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    Why doesn't the FM3 have a cross over block?

    Alternatively... best way to split the bottom end of the bass signal out for separate processing?
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    My MC4 build

    I've been using this controller I built for about 3 years or so now, both at home and live on stage. Thought I'd pop some deets up on a webpage and share: http://memecode.com/hw/mc4/ There is far more detail on there than I want to add here... so go read that yeah? I've been on Fractal since...
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    Phaser? Flanger? What is this effect?

    From this song: I've tried a bunch of stuff... the phaser and flanger blocks, but it doesn't have that whooshing sound. Not even close. Seems to be in just one side of the stereo spectrum. So if you have some ideas to try... let me know!
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    Put some Lambertone's pickups in my Warmoth Jazzmaster... I like

    This guitar I've been working on slowly over the last few years. And the original P90's weren't working for me, too dark... too much mids, too much output. Bleh. Anyway after a little research I settled on the Lambertone's Ristretto's and well... they sound/feel great to me. They went in last...
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    Mother's day woship set (2 songs)

    I know it might not be your cup of tea, but I'm still pretty stoked about this. The band I play in regularly recorded 2 songs for the church's Mother's day stream. And it's the most professional we've ever sounded IMHO. On a technical note I was using a new DuoJet specific version of my DC30...
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    [SOLVED] Patch mutes after playing audio over USB

    So my normal work flow when composing, practicing or learning material is to have my headphones in the phones output, guitar in the front input and the macbook plugged in via USB. I play stuff from iTunes, Youtube or Logic and play along. This has been working for ages. But tonight as soon as I...
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    Questions re DIY expression pedal ports..

    So I'm implementing TRS expression pedal inputs. And I have a few questions.... 1) How do you deal with the contacts shorting out during insertion or disconnection? If I'm supplying 3V3 to the pot and measuring the voltage on the wiper via an ADC... that causes problems. 2) Is a switching...
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    EV-2 Expression Pedal uses a log pot?

    So I bought an EV-2 a while back thinking it was a great physical design and nicely sized for travel. But it wasn't compatible with my previous gen foot controller on account of it's non-standard 100k pot. I kept using my 10k linear pot expression pedal for a few years with great results. But in...
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    Axe-Fx 2 stops responding to Axe-Edit midi

    So I'm seeing this a lot with the latest firmware. A minute or 10 after I start the Axefx2 (mk2) and AxeEdit the MIDI response stops. AxeEdit times out and I can't edit anything other than from the front panel. During this AxeEdit is still receiving MIDI tempo messages and all audio is still...
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    Communication drop outs

    AxeEdit: v3.14.3 USB Drivers: 2014.06.06 (latest?) Windows 7 (fully updated, relatively new install) Axefx2: Quantum v10.01 (May 11 2018) So after about 2-15 minutes AxeEdit has a communication timeout and hangs. Restarting AxeEdit doesn't fix the issue. I have to save my patch and power cycle...
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    Copy to Output 2 not working

    So I'm trying to run Output 2 into my DSLR to record video as well as audio. I thought it would be just as simple as going into I/O → Audio → Output 2 Echo and setting it to "Output 1". When I do this I get next to no audio at the camera. And the Out 2 volume knob on the front panel is all the...
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    Standard value for expression pedal pot? (DIY stuff)

    I recently bought a EV-2 and it has a 100k pot in it. And my own knock up expression pedal has 10k, cause that's what was available at the time. The circuit I built to feed the expression pedal into the ADC port of the micro doesn't play well with both. It runs a few resistors to step the range...
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    Duplex wireless for guitar and in-ears... does it exist?

    I've been running in-ears for a while now and having these 2 cables dangling down my back is getting a tad annoying. To say the least. So I could go and buy a wireless pack for the guitar AND a separate wireless pack for the in-ears. And wear 2 wireless packs... is that what people really do? Or...
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    libaxefx2: Is it time to have a open source lib for talking to the Axefx?

    Are there any open source libraries to talk to the Axefx2? Containing things like functions that generate the right MIDI commands? Parsers for the MIDI commands coming from the Axefx? enums for all the block IDs and parameters and values? Maybe a tool for creating a schema for all the blocks...
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    Teach me Sensei: Drive Pedals?

    I your humble student of dirt do beseech thee for the nuggets of wisdom you have: I think both example are Quantum v2, so things should just be the same. However I wouldn't expect slightly different firmware versions to vary wildly either. Also I'm using a different cab because he has a...
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    MIDI_GET_PRESET_NUMBER byte order

    So I'm receive this MIDI_GET_PRESET_NUMBER data: -p,10 0x05776960 "ð" unsigned char * [0x0] 0xf0 'ð' unsigned char [0x1] 0x00 unsigned char [0x2] 0x01 '' unsigned char [0x3] 0x74 't' unsigned char [0x4] 0x03 '' unsigned...
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    Karnivool - Simple Boy octave lead

    Here's what it sounds like so far: http://sydneyband.com.au/audio/karnivool/SimpleBoy/LeadExample.m4a And my Axefx2 patch: http://sydneyband.com.au/audio/karnivool/SimpleBoy/KarnivoolOctaveLead.syx I think it's in the ball park, but maybe it needs more pick attack? Or something... suggestions?
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    Quantum v2 couldn't fix my bass tone...

    I've spent the last half an hour trying to dial out this weird distortion on my SV bass patch... just cannot figure it out. Gain and master on "1"... still distorts. What the? So I started thinking about "who has good Axefx bass tone that I like?" First answer to come to mind: "Miko".... right...
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    Indestructible acoustic flight case?

    Anyone want to recommend a flight case for taking an acoustic onto aircraft where the baggage handling is done by psychopaths? I only have one acoustic, and it's amazing. I basically don't fly with it because of the risk of damage. It also has a lot of sentimental value. And because it's now...
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    Axefx + synth in a live setting...

    I spent a bunch of time mucking around with the synth block. But in the end I decided it wasn't going to be able to pull off the sound I had in mind. However the gig over the weekend still needed a few synth lines. I have created a few ES2 patches in Logic that do the lines justice. But wanted...
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    Band cover: Karnivool - New Day

    So this has been in the works for about 3 months. I was involved on guitar (Axefx2 obviously) and mixing/video production. We organized it through this reddit thread with members of the band hailing from Austria, India, the USA and Australia. Maybe not up to the ridiculous standard you guys...
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    Version management and upgrade prompts

    Look I don't mind that the current v3.3.x builds are quantum only. Lack of backwards compatibility means leaner development times and less bugs on the whole. I get that. What I take offense with is older version pushing you to upgrade to INCOMPATIBLE version of AxeEdit when they start. I'm still...
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    DIY: New MC2 build...

    So this month I started work on a new foot controller, the MC2. (I know original right) The motivation being I really don't have a backup if the current MC1 goes down at an important gig. Plus I have a lot of the bits lying around already. Progress will be posted here. The basics is: -...
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    Hearing bass guitar with in ears / headphones

    It's been puzzling me lately that I can't hear the bass guitar in live situations in my in ears or headphones. e.g. I'm playing guitar and hearing a mix of keys, bass, drums, vox and my guitar in my in ears. The band I gig with use a Midas M32 with a bunch of P16M personal mixers on stage...
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    3.2.0 / v19: Modifiers not showing up

    I've downloaded the latest of everything and Axeedit is not showing the modifiers I have on parameters. The modifiers are still there on the front panel display but not when I edit the preset from AxeEdit. Is this because v3.2.0 is designed for firmware v18.x? And there is an update around...
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    MIDI Bypass state of blocks doesn't change after setting scene

    I'm not 100% sure this is a bug but it's making my life a right pain at the moment. For my foot controller I take the approach of querying the state of instant access switches using the MIDI_GET/SET_PARAMETER(0x02) sysex command and the bypass parameter ID. This works great when switching...
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    No sound from Send block on Output 2

    Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the send block route audio to Output 2? I wanted to use a patch for Bass yesterday where I run the Cab block to Output 1 and on to FOH and the Amp block output to Send AND Cab so that I can get the non-Cab sound to a real amp. A fairly standard thing to do...
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    Beat sync / Metronome out

    I'm wondering how to sync up my drummer with the beat of the axefx. Say I had a patch with a tremolo running and I want to keep that in sync with the drummer... either he follows my beat/tempo or I get the axefx to follow his click. If the metronome can be routed through a separate output...
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    Metallica's "St Anger" album re-recorded with modern production...

    Well I'm impressed. It's a lot of work to learn and re-record every song on the album. What do you guys think?
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    So the Fractal Expression pedal showed up in the store...

    EV-1 Expression Volume Pedal $139.95 introductory pricing... which I think is great.
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    So... since when did the block bypass value change?

    You used to be able to query a block's bypass parameter (via sysex) and get back "0" for active and "1" for bypassed or something. And now you get back these values: enum AxefxBypassValue { BlockBypassOff = 2, BlockBypassOn = 3, }; Seems to have changed for no apparent reason. And it broke...
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    Problems with multiple blocks and Scenes using an expression pedal...

    A couple of weeks ago I present my own material publicly for the first time and one of the songs has a bunch of foot controller switching to get all the right effects running. I found it a struggle to make it work and was wondering what the best solution was. The first issue was the transition...
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    Keyboard vibrato effect

    Over the weekend one of the songs I was covering had a keyboard line that I needed to match on guitar (in case the keys player wasn't up to it) and as it transitioned to the verse the line rung out and faded in a wide vibrato run off a LFO. Initially I thought oh that'll be easy as pie to do...
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    Syncing lighting and effect automation with Axefx2?

    I was watching this: Karnivool - Goliath And the LED display is synced nicely with the guitar stabs at the start of the song. I believe the guitarist is just playing straight eighths all the way through (including the silence between stabs) and some MIDI automation is syncing the lights and...
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    Block Parameter ID Documentation

    I noticed in a recent Axefx2 firmware update (I'm running 13.07 now) that the ID of the drive block's bypass setting seems to have changed. So when I switch presets using my controller it can't update the status of the drive block IA using the MIDI_GET_PARAMETER sysex. This requires the ID of...
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    Dialing out "static" in chord decay (AC30, 12.03)

    So have a listen: http://sydneyband.com.au/matt/axefx2/Ac30Test.m4a Here's the patch: http://sydneyband.com.au/matt/axefx2/AC30.syx I'm trying to recreate my sound that I had with the Ultra. The patch was based on the AC30 so I'm heading down the same track. But I'm no where near yet...
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    Bug? 12.03 tempo to use problem/bug?

    So I updated to 12.03 and I noticed that when I change presets my tempo is changing. I've only got 5 presets for live going at the moment and they are all a variation on a theme. They all have "tempo to use" set to global. However when I change preset the tempo changes. Previously I had the...
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    Metal Washing Machine

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    Irony...

    My Axefx2 arrives this morning... ...amid a week of the worst RSI I've had in 8 years. Didn't even have the heart to turn it on.
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    Success: Swapped out a broken value encoder all by myself..!

    Yes... the value knob was playing up on my Ultra. And I got the part number from Fractal Support. Ordered the part from a local supplier and got to work tonight replacing it. You have to remove the entire front panel PCB which is a task in of itself. Lots of screws. The one thing that I...
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    Guitarduino

    Just in case you haven't seen this yet... Guitarduino: As someone who likes Dub Step, likes embedded programming and likes guitar... I think I've died and gone to heaven ;-)
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    Input jack problems (again)

    So I had a gig this weekend. Direct in, as usual. We had a rehearsal beforehand, during which a loud hiss started coming out the foldback speakers. It was the axefx. Somehow if you pull the cable running into the input jack at the wrong angle it gets the connection messed up and causes loud...
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    The warning they don't tell you.

    The Axefx cures all your G.A.S. they say... you'll never need another amp again they say... more stomp boxes than you'll ever need they say. As an Ultra owner I feel its fair to say: The Axefx only cures gas until such time as there is a better Axefx. My sole consolation is that people still...
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    Lugging your gear in and out of venues.

    So I have 4 bits of gear I lug to a gig: axefx, a guitar, a bad of cables/capo/bits and pieces, and a foot controller. The way that works in practice is that the bag goes over the shoulder, and the guitar and axefx (in 2U rack case) go in each hand... leaving the foot controller with no...
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    Stereo Cabs on an Ultra

    Every time I try stereo cabs all I get is the left cab. The right cab makes no audio whatever. I've set both the left and right levels to full and panned them hard left and hard right (the default). That gives me audio in the left channel and nothing in the right. If I pan the Left cab full...
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    Bug? Property value doesn't track with controller

    FYI I have an Ultra... and this bug seems to be systematic across all block parameters that are listed down the page (as opposed to the virtual knobs). For instance if I have a multi-delay block in my patch and I slave the Level parameter to EXTERN4 which I drive from my MIDI foot controller...
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    Differences between the Axefx Ultra and Axefx2 midi formats?

    Is there a good run down of the differences between the 2 units? At the moment I support the Ultra (because I have one) and I've heard some things are different on the Axefx2 midi wise. And I'd like to update my controller firmware to talk to either unit before I actually get a chance to...
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    First production MC1 video

    Little vid I posted this morning: Memecode MC1 Overview The build has taken a few days mostly completed over last weekend, and I didn't run into too many issues. I will be demoing this at the Sydney Ampfest this Saturday around 2pm if you're local. And I hope to do a more in depth video soon...
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    Memecode Controller Kits now available

    After finishing all the hardware and software testing, I've put together a page on my site detailing the various configurations for the kit: MemeCode - MIDI Controller A bunch of people were quite interested in this so here it is. Any questions, just PM or email me and I'll get back to you...
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    Resonance around F#/G 14/15 fret on top E

    I'm getting a weird resonant frequency on just these 2 notes, the F# and G on the 14/15 fret on the top E. Here what it sounds like: http://www.sydneyband.com.au/images/axefx/Resonance.m4a And here is the patch that generated it: http://www.sydneyband.com.au/images/axefx/Resonance.syx...
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    Added an "Amp Mode" to my foot controller

    So this evening I finally got around to do this "Amp Mode" mod on my foot controller thats been banging around in my head for the last little while. As some of you might know, last year I made a Axefx specific MIDI foot controller based on an AVR microprocessor, and across the top of the...
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    Impulse responses... convolutions? eh?

    Since I was a wee lad I always wanted a box that behaved like a speaker + mic that I could put between the amp and a DI. I read about the Palmer PDI-03 and how it was "amazing" etc, but didn't feel the $600 odd price tag was justified. Now I have an axefx, and it's kinda IS that box... (and...
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    Headphones vs Recording vs Live

    So 6 months in to Axefx ownership and I'm finding that playing while monitoring via headphones (Sennheiser HD280PRO) is less than satisfying tone wise. Something is "not right" esp with the treble. However when I record that exact same feed and listen to it in a band mix it sounds fine. In fact...
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    MFC101's patch names.

    Does the MFC101 store the patch name in it's own memory or request it every time you switch to a patch? How does the name get updated when you edit it?
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    Input volume vs "mix" for volume pedal?

    So I've got a custom expression pedal running into a custom midi foot controller, which sends midi CC's, hooked up to extern 7. I wanted to run that as a volume pedal on one patch so I put a mixer block first in the chain and slaved "Mix 1" to "Extern 7"... and that works. BUT it has this...
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    Audio glitch when requesting patch via midi?

    So my foot controller can request the patch from the axefx and parse the name out on a preset change to display the name on the LCD. However I've noticed a considerable glitch/gap in the audio when I do so. If I remove the patch request midi and just not display the patch name when I change...
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    Pinout for 7 pin bidirectional midi?

    I'm still hunting for the pin out for 7 pin bidirectional midi with phantom power for my foot controller design. It's currently working fine with 2x5pin midi i/o and 9v supplied separately but I'd like to go 7 pin if I can. I've built my ports based on the standard midi<->uart circuit: I'm...
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    Default axefx bank and midi

    I'm seeing this issue where when I send a preset change via midi to the axefx sometimes it jumps to a different bank. Say I'm on preset 1 on bank A and send this midi: 0xc0 0x02 to change to preset 3 it goes to bank C, preset 258. I know AxeEdit always send the bank as part of the preset change...
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    Getting the current state of an effect block's bypass?

    So I'm trying to program my foot controller, and so far I've set up 3 IA buttons that switch on/off various effect blocks in the current preset via Midi CC's. All well and good, but when I switch presets, how can I query the Axefx for the new state of that effect blocks bypass? For instance...
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    Turn tuner on/off? Tuner status msg format? (SOLVED)

    Hi, I need to know the format of the sysex that turns the tuner on/off and the corresponding replies that the axefx streams while the tuner is on. Also I would like to know what the best way to send a new tempo to the Axefx via midi is? I see the tempo sysex's coming FROM the axe, but not sure...
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    Irwin Thomas tone?

    This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwHfe5jHTxM Where should I start? I'm too noob to know what amp / cab I should be looking at. He's playing an Ulbrick Stadium (120?) there, but I don't know what that amp is based on. Liking his tone though... a lot... Thoughts?
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    First gig, trouble with noise floor.

    Hey all. I joined the ultra crew last tuesday and in a somewhat risky move decided to live dangerously and showed up to a gig tonight with just the ultra. I barely had time to put together 3 basic sound presets, clean, rhythm and lead. And sort out the various issues in my setup. So all in all...
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    Pedal input quesitons

    I've got a 2 button TRS footswitch, and I've bound it to "extern1" which I can then use to say bypass a drive block in a patch, with one of the buttons. However I don't know how to select which button is being used. Does the axefx only support one button per pedal input? It says that the pedal...
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    Digital adapter?

    I've got an Edirol FA-101 with a stereo SPDIF optical input and my new Axe-FX Ultra has a RCA digital out... what sort of converter do I need to get these talking to each other? (Preferably something easy to source in Australia, or ebay).
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    Zorran brings the metal riffs

    This: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songinfo.cfm?bandid=147856&songID=9194072 (not mine)
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    Looper

    Does anyone know if the looper use the current tempo to quantize the loop? (I did look for this information in the wiki before posting)
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