here. I've been trying to cop that MBV Only Shallow rhythm tone, and it seems I'm perpetually missing the mark. The closest I've been able to get seems to be with either a 59 Bassman or Vibroverb model with a bit of compression and some twiddling with the graphic EQs, but it...
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- Thread
- Aug 1, 2016
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Preset Exchange
Feedback pedal

I've tried programming something like this in Max/MSP. Considering you need the physical signal of the string, vibrating, running into the patch, coupled with parameters for both harmonics and time (in relation to the current signal)... it's a really difficult thing to "fake." That's why you'll...
- CaligulaCuddles
- Post #10
- Oct 10, 2015
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
The "other" Benson jazz tone...

I never found the 175 to be too unique, honestly. It still has that familiar Gibson bucker tone to me, and beyond that, not much else. I feel like my Guild used to get me a little further off the beaten path. Honestly, I used to have an old, old archtop—maybe a Silvertone or Harmony or...
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- Post #5
- Oct 10, 2015
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Preset Exchange
The "other" Benson jazz tone...

Excellent. I'll check it out tonight when I get back home. Thanks! Between this and that Jackson Browne Chelsea Girls-era tone, I've been on the hunt for something that balances warmth and clarity a little better, and man is that ever a tricky line to walk...
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- Post #4
- Oct 10, 2015
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Preset Exchange
The "other" Benson jazz tone...

So I've been looking for a jazzier sound with a little more in the acoustic dynamics than people generalize as a "jazz tone" these days. I've tried a number of settings, especially with a focus on clean tones and a semi-hollow humbucking guitar. I've been aiming for Georgie boy's somewhat famous...
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- Thread
- Oct 10, 2015
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Preset Exchange
Axe-Edit eating up CPU - is there a better way to optimize it?

Yeah, I was. Sorry I've been so slow to respond. I've had a pair of funerals to attend in the past month, and most of the rest of my music efforts have been relegated to setting up my new laptop and troubleshooting a Max/MSP patch I've been working on for too long. What is that separate CPU...
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- Post #19
- Aug 10, 2015
- Forum: Axe-Edit (Gen I, II only)
Axe-Edit eating up CPU - is there a better way to optimize it?

I think the resounding answer is that I'm doing something wrong somehow. I'll have to give it another look when I get home tonight and post again tomorrow if I'm still having issues... I can't post/browse the forum from my house (Mods: please un-block my IP? I don't know why it's blocked from my...
- CaligulaCuddles
- Post #8
- Jul 9, 2015
- Forum: Axe-Edit (Gen I, II only)
Axe-Edit eating up CPU - is there a better way to optimize it?

Hey all, I'm just getting started with my Axe FX II, and I've noticed the Axe Edit really seems to run the CPU pretty hard. Even with an i7 Quad-Core processor and 16GB RAM, it's still taking up about 80% of the CPU and generally making the laptop churn pretty harshly. I haven't even tried...
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- Thread
- Jul 9, 2015
- Replies: 22
- Forum: Axe-Edit (Gen I, II only)
Gimmie the 101 on a Potential Axe FX Rig Setup

Like I said, I'll still need to get an audio interface anyway, but I can always run the Axe FX into the computer and everything else through the interface, right?
- CaligulaCuddles
- Post #10
- Jun 7, 2015
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Gimmie the 101 on a Potential Axe FX Rig Setup

I know that, ultimately, it's the most petty complaint to make... but I really hate banana plugs for some reason.
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- Post #8
- Jun 7, 2015
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Gimmie the 101 on a Potential Axe FX Rig Setup

I should clarify that the audio interface is mostly for me, especially using a lot of variety of inputs and everything into my computer. Furthermore, my inputs are a bit limited, being that it's a laptop, so that's kind of the secondary value to it. As for the power amp, I want to be able to...
- CaligulaCuddles
- Post #4
- Jun 7, 2015
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion