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thoughts on speakers when using the Axe as virtual guitar rig

To survive and thrive without going bonkers in full modeling/simulation land you may well want to create two head-spaces for yourself. Guitarist head-space: This head-space involves using everything you know about traditional guitar rigs. This thinking is only used to build the virtual rig...
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- Thread
- Mar 25, 2013
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Active Cab vs. Matrix Q12a

A dedicated FRFR sound reinforcement system should not impart "feel" or create "response" in a guitar cabinet way. It should be as transparent as possible. To the degree possible, within the limits of loudspeaker design, an FRFR system should just accurately reproduce and amplify what it is...
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- Post #95
- Mar 23, 2013
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Active Cab vs. Matrix Q12a

That's right. If the Matrix is designed to over or under emphasize certain guitar-specific frequencies, then using it would take up some learning curve slack for a new user. Using a "biased" FRFR solution with the Axe causes a host of other problems though: ~You will never hear what the Axe is...
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- Post #58
- Mar 22, 2013
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Matrix GT1000/Q12 vs Atomic CLR Active Cab Comparison

Please excuse a little semantic adjustment. FRFR speakers are tested for performance against fixed standards of theoretical optimal performance. The CLR meets those standards better than any other speaker in its price range and (in my opinion) better than speakers I have tested it against...
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- Post #30
- Mar 22, 2013
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Matrix GT1000/Q12 vs Atomic CLR Active Cab Comparison

FWIW, I am a clean tone guy as well with about thirty years of professional gigging behind me, mostly in jazz and jazz-rock settings. You stated: "I do not go through FOH (maybe I will in the future) but for now -- I am completely old school/meat and potatoes -- stand in the corner of the bar...
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- Post #26
- Mar 22, 2013
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
turning away - turning towards

I will be attending seminary for the next four years. To take the utmost advantage of the learning experience I have committed to being on campus year ‘round. I have quit my job and to fit my life into a 12’ x 12’ dorm room I have divested myself of the majority of my possessions. To raise the...
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- Thread
- Jul 2, 2012
- Replies: 0
- Forum: The Lounge
V6...

...is really, really good.
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- Thread
- May 5, 2012
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Reviews
Amazing Grace AxeFX II

Direct from the board recording of Amazing Grace. Recorded live at Crestway Baptist (my church/home) http://crestway.org/podcasts/01%20Guitar%20Solo.mp3
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- Thread
- Feb 14, 2012
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

It's called "Attala". Matt wrote it.
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- Post #392
- Feb 2, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

I hold the guitar that way to bring my guitar playing in alignment with Internal Health Exercise and traditional Chinese medicine principles. Roundness in the chest Roundness under the arms Relaxed, natural curvature of the wrist/hand This playing posture helps more life-force flow from my...
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- Post #391
- Feb 2, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

live music: The Incestet 1/1/12 - YouTube I'm having a lot more fun now. That's me and my good friend Matt playing with our twenty year old drummer friend Yeager. I just wish I didn't look like such a dork when I play.
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- Post #379
- Feb 2, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

And that is why this thread should now wander deliriously, swimmingly, distractingly off topic. If we read this ENTIRE thread and the ENTIRE thread on the The Gear Page we have ALL the information we need until launch. Now we need to restrain our lustful future projection and live in the...
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- Post #378
- Feb 2, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

And Peace to you Gianfranco. Wow... "Gianfranco" "Gianfranco Di Mare" It sounds like a song when I speak it! My name is "Scott". You're name is, shall we say "woody". My name is a bit "tinny". Monty Python's best sketch ever - YouTube
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- Post #376
- Feb 2, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

In my opinion Jay is doing better now than before online. I have the advantage of knowing him as a friend and speaking directly with him. He just gets so deeply frustrated and aggravated with how things play out on the internet. I must say that I do as well. People rattle off at their keyboards...
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- Post #374
- Feb 2, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

You are 100% totally and completely wrong. I'll let Jay Mitchell address your post. The following is by Jay Mitchell and copied over from The Gear Page. ____________ Jay Mitchell: I feel compelled to clarify a remark I made in this thread, because it has been the subject of false speculation...
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- Post #370
- Feb 2, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

That's all I have to say about that. Momma says, "life is like a box of chocolates" I'm done talkin' now. ___________ See you guys after the release. Life is short and life away from the internet is calling.
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- Post #342
- Feb 1, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

Hold on now. Back up a second. Read more carefully Yek. I didn't say this. Jay has been very clear with me about this. He knows lots of engineers that understand this stuff. Some work for the big companies. And yes, their creative hands have been tied by the design and marketing philosophies of...
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- Post #340
- Feb 1, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

1 I have direct experience with the Frazier monitor that the CLR is patterned after 2 Jay has plainly stated that he will not release any product that does not meet his standards 3 Jay has plainly stated that the CLR meets his standards. Unless Jay is lying to me I believe I can engage some...
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- Post #333
- Feb 1, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

I want to adress for a moment what I see as the root of all this. There is no good sonic reason for non-coinceident loudspeakers to exist. All of us scientifically ignorant end users have been duped into believing in a design paradigm that only exists because it can be cheaply made and can...
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- Post #332
- Feb 1, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

No argument. Statement. I have played through the Frazier version of the CLR. And I have tried many high end solutions, some of them costing upwards of $3,500. That is to say I have tried products that exist in the high end of the loudspeaker market. These high end products are a good bit...
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- Post #328
- Feb 1, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

Let's check in with Websters dictionary: creative 1 marked by the ability or power to create 2 having the quality of something created rather than imitated intuition 1 quick and ready insight 2 the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without EVIDENT rational...
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- Post #317
- Feb 1, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

Speculation tickles certain useful pleasure centers because it masquerades as creative/intuitive curiosity. Speculation is mental jerking off (fun in limited doses but ultimately hollow, lonely and useless). Creative/intuitive curiosity with mindful informed direction is mind sex with the...
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- Post #314
- Feb 1, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

Once again, this is something Jay laid out for me a long time ago. Ask him on The Gear Page. One CLR "pushes more air" or whatever you like to call it than a 4x12 guitar cabinet. This seems counter-intuitive when we look at a 4x12 next to something like the CLR. But that's the way of physics...
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- Post #308
- Jan 31, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Happy Birthday Scott Peterson

Happy Birthday! Show off that bald head brother!
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- Post #15
- Jan 31, 2012
- Forum: The Lounge
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

Jay told me something like this: ~The whole idea that an FRFR live sound reinforcement cabinet can't perform as accurately as a studio monitor is bunk. They are the same darn thing, or should be if they are designed properly. One can be turned up louder than the other. Something like that. It...
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- Post #306
- Jan 31, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

Said another way: $1,000 is a lot of money for most of us. But that's not too bad for an FRFR monitor that is capable of outperforming many competitors monitors that sell for upwards of $3,000. And it's not too bad when we consider that it will outperform all but the finest studio reference...
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- Post #294
- Jan 31, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

Remember, the CLR is not designed specifically for modelers. It's a high end loudspeaker for any FRFR application. The CLR will put out, to the degree possible in modern loudspeaker design, exactly what a modeler (or keyboard, or voice, or source material) puts in. I speculate that a high end...
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- Post #282
- Jan 31, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

The old designer designed the existing products. He designs things with tube power. Jay Mitchell designed the CLR. He only uses solid state. Same company. Two completely independent designers.
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- Post #275
- Jan 30, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
MFC-101 Rip-off

No Twix bar? This Axe ownership thing keeps getting worse and worse. I'm so disillusioned.
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- Post #12
- Jan 30, 2012
- Forum: MFC Discussion
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

A careful reading of my post and the one I played off of with the "ears suck" thing will show that I was being a little flippant. In terms of being "dumb as sh*t" (which I also played off of from a previous post) just read all the incredibly ignorant, uniformed stuff that hits this forum...
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- Post #109
- Jan 28, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

Here's one for you guys. Think how easy it will be for two or more of us to increase our patch design skills and take our rigs to new levels if everyone involved is listening and diagnosing through the same high end co-axial system. Right now we deal with things like, "This patch was created...
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- Post #104
- Jan 28, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

Thanks man. Just trying to get the Jay Mitchell co-axial news out. I firmly believe that anyone with the skill to dial what they want to hear with the Axe is going to freak out when they play through one of these things for the first time. Learn to dial in a high quality far-field IR and couple...
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- Post #96
- Jan 28, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

Please excuse mine as well. I am no expert. I am a deeply experienced end user and that's it. Oh boy. It's times like this we need Jay doing the typing. Co-axial loudspeaker design theory is the current best possible expression of the impossible goal of complete flat response and 100% speaker...
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- Post #94
- Jan 28, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

I have forty years of experience in guitar land. Like most of us I have chewed through lots of gear. My explorations with modeling, since I got one of the first VG-8s way back when, have caused me to chew through a LOT of FRFR gear and do a lot of learning and loudspeaker ear training. Couple...
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- Post #88
- Jan 28, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

Regarding loudspeakers, most of us are dumb as sh*t - especially in relation to a world leading authority like Jay. Love him, hate him, or something in between, he is among a very few individuals who are the last word on everything loudspeaker. Based on some of the loudspeaker solutions that...
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- Post #60
- Jan 28, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

If it's designed by Jay it will be co-axial - that's what he does. If it's designed by Jay and built to his specifications it will sound as good as the monitor that I played through last year. If the new Atomic is designed by Jay and built to his specifications, you will be getting the most...
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- Post #57
- Jan 28, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

I hope it's this: http://forum.fractalaudio.com/amps-cabs/33883-jay-mitchell-power-flat-response.html
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- Post #34
- Jan 27, 2012
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
How to reduce pick attack noise in 5.0?

Try using a thick pick (if you haven't already). A long time ago I switched from Fender medium and heavy to a Dunlop 208. All the attack artifacts I was historically unhappy with instantly disappeared. My tone/texture/shape instantly expanded/organic'd. Also, the more flexion a pick has the...
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- Post #13
- Jan 24, 2012
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
the dreaded "casual" gig

two hung over horn players a comatose drummer my funky/skunky B3 friend Matt in casual gig lounge lizard mode me just over a horrific flu - feeling puny and acting cranky but... It's show time... "Hi folks. How ya doin'. It's great to be here today! Hope ya'll enjoy us beating to death...
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- Thread
- Jan 4, 2012
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
Are Jay Mitchell's far-field IRs downloadable from anywhere?

Jay sent me one of his latest personal IRs recently. It is ridiculously good. He is considering putting a collection together and selling it online.
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- Post #4
- Dec 22, 2011
- Forum: User Cabs and IR's
Does anyone have the axe fx 2 Redwirez Bigbox IR that they can email me?

Steal: ~to take the property of another wrongfully ~to take or appropriate without right or leave and with intent to keep or make use of wrongfully ~to take another persons property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it ~the illegal taking of another persons...
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- Post #60
- Dec 6, 2011
- Forum: The Lounge
Jay QSC K10 Tips applied to the K12?

They are not doing it wrong. The phase reversal is an old trick used by many manufacturers to achieve optimal test results from one listening position without regard to what is happening in all the other listening positions. By correcting the phase of the K10 you will get slightly worse...
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- Post #12
- Dec 5, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Jay QSC K10 Tips applied to the K12?

The statement by the QSC rep is meaningless. The proposed test proves nothing about phase. Do a search on this forum and you'll find Jay Mitchell's explanation as to why. All K10s are factory wired with the HF driver out of phase to the LF driver.
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- Post #11
- Dec 5, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Does anyone have the axe fx 2 Redwirez Bigbox IR that they can email me?

Leaving God out of the discussion for a moment... I see nothing ridiculous about people with personal integrity, ethics, a sense of right and wrong, etc. whether or not they find these strengths through religion. I see nothing funny about the lack of personal integrity, ethics, a sense of...
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- Post #28
- Dec 5, 2011
- Forum: The Lounge
Want a Hollowbody. Suggestions?

Ibanez custom shop Scofield model. Expensive new: Ibanez JSM100VT John Scofield Signature Electric Guitar: Shop Guitars & Other Musical Instruments | Musician's Friend One of my students recently picked a used one up on ebay for about $1,800. Amazing guitar. The stock pickups sound great. Big...
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- Post #32
- Dec 4, 2011
- Forum: The Lounge
Does anyone have the axe fx 2 Redwirez Bigbox IR that they can email me?

Witness a big moral and ethical problem of the Internet age. Folks that would never dream of stealing a one dollar candy bar from a store will steal... oops... share/torrent/crack thousands of dollars worth of software, music, etc. and never give it a second thought. I deal with this type of...
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- Post #5
- Dec 4, 2011
- Forum: The Lounge
Sandy Bridge vs. Sandy Bridg E - some help here?

Intel Sandy Bridge E Review | bit-tech.net Here is a reasonably detailed review of Sandy Bridge E with some useful user commentary. One of the conclusions of the review website: "...we thought E stood for "enthusiast" or "extreme". Turns out it just stands for "expensive"..."
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- Post #2
- Dec 4, 2011
- Forum: The Lounge
I'm about to rant, don't read if wasily offended.

I'm about to chant, don't mead if weasily upended. *measily So John Petrucci has today had a SECOND Awakening whilst us mugs in non US countries have to wait MONTHS for ours. Why did I buy into Ch'an and pay up front for the lessons? Because of Tamo's YouTube videos. Not Petrucci's. Did...
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- Post #114
- Dec 3, 2011
- Forum: The Lounge
I'm about to rant, don't read if wasily offended.

The moving/meditation exercise set known as "18 Hands" forms the core of Bodhidharma's Ch'an method of awakening. Hui-Neng, the sixth Ch'an patriarch, de-emphasized the importance of structured moving meditation as he developed his "chop wood, carry water" concept. By the time Ch'an reached...
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- Post #110
- Dec 3, 2011
- Forum: The Lounge
Jay QSC K10 Tips applied to the K12?

Yeah. The miracle of stonewalling and censorship. I sent Bob Lee an email with all the pertinent points spelled out and quotes from various posts. I suggested that he might be working with insufficient data from QSC design staff. No reply. I forwarded the email to QSC tech support. No reply. Jay...
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- Post #6
- Nov 27, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Enough amp copying-Here's my live lead tone

------------>Enough amp copying<------------ +1000 Sounds Great
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- Post #10
- Nov 23, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
Jay QSC K10 Tips applied to the K12?

I don't know if I would call it a design flaw so much as a design choice. Anytime a HF and LF driver are mounted separately on a flat surface (most FR cabinets) certain phenomena come into play that cause undesirable and uncorrectable anomalies. Different designers use various tricks to move the...
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- Post #2
- Nov 23, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
GOING TO SELL THE AXE AND MFC

Gay as in happy/merry or gay as in engaging in same sex relationships? I am gay and I can assure you that the Ultra isn't gay in either sense of the word. Probably for the rest of your life.
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- Post #19
- Nov 21, 2011
- Forum: MFC Discussion
High end fizz...is this normal?

Yet another beautiful thing about the Axe. I like all sorts of recordings I have heard of various Marshall amps. I used to be a Michael Schenker and Ulrich Roth junkie but I was never personally able to get right with any Marshall I tried in live performance. The Axe lets any given player design...
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- Post #25
- Nov 19, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Show us your MFC setups! (post your pics)

scissors + sharpie + double side tape
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- Post #136
- Nov 18, 2011
- Forum: MFC Discussion
K10 without the vacuum cleaner?

It shouldn't be noticeable in any performance situation. At my quietest gigs there is enough ambient room noise to cover up the fans. When I am playing out I never notice it. I am aware of the phenomena when playing quietly at home. The fans on both my units cycle. The fans on my units seem to...
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- Post #4
- Sep 13, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Axe-FX II - nice but gone like the wind

Things don't have to be loud to sound good. In fact, excesses of loud can make a decent band sound terrible. I have never experienced a band, rock or otherwise, sounding better extremely loud than they would if they backed things off a bit. Even in the hardest rock environment players should...
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- Post #49
- Aug 17, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Reviews
Axe-FX II - nice but gone like the wind

At the gigs with Mark I was playing the Axe II through a single QSC K10. The K10 is a good speaker (with Jay's adjustments) certainly not a great speaker. Mark understands this and it makes him a little anxious. He is pretty clear that when I settle on a high end FRFR solution things are going...
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- Post #25
- Aug 10, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Reviews
Axe-FX II - nice but gone like the wind

Live tone being somewhat defined as: "...not really what I would like to hear/present/experience, but what I am forced to present..." That's such a shame... and it is the reality for a lot of folks. If we aren't able to surround ourselves with sensitive players that are able to play with...
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- Post #20
- Aug 10, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Reviews
Axe-FX II - nice but gone like the wind

Funny how personal experience works huh? In terms of overall feel I find it to be a significant step up. Once again I had/am having the complete opposite experience. I have been getting a lot deeper into my tone lately. It has been enough of a difference that several bandmates have commented...
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- Post #3
- Aug 9, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Reviews
AxeFx II Live - It Don't Mean A Thing

Oh I have lots of issues... but not with that. At $750 the K10 is a modest priced FRFR system. If you are typing about powered FRFR that's in the $300-$400 range I don't believe the results would be satisfactory. Try not to think of the FRFR system as part of the tone. Ideally the FRFR system...
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- Post #30
- Aug 6, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
Clean Jazz Guitar Sound on Ultra, please help!

AxeFx II Manual page 57: "Those marked (JM) were created by Jay Mitchell" 1x12 EMI Open Back 2x12 Gold Far-Field 2x12 G12-65 Far-Field All three were brought over from the Ultra/Standard.
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- Post #29
- Aug 3, 2011
- Forum: Ultra/Std Recordings
Clean Jazz Guitar Sound on Ultra, please help!

I prefer them as well. The far field IRs have a depth and dimensionality that feels/sounds very "real" to me. I get very satisfying live performance results with the far fields. I mostly lean on the G12-65 and work with the amps that play nice with that one. When I experiment with the near...
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- Post #27
- Aug 2, 2011
- Forum: Ultra/Std Recordings
Is low end the enemy? EQ with FRFR

All my patches have some degree of cut or block in the low frequencies. I get things sounding/feeling the way I like at home. In any venue I play in I always have to make minor (and sometimes major) low end adjustments with the Global EQ to get things sounding good to me. Any given...
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- Post #23
- Aug 1, 2011
- Forum: Ultra/Std Discussion
AxeFx II - feel

Forget the names on the amps and what cabinet is "right" for what amp. Try the '65 Bassguy or the Brit JM45 with the G12-65 Far Field. In either case increase the Low Cut Frequency as needed, put the amp master on 10 and then increase the amp drive until it's just about to break up. Raise the...
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- Post #8
- Jul 31, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Reviews
AxeFx II Live - It Don't Mean A Thing

Yes. Same gig, same rig and same patch. The drives are all off on "Strange Meeting" and a second longer delay is added to beat against the shorter first one.
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- Post #22
- Jul 25, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
AxeFx II Live - It Don't Mean A Thing

Try putting a filter block in front of the amp. Set it to "null" and then set the level to taste. This will push the preamp without adding any color.
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- Post #20
- Jul 25, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
Axe II and Axe Edit 1.0.188...not working correctly...help, please!!

Same with my two Mac minis. Sync hangs at 1% on both.
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- Post #8
- Jul 24, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
AxeFx II Live - It Don't Mean A Thing

Yes. I only used one of them on this gig and it was plenty. The K10 is nowhere near as transparent as the co-axial cabinets Jay makes but it is still very very good. I can easily live with the K10 until the appropriate co-axial solution present itself.
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- Post #16
- Jul 24, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
AxeFx II Live - It Don't Mean A Thing

The mix control in a drive block allows you to pass original signal around the drive effect. Adding in a small amount of dry signal gives the sound a little bit of attack that can get lost with certain drive effects. Turn on a drive and get a sound you like. Try going from 100% mix to 80% mix...
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- Post #14
- Jul 24, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
AxeFx II Live - It Don't Mean A Thing

I have three drives on that patch: TAPE DIST drive 9.58 tone 4.61 level 2.05 mix 90% low cut 129.9 high cut 3324 clip type HV tube slew limit 1.69 bias .478 treble -1 TUBE DRIVE drive 2.62 tone 5.64 level 2.30 mix 96% low cut 200 high cut 7812 clip type HV tube slew limit...
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- Post #12
- Jul 24, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
AxeFx II Live - Kelpers

Axe Fx II: Mr Z 38 + G12-65 farfield Recorded live on a portable something. Second outing with the AxeII. Scott Simpson Trio. My bass player friend Aaron Goldberg and I playing for the first time with drummer Alan Aucoin. Kelpers by scottsimpson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your...
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- Thread
- Jul 23, 2011
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
AxeFx II Live - Strange Meeting

Axe Fx II: Mr Z 38 + G12-65 farfield Recorded live on a portable something. Second outing with the AxeII. Scott Simpson Trio. My bass player friend Aaron Goldberg and I playing for the first time with drummer Alan Aucoin. Strange Meeting by scottsimpson on SoundCloud - Create, record and...
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- Thread
- Jul 23, 2011
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
AxeFx II Live - I Can't Make You

Axe Fx II: Mr Z 38 + G12-65 farfield Recorded live on a portable something. Second outing with the AxeII. Scott Simpson Trio. My bass player friend Aaron Goldberg and I playing for the first time with drummer Alan Aucoin. I Can't Make You by scottsimpson on SoundCloud - Create, record and...
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- Thread
- Jul 23, 2011
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
AxeFx II Live - It Don't Mean A Thing

Axe Fx II: Mr Z 38 + G12-65 farfield Recorded live on a portable something. Second outing with the AxeII. Scott Simpson Trio. My bass player friend Aaron Goldberg and I playing for the first time with drummer Alan Aucoin. http://www.soundcloud.com/scottsimpson-1/it-dont-mean-a-thing
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- Thread
- Jul 23, 2011
- Replies: 29
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
AxeFx II Live - Attalla

Axe Fx II: Mr Z 38 + G12-65 farfield Recorded live on a portable something. Second outing with the AxeII. Scott Simpson Trio. My bass player friend Aaron Goldberg and I playing for the first time with drummer Alan Aucoin. Attalla by scottsimpson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your...
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- Thread
- Jul 23, 2011
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
How does Axe FX compare to other guitar processors

My last generation of (?)real(?) amps: Samamp 1x12 Egnater Rebel Carr Mercury Fender Vibro King Vintage Fender Vibroverb Polytone 104 Gibson Lab Series I've had a lifetime love/hate relationship with so-called "real" amps. Each one would play nice at home. Each one would betray me in various...
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- Post #24
- Jul 18, 2011
- Forum: Ultra/Std Discussion
AxeFx II - feel

I received my AxeFxII from Tone Merchants a few days ago. First I built back my basic patches from scratch. The next day I A/B'd them against my old patches using my friend's Ultra. Yesterday I spent the day fine tuning the new patches without an Ultra around. Things sounded very good. Last...
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- Thread
- Jul 16, 2011
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Reviews
Offset Question

Thank You!
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- Post #3
- Jul 15, 2011
- Forum: MFC Discussion
Offset Question

On the MFC: Axe-Fx Display Offset = 1 MFC101 Display Offset = 1 ON the Axe II: I/O MIDI Display Offset = 1 When I press button 1 on the MFC I get preset 002 on the Axe. MFC button 2 gives me preset 3, etc. What have I done wrong?
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- Thread
- Jul 15, 2011
- Replies: 3
- Forum: MFC Discussion
No function after firmware update

Thanks volt. I just found that in the "Read Me". Hmmm... they call it "Read Me" because I'm supposed to READ it.
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- Post #3
- Jul 15, 2011
- Forum: MFC Discussion
No function after firmware update

I just updated the MFC firmware. The update was successful. Whether I power on the MFC with the wall wart or through the Axe II via cable the MFC does not respond to any button presses. Button 1 red light is on. "Up" & "Down" lights are green. ???
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- Thread
- Jul 15, 2011
- Replies: 4
- Forum: MFC Discussion
Heavy Duty Ethernet for the Axe-Fx II and MFC-101

I just received my Best-Tronics cable. What oddbOd said in the previous post. Excellent cable.
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- Post #66
- Jul 9, 2011
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
QSC K Series distortion?

At my gig tonight I pushed the volume a bit more than usual, used my cleanest patch and darkened up my tone way more than I usually do (and I get into dark jazz tones as well). I played a couple of solo guitar pieces and intentionally focused on modern cluster harmonies with lots of dissonance...
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- Post #9
- Jun 15, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
QSC K Series distortion?

Why test this way. We don't play this way. Play through a patch you like and see if the "issue" is still present. It's almost as if your test is designed to create a problem that under performance conditions wouldn't ever exist. Yes. But what does that have to do with it. I have used a...
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- Post #3
- Jun 14, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Scofield AC30 tone

@jens My comment regarding pickups and pots had nothing to do with the YouTube video posted. I tried your patch without watching the video link. Having watched the video I believe a lot of that sound involves setting the amp volume hot and then rolling back the pickup volume.
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- Post #14
- Jun 11, 2011
- Forum: Ultra/Std Preset and Cab Exchange
Scofield AC30 tone

Play with the relationship between the amp sim master + gain and the volume knobs on your guitar. Push your sim a little harder and try these pickup positions: ~bridge pickup with volume knob rolled back slightly and tone knob rolled back ~bridge pickup + neck pickup with bridge pickup wide open...
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- Post #7
- Jun 11, 2011
- Forum: Ultra/Std Preset and Cab Exchange
The K10

Everything I have read so far suggests that Jens is right on the money. The K10 is not a super great, high end FRFR solution. It is a very good mid level product. It is certainly good enough to support professional use of the Axe. Pardon me for adding my .02 cents but after following the...
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- Post #129
- Jun 3, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
The K10

Here's a game: We have established that the K10, especially with the posted adjustments, presents a neutral enough canvas to paint Axe pictures on. Accept this diagnosis of the K10 as read for a while. Think only about the Axe. Forget about what your favorite guitar amp sounds like for a while...
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- Post #77
- Jun 3, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
The K10

@joegold I have two K10s that will probably end up being the wet speakers in my W/D/W rig. Point is I'm going to have them for a while even once I settle on a high end dry cabinet solution. I am currently running one K10 at my gig and getting good results. If you decide to work with the K10 some...
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- Post #68
- Jun 2, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
The K10

Oops. Typing late at night. Typing about concepts I don't have a firm intuitive grasp on. Jay told me to use Band 1 and carefully explained why. I had a brain-fart while composing my original post. Sorry for the confusion. NOTE: I have edited the original post to avoid causing more confusion...
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- Post #54
- Jun 2, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
The K10

____________ EXPERT: one with the special skill or knowledge representing mastery of a particular subject ____________ With regards to everything FRFR/loudspeaker/etc. I am an amateur enthusiast and end user. My ongoing learning experiences with Jay have given me just enough awareness and...
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- Post #42
- Jun 1, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
The K10

Yep. That's why I wrote this in the original post:
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- Post #11
- Jun 1, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
The K10

Proviso: Jay was nice enough to test one of my QSC K10s for free. He will not be providing a detailed printed report nor will he be providing graphic data. That wasn't our agreement (and I don't need that information anyway). There are two independent loudspeaker testing facilities in America...
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- Thread
- Jun 1, 2011
- Replies: 135
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
QSC K10 Annoyance

No. I said I prefer the K10. To my ears both the K10 and the K12 do some funny things to the mids; gotta live with that in this level of cabinet and dial out what we can. Both cabinets have issues. Overall I prefer the K10. Smaller and lighter is a nice extra. What's bad to me is that two...
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- Post #27
- May 29, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
QSC K10 Annoyance

When I tried the two I liked the K10 better than the K12. The K10 sounded smoother to me... which is not good. The K10 and K12 are made by the same manufacturer, are part of the same K series and share the same amplifier and a lot of other design features. Allowing for what should be only minor...
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- Post #24
- May 28, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
The Joke Thread: Whip 'Em Out

I learned that joke in the seventies and it's the only joke I can ever remember.
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- Post #35
- May 27, 2011
- Forum: The Lounge
The Joke Thread: Whip 'Em Out

A woman goes into a tattoo shop and says: "I love Elvis. I love Elvis so much I want his face tattooed to the inside of each of my thighs, right next to my coochie." She slips off her panties, hikes up her skirt and the artist sets to work. Hours later he finishes. The woman looks down and...
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- Post #25
- May 27, 2011
- Forum: The Lounge
The Quest for the flattest response coaxial (HF) driver

Nobody is saying that producing a transparent FRFR monitor is impossible. A handful of companies like Frazier do it all the time. What is being said is that it can't be done cheap and it can't be done without extremely knowledgeable and skilled designers with proper production and testing...
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- Post #41
- May 26, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
QSC K10 Annoyance

Regarding volume (not tone/feel): I just took one K10 on a classic rock gig. The room held about 250 people. Un-mic'd drums, bass player with 4x10, a vocal PA and two keyboardists. (It should be noted that to my ears both keyboardists had all ten fingers on their boards all the time. Why do they...
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- Post #20
- May 26, 2011
- Forum: Amps and Cabs