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    MFC 101 cable question.

    Recently found this from a FB post by RAT Sound: http://soundtools.com/products/cable/supercatsound.php
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    awww yes! the marshall silver! (Q6)

    Yowza!!! Now that's some steak and potatoes with an A&W root beer float for dessert R'n'R TONE! I remember when those came out and they were quite special (really super chunky - it's amazing how you got 'em to Growl!).
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 6.01 Firmware Released

    I owned an early production 5150, ran the high-gain channel @ about 2.5 for gain (2.8 when I was really moody) and it was thick and distorted enough to sound like metal to me (a lot folks used way too much distortion back in the day). It was a great amp, and I can definitely hear its character...
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 6.01 Firmware Released

    Yup. I have the article somewhere (might have been during 'Coverdale - Page', but somehow that seems earlier than the 5150).
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    The New Axe-Fx II Factory preset [#82 Petrucci] Another Day Guitar Solo Section

    Sounds like you can play like a MoFo!!! Time for me to practice... more...
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 6.01 Firmware Released

    IIRC, Jimi Page had Treble and Presence on 7 most of the time (he's kinda good).
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    practicing Mr. Scary

    Love it!
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    STEELHEART - She's Gone (full cover w/vocals)

    Any chance you guys might do some TNT?
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    How many of you guys use the enhancer block and...

    I haven't placed it at the very end, but it is the last thing before the Reverbs (haven't found it to be too detrimental there).
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    Any Queensryche fans???

    Used to love QR until they said that they thought that 'Rage for Order' was their ''worst mistake'' and ''embarassing.''o_O
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    YAAEHST (Yet Another Axe FX Holy $#!+ Thread)

    YMMV, but I tend to set input gain/PA gain for level of distortion and then tweak Speaker Drive & Motor Drive to enhance the character (often going back and backing-off the input gain/PA gain once I find 'it'). Usually I set Dynamic Damping around 3 (+/- 0.6) and use Brightness and Dynamic...
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    HBE v2.04 Drop A Test

    Awesome tones and music (as always)!
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    Fallen ENGL's.... Q2.01, OH ENG 4x12 and 8-string guitar

    Love leaving the holes for the ghost-strokes on the snare! ;)
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    Bug? Possible MultiDly Bug

    Hello all: Q2.0 is the bee's knees! I might have found a bug in the MultiDly where (what I assume to be driven by the LFO) an intermittent 'beep' or 'ring' occurs when Time 3 = 1.0ms Lvl3 = 100% and Time 4 = 1.0ms Lvl4=100% (all Times = None). To help further replicate this one needs a 20yr...
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    Rocktron Rack Interface schematic?

    Try Custom Audio Electronics (CAE / Bob Bradshaw) as this was probably one of his designs anyway... Welcome to CAE Online (their stereo line mixer looks surprisingly close to the R.I. arrangement ;) )
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    Rocktron Rack Interface schematic?

    I believe that is the one. Since it is a discontinued product, they may be willing to send you one if you contact them (they may even have a technical paper on this fault - as my Rack Interface has a similar issue).
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    Rocktron Rack Interface schematic?

    While I search for the schematic, in order to avoid future disappointment, there is design issue with these where you MUST have a certain button in the 'Off' position before power on or damage will occur - that is covered in the manual found on their website (discont. products section).
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    FAILURE interview!

    I noticed recently that HUM is doing some dates with Failure, any word as to whether or not Matt Talbott has converted to the 'darkside' (i.e. non-analog)?
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    ML Class-A Quantum Preset-Cab Bundle Run-Through

    Astonishing variety of tones! I just love the 'in-between' tones and texture of the amp's break-up.
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    4x4x12

    I used shrink-wrap (and a lighter - old skoolz) - worked great - did to all my trem gtrs. If that isn't enough, shrink-wrap and fill with silicon...
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    Question for Fractal about plugins

    I'm intrigued by the possibilities, knowing what SHARCs can do. The chips are there waiting for something to do... Record killer guitar tracks using the AxeFX as 'originally designed' and then port through it again (via USB?) for post processing. Cannot go wrong here. :D
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    FW 19 vs Quantum Amp Shootout

    I could definitely hear more 'clarity' between the clips (something occasionally referred to 'blacker blacks and whiter whites'). My ears can be tricked just as easily as the next persons, but if I had to hazard a guess: I would say this revised algorithm has a better slew rate for lack of a...
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    Quantum Vibroverbs...

    Fantastic! One might even say those cleans were too punchy and dynamic. :D
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    Original ADA MP-1 Live Tone Matching ,for Axe FX II!

    Please don't jump on me for some heresy: Despite being on loan to a friend so he can work on his project, I own an un-modded ADA MP1 and don't see how it can't be copied with the tools in the Axe FX II. Unfortunately, I won't be able to create a patch for you folks because my MP1 is 2500mi away...
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    ZZ Top "Cheap Sunglasses" Outdoor Gig

    First time in about 20yrs. I've heard the bassist as louder than everybody. :encouragement:
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    Just can't get FRFR vs amp/cab to work for me?

    Yes. However, there is more to that story...
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    Just can't get FRFR vs amp/cab to work for me?

    I don't think I can explain it adequately to you. By its nature, a dispersing horn is a diffuse source whereas four similar drivers (with 1/4 wavelength acoustical addition) pushing a narrow range of frequencies will drive audio into a room quite differently.
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    Just can't get FRFR vs amp/cab to work for me?

    Coherence of waves, not coherence/clarity of sound.
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    Why the AFxII has one dsp chip dedicated to amp(s)?

    I was half-hoping he was going to tell us what the 'better way' was... DSP guru and all...
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    Just can't get FRFR vs amp/cab to work for me?

    No worries, by 'bulk motion' I should have used wavefront(s) (with *some* coherence in the waves for certain frequencies in the 4x12 case, and less so in the PA case). This necessarily creates different acoustical responses within the room.
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    Just can't get FRFR vs amp/cab to work for me?

    Well, to be a little more precise: if the volume is the same then the magnitude of the air motion is the same, however, the bulk motion cannot be the same due to the inclusion of horns/compression-drivers/blah-blah-blah. Four 12" drivers moving in (relatively speaking) unison creates a different...
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    Just can't get FRFR vs amp/cab to work for me?

    My ham-fisted approach (for saturated tones) is cut the highs to around 14kHz to 12kHz, cut the lows around 55Hz down to 42Hz, add motor drive round 2.88 to 4, and speaker drive from 2 to 4 and I get pretty decent results through some Mackie HR824s which are rather peaked around 1k-1.8k (I...
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    Please teach me about fender amps!

    A Marshall 'Plexi' is basically a Fender amp, just outfitted with EL34s (UK less $) rather than 6L6s (US more $) and a few other 'minor' changes. If you're familiar with early Marshalls then you already have a fair grasp of Fenders.
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    Even the Axe FX tuner is brilliant!

    I'll be doing set-ups on my guitars from now-on with the AxeFX. Very convenient, don't have to unplug to rock-out!
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    ML Sound Lab High Gain comparison! 10 cabs (also unreleased) FW19 BOOM!

    Great tones! I'm with Brock: 1, 5 and 7 por moi. Fabulous riff!
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    Bought an Axe Fx II, Kept it, not exactly happy....

    It gets even better: when they say that it sounds a bit 'off' you explain to them that they're just not used to a Buzz Feiten tuned guitar. ;)
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    Bought an Axe Fx II, Kept it, not exactly happy....

    Amen! I really have no idea at all what these 'unsatisfied' people are doing to get their 'unsatisfactory' results??? When I first used my Axe FX II XL+, I had a shade of skepticism/objective-mindset about it. I was totally prepared to A/B it with my scratch built Orange (which is EXTREMELY...
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    Metal Song Noodling

    He left some room for bass too! Unlike me... :D
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    Bought AXE FX 2 returned...not exactly happy

    ...and then there's the customers!
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    Jamming some brit800 and a neck pickup... what? Groovy jam!

    Did somebody say Groove?!?!?! Damn!
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    Orange + Marshall is a Great Strat Combination

    Love the 'power amp drive' that the Axe gives...especially here!
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    AxeFx Usb to Keyboard

    Try it and see... If it isn't suitable, you will know.
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    5153 Blue 50w v18.12

    Tasty!
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    Pushing Air vs Speaker Monitors

    Honestly, that is one of the major criticisms of modelers from Michael Wagener - that modelers "destroy right-hand technique." However, that was from an interview well before FW 19.0 and was more closely linked to the old Line6s (Mr. W mentions Ty Tabor specifically who had toured for years with...
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    Need Help With Dynamics on Axe Fx XL

    Hopefully someone with more quantifiable figures can bolster this notion I would like to share with you. I've found with my tube amplifiers that the position of the dial at low settings are not really a *fixed* value as one might assume. Due to the available headroom in the power supply and some...
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    Tube-o-phile has an AxeFXII XL+ to yack about

    Thanks! I've been contributing where I could based upon my experience as a tech/vacuum tube amp hobbyist/corksniffer. Very soon I will be able to make even more useful contributions after I get my recording rig reconstructed and sorted (after three years away from it, I nearly forgot everything...
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    Tube-o-phile has an AxeFXII XL+ to yack about

    Axe FX II = best guitar sounds I have ever put into my SONAR projects - bar none. Played around with the re-amp feature (no serious tweaking - yet) and it is a gold mine!
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    Axe Edit 3.2.0 in XP

    Update: There are no driver conflicts within Windows XP - everything seems stable in that area. Unfortunately, the SCOPE Fusion Platform wants to be the boss when I want the Axe FX II to be the boss within SONAR. Alas, I must do a lot a device management (i.e. juggling, tumbling, toggling...
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    Axe FX II, wsill it be obselete?

    Ben just stole my thunder! The AxeFX II will soon be a staple of guitar audio just as much as a Marshall, TS-9 Tubescreamer(TM), and even the vacuum tube itself.
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    Axe Edit 3.2.0 in XP

    Reinstalled the driver from the >Control Panel>Hardware Profile>Sound devices...>Axe FX II>Update Driver path. Communicating with XP now! AND *NOT* conflicting with my old Pulsar card (didn't think it would because the AFII and the Pulsar are both ADI SHARC-based designs - and ADI makes some...
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    Axe Edit 3.2.0 in XP

    Thank you for the tip! I may have done just that. Like a dummy, I forgot to 'unhide' files so I could *see* if the driver was there. I'm sure the folder/files-structure should look similar between the XP and Win7 versions of the driver (excepting for a few different names +/- a (few)...
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    Axe Edit 3.2.0 in XP

    Not yet... I will update once it has, and provide steps just in case anyone else ran into an issue.
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    Axe Edit 3.2.0 in XP

    Thanks for the reply. The XP box *rarely* touches the intrawebz. The Axe Edit installer did not unpack the executable in the folder thus not isolating the driver for pointing. Orphaned state of XP is well known except to the Carmelites. It's a financial double-whammy to upgrade that box to...
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    Axe Edit 3.2.0 in XP

    Thanks for reply - yes, driver is installed
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    Axe Edit 3.2.0 in XP

    Hello folks: I was able to get Axe Edit 3.2.0 to install and function perfectly on Win7 and Win8, however, for some reason it will not communicate with the AxeFXII on the XP machine. The XP computer recognizes the AxeFXII as a soundcard yet Axe Edit cannot connect. Any tips?
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    Using a different power amp section

    Honestly, the tonal differences are about the size of a gnats eyelash. You can do quite enough by changing the power tubes, preamp tubes, transformer parameters, and other doo-dads to put you pretty close to the arrangement you sought with the aforementioned mixed bag. If that is still...
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    New AxeFX II XL!!!

    Congrats! It's a fabulous piece of kit.
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    Still something lacking in modeling the amp?

    Should be easy to get - I had that the first five minutes with AFII on a stock factory patch (almost all of them, in fact). Turn. it. up!
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    Bias Excursion

    Thank you for the helpful reply. My interest was a theoretical one. A zero-NFB state is different than a non-zero-NFB state. No biggie. EDIT: On one of the amplifiers I built, I think I counted about 41 circuits that could be construed to be 'unique' (certainly not 'independent'). That...
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    FW 19 Friedman Dirty Shirley DEMO

    There is another...Skywalk-er... Three over here - hopefully a couple more soon. :D
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    Tube-o-phile has an AxeFXII XL+ to yack about

    Got Axe-Edit going - turned off Cab IRs = zOmG! :eagerness: MDR-V600 / MDR-V6 no bueno por la rock-o. Time for new cans. Tomorrow, the recording rig goes back online - jonesing to hear this through the monitors. I hope to post some clips when I have something worthwhile. :D
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    … for the way Fractal is

    Thank you Cliff! I'm starting to play around with some advanced parameters and really dig how far into the weeds you allow us to venture. The fact that your code allows this for one, and not crash when it is tweaked for second, shows how solid the programming side is as much as the algorithms.
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    Tube-o-phile has an AxeFXII XL+ to yack about

    I think I just blew-up my trusty MDR-V600 cans...I would check them on another source but that would mean un-plugging them from the AxeFX...
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    BEST FW19 Cleans.

    At the time I posted that, I was just going off of personal experience with the real amps I've played through. Now that I've had a chance to experience the AxeFX equivalents the answer remains. Definitely the 'Highpower Brilliant'. It may be a little astringent sounding, but clean is as clean...
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    Tube-o-phile has an AxeFXII XL+ to yack about

    I bet! Without turning-off the IRs, I had to 'listen through' the patches a bit. However, that doesn't really alter the dynamic response of the rig and I can't wait to put it through my recording rig (have to set it up all over - had to tear it down so I could concentrate on my studies). As...
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    Dialing in Fender-ish Semi-clean and Cranked Tones

    From working on my Plexi (a real one), I found that clean tone improved substantially with less Negative FeedBack (NFB) for my preferences. It tended to thicken the sound without making it muddy - it also helped make the amp feel more loose (which was nice considering how 'stiff' I made the...
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    Why can't 'amp in the room' feel be modelled?

    I just had some stellar results with a Rocktron Velocity 250 with the Resonance and Presence maxed (Presence maxed to help compensate for the cabIR through a 'real' set of cabs and 'Resonance' in Velocity 250 is not an EQ-type thing it is how much vacuum tube feel it produces).
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    Tube-o-phile has an AxeFXII XL+ to yack about

    Yeah, so I got my AxeFXII XL+ today: :) Absolutely brilliant! Frankly, I don't know how Cliff has pulled it off - but he DID. :o To test the principle of a 'virtual vacuum tube amp' through a solid state (SS) amp: I closed-out my newbie freak-out session with putting the Highpower...
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    New Cab Pack 13 Rock Test - Groove inside!

    Very nice production. Heavy, meaty but clear. :encouragement:
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    The band Failure using Axe-Fx II

    Thanks for posting this! I found this more accessible than their earlier stuff, but still dark and dissonant - as only Failure can do... I wonder if the nurse loves 'em again?
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    BEST FW19 Cleans.

    Super-clean, "no breakup" amp? Only one comes to mind right off the bat: Hiwatt.
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    Hardest tone to create on Axe..Metal..Blues..Funk..Clean?

    Let's not forget that what usually works for high-gain/crunch is terrible for cleans and vice-versa. So if you have hot, nasally, mid-scooped pickups - you are in for a trial attempting to get *good* clean tones out of your rig right at the start.
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    Why can't 'amp in the room' feel be modelled?

    Same folks who want that *perfect* AC30 usually slap a pedal train in front of it...ain't perfect no more...
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    Why can't 'amp in the room' feel be modelled?

    Surprisingly, the 'amp in the room' sound I have ever really enjoyed was hearing my rig coming through the main PA. Rehearsal rooms have always been less than ideal, and rocking the bedroom is lame. Never cared for the low-end emphasis w/ a single 4x12 or two 2x12s when they just hit the legs...
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    TWO new Cab-Packs!

    LOVE that chord @0:51! (overtones fanboi)
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    FW19 CPU Usage

    If the FW19 G3d models are doing more, then they are taxing the CPU more. I'm saving an outboard reverb for the last in signal chain to give relief whenever needed.
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    24 Guage USB Cables

    OMG! :lol
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    re amped audio differance

    To lessen surprises, and to make your process more repeatable/analytical - calibrate your monitoring system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idGvZnSnPhs The reason why is because the human ear is not a linear device - we hear/perceive sound differently at different volume levels (see...
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    XL+ On The Way...

    Congratulations! They got me too!
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    FW 19.00 - JTM 45 with CabIR - Straight Kick Ass sound

    Quality 'in-between' tones!!!
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    Axe II just KILLS for blues tones

    Seems like your cleans are a little too punchy and dynamic, how did you cope? :angel: PS. You ought to do a gig with Tommy Z in the B-Lo
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    Ede's AxeFxII XL tones Demp Video.

    Smooth like butta!
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    FW19 and Cab Pack 13 Recto riff!

    You've probably been asked this a thousand times: wanna jam?
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    Which part of amp is the most difficult thing to model ?

    All of it. And this is not a trite answer. Consider this: You have a dynamic system (meaning it is changing with the complexities of the sounds, i.e. guitar) feeding a signal into another dynamic system (the vacuum tube amplifier). Either you look INTO the amp from the preamp-side and you'll...
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    FA 59 Bassman Clip

    Oh no! Now you've dunnit! Punchy and dynamic cleans...
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    Romeo Rose - Libel and Slander against FAS

    <not_to_besmirch_by_association_but>Any chance this guy could do a collaboration album with Jandek?</not_to_besmirch_by_association_but>
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    Tone (Amp) Matching '62 Bassman configuration

    The reason the amp sounds different with a mismatched load impedance is because that affects the amp's overall efficiency (IIRC, the magic number is approx. 89% and some change); so the amp must 'work harder' for the same level output when properly matched.
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    Just a farewell thanks to Fractal and all the forum users

    I am sorry to hear of your battle with arthritis. Someone I knew long ago went through a similar trial with severe RA. Eventually he got into this crazy health food kick and saw dramatic improvement, even to the point where he could play again. Unfortunately I don't know what his diet and...
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    Axe FX II, wsill it be obselete?

    So, if I am to understand this, the OP is asking if a piece of technology (AFII) that models obsolete technology (t00bs/valves) will become obsolete itself? If one must have the latest and greatest despite its actual performance/use, then perhaps it will become obsolete as soon as the AFIII...
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    Eruption with my New Peavey EVH Wolfgang USA archtop : )

    Now that you have an Axe FX, you want to sell your Patchmate? :D
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    Struggling with dynamic and punchy cleans

    Well, he was struggling with dynamic and punchy cleans...Perhaps they won?
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    SV Bass + Mysterious 4x12 CLIP!

    CK always has the hottest mixes!
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    What exactly do Tonestack position change?

    Theory over-simplified: If you have too much bass feeding your saturation/gain stages then it will push the 'tube/valve' into saturation much sooner than if it had been high-frequency boosts. When it's bass-heavy into saturation/gain stages, then the sound will become buzzy/farty and you will...
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