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    Axe Fx for my mac

    Ah, I was using IRs from the get go. I don't find it any more cumbersome than the Axe FX 2 tbh, although I just have about 10 IRs that I'm familiar with and use across the board.
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    Axe Fx for my mac

    I had a go last night. I am still missing the modern marshall high gain tones (JVM, HBE etc) a little. I hear an HBE is coming in the next update, and I got in the ballpark with the 5150. I had a positive first impression, gonna take the plunge.
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    Funky rock jazz Brazilian thingabob... with Video! (Axe FX II bringing me places I've never gone)

    Hey guys, We did a music video for one of our tracks, which is all Axe FX II (and Superior 2.0... no mics were hurt in the recording!). I posted the track awhile back, but here it is with video, in case anyone is interested :)
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    MIdi program change w Keith McMillen Softstep 2

    I have, just set the pedal to send out a MIDI PC on keypress. It's easy enough to program, do spend a few minutes reading the manual. Or for just PC, there's also a preset I think you can use to make life easy. I had mine set up so the the first 8 keys send PC changes, and I have two keys set up...
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    Funky rock jazz Brazilian thingabob... Axe FX II bringing me places I've never gone

    Thanks guys! All samples, wish I had real horns haha.
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    Funky rock jazz Brazilian thingabob... Axe FX II bringing me places I've never gone

    Hey guys, My band just dropped a new track, Relax and Rolex. I really stretched myself this time on guitar, lots of juicy goodness inspired for the AFX II. You can find us on Facebook and Spotify if you want to hear more.
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    Axe Fx for my mac

    I would get the plugin in a heartbeat. I'm also eyeing the Helix Native. I suspect if I go down the Native path, I may end up eventually selling the Axe FX II simply because the Helix is "good enough" for me and streamlines my workflow across recording/live in a single laptop. In an ideal world...
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    Funk rock with a dash of latin

    Thanks ! I'm not much of a jazz player but was always a big fan of Pat Martino. I spent some 6 months getting his line shapes down and then adapted then for the chord progression and my personal taste. I've never written anything that involved before... Not sure how I'm going to top that...
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    Funk rock with a dash of latin

    Hey guys, We're almost done with a new song, it's quite different from the stuff I've done in the past. I went to town on the AC30 for a change and the tone really shaped my playing on this one. Enjoy :)
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    Hum from Guitar when not touching the metal

    Do you know the frequency of the sound? In my home I get a massive spike at 8 kHz. This whine happens with both single coils and humbuckers, with roughly equal intensity. It’s also noticeable different from the lower-pitched 60 Hz hum, which is present on my single coils but not my humbucker...
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    Old song new video: easter eggs for 80s/90s rock fans

    Hey guys, We did a video for the song "Can I Borrow Your Bass" off our debut album (released about a year ago). My drummer is a huge fan of 80s and 90s rock, and there's heaps of hidden references all through the video to take you down memory lane. The track itself was done over a year ago. If...
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    Legacy Firmware Solution

    Thank you SO MUCH for this. It's this sort of stuff that makes me have zero regrets about buying my AFX II and makes me a committed long-term customer of Fractal. Second to none.
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    Wireless FracPad with Axe FX II and OS X

    Looks like for my purposes I just save 200 bucks ;)
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    Wireless FracPad with Axe FX II and OS X

    Yup, that's all you need!
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    Wireless FracPad with Axe FX II and OS X

    These instructions work a treat.
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    Wireless FracPad with Axe FX II and OS X

    Horses for courses. My Axe FX rarely leaves my house. This allows me to use me iPad as a touchscreen editor, without having to connect/reconnect any cables. That alone for me is worth the price of entry. edit: Also, the fact that this solution requires no additional hardware or software makes...
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    Wireless FracPad with Axe FX II and OS X

    I can imagine it working in windows as well. Basically you need something like Bome's MIDI translator to be the middleman, and to set up a MIDI Connection over wifi with a MIDI over LAN solution.. Wireless MIDI on windows can be achieved with this (or similar) Unfortunately I haven't got my...
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    Wireless FracPad with Axe FX II and OS X

    Hi guys, My AFX II is usually connected to my Mac, so on a hunch, I bought FracPad to try something, and it worked! No additional hardware required. All you need to do is use the MIDI network setup. Create a network MIDI port between OSX and the iPad app. Point the live routings to the Axe FX...
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    New track from my band: Progressive... country... rock?

    The leads are a 7 string Waghorn T-rex (26.5" neck) with BKP Trilogy Suite pickups. It's exactly the one you can see in the Waghorn link above. The cleaner rhythms are a mix of a Nashville Deluxe B Bender tele with stock pickups, and a 7 string Soloway Swan (27" neck) with a Vintage Vibes...
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    Release of my Blues CD has finally happend

    Nice work man, I'm digging it!
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    New track from my band: Progressive... country... rock?

    It's the Class-A 30W Hot -> TheAmpFactory AC Rox Mix, And actually that's all that's in that patch!
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    New track from my band: Progressive... country... rock?

    Thanks for the kind words guys! The first album is up on: Bandcamp Spotify iTunes SoundCloud And some weird videos we did up on YouTube... Thanks for your time, enjoy :)
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    New track from my band: Progressive... country... rock?

    Hi guys, We finally got around to working on our second album, and we're all done with the first track. I posted an early mix up but quite a bit has changed since then, it's new territory for us music- and tone-wise, but we're stoked at how it turned out. Enjoy, and thanks for your time :)...
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    New original track - Prog rock/metal with a southern twang

    Hi guys, We started recording material for a new album we're working on, this is the early draft mix of the first track. Been having a ball with some amps that I don't usually use this time, especially the AC30 which I used for the lead (I'm usually a JVM guy). HBE's were used for the heavy...
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    Axe FX II does some swinging prog rock in this animated video

    Hey guys, The drummer from my band put together an animated video for one of our songs. All guitars were Axe FX II. I think it was a Diezel VH4 for the rhythm and a JVM for the leads, but it's been awhile and I've been switching between guitars and amps so I could be terribly mistaken... In any...
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    Axe FX II live, direct to board - neoclassical prog

    Hey guys, Here's some footage from my band's first gig in Jan. I used the Axe FX II direct to FOH, the audio is taken from a feed directly from the board. I'm quite happy with how the tone turned out!
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    A couple of visualization videos, with guitars powered the AFX II

    Hey guys, My band released an album last October, since then we have been gradually putting together music videos for the songs. The last 2 I did were made using a software called Magic Music Visuals, which really blew my mind. I'm only scratching the surface of the possibilities, and I think...
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    From the Bedroom to Oblivion - Instrumental prog rock (Axe FX II)

    Thanks for checking it out man, hope you enjoy it :)
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    From the Bedroom to Oblivion - Instrumental prog rock (Axe FX II)

    Hey guys, My band Forbidden Planet put out our debut album last month. However, due to a SNAFU, we only just sorted out our digital releases. The guitars tones on the album are all Axe FX II (FW20 if memory serves me well). I used OwnHammer and TheCabFactory IRs for the cabs. In case anyone is...
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    From the Bedroom to Oblivion: Instrumental Prof Rock from Singapore! All AxeFX 2

    :( just realized my typo in the header... Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk
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    From the Bedroom to Oblivion: Instrumental Prof Rock from Singapore! All AxeFX 2

    Hey guys, my band just put out our debut album (also my first album after playing for 20 years). We're stoked at how it turned out and we hope you like it too. The AxeFX was critical in the whole process, and the range and quality of tones really helped me advance my playing and versatility. A...
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    Axe FX 2 FW19 prog rock! Just in time for Halloween ;)

    Hey guys, My band Forbidden Planet has just put out our fourth video. All guitars were done with the Axe FX 2 direct, and a combination of Ownhammer and TAF IRs (I love these!). Unfortunately this was recorded before Quantum came out, but then again I'm 100% satisfied with the way the tones...
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    Epic rock: FW20 + PH/TAF cabs

    Howdy folks, My band, Forbidden Planet, are pleased to present our third video: Slow Grind. All guitars were doing DI with the Axe FX II on Firmware 20, using OwnHammer and TAF cabs. The song is inspired by science and the pursuit of knowledge, and goes out to everyone out there who is...
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    Original neoclassical rock ballad - FW19 JVM, JTM45, Dizzy VH4

    Hey guys! My band just put out our second video, leading up to our full album sometime in October. The guitars are all Axe FX, and the drums are all Superior 2.0. We've quite please with the way it turned out, and I'm particularly happy with the leads all over this song. Enjoy, and thanks for...
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    Andy Timmons - Electric Gypsy

    Wow very excellent. That's a tough song, sweet touch and tone.
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    Into the Sunset - original prog rock ballad (All guitars on FW19)

    Howdy folks, My band just dropped our first song and first music video. This is also my first "proper" release in some 20+ years of playing (I'm a slow worker). All guitars were done with FW19, and a mix of Ownhammer and TAF cabs. This is a prelude to the full album, which has another 9 full...
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    Into the Sunset - original prog rock ballad (All guitars on FW19)

    Howdy folks, My band just dropped our first song and first music video. This is also my first "proper" release in some 20+ years of playing (I'm a slow worker). All guitars were done with FW19, and a mix of Ownhammer and TAF cabs. This is a prelude to the full album, which has another 9 full...
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    Epic neoclassical rock ballad (FW19, VH4, JVM, JM45)

    Hey guys, This is the first mix of a song off an album I'm finally getting to finishing (my first!) All guitars are Axe FX II, VH4/S for rhythms, JVM OD1 red for leads, and a JM45 for cleans. Cabs were a mix of Ownhammer and TAF. We're quite please with how this is turning out, but...
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    TCF BigBox Plexi Clean patch

    Hey guys, I picked up the TCF Big Box pack, I’m really digging the Plexi clean patch and whatever cab it’s paired up with. I made a few slight tweaks and added on some verb and crystals for an ambient clean patch. We’re in the process of tracking our first album at the moment, and this patch...
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    BigBox librarys OUT NOW!

    Whoa, thanks dude. I've heard your awesome clips, so that says a lot to me!
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    BigBox librarys OUT NOW!

    Damn, that Clean Plexi patch is something awesome. Used it as a base and modified accordingly... I'd say that was money well spent!!
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    Romeo Rose - Libel and Slander against FAS

    Am I the only one who thought it was creepy when he said he wanted to may daily videos about Cliff and Cliff's "unit"?
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    'Atlas' - Monuments (Firmware 19.00b3 w/ Cab Pack 7)

    Holy crap. That's some amazingly clean and detailed playing man. I'll let you know when I pick my jaw up off the floor....
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    Soundcheck with the new ir's from cabIR with the 100W `59 SLP....

    Damn that sounded good!
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    Some blues in a barn 100W SLP and no name strat...

    Damn that's a cool looking barn! And some tasty licks!
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    Yoko - Fusion/Rock (original)

    Hey guys, I finally got around to doing the FINAL FINAL FINAL tracks for an album I've been working on since forever. This is the rough mix of the guitar tracks, with tentative drums and bass. I wrote the foundations of this song almost 20 years ago, and it's remained largely unmolested since...
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    Best Midi for Axe fx II under 400

    I love my SoftStep. I prioritize weight and versatility over everything else, I haven't seen anything else that packs so much power into something so little (as far as floor controllers are concerned)
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    Cab-Lab 3.0.1 Released

    Tried again and it mysteriously worked for me...
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    Cab-Lab 3.0.1 Released

    Same problem here, zip not working for the bundle
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    Audio PC Build recommendations (1k and under budget)

    PS: most motherboards have onboard video these days. I wouldn't bother with a dedicated graphics card unless you need one.
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    Audio PC Build recommendations (1k and under budget)

    If you are building from scratch: Intel H81-based motherboard is cheap and gets the job done. Go core i5 at least (4590 CPU), core i7 if you can afford it. 8GB of RAM is affordable these days, but you can get by with 4GB IMO. Be sure to get an SSD as your system drive. You can grab a 256GB if...
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    FW 17.03 David Lee Roth - It's Showtime (Jason Becker) by Kirill Safonov PATCH INSIDE

    Face. Melted.
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    New CALIGULA'S HORSE single and video

    DAMN that was sick! I found you on Spotify, you will be on heavy rotation :) Seperately, how does one get to be so awesome at guitar?!? :(
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    Interstellar Trailer Music Cover - Final Frontier - Axe Fx - S2.0 - Ownhammer

    So bad ass!
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    Prog-fusion rock type thing (USA Clean 2, CA Triptik Mdrn, Angel Severe 1, Plexi 50)

    Ahoy mateys, Trying to be a busy bee while the year is still young, managed to get another track done this week. Quite pleased with the way this turned out, I was quite aggressive with the EQ when mixing and it seems to make the tones sit a lot better in the mix overall. I've been using a...
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    Epic instrumental rock (Recto2 Org Vntg/VH4 Slvr/Plexi 50W/JTM45)

    Thanks dude, preset is available here, you'll need to change the cabs though as they're not stock
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    Epic instrumental rock (Recto2 Org Vntg/VH4 Slvr/Plexi 50W/JTM45)

    Hey folks, Another piece being reworked for pre-production, decided to do this one with only the Waghorn and get some new tones for that guitar. I am digging the JTM45 BIG TIME for cleans, it may well be my favorite clean amp at the moment!
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    Welcome Danny Elfman!

    Haha that's awesome! His stuff with Oingo Boingo and his movie scores have been a pretty big influence on me as a musician. Did a small tribute with the Axe F XII earlier this year:
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    Ballad type thing (USD Clean 2 + Fox ODS)

    Experimented with reamping the lead tones today (the track is updated). While listening back, it was way too dark an muddy. I could get used to this re-amping thing ;)
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    Brutal Heavy Clip(The Brootalz with Cab Lab 7 )

    PHWOAR. That is a heavy tone. And some tight playing
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    Ballad type thing (USD Clean 2 + Fox ODS)

    Howdy folks, Back with another preproduction track for the album. This time all the cleans are the USA Clean 2 model with The Amp Factory's "cab legends" Fender room mix IR, the leads are a Fox ODS with the OH studio mix 412 EV IR, and the chunky rhythm is a Bogfish Strato with an OH studio...
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    Some swinging hard rock (VH3 Silver + OH V30)

    Thanks guys , glad some of you enjoyed it! :) I've still got another 9 track of preproduction to go, none of which would have been possible without the Axe FX. We live in great times!
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    A late heavy, proggy, groovy Christmas present! (Mark IIC+, Cab Pack 7 and OH)

    That's badass! Reminds me of Symphony X meets Djent. Which is a great thing to be reminded of!
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    Some swinging hard rock (VH3 Silver + OH V30)

    Hey folks, My resolution for this year was to be productive, so I decided to get off my ass in week one and start finishing stuff. The work on the demo continues, finally got around to retracking this (though it still needs a bit of reworking...) The rhythm guitars are the VH3 slvr -> OH...
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    Andre Antunes - New album Guitar Solos. (Dumble, Triptik inside)

    Those be some sweet tones and note choices!
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    *fw17.03* RACER X - Motor Man cover [w/ patch]

    Bookmarking this thread in case I ever need an excuse to quit playing guitar forever. Nice chops!
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    Beetlejuice - NGD

    Finally got around to recording something with my new 7-string Waghorn, she was worth the wait :) Also finally got around to arranging this song, I've been meaning to do it for probably like 10 years now.. better late than never I guess. Might as well kill two birds with one stone while I'm at...
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    CK's Cab Pack Seven

    Aren't all the amp models... Virtual? [emoji12]
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    Instrumental rock - FAS Class A, 65 Bassguy, VH4, HBE, Brit Super

    Hey guys, I've started working on the preproduction tracks for what I hope will finally be my first album (20 years in the making... some things don't get better with age!), I'm digging the tones coming out of the Axe (although my playing mixing and playing could still use lots of work). This...
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    scene increase midi cc 123 doesnt react

    Did you set the CC level appropriately? "SCENE INCREMENT/DECREMENT MIDI CCs can also be used to step up or down through scenes. The entries SCENE INCR and SCENE DECR in the I/O:CTRL menu designate CCs for each action 2. The defaults are CC#123:INCREMENT and CC#124:DECREMENT. Values from 64-127...
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    Guitar Wing!!!

    Let me know if you want me to share my Bome patch, happy to oblige. Since the buttons send MIDI note messages by default, they will be useless to the Axe without the editor or a MIDI translator.
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    Guitar Wing!!!

    Managed to remap this with Bome Midi Translator. The sliders now mapped to external controller 2-4 and the pads to external controller 5-8. I'm toying with the idea of putting the motion sensor to external controllers 9-11. The buttons on the top and side select scenes 1-8, while the arrow...
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    New To The forum..A Quick Pro Tools Question!

    I do this too. 2 ways to work around this. 1) Lower the output level in the patch (somewhere where it doesn't affect the gain structure, i.e. not before any distortion/compression/anything sensitive to input levels). It’s the digital realm, so jacking up the signal can be done in Pro Tools...
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    Bedroom rehearsal idea...

    I've been looking at a setup like this. How do you handle the headphone amplification?
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    Guitar Wing!!!

    Additional note since you can't use pedals: the 8 toggle buttons send note on/off data. Useless to the axe with an editor of MIDI translator, I believe. None of the buttons send program changes, so you want be changing patches either until the editor is out. Word in the street (the Livid forum)...
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    Guitar Wing!!!

    Yes I was in the kickstarter. Ah I see what you mean by MIDI host now. Since I am using it with my Mac, the Mac (and MidiPipe) work as the Midi host. Note that the editor is not released yet, so you will need to either change the AFX mappings (which I don't like to do) or using something to...
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    Guitar Wing!!!

    What do you mean by USB MIDI host?
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    Guitar Wing!!!

    Waiting on the editor too. For now, I've used MidiPipe to map the faders, pads, and XYZ accelerometer to external controls 3-12. Going to try and figure outs some uses for it!
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    J45 blows my socks off (Recto1/2 red modern JVM OD1 or aren't too shabby either!)

    I have never had the opportunity to try the real amp sadly. But since the AFX II exists, I am a little less sad :)
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    J45 blows my socks off (Recto1/2 red modern JVM OD1 or aren't too shabby either!)

    J45 blows my socks off (Recto1/2 red modern JVM OD1 or aren't too shabby eith... Hey guys, Working on some pre-production tracks for an album of original instrumental rock so that the drummer has something to track with. I've used the JM45 for a long time on the Axe but I think there must...
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    Better than friedman and 5150 on axefx?

    The Savage is amazing. I could never get the P Ball to work for me.
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    Does anyone here started on a diff. Box before using axefx? Is it too much at first?

    If you're a "one amp" guy, maybe that IS it! I have some core tones I always go back to (it seems I'm a Marshall-and-its-derivativesguy at heart), but given the broad range of stuff I like to play and listen to, and also how different guitars react, and also how my mood changes from day to...
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    Does anyone here started on a diff. Box before using axefx? Is it too much at first?

    Does anyone here started on a diff. Box before using axefx? Is it too much at... With great power comes great responsibility. I've been in all manner of digital gear from the GT5 up to the eleven rack before I got the Axe. The one thing I learnt is when everything sounds good, you spend less...
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    Harmonizer in the Axe FX 2

    I think ideal position has something to do with formants. Putting the harmoniser after the cab block means you're shifting not just the raw guitar sound but *also* the cab's formants. This can make things sound unnatural and "effected". If you put it before the cab, it gets summed to mono...
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    Song idea I've been working with, Feedback appreciated

    Your dad is awesome. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
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    I can't play the blues (but this ODS 100 sounds pretty good)

    Thanks guys! The blues practice died as I've been ramping up the rock chops ahead of trying to get our first album recorded... hopefully I'll make some time to revisit this in the near future.
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    Teaser #2 - Stratocaster mathrock groove

    YES. I enjoyed :)
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    Fusion Tone with the Bogner Ecstasy Blue

    Another video with great tone and playing. Keep them coming, et viola indeed :D
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    Song idea I've been working with, Feedback appreciated

    Awesome man. I wish I could do that what I was 15! Also wish I had an Axe FX 2 at 15 :D
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    Firmware 15 CAE sim, getting shreddy !

    YOWZA. That was bad ass!
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    My band's new EP, out NOW! Axe FX!

    This. Sounds. GOOD. Gonna buy it! Awesome stuff man.
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    Original track - several amps (Brit brown, Diezels, AC30, JTM45)

    Howdy folks, Putting FW15 through the paces today with some preproduction for an album that should hopefully be done by the end of the year. I used my 7 string soloway and Tom Anderson classic on this one. For the Anderson - Clean (Tx Clean), Dirt (65 bassguy), riffy bits (Diezel HB3)...
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    Recommend a piezo-equipped electric

    AAAARGH I have a strat-tele hybrid on the way and I've been wondering whether I should slap some piezos on it. THIS THREAD IS NOT HELPING. :(
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    When does Beta end

    It'll get here when it gets here. Beta late than never!
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    Best lead amp model?

    I've been playing a lot with single coils lately, I find the Marshall amps sounds amazeballs for rock/metal. Currently bonded with the Brit Brown, though the high 50W plexi is killer. I also like the JVM OD1 red. The JVM in general has an insane amount of gain though. Currently really digging...
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    I can't play the blues (but this ODS 100 sounds pretty good)

    Yo guys, 20 years playing guitar and I'm still clueless about the blues... I traded one of my guitars for 1999 Tom Anderson Classic awhile back so I've been dabbling in stratty tones, and man have I been missing single coils all these years! Got a cool tone happening (to my non-bluesy...
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    Offline for a Couple Days

    Goes away for the *weekend*, updates the mob on his forum. Amazing. I'm beginning to think anyone not satisfied by the level of service and communicatation from Cliff and team is simply insatiable. PS: I hope your weekend is enjoyable as your products have made many of mine :D
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    Nice info on setting output level on blocks

    Interesting video, but my favourite place to set volume (assuming gain staging is done correctly earlier and there's no digital clipping, for which his video is excellent advice) is the preset volume, because this works across scenes and I can just tap my foot controller to increment/decrement...
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    14: Crackling when recording or playing with backing tracks

    Waiting on a solution as well... Got lots of recording coming up, hope this gets investigated and resolved soon Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
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    14: Crackling when recording or playing with backing tracks

    That means AFX3 is in the pipeline :P
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