Hi Everyone!
EDIT/UPDATE:
I've added a LATEST - FEB.2023 zip file in your "My Downloads" accounts on my website for the Axe-Fx III, FM9, and FM3 with all three LiveGold banks in the zip file, all updated to the latest public firmwares.
Original Post:
As I post today, it's August 8, 2020, and for many, many months I have been working on this special new TonePack for the FM3/Axe-Fx III.
I call it the "LiveGold" TonePack - because I approached these presets to make them all sound like a real amp in the room.
It's like a new & improved successor to the old AX8/Axe-Fx II 1000+ Dream Rigs, but with elements of the 1400+ Naked Amps for Axe-Fx III incorporated too. Each preset covers at least four sounds, ranging from clean to low to rhythm to high/lead, hitting almost every guitar amp model in the FM3 (but not bass).
To do that, I used an Atomic NEO CLR about -10 to 12 feet away from me, cranked up to stage volume/LOUD. So dialed in what I would want to hear on stage.
My beta testers tell me these are the best sounding presets I ever made! I humbly agree!
If you have an Axe-Fx III or FM3, you are gonna LOVE these presets. It will open your unit up, I promise.
The download zip file includes:
Bank 1 - the "Marshall style" bank. It includes presets of models based on amps by Marshall, Friedman, Splawn, Hook, Bogner and others. The CS2 Amp Boost function included really "phattens" these amps up, you will want check that out!
Bank 2 - presets based on Fenders, Vox and Vintage Amps, Class-A Amps, and Boutique amps.
Bank 3 - presets based on ENGL, Diezel, EVH 5150, Mesa Boogie, and others. Metal/Modern amps mainly. Plus a few Metallica and Petrucci-inspired presets (an "Enter Sandman" Rig preset for example!).
As a nice bonus, in Bank 3 the great Mark Holcomb of Periphery collaborated with me in my studio here helped me dial in a few 5150 amp model presets using his PRS guitars.
The zip download file includes Banks 1 to 3 for Axe-Fx III PLUS the FM3, along with a README Release notes and a preset list. Again -- you buy the Axe-Fx III version, and you also get the FM3 version as well in your download file (and vice-versa).
Also we've updated Foot-controllers layouts (included), including one for FC-12 and Axe-Fx III.
Here's a video that explains much about the concepts behind the LiveGold TonePack, the preset layouts, but you get four scenes 1-4 dialed in for humbuckers, plus scenes 5-8 allow for single coil use. All presets have a drive 2 block, delay and reverb, and many have other effects as well.
You can buy this TonePack now in the shop at www.austinbuddy.com.
We'll use this thread for Axe-Fx III Live TonePack comments, discussion, and updates, etc. There is also a LiveGold Tonepack thread in the FM3 section that has been running since early July.
Here's a July video by Burg (Australia's mighty Brett Kingman) on the new TonePack using Banks 1 and 2 (Bank 3 was added later, and is now available) - be sure to check out the Mark Holcomb (Periphery) presets coming in Bank 3 Brett used at the 7:00 mark to craft a little modern music!
A demo video from Rick Webster, who assembled his own "Dream Rig" into one preset:
Here's another little demo from Rob on some of the Bank 3 modern tones:
And here are the introduction tutorial videos about what's in it (made in July before Bank 3 was complete) and how to set up your outputs, the Amp Controller foot switches, how to copy amps and cabs from one preset into your own to make your own "Dream Rig", etc.
Other videos like tone demos will be posted here and on my YouTube channel as completed.
I know you guys will love these! The FM3 version feedback has been fantastic.
A great question is 'What's the difference between the 1000+ LIVEGOLD Tonepack and the 1400+ Naked Amps Tonepack?" I talked about that very question a few minutes into the tutorial video above.
In a nutshell, these were originally designed on an FM3 and made for being used in live gig situation. I dialed these in not with stereo monitors in front of me like I would in a mix (and like I did the 1400+ Naked Amps), but instead with a Atomic NEO CLR cranked up pretty loud (gig volume) about 10-12 feet away from me. The video documents all that. So for one example, these presets have a little more bass in them like an amp on stage would, that might otherwise be dialed out in a studio.
Also, in LiveGold, there is only one amp block per preset, and just a few effects -- CPU limits exist on FM3 where each preset was designed.
The1400+ Naked Amps has more varied tones, with two amps per preset, and more effects and extras, but Live Gold is more structured and flexible for you to create your own 'Dream Rigs" and is also set up for single coil players as well as humbuckers in each preset. Live Gold also really uses the Amp Boost function that I dialed in for each preset, not just the 12db default.
I'm sure you'll have questions!
EDIT/UPDATE:
I've added a LATEST - FEB.2023 zip file in your "My Downloads" accounts on my website for the Axe-Fx III, FM9, and FM3 with all three LiveGold banks in the zip file, all updated to the latest public firmwares.
Original Post:
As I post today, it's August 8, 2020, and for many, many months I have been working on this special new TonePack for the FM3/Axe-Fx III.
I call it the "LiveGold" TonePack - because I approached these presets to make them all sound like a real amp in the room.
It's like a new & improved successor to the old AX8/Axe-Fx II 1000+ Dream Rigs, but with elements of the 1400+ Naked Amps for Axe-Fx III incorporated too. Each preset covers at least four sounds, ranging from clean to low to rhythm to high/lead, hitting almost every guitar amp model in the FM3 (but not bass).
To do that, I used an Atomic NEO CLR about -10 to 12 feet away from me, cranked up to stage volume/LOUD. So dialed in what I would want to hear on stage.
My beta testers tell me these are the best sounding presets I ever made! I humbly agree!
If you have an Axe-Fx III or FM3, you are gonna LOVE these presets. It will open your unit up, I promise.
The download zip file includes:
Bank 1 - the "Marshall style" bank. It includes presets of models based on amps by Marshall, Friedman, Splawn, Hook, Bogner and others. The CS2 Amp Boost function included really "phattens" these amps up, you will want check that out!
Bank 2 - presets based on Fenders, Vox and Vintage Amps, Class-A Amps, and Boutique amps.
Bank 3 - presets based on ENGL, Diezel, EVH 5150, Mesa Boogie, and others. Metal/Modern amps mainly. Plus a few Metallica and Petrucci-inspired presets (an "Enter Sandman" Rig preset for example!).
As a nice bonus, in Bank 3 the great Mark Holcomb of Periphery collaborated with me in my studio here helped me dial in a few 5150 amp model presets using his PRS guitars.
The zip download file includes Banks 1 to 3 for Axe-Fx III PLUS the FM3, along with a README Release notes and a preset list. Again -- you buy the Axe-Fx III version, and you also get the FM3 version as well in your download file (and vice-versa).
Also we've updated Foot-controllers layouts (included), including one for FC-12 and Axe-Fx III.
Here's a video that explains much about the concepts behind the LiveGold TonePack, the preset layouts, but you get four scenes 1-4 dialed in for humbuckers, plus scenes 5-8 allow for single coil use. All presets have a drive 2 block, delay and reverb, and many have other effects as well.
You can buy this TonePack now in the shop at www.austinbuddy.com.
We'll use this thread for Axe-Fx III Live TonePack comments, discussion, and updates, etc. There is also a LiveGold Tonepack thread in the FM3 section that has been running since early July.
Here's a July video by Burg (Australia's mighty Brett Kingman) on the new TonePack using Banks 1 and 2 (Bank 3 was added later, and is now available) - be sure to check out the Mark Holcomb (Periphery) presets coming in Bank 3 Brett used at the 7:00 mark to craft a little modern music!
A demo video from Rick Webster, who assembled his own "Dream Rig" into one preset:
Here's another little demo from Rob on some of the Bank 3 modern tones:
And here are the introduction tutorial videos about what's in it (made in July before Bank 3 was complete) and how to set up your outputs, the Amp Controller foot switches, how to copy amps and cabs from one preset into your own to make your own "Dream Rig", etc.
Other videos like tone demos will be posted here and on my YouTube channel as completed.
I know you guys will love these! The FM3 version feedback has been fantastic.
A great question is 'What's the difference between the 1000+ LIVEGOLD Tonepack and the 1400+ Naked Amps Tonepack?" I talked about that very question a few minutes into the tutorial video above.
In a nutshell, these were originally designed on an FM3 and made for being used in live gig situation. I dialed these in not with stereo monitors in front of me like I would in a mix (and like I did the 1400+ Naked Amps), but instead with a Atomic NEO CLR cranked up pretty loud (gig volume) about 10-12 feet away from me. The video documents all that. So for one example, these presets have a little more bass in them like an amp on stage would, that might otherwise be dialed out in a studio.
Also, in LiveGold, there is only one amp block per preset, and just a few effects -- CPU limits exist on FM3 where each preset was designed.
The1400+ Naked Amps has more varied tones, with two amps per preset, and more effects and extras, but Live Gold is more structured and flexible for you to create your own 'Dream Rigs" and is also set up for single coil players as well as humbuckers in each preset. Live Gold also really uses the Amp Boost function that I dialed in for each preset, not just the 12db default.
I'm sure you'll have questions!
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