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    Fixed 48k Sample Rate Impedes Recording Studio Integrations

    The problem is that 48 KHz limits the ability for the vast majority of customers to use the Axe FX as their go-to audio interface. This is a shame, since its a great, great potential product feature. The problem is that this feature is not usable or is too complicated to work around. And...
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    Axe FX II for Studio Recording?

    Does the AxeFx 3 support 44Khz as an audio interface?? I believe the previous AxeFx 2 only supports 48 Khz which is a huge problem for me with my setup. And I'm not the only one, many people have complained about this. I can't understand why in the world they did not support 44 Khz. Anyway, for...
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    Singtall Superpack of presets are ready!

    Are these available for the Mark II as well as the XL? You're web site makes it look like the presets were built for the XL. I beilieve XL presets won't work in a Mark II.
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    Motor Drive Suggestions for FRFR

    Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I have FRFR speakers and tried cranking up and down the motor drive both in the amp block and in the speaker block and I hear very minimal differences. I tried with both clean amp and mid to high gain. Honestly I don't know what all the fuss is about but I get...
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    New Spanish Acoustic Guitar Original

    Thank you so much!
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    low pass filters

    I use low pass filters a lot to cut the ear piercing highs that frequently come out of these presets. Usually I need to go down to 3800. But then it often sounds like there's a blanket over the amp. Its very frustrating to get the right balance. I'd like to know where the heck the ear piercing...
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    Speaker Drive vs Motor Drive...

    What do you mean by "optical"? Do you mean the new optical compressors? If so what settings do you use to get the best results? I'm playing around with it but still haven't come up with a ideal setting.
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 7.02 Public Beta

    I'm all for updates that improve the low and mid gain amps. It seems like so much of the discussion is on high gain and metal playing and that's fine if that's your thing. But it would be nice to see improvements that enable clean players, jazz players, fusion players, acoustic players on the...
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    New Spanish Acoustic Guitar Original

    Hello folks, I just finished composing and recording this new original upbeat song entitled "Iberia" that I'd like to share with you. This song reminds me of our wonderful holiday traveling through Spain and experiencing its many magnificent historic sites, welcoming people, and beautiful...
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    New Original Jazzy Tune - Sunday Drivin'

    I just finished composing and recording this tune called Sunday Drivin. I used the Axe FX with wet and dry guitars and also used it to lay down the bass line with my guitar. This song has a compelling rhythm of movement and invokes images of taking a road trip on a beautiful sunny day. Hope...
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 2.00 Firmware Release

    Wow this is huge! Can XL presets be imported as well?
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    Axe Fx II as an audio interface - what are your impressions ?

    I always use a separate interface. One thing that is really problematic for me is that it only operates at 48 KHz. Meanwhile everything else in the audio world operates at 44 KHz. Sure you can manipulate your DAW to use 48 KHz but then any other apps you have running won't work. Like if your...
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    Can't set the input I/O high enough to tickle red LEDs

    Thank you. I think that's a good suggestion. I'll try to follow up. Just not sure how long I'll be without unit, but I think its worth it. I want to make sure this is working on all cylinders.
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    Can't set the input I/O high enough to tickle red LEDs

    OK - thank you for the test procedure. Here are my results 1st Green LED at: - 60 db 2nd Green LED at: - 38 db Yellow LED at: - 18 db Red LED at: 1.0 db Perhaps you can advise me as to what this indicates. Thank you for your help.
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    Can't set the input I/O high enough to tickle red LEDs

    Nobody has any more suggestions - I think I have a defective unit. I really think that in the future the Axe input should have a switch option to switch over to a real high impedance analog input. There seems to be input variability between units wit the current design. This could also...
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    Can't set the input I/O high enough to tickle red LEDs

    I checked the settings and it is in fact already set to left only. I have all inputs at 100%. I tried going in through front instr and rear left and still cannot get red LEDs. I also max'd the input impedance to 1M which helped a little. What else could it be?
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    Can't set the input I/O high enough to tickle red LEDs

    I'm not sure why this is a problem but on my Axe FX Mark II unit I have never been able to get it set up to tickle the red input LEDs. I've tried turning up the Instrument IN and IN1 and IN2 input to max. I've tried setting the input impedance to auto and 1M in my presets. I have a Les Paul...
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    Help Please - Output 1 Always Clips Output 2 always OK

    Great suggestion - I will give it a try - Thanks for this!
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    Help Please - Output 1 Always Clips Output 2 always OK

    Chris - thanks for trying to help, I think I was able to resolve the problem. There seemed to be a problem with the boost/pad functionality. Rebooted several times, rechecked it, and its back to normal.
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    Help Please - Output 1 Always Clips Output 2 always OK

    So you would like me to upload 283 presets that you will analyze? LOL
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    Help Please - Output 1 Always Clips Output 2 always OK

    This happens on most of my presets - uploading a preset won't help fix it. I don't know of any way to tell any component inside of a preset to process a signal differently for output 1 than for output 2. If anyone knows how to do that please advise. The basic question is how do you control...
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    Help Please - Output 1 Always Clips Output 2 always OK

    I can't figure this out. On most of my presets Output 1 is almost always clipping even with very moderate picking, whereas Output 2 is fine and doesn't clip. I turned the Global Out 1 level all the way down and it still clips output 1. I don't know of any way to tweak a preset module so that I...
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    Amps Not G3’d Yet

    What the heck is with you guys on this forum? Someone is just expressing a simple opinion that gee - they wish their favorite amp was G3'd. All of a sudden a tidal wave of negativity - Aren't you happy with what you've got???? I remember when the first few amps were G3'd there were endless...
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    Axe-Fx II Firmware 19.01 Public Beta (1)

    I agree that the new Character control has far more impact (in a positive way) on shaping and dialing in your sound than the very subtle dephase control. I'm surprised there's so much discussion about dephase and so little about character control. I'd love to see people post some new character...
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    Where can I get old fractal speaker IRs?

    I have the same problem, Fractal replaced one of my favorite cabs in v18. I used it in half of my presets. I think its fine when Fractal drops in new cabs, but there really needs to be a way to obtain the legacy versions, otherwise this creates a lot of rework which can be hours of effort, on...
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    Where do we get discontinued IRs / Cabs?

    The FW 18 updates included some changes to some of the Fractal cabs. Unfortunately I used one of those cabs in half of my presets - the Gold 1x10. So the question is where can I find the original IR for that cab and download it so I can add it back into those presets? Please help. Thanks
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    What is the 'zen master' drive pedal?

    The Zen Drive is for me by far the best drive pedal in the Axe. I use it in 80 % of my presets.
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    Delay Dialing In

    I am 1000% in support of this. I would gladly donate for a set of high quality delays. They are just so important to so many musical scenarios its a shame to not take advantage of the power of the technology and the people who know what they're doing in designing them. When you complete the work...
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    Delay Dialing In

    I do like the quality of the Axe delays, but I have to say that I am not a fan of the change to the mix control. It confuses the heck out of me. Most of the time I have to keep the mix control way down at like 7- 15% to keep the delay from sounding incredibly obnoxious. It seems like a huge...
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    First post...Jazz Tone Match

    This is great - can you post the preset and the tone match? I am trying to get a decent jazz guitar sound out of the Axe and having some difficulty. My guitar is an Ibanez 335 copy.
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    Cover Pat Metheny "Follow Me"

    For those who are interested I have attached the preset that I used. Let me know if it works for you. Its great when it does.
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    Cover Pat Metheny "Follow Me"

    Well - I am using Owenhammer cabs, the cabs are OH MAR-CB H-BB-55 SS STUD VNTG and OH MAR-CB H-BB-55 SS STUD-MDRN in a stereo configuration with no mikes added.
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    Cover Pat Metheny "Follow Me"

    Yeah - I've tried playing the harmonics version of this, but I cannot find any way to make the harmonics loud enough to cut through the band mix using the Axe. It seems impossible.
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    Cover Pat Metheny "Follow Me"

    LOL - good point about the stripey shirt - that alone would improve my playing. Gotta get me one of those! The second half guitar tone in the middle section solo is actually a GR300 synth emulation that I play through a Fishman Tripleplay midi pickup into a Roland Integra synth module. I'm...
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    Cover Pat Metheny "Follow Me"

    Thanks - I'm using the Fryette D60M which in my setup is by far the best medium gain amp out of all of them. I'm amazed that there's almost no discussion about it in the forums.
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    Cover Pat Metheny "Follow Me"

    Thanks! Guitar was recorded direct from the Axe FX to Scarlett interface and into the PC. The other band instruments were all direct recorded from their amps into the interface, except for the drums which was room miked.
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    Cover Pat Metheny "Follow Me"

    This is a recording from a recent band rehearsal of our group playing our (electric) rendition of Pat Metheny's "Follow Me". Guitar is played through my Axe Fx II. A few mistakes here and there but fun to play! Comments welcome. https://soundcloud.com/jaxxfx32/follow-me-4-24-15
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    For those struggling with FW18 - my own experience...

    When you say to use a checksum on the download, how do you force a checksum on a downloaded file through your browser? Someone earlier mentioned that different browsers might affect the integrity of the downloaded file. I know that different browsers can behave differently on a given website -...
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    Cab Pack 8 Now Available!

    Can someone explain to me what "TV" means or stands for? I see it all over the place on IRs but never an explanation. People seem to love TV!
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    G3 FW18 mini review

    It would be nice if there was a list posted for each type of amp - low, medium, high gain amps, where the list would rank the top 10 or 15 advanced amp controls that impact the sound. There are probably a hundred advanced amp parameter controls for each amp, and I find that tweaking the vast...
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    FNG....considering AxeII and I have a trio of questions.

    This is a superb explanation. I need to save it somewhere...
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    Control the Axe with your Android Device

    Come on - what is OTG???
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    Buy Dweezil's Fractal Presets

    $200 is way too steep. Many times presets that sound great for one setup sound terrible on my setup - proven time and time again when I download axe change or anyone else's presets. Usually only one out every ten sounds decent. Honestly - I might pay $20.
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    Acoustic into Axe II?

    Here is the preset I created for use with my Nylon String acoustic electric - great balanced tone. Played thru my FRFR speaker.
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    Bug? Bug 16.04 Scrambled Display UI

    It can't be a hardware issue since it never happened before FW 16 and I've had the Axe II since it was announced and play on it 4 days a week. Never saw this problem before. Happened again tonight during band practice.
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    Bug? Bug 16.04 Scrambled Display UI

    Ever since I downloaded the latest 16.04 firmware I have had this problem occur 3 times on my Axe FX II. I push the button on the Axe to go to the tuner, then I tune my guitar, then I start playing guitar without changing back to a different screen on the Axe. So its in tuner mode on the UI...
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    Nylon string guitar patch??

    Unfortunately this one is an XL patch - won't work on my Axe. I wish there was a conversion utility. Anyway I uploaded my newly created patch in another post.
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    Nylon string guitar patch??

    New Nylon String Electric Preset I uploaded my newly created Nylon String preset to Axe Exchange at: Axe-Change - Download Preset - EB Nylon Last Train - by guitar32 I also uploaded the preset here. Let me know if it works for you. Its set up to be played through my Matrix Q12A FRFR speaker.
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    Cliff's Goodies

    I am trying to set up my expression to activate the hold reverb button. Are there any instructions for this anywhere?? I have to plug my expression pedal into the MFC 101 since the pedal port on my Axe is already in use. On the MFC how do I set up that pedal to act as an on off switch? When I...
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    About that 0.06mS Delay

    This was a great post by the OP, never tried this before but it works great. Thanks for informing us all how it works!
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    Getting the Elusive Pat Metheny ES175 Tone

    Its great to see that there are others interested in Pat Metheny sound. I am a huge fan and have recently started a group focused on playing music of Pat Metheny. Anything we can do to emulate his sound would be great. The GR-300 is an elusive synth sound. I know there's a patch out there for...
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    Pick Two Factory Cabs to Replace

    Please DO NOT replace the 1x10 Gold - it is my go to cab on half my patches. In any case whatever you replace really should be made available for download. Thanks!
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    Axe-Fx II Firmware 16.02 Released

    I'm a HUGE fan of ideal amp tones so anything that allows for creation of the ideal is a HUGE plus for me. Even playing live with my band, many of the Ideal tones are greatly preferred by my bandmates.
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    Cool things you can do with the AxeII and a Vigier Surfreter

    This is great - can you post the Sitar preset here as well?????
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    Guitar Cab or FRFR?

    I don't get this at all - every single time I have turned cab sims off for the last several years when running into real cabs my Axe sounded like complete and utter crap. Happened with both the Ultra and the Axe Fx II. Yet everyone praises this method - it boggles my mind. I have gotten...
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    Firmware 15.07

    Yeah - I would really love to see a sitar. I know its technically complicated but I think the geniuses at Fractal can do this. It can be applied in a ton of situations and playing styles. The patch thats out there shows that you can get somewhat close just tweaking the current stuff, but if it...
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    Firmware 15.07

    I would much much rather have more / improved effects than more amps at this point. Or improved ease of use and functionality. Such as a sitar effect pedal, emulations of other EH pedals, spdif that runs at 44 KHz, more overdrives, etc
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    Axe-Fx II Technical Questions Thread

    That's great to hear. Can you listen to iTunes and Windows Media Player playing songs through the focusrite (set up for 48 KHz) and out to your monitors connected to the focusrite, while at the same time having the focusrite set up to 48 Khz spdif input so that the spdif can record to your DAW...
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    Axe-Fx II Technical Questions Thread

    OK it would be great to see a step by step as to how this windows driver re-sampling is done. In fact it would be great to put it in the Axe FX manual. The 48 KHz spdif frequency really causes a lot of headaches for people who are trying to use it and who are not trained recording engineers...
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    am i crazy!?

    I have the same issue with different guitars with different pickups. It would be great if in the Axe there was a switch in either the Amp block or the input block where you could designate that you're using a humbucker or single coil or not specified (current default) and the Axe could optimize...
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    Smooth Sustaining Lead Preset in FW 15.02

    Here's a nice Smooth Sustaining Lead guitar sound I created based on USA Lead amp. Think Santana. Works well with humbucker guitar - use neck pickup and roll down the tone a bit. I play it through a FRFR Matrix Q12A. Comments welcome. Axe-Change - Download Preset - EB USA 1 v2 - by guitar32
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    looking for solo sound.

    I just dialed in a nice smooth electric lead sound on my Axe II - it has a Santana like lead tone. I play through a Matrix Q12a FRFR speaker. Play thru a neck humbucker pickup with the tone rolled down a bit. Give it a try and see if it works for you. Axe-Change - Download Preset - EB USA 1 v2...
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    New Fractal Preset Banks and Custom Made Presets

    You guys are awesome! Thanks for the info. I always thought if you imported a bank from Axe Edit it would overwrite the whole bank, so I didn't try it. Great to see that you can pick presets.
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    New Fractal Preset Banks and Custom Made Presets

    I am going to update to FW 15.02 but I have a basic question about presets. On the forum I heard that the new Preset Banks sound great with FW15. If I load those banks after updating, they will overwrite all of my custom made presets. Is there any way to load only certain presets from within...
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    Idea for easy patch creating....

    Great Idea!
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    Carol Ann Tucana FW 15

    Great Clip, great playing. Its nice to hear someone post something other than a metal clip. The majority of clips posted seem to be metal and while that's fine if that's your genre it tells me nothing about how an amp sounds for every other genre.
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    Axe-Fx II Firmware 15.00 Public Beta

    If I had a choice I would wait for an auto amp reset procedure. It takes a ton of time to make sure your settings are same when you reset. Some capabilities to ease the use of the unit would be greatly appreciated. Things like auto reset while retaining your settings, auto volume leveling across...
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    It Happened Again...

    Suggestion for Cliff: for these updates, maybe the software can do some kind of error check in the process to make sure that the bits transmitted properly. Alternatively if there was a software utility that could be run to check the accuracy of the upgrade after it is performed. I've had this...
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    Looking for some FRFR speaker experiences and advice.

    Has anyone here compared a Matrix Q12A against a CLR? I have the Matrix but always wondered if CLR is better or about the same.
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    anyone here don't keep their modeling mode at "authentic"

    I use Ideal / Smooth on most lead patches - it helps to cut down on he fizz. Fizz sounds great for about 5 minutes, then I get a bad case of fizz fatigue. v9 firmware had a real nice smooth sound and the new amp options were much needed.
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    Attaining a smooth medium-light distortion

    My Smooth Preset I am constantly trying to achieve a smooth sound with just the slight amount of overdrive / distortion. I get tired of fizz very quickly. It is not easy to dial in. I have attached my latest preset to try to achieve this. I play through it with humbucker pups on an Ibanez...
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    96 Presets for V.13

    Not good for me I agree. I spent a whole night cycling thru all the presets and they were almost all bad. The TM module in all of them was way too trebly and ear piercing. They must be using a totally different set up. I use FRFR Q12a.
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    Parameter Elimination

    I absolutely do use Pick Attack - it is a very powerful and important parameter to shape your tone and remove some harshness from the actual pick's attack on certain amps. Pick attack is the most important of the bunch. Amp Voicing is also useful and I use it regularly. Those are the 2 most...
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    Axe-Edit 3.0.3 now available

    Thanks very much!
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    Axe-Edit 3.0.3 now available

    I also like the smooth mode on most of the high gain amps. But where is the Modeling Mode (e.g. Authentic, Smooth, etc) in the new Axe Edit interface??? I cannot find it anywhere.
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    Downgrading to FW9

    This is the kind of information that is truly helpful to us. I find that while I like the liveliness and accuracy of some of the amps for certain styles of playing, after a while the Marshall type fizziness gets extremely tiring. It starts to all sound the same. Its frustrating when you don't...
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    Downgrading to FW9

    I'm sorry but this is the problem with these forums. Some people have made this a religion rather than just having a conversation. Its frustrating as heck that someone can't post what they are experiencing without triggering some emotional attack. Just chill please! I completely agree with the...
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    Downgrading to FW9

    I have to say when FW 9 came out I thought it was a huge huge breakthrough. And I absolutely loved the smooth sounds from it. I am disappointed that I have not been able to get as good of a sound from any FW version since v9. Even using v9 IRs. I've spent countless hours trying and its just not...
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    Downgrading to FW9

    OK I just tried this and there is no entry in the Global UI for modeling version. I am running FW 11.05. Global UI only shows options in the Config tab for Power Amp Modeling (On / Off), Cabinet Modeling (active / bypassed), Spillover, Reverb Mix, Effects Mix, and Amp Gain. In this FW version I...
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    Downgrading to FW9

    This would be very helpful - can you explain where this option exists? Thanks for the help!
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    New Smooth Overdrive Preset

    Thanks. It took me several days of experimenting to get it to sound right. There's still room for improvement and I continue to refine it.
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    Dark Eye Tango - Al Dimeola cover - Smooth Overdriven Sound

    I think the link works now - I re-posted it.
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    Finally- Don't Take Me Alive Beginning Solo - Triptik Modern

    This is outstanding. Great tone and great playing. I love playing this song, but now I must have this preset. Can you post the preset or point me to it? Thanks so much!
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    Dark Eye Tango - Al Dimeola cover - Smooth Overdriven Sound

    Folks Here is a song I recorded using the preset direct to PC with no editing. I am playing an Al DiMeola tune- Dark Eye Tango. Have a listen and I hope you enjoy it. The preset creates a very smooth overdriven sound through the Fryette amp with some nice delay thrown in. It is more refined and...
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    New Smooth Overdrive Preset

    Folks Here is a preset I have been developing for a while. It creates a very smooth overdriven sound through the Fryette amp with some nice delay thrown in. It is more refined and not as fizzy as so many other overdriven tones. Great for recording. This is my preferred sound. By the way, I use...
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    One more piece of the puzzle to be solved, thinness of individual notes

    I have had the Axe FX Ultra and now Axe FX II for several years now. While most of the sounds are phenomenal I have to completely agree that it is very very difficult to get fat high register clean single notes out of it. This is my greatest frustration with the unit. I have tried thru tube...
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    Galo's Ojai patch. Loving it!!!!

    Thank you very much for the patch name
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    Galo's Ojai patch. Loving it!!!!

    Which Amp on the Axe is the Ojai? I do not have an Ojai in my Axe FX II. I am running FW 10.
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    Intrumental Jazz fusion direct recording

    I love the guitar tone! What amp are you using? I like the effects too. Can you post the patch so I can try it out?
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    Updating presets - Question about resetting Amp Blocks

    Copy X to Y? This is great advice and I want to start using it. Sorry for the dumb question but how does one quickly Copy X to Y? Thanks for your help!
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    Axe-FX II Preset Report Generator

    This is a fabulous tool. Just wanted to let you know that when I used it, it recorded most settings properly, but it didn't detect my Y amp in the preset, only my X Amp. So, not sure if its recording the Y versions of components.
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    Best way to Interface with Axe2?

    This sounds great - where do you connect the S/PDIF to - from the Axe to the Saffire?
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    just a little note....it's not too late for a change

    I agree that the drive blocks are good but could use improvement or perhaps more choices.
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    AxeFx and Matrix

    Wow this is great to hear. I'm seriously considering picking up a GT1000fx and either a passive Q12 or a passive CFR. Which of these two speaker cabs would sound better with the Axe FX II? Why did you pick the Q12 over the CFR? Thanks for any insight on this.
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    Any Presets to convert Electric Guitar sound to BASS?

    Thanks - I'll try this. I didn't try playing through presets that were designed for a bass.
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    Any Presets to convert Electric Guitar sound to BASS?

    Does anyone know of any presets that will convert electric guitar input to a variety of nice sounding Bass guitar sounds? I need to do double duty with my guitar and switch over to play various bass lines for various songs. I'd love to be able to get a variety of different bass sounds. I've...
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    I LOVE MY AXE!

    I am looking to get a new FRFR speaker - what speaker do you have that sounds great? I currently use a MESA 2x12 V30 guitar cab. But I need a flying car!
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    Axe-Fx II Firmware 9.00 and MFC-101 Firmware 2.15 Available

    Activating Bright Full & Sat switches I never would have guessed that this is how to activate those switches. Glad I asked! I will give it a try later - thanks so much!
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    Axe-Fx II Firmware 9.00 and MFC-101 Firmware 2.15 Available

    Wow this is a great upgrade - I just upgraded from v 6 to v 9. Huge improvement! I have a dumb question - on the AXE II amp block UI, how do I navigate down to the "Bright, Full and Sat" on off switches? Tried using the arrow cursors on the front panel as well as the knobs and could not select...
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    A quick note on the first 50 factory presets

    One question This is great info and I love the sounds in v6.0 Its definitely a huge step up from previous updates. One question I am confused about - some folks recommend doing a system reset though the system menu, others say you don't need it. I don't know what will happen if I do a...
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