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    Jared Dines Solo Contest Entry (Facemelting Solo Inside)

    I tried to learn that solo, but couldn't quite follow in places. Guess I'll have to wait for the ccroyalsenders breakdown.
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    1000 Sleepless Dreams - teaser of the story-based first album [AXE FX 2]

    Alright, you got me, I'm hooked.
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    Dead Can Dance or Dead Can Headbang?

    Great idea and well-executed! My favorite interpretation of one of their songs since Imperia's The Lotus Eaters.
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    There are no Turkish recordings here and why

    Oh, man. Özgür Abbak and the Taksim Trio are both absolutely amazing. Beautiful, wonderful music. I have some listening to do. Thank you for sharing them.
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    REALLY Utilizing This Awesome Black Box

    I was listening to bipolar and thinking, "This is really pretty good." Then I hit the section that starts after the transition at 2:05 and my jaw dropped. Beautiful stuff. Thanks for sharing it.
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    First UR clip and review + SICK new METAL IR pack coming SOOOOON

    Good stuff, as are the clips on your SoundCloud page! (The #Brostep #DjentCore clip is particularly metal.) Any plans to release an album?
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    Dynamic JCM800 and female vocal magic :)

    Beautiful. Powerful. I'm checking out your Bandcamp page now.
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    If you're a fan of warped, self-indulgent guitar music...

    Great stuff! Perhaps an odd thing to comment on, but there's something that I really like about the cymbal sound in Broken Bottle to the Face. I don't know enough about the recording of drums to say what.
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    Rock song

    Great groove. I also love the combination of tones during the quiet parts.
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    The band Failure using Axe-Fx II

    Ken, congratulations on getting back together! I hadn't heard about the reunion until seeing this thread. I checked out some videos of the show, it was great. I hope that you decide to do more.
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    My Prog band Neronia's new album "Limnotapes" - 100% AxeFx . . .

    Good stuff, nice variety of tones.
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    POLL Ultra Res Vs Normal Res

    The biggest audible difference to me is the "thunk" in the first clip whenever he starts or (especially) cuts off a note. It's nowhere near as pronounced in the second clip.
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    Firmware 13 BETA Feedback?

    True. However, we don't need to, since our ears and auditory processing systems are highly limited. The real question is, can we digitally model an amp closely enough that in a true blind test, no human could tell the difference between it and an equivalently mic'd recording of the modeled amp...
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    Announcing Axe-Fx II XL

    Perfectionism.
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    How's my mixing?

    Good, much improved.
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    How's my mixing?

    Pretty good balance. The drums are more contained than in a lot of the clips that people post here. There are two things that I would look at. First is that the bass doesn't stand out quite enough for me. Second is that it seems like something is getting lost around 0:21. I don't know if that...
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    Eric Glass - Remember Human (New proggy original feat AxeFXII)

    If you have or release any albums for sale, please let us know here.
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    Asking for your TRUTH

    There's no reason that sustainer-like technology can't continue to improve, as well. I'm imagining a system where the input to the driver is your processed guitar output, delivered wirelessly. The feedback level could be controlled via a knob or other on-instrument control. You could even use...
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    Asking for your TRUTH

    As cool as it will look, most of those 20 Axe-Fx 2 units will actually be hollow shells with just LCDs and meter LEDs for show.
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    Axe recording

    I like it. Some of it could use some polish here and there, but a lot of these really have potential. I particularly liked The Green Song. It has a unique feel to it. The impression that I get from it is kind of like Hum meets Steve Vai meets some kind of Asian folk music.
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    Impression about Ukrain situation

    You make some persuasive points.
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    Looking for opinions - Sknote Stripbus (console emulation) Test

    I listened without looking at the labels first. I can hear the difference most easily in the drums. I can hear more high-end on the cymbals in the ON clip. In the OFF clip, the bass drum has a more forceful impact. I can also pick out the bass guitar more easily on the OFF clip. In terms of...
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    Warpaint (Original Song)

    Nice all around. The song had a nice feel to it and the overall structure is solid. The one thing that I might change is that while all of the parts sound good individually, some of the parts seemed a bit buried under the guitar and drums for my tastes. I would try to bring out the koto, the...
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    this thing will end up being a video clip! Funky techno heavy stuff

    Interesting. You pull off some nice transitions between very different styles without it sounding too unnatural. The repeating part in ALLCAPS also has a unique feel to it, I like how the different parts play off of each other. The one thing that I would consider changing would be that I would...
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    Plastic Mind Frequencies FULL ALBUM STREAM (progressive metal)[axefx II all over]

    Truly beautiful. There are so many parts that just brought a smile to my face. Thanks for your dedication! Anyone who hasn't done so, you should really be clicking on this now: Plastic Mind Frequencies
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    Anne Marie Kors - "Rise Above"

    Nice. A few comments... I really like the transition at 1:30, it builds up anticipation for what will follow it well. For my tastes, the drums are too prominent in some of the quieter parts, particular the one that I think is a semi-closed hi-hat. I'm always happy to hear female vocalists who...
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    Caligula's Horse New album OUT NOW!

    Thanks for the great music! Question: Moments from Ephemeral City is on emusic (through which I previously bought it). Any plans to sell this new album through there?
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    Any good Axe FX II Recordings other than Metal?

    Here is a good acoustic simulating clip: http://forum.fractalaudio.com/axe-fx-ii-reviews/70040-acoustic-tone-match-review.html#post859682
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    What Ideas/Concepts/Tutorials to cover in YouTube videos?

    My suggestion (if you are interested and familiar enough with the topic) would be to cover the various gain/clipping stages in the signal chain (distortion pedals, preamp gain, EQ, poweramp gain, speaker clipping, etc.). For each stage, describe and demonstrate its characteristic sound and...
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    Frequencies of real speakers and cabs vs FRFR cabs

    Curious, are you using the beta firmware? The Axe-FX vs. Plexi differences that you describe are the same differences that people describe for the current firmware vs. the beta, and it is supposed to particularly affect Plexi-style amps.
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    Tuesday morn riff

    The second half reminds me a lot of Led Zeppelin. You post a lot of seriously impressive stuff. Release an album so that I can buy it, already. ^_^
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    The Dynamic Thump challenge!

    I would also be interested in hearing a v11 Triaxis clip. (I would also be selfishly interested in steadystate hearing a v11 Triaxis clip; having heard what he can do with an Ultra, I shudder to think of what he could do if convinced to upgrade to II.11.)
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    Diezel VH4 Tonematch

    The harmonics in the second clip jump out noticeably more, although I can't tell for certain whether that is due to a difference in the amp or the playing.
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    New Caligula's Horse Single

    Good stuff! I just checked out your last album. Interesting and original music, good sound, and good performances all around. I'm buying it from your website today. Random side note - if someone had played certain parts of "Silence" for me and told me that it was Steve Vai singing, I would have...
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    Daft question - can axefx do vocal harmonies ?

    It should be said that if you only shift the pitch of a vocal line, the timbre won't be normal and it will sound unnatural. (The same is true for pitch-shifting guitars, people are just much more sensitive to the sonic qualities of human voices.) The farther the pitch shift, the more the...
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    New Katy Perry Metal/Djent Cover! Czech it!

    I like your covers more than I would really like to admit.
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    Can the Axe-Fx Do This?

    Cool feature. I would use it, albeit more subtly than they are using it in the demo. Equal temperament does annoy me in a number of ways. To borrow a common saying about democracy, equal temperament is the worst method of tuning, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to...
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    Test clip fw10 vs. fw11

    To my ears, the v11 samples have a bit more "roar" (lower midrange?) to them. The v11 samples also seem to have a bit more impact to the attack, like the compression is slightly less and/or delayed.
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    First Finished Song with Axe FX II on Guitars and Bass (Metalish)

    Nice mixing!
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    Why all the Metal??????

    My first guess would be that younger guitarists are more likely to play music that includes heavy distortion (of which there are numerous genres), and older guitarists are less likely to believe in/be interested in modellers. It is also probably true that the population of guitarists who play...
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    Old Song Re-recorded and Re-mixed. Ownhammer Mesa v32 IR. S2.0. FAS MODERN & TRILIAN

    It really is good. Nice progressions, excellent layering. Deftones isn't quite what I hear. The bridge made me think of something that I couldn't quite put a finger on for a while. It was driving me crazy, but I eventually figured out that it was the bridge to "I Should Have Known" by Foo...
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    First Post & First Full Song Recording :) - Metal Content

    Nice variety of great tones there! Also a nice variety of styles used while still flowing together. The one thing that really holds it back for me is the cymbals. The way that they sound bothers me and distracts from the piece. They sound unnatural and harsh to my ears. I don't know enough to...
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    Fractal Hoedown!

    Nice variety of great tones. Also, the first prog-country that I've heard.
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    What will be Fractal's next product?

    Yes, I would want that. I rather like the idea of a single guitar capable of getting the widest possible variety of sounds. More importantly, nothing says that the behavior of a Fractal-designed pickup modelling system would be restricted to what has been achieved so far with traditional...
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    What will be Fractal's next product?

    Are you trying to tempt him? ^_^
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    What will be Fractal's next product?

    Yes, except in a blind test, you won't be able to tell the difference between it and Rick Astley actually singing to you. The current beta is almost there, but doesn't have quite enough "hair".
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    Chef's Concorde

    Well, there's this:
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    Final Fantasy fans; contain your orgasms

    You spoony bard!
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    Fun with heavy-sounding pitch effects

    Is that a bass guitar in the clip, or just the effect? If it is a bass, I would be interested in hearing this effect in a clip where either it is by itself or the bass guitar was doing something different from the affected guitar.
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    awww shit my axe fx is baked!!!

    Slices or it didn't happen.
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    awww shit my axe fx is baked!!!

    Do you like the raw, organic egg taste in your Caxe-Fx recipe 10.0, or do you miss the smoother, more processed Egg-Beaters-like taste of recipe 9.0? If you prefer the old taste, just set triyolk hardboiledness to 0 and disable Multi-poultry Incubating Meal Imitating Concoction. That way, you...
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    awww shit my axe fx is baked!!!

    If you poke the cake while baking to release some steam, does it "hiss" or does it "sizzle"?
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    grain of tube

    Try turning triode hardness up a modest amount; it is supposed to be connected to an effect that causes "high-end sizzle", which could be part of what you mean by "grain".
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    Fas modern

    Try this: Reading the thread might also shed a little light on what some of the tonal differences between v9 and v10 are. Hope it helps!
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    Some tunes with my Axe - Clean / Dist

    Nicely done. I don't usually spend too much of my listening time on laid-back-sounding music, but these tracks both sound very pleasant and have enough cool, original stuff going on to hold my attention. If you released an album in the vein of these clips, I'd be really tempted to pick it up...
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    What happens when we hit FW11 ? (Axe FX III)

    Version numbers are somewhat arbitrary. They can have more to do with what kind of release cycle you are using and what you count as a major vs minor update than how much potential the device/software in question has. Example: Firefox 1.0: late 2004 Firefox 2.0: late 2006 Firefox 3.0: late...
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    I think I need another Axefx

    Cool, have fun! As to the modelling intention question, I agree with Chris; my impression is that the intended function of the combined amp and cabinet modelling in the Axe is to accurately reproduce that a well-mic'd amp sounds like. That being said, I'm not sure that the v9-v10 difference...
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    I think I need another Axefx

    I saw something before that may help you. From Cliff: So you could have some patches set up both ways. Can Triode Hardness be assigned to a CC? If so, you could do so and crank it up during your playing as an alternative to more volume for emphasizing a particular part and making it cut...
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    The sound of cabs

    With this clip, I can definitely hear what you are talking about now. I will agree with a few other people that it sounds like something rattling. Could you try making the same recording but with a different guitar?
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    Artificial sound in dirty Axe FX II soundclips..

    I can't help you with the preset, but: Source: HRI I would consider being able to fool the designer of the amp (when they already had a 50/50 chance to begin with) to be pretty convincing.
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    Artificial sound in dirty Axe FX II soundclips..

    I will be blunt. I believe that at this point, almost no one can actually tell that easily between clips created with most Axe-FX amp models and with actual mic'd amps, let alone at YouTube quality. When people have posted recent A/B clips including an Axe-FX amp model and the physical amp that...
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    FW10 ..Full Track.. Original

    Amazing. I hope that you keep at it, I would love to hear more songs.
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    Is Fractal going to the NY Amp Show this year?

    Congratulations, and best of luck on your upcoming release!
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    Attention all SRV Tone Experts!

    I, also, would be interested in the answer to this question.
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    Can someone please explain ghost notes and the B+ settings

    This is a shot in the dark, but could you possibly have been hearing a difference tone?
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    Can anyone post a video of Axe 2 Vs. YJM100?

    Only very briefly. Then you are too deaf for there to be a difference.
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    Track for album - need feedback

    Very nice, I like it a lot. In the following comments, I will refer to the roughly quarters of the piece as sections A, B, C, and D. I like section A. It has some interesting melodic and harmonic stuff going on and establishes the main theme. Most importantly, for me, it built a lot of...
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    Trying to nail closure in moscow tone

    I'm a fan of theirs, they're great. Here is another clip (Sweet#hart) that has some good examples of their tone: The single-note parts have a somewhat bright, very "chirpy" tone that has some punch to it. (Listen to one side at a time to isolate the tone more easily, and remember to switch to...
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    TC2290 vs AXE FX Delay

    To my ears, the delays in the second version sound significantly louder than those in the first, so it's hard to compare other aspects of the two fairly.
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    Vinai T Bluesfunk Jam with FW10, patch included

    I really liked the last 30 seconds; I was disappointed when it stopped.
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    Axe FX Demo Original Lead Preset

    People having problems will always have more of a reason to start new posts than people who are playing happily. While this poll is flawed and the number of people claiming an improvement of 76%+ over v9 is frankly absurd, it would not seem to indicate that anything like 40% of users are...
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    How do you feel about the drives now?

    Well, since they have only updated a few of the pedals in this release, the Elfdrive should be even better! That, and help pull in some of the fantasy crowd.
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    Dear Fractal...

    When?
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    Van Halen - A.F.U. cover w/ kramer baretta 1985 reissue

    Great playing. Also, I loved the Marshall mini-stack right above the Axe. Have any plans to tone-match or take IRs of it? ^_^
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    Pitch-shifting and IRs?

    Thanks for the pointers! I'll check those out.
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    Pitch-shifting and IRs?

    Pitch-shifting or harmonizing effects can be useful for a lot of things. One weakness that they have, however, is that since the guitar itself doesn't have a flat frequency response, an A4 shifted an octave up sounds significantly different than an actual A5 played on the instrument. You can try...
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    v10.00 harmonic balance changes questions

    From a post detailing a number of incoming changes in firmware version 10.00: Great news! I am curious about a couple of things. First of all, is this change a consequence of more accurately modeling what happens in physical power amps, or is it an enhancement intended to make it "better than...
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    Which parameter in the Axe 2 will correspond to the effect of an exciter pedal?

    I had asked about this feature once a long time ago, as well. Most people seem to assume that it is a compressor/expander and/or a stereo enhancer, which it is not. I have used one and for me, it made a noticeable improvement to most tones that I tried it with (when properly dialed-in). There...
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    Another technnical request.

    While I can't directly answer your question about what A/D converters are used and if they are the same for different inputs, Fractal Audio has taken a very "no compromises" attitude towards quality in general, so I would feel comfortable assuming that the best practical option was used. For a...
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    I want Cliff to release profiles when feature is ready

    Given the vast number of ways in which amps differ from each other, my instinct is that it would be hard for profiling to be able to match the quality of the modelling in the AXE-II in the near future. On the other hand, depending on how the profiling is implemented, they might be able to create...
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    Making a convincing double track effect with the Axe II

    Similarly, could you also apply a delay to each side with very short delay times attached to random LFOs to make it so that the two sides aren't perfectly synced? Making it so that the attack on the two sides isn't *quite* at exactly the same time might add to the illusion of there being two...
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    Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

    I recall reading that the current Atomic amps are tube amps mainly because that is what the designer had the most experience with, and not to introduce any kind of coloring or compression or to "compensate" for the lack of tubes in the modeller. They are intended to provide a flat, linear...
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    B+ Time Constant

    IANAEE. I don't know how much of that description I interpreted correctly, but insofar as my understanding is correct, it would seem to have the following implications regarding the impact of the parameters on tone: If Sag is set to near 0 (I notice in the documentation that setting it to 0...
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    Firmware 5.0 review.

    [/LIST] Allow me add an important factor that you did not list: psychoacoustics and the limitations of the human ear You don't need to reproduce all characteristics of the amp-speaker circuitry and hardware, only the aspects that contribute to the sound in a way that people can actually...
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    ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!

    After hearing your Heartbreaker rendition, I'm really looking forward to seeing what you can do with the II.
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    Question: Muffled noise

    To explain why, guitar cabinets are not high fidelity and lose some information, particularly (I think) on the high end. By using cabinet emulation and then running through an actual guitar cab, you are effectively doing it twice, so bassy and muffled is exactly what one would expect it to sound...
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    Preamp Comp: My Peavey 5150 Vs Axe Fx II 6505 Model! (Prepare to be blown away!)

    I'm sure that by "taste test" you probably just meant comparison, but I would emphasize that this was not a test of preference. I correctly guessed that amp 2 was the real amp, but I preferred amp 1. To my ears, some aspects of the tone sounded slightly more coherent/focused in clip 1 and more...
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    Axe 2: where are you setting your master volume for high gain

    Also posted in the meme thread: orpeus
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    Fractal Audio latest Tweet ... 3.0 Right Around the Corner........

    Given your Location, visiting you probably wouldn't be wise, anyway.
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    Cliff Chase Guitar Messenger Interview

    From the interview: If Fractal comes out with an FX-only floor unit, given their focus on quality, I am guessing that the quality of the effects will be the same as in the full unit, but that you will get less of them (or at least less simultaneously) and possibly less parameters. If that...
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    The Axe II Meme Thread

    forum, y u no let me put more than 5 pics in one post?
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    The Axe II Meme Thread

    I am only a middling guitar player. But this? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
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    Do you run your Axe-FX II in stereo when performing live?

    For small to medium venues where either guitar cabs are not mic'd or still constitute a significant portion of the guitar sound that the audience hears, the placement of the guitar cabinets matters. If you have two guitarists, normally one will be on each side of the stage. Yes, position will...
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    6160 rock-metal-prog... go go go!

    I definitely like it overall, but something about the sound of the cymbals really bothers me.
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    John Petrucci AX FX II

    ...And the hunt is on! Can the haters and unbelievers agree upon the correct Axe track amongst all of the mic'd Mark V tracks, thereby demonstrating that, like in The Princess and the Pea, pristine ears cannot ignore the telltale digital hiss? Or will they come up empty in their search, thereby...
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    my axe II dose not sound all that great ......

    Did you ever get a chance to try out this suggestion? What did it sound like?
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    Progressive metal

    I like the section that starts at 1:10. It might sound better the way that it is, but if you haven't already, you might try panning the guitars 80%/20% instead of 100%/0% just to see what it sounds like. I also think that the section that goes from 2:09 through the end has potential. I would...
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    Anyone with a II try to cop an SRV tone yet?

    To put this point a different way, imagine the following study: 1. Record a bunch of clips of people playing actual mic'd amps, along with a bunch of clips of people playing direct through reasonably set up Axe II presets with amp and cabinet modelling. 2. Get a group of guitarists who...
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    How many AFX 2 units are being made every day?

    Give a man a fire, keep him warm for a night. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of of his life. More to the point of the conversation, aside from the previously mentioned fact that this question has already been brought up repeatedly, I would also assume that Cliff will be too busy...
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    AxeFX II Clips Master List

    I just can't stop listening to the second part of this clip at 0:54. For me, that is one of the most beautiful guitar tones that I have ever heard. That cave reverb is amazing.
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