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    THREE new cab packs from AustinBuddy

    WAT. His last cab pack is still one of my absolute favorites! Today is a good day, there will be much feasting and dancing.
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 9.00 Firmware Release

    I was kinda skeptical on that Darkglass thing everyone keeps raving about, but I'll be darned if that didn't get me 90% towards my ideal bass tone when I tried it on an empty patch. Literally just Fender Jazz bass > Blackglass drive block> compressor!
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    Weird 8-string tone issue

    Are you 100% sure it's not speaker placement? The sound clip sounds fine to me. I don't hear any sharp overtones on my end. It sounds like a pretty well-balanced guitar sound, in all honesty. That tells me it's a problem with the room you're in.
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    Any AxeFx 8 string players out there?

    Tube screamer + 5150 + bright IR is my usual go-to for 7 and 8 strings. A trick I like to use that helps with those lower tunings is to go into the advanced settings on the tube screamer and increase the high end cutoff from 800hz to 1500hz. It helps bring out the "voice" and throatiness of...
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    Mesa help

    With the USA lead, try boosting the 240 and 750 hz sliders a little (especially the 240). That might give you the low-mid meat to cut through everyone else.
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    Best mic tube-preamp 'texture' block/drive for vocals?

    I've had good results from plugging an SM57 straight into the Axe. Gives me tons of cool options for adding different distortion textures to the vocals.
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    Still learning this thing

    Here's a good start: http://wiki.fractalaudio.com/axefx2/index.php?title=AMP_block And don't be afraid to ask questions on the forum here! This forum is honestly the most intelligent, civil, and genuinely helpful one I've ever been on, regardless of subject.
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    Why some amps initially sound bad?

    The guitar can really make all the difference. ALL the presets sound like shit on my Ibanez until I tweak them heavily. 80% of them sounded absolutely perfect at gig volume with my PRS custom 22, or my stratocaster. You've got to consider what the presets where made with/designed for.
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    IR 101: Read this to learn what makes a good IR!

    One thing I've always wondered about your IR's: are you a "straight up against the grill cloth" kind of guy, or do you tend to back away a few inches to smooth things out?
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    Recently got my first AxeFX-XL, any reason why most presets are "dark" sounding? Is this normal?

    Some food for thought: in the limited and glorious time in which I owned a PRS Custom 22, the Axe Fx presets sounded absolutely perfect, no tweaks needed. With my Ibanez, however, it's mud city until I tweak things extensively, no exceptions. So I agree with the sentiment that the guitar...
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    How did you create your "core" tones? How much time you have to invest??

    I'm a bad example, but I guess I should chime in for the sake of variety: I make a new preset every time I play. Even at band practices. If I need to have a preset made gun-to-my-head-quick, then it's just any Fender for clean, any Marshall for dirty, and 5150 for metal/lead. If I have more...
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    Bass recording. Cab IR or straight DI?

    I used to record dry, but I LOOOOOOVE the 5-band passive EQ so much I now use that for everything bass related, to sculpt my bass tone into a ballpark-estimate of what I want tonally. Of course, I'll always have to do additional surgical EQ and compression in my DAW depending on how the bass...
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    Fractal Audio AMP models: Euro Blue and Red (Bogner Ecstasy)

    It sounds like he's using a split-coil setting on that guitar, so start there. Might even be able to get a way with using a Stratocaster for it, as opposed to that Andy Timmons guitar it looks like he's using. Euro blue amp model, turn the master up a little and turn the drive up to taste...
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    My Axe Fx 2 sounds dull

    You're using guitars/pickups that are naturally on the darker side of things. Don't be afraid to make drastic cuts and boosts if you have to. I find more my Ibanez (high output pickups and mahogany body, so I'm living in 'mud city'), I can get good results by doing a series of strategic cuts...
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 8.01 Firmware Release & New Bank A Presets

    The Deluxe Reverb in the Axe Fx sounds better than my actual Deluxe Reverb. It surpassed it roundabout Firmware 18, if I remember right XD
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