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    High De-phase values making differences between mics way less apparent.

    Is it only apparent on certain cabinets? I tried it on a factory preset with a vox and it seemed to have no effect with the selected cabinet. Update: I tried on another random factory preset and the effect seemed to make it more harsh on the top end. I have not heard anything that sounded...
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    Mixed digital studio setups with Axe-Fx II

    What would be even better is if I could use the Axe-Fx clock to drive my ADAT input; but that would require a something that doesn't seem to exist as a standalone unit. Or I could find a clock source that can drive ADAT and SPDIF, but I haven't found any for a reasonable price.
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    Mixed digital studio setups with Axe-Fx II

    Thanks for the replay. I am sure that yours is a typical setup for the average Axe-Fx home user. Seems clean and simple but flexible for small recording sessions. In order to take advantage of my current setup it looks like some of the MOTU interfaces have ADAT and SPDIF inputs, but at that...
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    Mixed digital studio setups with Axe-Fx II

    Just curious to how people on here use the Axe-Fx II's digital outputs to record with in a recording project with a mix of other inputs likely coming from a separate audio interface. I currently have a A&H Zed-R16 firewire board. I have not figured out a way to have a common clock between the...
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    Karnivool

    Glad to see other folks enjoy this band. For my money they are the best rock band in the world right now. They really have no weak links from a talent standpoint, and you can tell they spend an immense amount of time songwriting, phrasing, and adding texturing to their songs. It is hard to...
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    Cliff, Oh My...The Swirl!

    How is phase effected by a dc bias? I am assuming it is the variation of the bias that changes a phase shift on the amplifier circuit. Is this the grid bias of the tube, or the quiescent point on a transistor in the pre-amp?
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    FCB1010 Help (No Mod/No Chip)

    I tried every Axe-Fx Midi I/O option and still had no success. I finally got it to work by unplugging the Midi Input on the FCB1010. I guess I only needed one way communication. I had midi on Axe-Fx as "no thru". I guess the Axe-Fx was sending commands back when I sent a PC command that made it...
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    FCB1010 Help (No Mod/No Chip)

    TROUBLE! Just received my FCB1010. I followed the advice in this thread by the OP with a minor change. 6->10 are programmed to presets 6 -> 10, scenes 1->5 are programmed 1->5. The scene selection works fine, I go between 1,2,3,4 and 5 with ease. Quick and no issues. Preset changing...
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    Idea on a preset to really dial in an amp

    I want to continue playing while tweaking. I would rather not even know the numeric value of the setting. I want to be completely objective with my ears.
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    Idea on a preset to really dial in an amp

    I was wondering if this is possible. I was thinking about creating a preset that was only amp and cab. I want to dial in the amp using a midi controller using the following method. I want to have two selector pedals on the midi board that cycled through all the amp parameters that have a...
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    kostein's Axe FX II Firmware 12 High Gain Showcase (28 amp models) & Metal presets

    Cool Video. I took notes as I listened to try and see if I could identify my favorite sounding amps as played and dialed in by you. I narrowed it down to about 5 amps or so and then tried to listen to each of those. I would have to say my favorites in this video were: 1) Diezel VH4 2a)...
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    Front panel Headphone out

    I got the same problem. I have had it since day 1. Since I got mine when they first came out, I guess fractal was very busy, and support was not very supportive. I think after multiple emails I finally did get them to send me a replacement cable that is part of the headphone circuit, but that...
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    Something Cool I've Been Working On

    You could do one, but it will have way too much "room" sound. You would probably need to record it with both the mic and the cabinet hanging 75 feet in the air in the Superdome in order to minimize the early reflections. The other option is to record it in a large anechoic chamber. I have heard...
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    Can you tone match electric guitars?

    I have tried with some success. I tried making my strat style guitar sound like my Les Paul style and Les Paul sound like my strat. Obviously there are still audible differences and you have to do a good job with what material you use to match so that it works in all registers. I would say...
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    Wrecker now a wreck IMHO [solved]

    While I don't need this; maybe for the users that like the more polished sound Cliff could add a "Polished" setting to the Amp Voicing setting. And let it do several of the recommendations here in the advanced settings to get a more polished studio sound. But then again this is where the a...
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    Can you further improve the enhance block?

    That is why in my proposal I state that both signals left and right will be run through the algorithm. There will be no true dry side and wet side. One side will obviously only get the non-delay algorithm with it, but the dry side will sometimes be delayed while the wet side advances first so...
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    Can you further improve the enhance block?

    I still disagree. It is not magic. If you can take a single note of a double tracked guitar riff and describe in mathematical terms the difference between these signals then you can use that as a starting point in your algorithm. The block in this case should be placed as the first item in your...
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    Can you further improve the enhance block?

    They use to say the same thing about digital modeling and tube amps. I didn't say the algorithm to do this would be easy to implement, but the benefits would be worth it. For fast complicated riffs it can take a long time to get the double tracked part just right. It would save a lot of...
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    Can you further improve the enhance block?

    I still don't understand why we can't simulate a really tightly tracked double guitar section. The enhance block works pretty good but doesn't sound near as good as two separate takes. Now for two takes to sound their best they need to be dead on timing wise. So what can be done in the enhancer...
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    PVH 6160 Alternative

    Why would people say that? That is confusing. Compression refers to the lack of dynamics between loud and quiet sounds. Like to me one of the "compressed" amps that I like to play lead on is the FAS Lead 2.
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    Best Cab To Audition Amps With?

    I would say the Mesa cabinet with v30s is pretty versatile. The other two are the jay Mitchell far field IRs. One of those three should get you where you eat to go. A Marshall cab with v30s might be a good choice. Of course I am assuming you want to demo all the amps from clean to metal. It is...
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    Any Country Music / Clean Picken /Chicken Recordings?

    I think the reason there are less cleans and country players on here is due to economics. Most people in that style can afford a single clean fender-ish type amp and with only a few pedals be able to pull off most of the genre. On the other hand many of the high gain amps can run more than the...
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    "Fizz is Good"

    Wouldn't 1956 Hz be considered more low treble or upper mids?
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    Could someone please give me some advise for the behringer fcb 1010

    So what has the new behringer factory chip corrected/added compared to the previous factory chip. And does uno still provide more functionality than the new factory chip?
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    "Fizz is Good"

    A few notes. Amps of the same model vary by a good bit, so Cliffs deluxe might break up earlier than the deluxe your familiar with. I have noticed than when the real amp is played at volume 4, for example, it is really loud in the room whereas the Axe-Fx is probably played through monitors...
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    Amp specialist section

    Probably a good idea if the topics were added by the moderator when the forum was setup and had one for each amp model. So 115 topics. (I still wish a lot of this info and a lot of Cliffs quips about how amps are modeled and tips on how to use it was programmed into Axe-Edit. )
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    VIDEO with Brit Silver FW 10...my dog is not impressed

    Man, that was a really good composition and really good playing. FW10 and tone is an afterthought.
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    Question of proper AXE EQ values for amps that don't have them

    Where it should really go is in a separate window in Axe-Edit in the new version. Perhaps at the bottom of the current gui. it would be an in app help guide of sorts (like labview for its individual blocks or vi's). You could click on presence in the amp block and it would give info on what...
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    Axe-FX II: Dumble Amp Patch

    Killer patch man. You got a talent for this sort of thing. First dumble Robben Ford patch for Axe-Fx that 100% pulled it off IMO. But of course that is the same for your Voodoo Chile patch for SRV. I hope you get time to update that for V10. And of course do what nobody has done and...
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    Downgrading Firmware, how?

    How can an entire firmware and the best so far sound muffled? All 125 amps and 100+ IRs? Maybe you are just mainly a one amp or one preset kind of player and your go to amp is harder to dial in now. I can buy that. Not the whole firmware version.
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    V10 Update

    Cool deal. Hope all goes well with the testing.
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    Fractal Bot

    Just the ability to send an email immediately when there are firmware upgrades, Axe-Edit upgrades, driver upgrades, etc would be nice.
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    What do you want to see released from Fractal next?!?!

    Easy. A VST plugin control for the Axe-FX. It will store the exact settings used to record the track, and can be automated to change presets, effects, etc. it would give the recording artist ye ability to recall how an exact recording was created, or the the ability to program the settings and...
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    Getting stuck in skill level ... what to do?

    I understand. All these other comments are nice, but that is not the root cause of your problem. All you ever hear is slow down, learn it, and speed back up. Approach guitar technique like one would approach an athletic event like a golf swing. The technique has to be correct. Wasted motion...
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    Help using vocals with CLR

    Get a cheaper behringer mixer. You can then adjust your vocal volume levels to the guitar. You can even run a band mix to the other available input or two and have your own custom on stage mix.
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    Midi Guitar-The Software Solution.

    If it really works well then that would be hard to pass up. Transcribing your recordings straight into notation/tab would be awesome. That is a tedious process. Especially getting the timing transcribed properly. Everything I have tried hasn't worked well. You could even do it with existing...
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    KRK Rokit 6's Sound Like Dog Poop

    Get the dynaudios. They are probably double the price of the krk's but sound three times better. I heard details in songs I had listened to for years that I had never heard before. In the 3-4 years since I have had them I have not seen a single bad review. Even in saying this, it doesn't mean...
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    Simulated open back or "in-the-room" effect

    You may could get the ownhammer IR mixing tool and mix the OH at -4db with the main IR and just use a single cabinet. May not sound as roomy, but would be an easier setup to haul around if needed.
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    Theoretical implementation vs MIMIC

    I just assumed clip one was v10.0 and clip two was v9.0. Clip one sounds very "nasty" like in the post he describes when the amp is about to explode. Clip two was much "smoother" and a good but different sounding to me.
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    Best way to warm the highs

    Try tuning your guitar down a half a step if you haven't already. Also use your tone knob on the fly. I have never tried this, but maybe boost the highs going into the amp with a PEQ, and then reduce the highs by the same amount in a PEQ after the amp. This lets the amp model itself saturate...
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    Nothing like a real Plexi

    So more like the 1987 model? But a tad warmer.
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    New and very overwhelmed Axe 2 owner! Where in the world to start?

    Learn how to make a handful of simple presets. Just amp-cab-reverb or delay. Without knowing your specific tastes, here are a few general ones most guitarists would like: Get the twin reverb preset, change the amp to a Super, turn off the delay, and then up the reverb or cabinet room. Or...
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    what's the most transparent drive boost pedal we have in the II?

    Just use a flat Parametric EQ and increase the setting of the level parameter. Of course if you want more gain, you can always start with a flatter pedal like the FET boost and modify the advanced parameters like Hi-Cut/Lo-Cut to use the full EQ range. Tweak to taste. I have not tried that...
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    Back to the woodshed - Right hand technique

    I wish Troy Grady would release his Cracking the Code video. It would be the end to all future shredder and technique guitar videos. Unfortunately years have gone by without an update. At least the video previews for it are on YouTube. Go check them out. Basically he mounts a special high speed...
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    Would this be possible? [pickup impulses]

    Here is an article for reference: http://buildyourguitar.com/resources/lemme/ But it would be better if you had a circuit in your guitar with a knob that allowed you to vary the capacitance. This capacitance controls what frequency the resonance frequency peak of the pickup lies. The resonance...
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    FENDER TWIN REVERB / DRIVE LOW LOW LOW but STILL BREAKING UP / ANY ADVICES ?

    In real life the master is at 9 because these are non-mv amps. In real life if the volume/drive is at 2 or 3 these amps are already getting really really loud so the breakup is less noticeable at that volume. On the Axe the actual volume going in your ears is not nearly as loud in most cases for...
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    Tips for a Good Piezo Tone?

    Search for tips on how to record acoustic guitars. You can usually find some well mic'd tracks with simple licks that are easy to replicate while tone matching within this search. And don't forget to tone match more than once for good results. Sometimes the tone match block smoothing feature can...
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    Another V10 Preview

    You could just add the ability to select two different mics on a single cabinet, (I am assuming you are using your mic models and not two separate IRs).
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    Another V10 Preview

    Thanks for the detailed response. I understand completely what you are doing. How are you going to handle these updates with the amps you may no longer have in your possession that you modeled in the past?
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    Another V10 Preview

    I thought Cliff already said that the amps were so close it didn't even matter and that the knobs matched the actual amps(within 10% anyways). So what is really different here?
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    Fractal's thought process in organizing the presets in Banks

    See the last post in this thread. You will need to do a amp reset and adjust the amp yourself to taste and add the new 13 or so amps. Good starting point. The user community could keep it up to date if needed...
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    Dream Theater heading back to the studios to work on their new album!

    I watched the documentary where DT tried out several drummers for the position. I thought Marco Minneman should have gotten the job based on his performance and watching his YouTube videos versus the other guys. He was just more creative. The guy they hired can play anything but he is very...
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    Marco Sfogli - REMARCOBLE

    That is cool!
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    Just had a preview of Windows 8

    The beauty of what windows 8 could be is if you can run the exact same programs and software on your desktop as your mobile device without having to buy anything else. And since the programs(apps) are compatible with both interfaces you can run them in either tablet mode or desktop mode. But it...
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    How much space is left in the Axe-Fx II?

    It is not space that is the limitation, no more than your hard drive being the limitation on your PC. It is the processing speed that is the limitation. It has to run the algorithm/transfer functions at real time speed with no hiccups. You can only make your modeling algorithms so complicated...
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    Dialing in high gain patches through a real 4x12

    With the Mesa Recto amps and many other high gain amps, the master volume is like fizz killing knob. If it is too fizzy, turn it up. More master, less presence.
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    Preset 333 FAS Lead

    One of those amps that makes me want to play fast. Must be compressed more or something, but I like it.
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    mesa marks EQ in axe

    http://wiki.fractalaudio.com/index.php?title=Tutorials_and_How-Tos#The_Mark_Series_Graphic_EQ
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    Amp Switching to "Bassman" when I edit block, regardless of original amp in preset

    Yep. If I go to edit the amp and change it to anything else I can't just move it over one; it always makes me go back to 59' bassman. I done this before when trying to reset an amp after a firmware update.
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    Axe-Fest Live Report

    Ready to watch this.
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    Any Far Field IRs packs done with a RTA type mic in a treated room?

    I know there are some FF IRs in the Axe-Fx, I don't know the position the microphone was in though. I am looking to see if there any more properly done FF IRs that any companies are selling that people like to really get that amp in a room sound. One of the things that people say that make the...
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    Cabinet room vs reverb block

    What about the reverb mix and early reflection settings? (we need more factory presets on the reverb block that can do all this. Or where I can store them and bring them up in different patches. )
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    Cabinet room vs reverb block

    It seems like with the new reverb block that the cabinet room reverb is of lesser quality. It does not sound as good to me as before. I want to make a amp in the room sound using the reverb block; how do I do that? And is there a way to replicate both the fender in amp reverb and the amp in the...
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    Updating to 8.0

    Same problem here. When the sound did work after scrolling the patches they were weird sounding.
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    FAS Modern?

    I assume that Cliff basically is able to see things with his software models that amp designers could never see. That is just the nature of doing software and testing, you get data that is almost impossible to capture in the real world. So he sees something with the numbers and data that other...
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    Dumble in 7.00?

    I would like to hear this amp model through a real g12-65 cabinet recorded with a flat room mic or even just a video camera like some of these videos. Maybe the amp model would be closer than I think then. There is this "glassy" sound that the real amp has that is not gain or EQ related that I...
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    Dumble in 7.00?

    I agree. It is weird because I don't hear these missing "extras" with many of the other tones I have tried to copy. I have heard spot on tones of many famous guitar tones with the Axe-Fx. SRV with his fender cleans and overdrive sounds, Gilmour, Zeppelin, ACDC, Van Halen, Eric Johnson, etc. But...
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    Dumble in 7.00?

    I have tried getting that Robben Ford sound, but I have not been able to quite get it. Here is a video of a guy playing a Robben Ford tune with a Bludotone and it sounds dead on. I have gotten close, but not all the way there (even drowning it in reverb to match how the recording was done). I...
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    Fractal University!

    Not really. You are thinking like a modeler when in reality you need to think like you have a room full of amps. Plus amps that have multiple channels modeled could be rolled into one video. If you actually bought one of these amps in real life a 5 minute video would not be overkill. In reality...
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    Fractal University!

    I feel it would be good if there was a 5 minute video tutorial on each amp model.
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    Crackles in FRFR and headphones

    I run the outputs out the axe-fx into my Allen and health mixing board. My headphones plug in to the board and I get them with my headphones and studio monitors. Seems to be much worse with certain presets. I was getting them with one of the new bank A plexi presets last night. Can't remember if...
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    Safe to use Axe-edit to audition presets from the preset banks in V7?

    The last version of AxeEdit has ran much better than previous versions on my Mac. At least when I start up the program it quickly finds the Axe-Fx and loads up the preset. Before I would have to start Axe-Edit multiple times or cycle power on the Axe-Fx in order to use the program. And even when...
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    Difference between Axe-FX and virtual instrument programs

    Has anybody here tried a high quality virtual instrument program that outputs a dry guitar signal (strat, les Paul, etc.) and ran it into the Axe-Fx II? To me virtual instrument means it is capable of being programmed with notation or tab and the program converts the written music into sound.
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    Static IR versus The new dynamic IR?

    They are probably just trying to copy what Cliff has already did. He already gives us tools to account for some of things the IR does not capture.
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    Any FCB1010 and Mac owners use LG-FCB Software to program?

    Also, do I need a separate midi connection to my computer, or can I program using the Axe-Fx midi.
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    Any FCB1010 and Mac owners use LG-FCB Software to program?

    Just wandering what the experience is. Any trouble in using it? I am thinking about going FCB1010 w/ Uno, but I own a Mac and can't use the Ripwerx program. LG-FCB
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    AxeFX II: Rocktron Midimate vs FCB1010

    Outside of the built in expression pedal, what can the FCB1010 do that the midi mate cannot? And what can the midi mate do that the fcb 1010 cannot? It's look like they have the same number of switches.
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    Axe-Fx II owner in the market for a midi controller.

    Really like the Axe-Fx II and I would like to buy a midi controller. I have been reading the midi controller forums for a few weeks now trying to find out what to buy. I don't think I am any closer now to when I started. At first I thought the FCB1010 with the Eureka or Uno chip was the...
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    Crackles in FRFR and headphones

    I get it too. Sometimes it shows up for just a few seconds and goes away. Sometimes it comes and stays and makes everything I play sound terrible. When it gets like that even changing presets does not help. I even power all my stuff through a Monster Power power conditioner. Would suck it that...
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    50 years of music gear in one box

    A preset bank that gets updated with each version that is only just an amp and a mono cabinet. It would have each amp listed in alphabetical order that is available on the Axe-Fx. Easy way to demo all the amps at an even volume level and hear the individual character of the amps.
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    struggling like hell with Mark iV

    First off to get some of those sounds you need an EQ like the Mark amps. The bass can get flubby on the Mark and needs to be dialed back like you mentioned, but then you need to boost it back up with an EQ afterwards. The Axe-Wiki has info on exactly how to replicate this EQ on the axe-fx. Read...
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    Whats your favorite mic you gravitate towards?

    In the real world I always wanted the mics to capture the freq balance in the room. Best I could do was a 57 close up and a nice LDC as more of a room mic mixed lower in the mix. This worked better with lower gain stuff. With higher gain sounds it was too "distance." With the Axe-Fx I will do...
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    What did you do to get better at guitar?

    10,000 hour rule. Not just 10,000 hours of random noodling while daydreaming, but 10,000 hours of focused playing and practice. I'm still nowhere near the 10,000 hours to master the instrument. There are books on the subject. Although I think if Troy Grady ever finished his video on "Cracking...
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    Original Amp-Cab combinations

    I know that they have stated that they test the amp models vs the real amps through a Mesa 4x12 cabinet. A/B test. I am not sure if all the real amps have been tested this way. I am also not sure if all the amps get A/B checked everytime since I don't think Fractal actually owns every amp that...
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    FW 6.0 Overhauled Amp Modelling Preview

    You will definitely have to share a preset with your Fuch combo.
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    Successful re-amp without onboard USB audio (hybird analog/digital method)

    The only way I could see a way to go all Analog for a reamp is if Cliff had an option for Output 1 to be the main "wet" signal and Output 2 to be the "dry" signal. Then set the Axe-Fx to use the Rear Inputs on the back as the input back from your audio interface of choice when doing the reamp...
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    I want Cliff to release profiles when feature is ready

    To me profiling for the Axe-Fx II is a gap filler for people who want to capture a particular signal chain that they are not able to get with the available amp models. Maybe it is a hot rodded Fender with your favorite "special" ordered tubes. Maybe it is a rig you have that has one particular...
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    What is THE BEST amp/cab combo for clean?

    I am really digging the Dumble Clean Channel right now. Seems to give a warm "bloom" that I am not quite getting from the other amps.
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    Fractal gear sighting

    Cool.
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    The Most Incredible Electric Guitar Sound That I have Ever Heard!

    I think I saw in an interview on youtube where he said he recorded the whole album with the Mark V. He says he brought other amps like his trusty IIC+ to the studio, but liked the IIC+ mode on the Mark V better for those parts.
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    how to make a REAL comparrison between real amps and axe fx II

    Or you could just connect the Axe-Fx up to a flat amp like the Matrix. The real amp and the Matrix could both be used to power the same cabinet in the same room. No IRs needed. Although you need to follow proper precautions in not having the real amp turned on without a load.
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    Axe Fx Settings with Single Coil or Humbucking pickups?

    I use to use this pedal back when to get my strat with single coils to sound like a guitar with humbuckers. It is called the Pickup Booster by Seymour Duncan. http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/stompboxes/sfx01_pickup_bo/ I have never bothered to look at the schematic of the pedal to see...
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    How do you decide which cabinet/microphone to use?

    Look at which cabinet/speaker combo is actually used with the amp by people across internet land. Almost every amp I tried through the Mesa 4x12 V30 redwirez cabinet sounds good. (I think Cliff uses a real one of these Mesa cabinets in some of his testing if I remember correctly.)
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    Speaker Resonance Controls

    Sounds like there needs to be a drop down in the amp block resonance section to select between cabinet block "1/2/neither" in order to have speaker resonance tied to a specific cabinet block. That way changes in the the cabinet blocks can automatically change the amp block. At least for native IRs.
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    I'm having trouble loading the new Version 4 Banks

    I have never been able to upload an entire new bank with my windows xp computer. I always have to get my laptop with vista.
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    Dweezil Zappa with Experience Hendrix & Tommy Emmanuel tickets for Christmas

    Most people/guitarists don't know Tommy Emmanuel. He is probably the most underrated guitarist I know. While I generally listen to rock music, I also like acoustic music sometimes. He is really amazing.
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    Headphones we can all use to tweak

    Dialing in tones on headphones is possible if you do two things: 1 - Check your tone/song on several different kinds of headphones. 2 - Listen to professional recorded tones/songs that you know sound really good that are in the same style of music. You are not dialing in your guitar to...
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    Quick question regarding new firmware(s)

    It sure sounded different on the one patch I have tried in cycling the amp choice in the amp block. Maybe it changed some of my advanced parameters. Will have to check next time I get to play.
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    I propose we make an...

    It would probably be better to add different DAW sections to the Axe-Fx II wiki first, rather than have more forum sections. A wiki would probably answer most questions without people having to wade through 100's of posts and eventually asking the same questions over and over again.
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    This new firmware sounds great...

    Well most of the music you listen to is at 44.1 kHz. Not to mention that the Axe-Fx's A/D sample rate is 48Hz. So I would have assumed that the current version already operated at 48kHz. I recall an extremely long thread on another forum showing that although the sampling rate of audio at...
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