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    FS Axe-FX II in a Gator Bag, MFC 101 in a pedaltrain novo with mission expression pedals

    Oh, good to know! Edited the post, thank you!
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    FS Axe-FX II in a Gator Bag, MFC 101 in a pedaltrain novo with mission expression pedals

    Hi Everyone!!! Due to changes in my workflow, I'm selling my complete axe-fx system. It's in excellent condition as it was used only in (smoke-free) studios. The gator bag is brand new as well. Comes with the latest firmware, and a full listing of everything included: Axe-Fx Bundle - £900 Axe...
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    Axe fx II... good enough for professional recordings?!

    Just a quick one to add here. I take the axe with me when I'm producing or engineering. I like the options. Let's face it the band will show up with their roadworn *insert brand name here* amp and cab. 90% of the times it will be microphonic. hardware rattling, cones damaged and breaking up...
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    Firmware Version 10.11 Now Available

    Sunday is the new monday for the folks at fractal?? :P
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    Firmware Version 10.11 Now Available

    jeezus±! Another one? You. sir, are on fire! Edit: hey! no.1 downloading and installing
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    Devin Townsend Live, Axe Fx 2 and a Hot Blonde. Wow!

    and the blonde turned red haired ;)
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    Devin Townsend Live, Axe Fx 2 and a Hot Blonde. Wow!

    dude, brixton, london - may 2013. I'm still having a hard time I saw fractal team was there Devin Townsend Project "Angel" 02 Brixton Academy 03/05/13 - YouTube Mindblowing opening to the gig
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    Axe fx II... good enough for professional recordings?!

    Yes. It is. As long it's not me playing. If the IR doesn't really cut it for you, get a power amp, a cab, mic it. But the axe makes workflow and is just the right tool in production environment. Saved my ass over, and over, and over. Sometimes straight out into Tools, sometimes through a cab...
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    Ill never buy Yamaha again!

    Indeed! Thats actually pretty good! I had to service a tascam and I waited 3months to pay the damn fader bank as they wouldn't send me the invoice. During that time, said console was unuseable G66 is beyond exceptional. yamaha is *slightly* above average. trust me on this. ... you never...
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    New Drivers Now Available

    Guys, just had an awesome day at the studio. We had a few amps, cabs, and a nice selection of mics. But somehow we were looking for something different. Axe came on, and you could see smiles! the band was smiling, the producer was smiling, the guitarist was truly having a blast. After that...
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    Musicman User Experience ?

    The JPXI is stunning. Both the Luke and the Morse models are soo confortable and nice and fast but if you want one or the other, it has to be your own taste (luke and morse are more similar-ish on the radius of the neck, JP's are flatter). If you are going JP, be it the X's or the BFR's, make...
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    Help me find some progressive bands

    I'm going to +1 most of the stuff said. I haven't seen Mars Volta here yet, Anglagard , Gentle giant? Older stuff: Mahavishnu orchestra - Inner Mountain Flame and Birds of Fire are mandatory listening. Yes - Close to the Edge is definetly a "must listen" King crimson - Court of Crimson Kings...
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    whats the best expression pedals ?

    mission engineering. Pick your flavour: switchless switch to engage switchless spring loaded. I have all, can't recommend them enough. These guys are like tanks and the support was really good (my spring loaded was squeeky, one email, and problems were solved). I'm using switchless for level...
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    AXE-FEST 2012 UNITED KINGDOM - Nov 5th-6th - Oxfordshire

    I will probably travel light, my trustworthy guitar, axe and mfc+expression pedal. HOw's the parking situation around there?
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    AXE-FEST 2012 UNITED KINGDOM - Nov 5th-6th - Oxfordshire

    is there a list we can sign in to? maybe a blog, or facebook event (i actually hate fb, but it's good for this sort of things).
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    AXE-FEST 2012 UNITED KINGDOM - Nov 5th-6th - Oxfordshire

    Hey NiceChris would the pub mind if we start trying out the matrix amps? :P
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    AXE-FEST 2012 UNITED KINGDOM - Nov 5th-6th - Oxfordshire

    is there a list somewhere?
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    fw8.0 fuzzy and low end flubby?

    Absolutely. My recto and usa lead where just fizzy. They are fine now. Uber was the one that made me just go "I don't have time to tweak it right now, I'll revert it, post on the forum to see if someone has similar issue, and go to my sessions" Will try it much later on tonight as I'll be...
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    Axe-Fx II Firmware Version 8.01a Up

    thanks for this Kriig
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    Possible new 8.01 bug?

    Trying to remember if it fixed or not. I'm sure I saved it, because its' a global block with another couple of presets. Pretty sure I tweaked and saved, tweaked and saved (as I always do). What I can't recall is if it did after that :S Was 6am after all :P I'll confirm when I edit the next...
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    Axe-Fx II Firmware Version 8.01a Up

    Cliff, this is just beyond brilliant. Love the new page for globals Love the new feel. I'm now sure whatever happened on 8.0 was either because I was rushing, or expecting another update like 4-5, or something went wrong with the update (the unit did crash on me whilst updating twice). I can...
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    Possible new 8.01 bug?

    Happening on mine every time. Updated to 8.01, turned off axe edit. Using only the front panel, every time I click on amp > edit, it goes to Y. Happened on preset 1-6 (my presets, not factory). I'll keep editing when I get home but it happened every time for me.
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    fw8.0 fuzzy and low end flubby?

    I'm on 8.01 Much better, nothing to do with my short experience on 8, probably something gone wrong.
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    fw8.0 fuzzy and low end flubby?

    re applying patch 8 (well, now 8.01) and most of the awkwardness is gone. Now I have another bug pretty much all of my patches the amp changes to Y when I press edit (sound and edit screen) when using unit (don't use axe-edit). found that some guys had compression at %100, for some reason. the...
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    fw8.0 fuzzy and low end flubby?

    Wow, how easy it is to de-rail a thread!!!! It is not a hater post. this is the 4th FW I've gone through (ok, not too many of them, but enough). The first one I had real issues, or, the first one I found the tweaking to adjust was more than just "a little bit" Also, did not have much time to...
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    fw8.0 fuzzy and low end flubby?

    Hey guys Not ditching, just wandering if something could have gone wrong. Some of the amps I was using either become fizzy, gritty on the higher end of the spectrum, or flubby in the low end. I even went through the factory presets (resetting the amps as I was going through them) and...
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    Axe-Fx II Firmware Version 8.00 Up

    As I said in the post right after, if you have the MFC plugged in, just disconnect it. might be something to do with the sync mode of the axe-edit, or just plain bug.
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    Axe-Fx II Firmware Version 8.00 Up

    gotcha mfc was in the way
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    Axe-Fx II Firmware Version 8.00 Up

    am I the only one having "firmware error" ? Axe: v7 Axe-edit: 1.0.317
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    History of Rock n Roll in 100 Riffs

    Also, our fellow forumite did riffs per preset Every Axe-Fx II Preset - Bank A - Part 1 - YouTube there's a whole series of these
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    First Big Gig Axe II: Tips From FOH Guy

    he did what? after that I stopped reading this thread. Don't think there's much of a point. This guy clearly doesn't know anything behind the "engineering" in sound engineering. Risking throwing more logs to the fire, micing a FR is not a solution. Most of them have x-over points way too low...
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    Guitar you're playing?

    Dietz that stret seems like the frankenstrat - best of 3 worlds :P I use a EBMM JPXI sold a bunch of guitars after getting this one.
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    Axe Fx 2 8 string video test ( 7.0 Djenty Rectifier preset )

    Good tone! Now get a drummer! No, seriously,good tone! spot on for the genre and all. Pretty tight as well
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    Recommended Soundcard/Audio Interfaces to use with AXE II

    if you are unsure of the quality of your saffire, just use the USB built out. I'm using SPDIF in most situations, to avoid further digital to analogue and then analogue to digital. Reasons I go back to analog is if'm going through amps and cabs. Then again, the converters I'm using are pretty...
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    drive block?

    But like Adam said, they'll fix it soon. Keep your backup of the presets from 6.02 and on next firmware copy the drive blocks from them If you really can't do without maybe revert to 6.xx I only updated to 7 because I finished tracking the clients I'm working with atm.
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    drive block?

    Hi Yes I've seen the Low cut change on at least one of my patches (the only one I could swear I've edited much higher than it was). pretty sure I edited on the hardware on 6.xx
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    Vai New Album song "Racing the World" Axe-Fx II Clip

    He's a fraud! without the sock, he is worthless... :) The tone is the sock as well! Cliff can we have a sock block as well? Damn good playing and the tone is sounding killer mate :)
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    drive block?

    my apologies, max... just stumbled on another bug. I had both my very incomplete patch and your patch on the same folder. It seems that, using axe edit and clicking on "preset folder" -> selecting the preset will only load my gilmour patch (coincidence). I have about 10 patches in the download...
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    Problems with drive blocks after update to 7

    Was replied here drive block? by Adam It's because drive blocks on patches with globals, created with 6.0, will have sample rate set to 48hz by default. Unlink, set to 48000, save, off you go
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    drive block?

    Ohhh and cheers max_1975 for put my patch on axe-change -.-
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    drive block?

    Cheers for the great support Adam!
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    drive block?

    Ohhhh I feel so stupid right now. When I've tried to switch back to 48k sample rate, I scrolled to the page, looked at 48 and thought "all good here - lemme just scroll to another number and back just to be sure" Never realised it was 48Hz, not 48000Hz... What are you guys doing? designing...
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    drive block?

    Hi so this is one of the patches. Interestingly enough, I've just added the drive 2 block on the axe edit and it worked fine. Although when I did it in the axe hardware it did not - even with globals already unlinked
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    drive block?

    will do give me 5min :)
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    drive block?

    Ok found a pattern, but still no explanation. All my presets that do have globals, drive is screwed. Even when I created globals and edited through the hardware panel, not axe-edit. This particular patch, disengaging globals, selecting the block to none, then creating it again, nothing brings...
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    drive block?

    Hi Scott Been using the hardware. I have initially created the patch in axe-edit but been doing tweaking and all on hardware only. By the time I introduced globals to my presets I had abandoned axe-edit completely. I've tried to change the sample rate and revert it back. About to try to unlink...
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    drive block?

    did not have the issue on 6.02 Will unlink globals when I get home to see if it helps.
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    drive block?

    reselecting the amp did not help. low level fartage as soon as any drive (1 or 2) is engaged
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    drive block?

    Bump :)
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    drive block?

    It is. I've cycled drive models, and I've gone to this page and cycled through both bit reduce and 48k. They were set at 48k - 0 originally as well. As described by csgband, as soon you engage the drive block the preset just kinda starts sputtering some low level distorted signal. ---- OHHH...
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    drive block?

    Hey guys Have a couple of patches where the drive block is used. Most my old patches (made with 6.02 and previous) the drive block is being weird. By that I mean that when you take the block out of bypass, cuts the sound almost completely. Very low level signal, distorted, bit crushed...
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    Axe-Fx II Firmware Version 7.00 Available

    I had some problems installing this. axe edit .315 or .317 was the same end result: - when the firmware finished, nothing happened. Unit still on 6.02. - Resetting system parameters did not help I had to boot the unit cleaning the buffer (hold recall whilst powering up). I had the axe on one...
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    MFC Waiting list?

    if you are in europe, waiting list is 3 days - you pay, and takes 3 days to arrive to your door in UK :) tomorrow mine rings my doorbell! EXCITED!!!!!!
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    Okay... We're plumbers!

    Amen People see music as a given. They think paying for a CD or a £1 download is a con. Some people in the uk even mix their tv license with the right to hear music. So many social gatherings where this is brought up, I try and tell people the costs of a decent recorded album, and they still...
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    Axe-FX II and MFC-101 - Initial Setup and Expression Pedal videos

    Hey Chris These were brilliant. I'm off on holidays and my MFC will arrive as soon as I arrive so been reading the manual. Your videos were the perfect compliment (doing stuff alongside the manual or watching someone doing it it's the way to go for me). Really, cheers! these are great and...
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    Should I make the move to ProTools 10

    You should move to a daw. Reason is slowly trying to move into it, giving more and more flexibility with audio tracks (well, introducing them recently, at least), but a good DAW will be a plus. You should look for one that will allow you to use rewire. This way you can have reason running in...
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    no sound on the output, weird bank names on the front display..dead unit?

    contact support (or G66 if in europe). Sorry :(
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    please, please help !!!

    shit mine came in first week of may! knock on wood... knock on wood...
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    Your recommends for a high quality heavy duty CAT5 (Ethernet) cable for the MFC-101

    this is what I'm going for: NE8FF - Neutrik MFC and this thing with a 20cm ish cable attached to the pedal board. (as in, permanently attached). Main cable out will be the neutrik ethercon on a high grade cable. What will eventually break is the ethernet cable and the adapter, which can...
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    please, please help !!!

    Y at this point contact support. The only thing that made me think about the battery was the fact the presets were empty As you found out, no (or empty) presets will cut all sound.
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    I guess I'll use cheap plywood for my next custom Guitar! :)

    Yeah MaxTwang! That site was my go through when planning for my custom! The electronics are definetly the biggest impact. But the mass is definetly a factor on sustain etc. The site that Max pointed out is pretty complete as well!
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    G3 Steve Vai in Axe-Fx II action!

    on model no.1 serial number 1 of Steve morse guitar is the shadow midi controller, that he uses for synths. SH 075 MIDI System für elektrische und akustische Gitarre It's been there for decades. You can see it on his clinics back in late 80s or early 90s. On his videotapes he goes into...
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    please, please help !!!

    patches empty and no name - battery? that would also account for the no sound. There have been a couple of posts not sure they also apply to the axe2. Contact support. Have no idea what could be causing your darker screen. Could be an issue w power supply or if the contrast settings are...
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    I guess I'll use cheap plywood for my next custom Guitar! :)

    there are guitars and many instruments made of alternative materials, and they don't sound at all bad. I don't think the sound will be affected as badly as it would be if you changed, say, pickups. What he's promoting is there is no change whatsoever, not even between different fretboard woods...
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    I guess I'll use cheap plywood for my next custom Guitar! :)

    this! ^^ one serious way to do it
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    I guess I'll use cheap plywood for my next custom Guitar! :)

    not visually - if your belly is really sucking up the tone that much, maybe he should quit drinking and eat healtier. Conclusion - too much junk food and alcohol bad for your tone - fact. (and, a little bit of food and some alcohol good for your tone as well! :) but only a little bit - you...
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    I guess I'll use cheap plywood for my next custom Guitar! :)

    uhhhhhh "fender does not use them because they are retarded" This guy just lost any credibility he could have or any "shot" he might have had to succeed in the industry. I'm not a hater, it's just true: this guy just called retarded to virtually every brand you can imagine: PRS Gibson Music-Man...
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    Regarding expression pedals

    from mission website: I assume, from the above, that LF works with reversal switch. The tweaking means either a different taper or resistors across the taper and ends of the pots to increase/decrease the resistance balance. I believe some members here might know the specifics as they used...
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    My (not so) Huge Rack

    Get a punched rack panel (for d-type plugs) and make yourself extensions from the devices to that panel. That way you won't wear out the plugs (including the ethernet connection on the AxeFxII). Label that with a Dymo label maker, you can even get the "metal" label disk for that. Then you...
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    Regarding expression pedals

    Hi The B-stocks was something that the guys were running for a while (maybe they still are). basically they were selling a fully functional pedal, using chassis that had been damaged over shipping or that weren't perfect. I got 3 pedals for the price of almost 2. The mission pedals Open the...
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    Regarding expression pedals

    Nice! I'm stocked to receive my b-stocks :D I guess maybe next week since I live halfway across the planet from James and the guys at Mission
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    Regarding expression pedals

    I have a SP1, a EP and a EP with spring load coming soon. You can also ask for a reverse switch to be added. If you google for red hot chilli peppers pedalboard, halfway through they show this gizmo that allows an expression pedal to have "different" tapers, ie. several curves. Fancy stuff...
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    AxeFXReporter - Now works on Gen1 Presets as well as Axe-FX II

    I love the thing, i'd love to see this on a mac platform. If you do get around, I'll be more than happy to beta test for you :D
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    Pi Fuzz tone stack question/wish

    I have struggled with the Pi Fuzz, but I thought it was because it is not the same muff than the ones I used in real life, and that would be the difference. It would be nice to see Cliff chime in on this pedal, if it's close to his model (again, I have not use this specific model) or if there's...
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    Pi Fuzz tone stack question/wish

    give mod capability please :D way quicker than hacking away pedals! (people complain that with the axe they play less, I play more! my soldering iron been packed for ages now!)
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    Expression pedals

    half price the missions as well. Is it really that much better? Would it be the high impedance or the low impedance model for the axe/mfc?
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    nice! soon to join the roster?

    Indeed I had seen that before and thought it was a bit ridiculous he was still carrying that whole rack behind :) Maybe with the new release, we'll have a taste of what he can do with one (or 2) axes' :)
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    nice! soon to join the roster?

    “My tech, Scotty [Appleton], is pushing us to go with the Fractal [for effects] and I’m sure eventually we will. It’s nice to have everything in that little package and it sounds terrific. But I’m sometimes nervous about changing things and I know all my gear.” Alex Lifeson ... oh yeah! Prog...
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    How NOT To Store A Wooden Boat

    Auch man! Sorry for that. It looked like a fine ship!
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    Scratchers Personality Test

    Now I'm curious to see how OCD I am :) I do. Everything needs to be clear.
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    Mission Engineering expression pedals - which model, for which purpose, etc.?

    Ty m8 (did skip that post! cheers) what about "I was thinking of strength, reliability, duration (if anyone is using them extensively)." how reliable are they compared to say Ernie Ball and other competitors of the same range? (they "look" more solid than my dunlops).
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    Mission Engineering expression pedals - which model, for which purpose, etc.?

    So sp1 for wha, ep1 for volume, pitch, etc?
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    Sticky ^^ Follow the lord !

    Monty Python ftw :) can a moderator delete all posts except cybferrets and lock this? the OP is still valid and the pictures are no way offensive, just used monty python as a parody, and they are actually cool :P (deleting my ones as well, of course! :P
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    Sticky ^^ Follow the lord !

    freaking brilliant!!!!!!
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    Sticky ^^ Follow the lord !

    come to the UK then. We even have the house of Lords... with big L... ... just sayin :) I do think that Cliff is the DSP algorythm monster (or Lord, that works fine too!)
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    Axefx II for bass DI?

    don't mean to hyjack the post but... how's the fuzz for bass? Guess i need to plug mine in. But can't get away from exploring the guitar stuff. Oh so much virtual gear, so little time!
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    I think I burned up my standard

    mixing boards o/p line level signal at -10dBv or +4dBu unless something is really screwed :) unless someone plugged the powered output of a desk with built in amplifier into the axe, it really shouldn't have affected anything. I'd worry for other major problems if the desk did somehow shoot...
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    Mission Engineering expression pedals - which model, for which purpose, etc.?

    freaking spammers Hey guys thinking of getting one, how's the spring mechanism on EPs? I was thinking of strength, reliability, duration (if anyone is using them extensively). As I understand the auto disengage would come on when the travel is all the way at 0 so if the spring is not working...
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    A Palette Of 6.01 High Gain Sounds

    Holy Crap! Very good test! I'm so in love with that guitar! is mr. dmitri going to build a couple (hundred) more? :P SO, the slanted fretboards. Hows' intonation on the guitar?
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    Is it me?

    guess they didn't like the Diezel, Hiwatt and marshall models
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    Axe-Fx II Firmware Version 6.01 Up

    my cat had his "crazy half hour" when I decided to update firmware -.- Even worse, I took all precautions. Updating firmware for me is like handling bio waste. I usually close all doors, put keep out signs together with danger of death. Press the "go" button and sit in the corner very quiet...
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    struggling like hell with Mark iV

    would be nice to know that if anyone knows I did land a setting I'm pretty happy (today, because tomorrow I'll think it's awfull and want to improve it). Took a few tips from this post - ty guys!!!!! - bass rolled off more than I would expected it (around 1.9) - slight tweak on speaker page -...
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    A month after... 6.01 ??

    7.0 will bring the 2 hand tapping upgrade to the "Hands of God" block and will also bring a couple more artists. But the big upgrade is the "world domination" block that we saw in early petrucci videos, and a holographic representation of your favourite guitar
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    struggling like hell with Mark iV

    Yeap been trying between those 2 combinations. They definitely seem to be the punchier and more defined in the unit. On other "lighter" presets I have the 121 is pretty much everywhere.
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    struggling like hell with Mark iV

    Hey CC I heard you use the preset and it does sound great on lead. Will give it another spin and see how it behaves with the licks on the lower strings in between power chords - á la count of tuscany style :P
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    A month after... 6.01 ??

    you can choose. There'a about 10 hands to choose from for now: petrucci brian may steve vai misha mansoor wes montgomery (yeah I was surprised bout that) Gilmour the other spaces are reserved :P
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    struggling like hell with Mark iV

    Thanks for all the replies guys. Straight into interface using digital outs and studio monitors/headphones if it goes beyond midnight at home. same results with my small-ish monitors, the focal twins or the 3 way dynaudios at work Had a quick read but really didn't think much because they are...
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    struggling like hell with Mark iV

    I've seen some really nice clips of people that got a very dense rich distortion, with the thickest, tidiest low end ever. Can be my technique, but I'm not that bad :P Bass is stupid low on my presets, drive around 7-8, master around 3. Messed with Damp, used depth - with different...
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