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Iron Maiden are using Axe FX 3 Turbos now!!

Thought this was a topic worth celebrating! I'm a huge Iron Maiden fan, and love especially Dave Murray's work. BTW that custom shop strat with stainless frets... damn that must feel great to play! But gets me dreaming that the band's official live patches may some day end up shared, and we...
- Velokki
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- Jun 27, 2023
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
About the role of a compressor

This is a topic that I've got a little internal struggle with. I've never really used compressors on any of my patches, and kinda considered them "cheating". I know - this sounds superbly idiotic, but we all have our weird paradigms :D I've been hesitant to use them, so I wouldn't grow to rely...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Mar 25, 2023
- Replies: 53
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Andy Timmonsish patch?

Hi there! Jack Gardiner did this video of the new Neural Mesa Suite, and I absolutely adore the tone that get got, close to Andy Timmons's tone: I know the Axe 3 can do it, but I suck at creating patches. How would you craft such a patch? I tried a couple of times but my patches just sound...
- Velokki
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- Mar 13, 2023
- Replies: 33
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Any way to accurately EQ out frequencies?

I have a problem in my room; some very specific frequencies tend to boom, like 117hz - 127hz. The Graphic EQ doesn't let me specify these frequencies. 125 gets close, but I'd rather "comb out" most aggressive spikes. I would love to cut out 117 hz for example. Kinda like Fabfilter style. Is...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Nov 28, 2022
- Replies: 26
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Dave Davidson of Revocation tone

Hi there! How would you go ahead to achieving Dave's tone? At 40 seconds here: It's so satisfyingly mushy, chuggy and dark but bright at the same time! Those in the know, what do you think contributes to his tone, with the obvious one, hands, being taken out of the equation?
- Velokki
- Thread
- Nov 28, 2022
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Preset Exchange
Just something that I really, really love about the Axe FX 3

I just crafted a preset with the JCM 800 model. I could tweak every little detail of the amp, to stretch the amplifier beyond its limits and make it do stuff it wouldn't do in the real world. Still, it sounded f'in good, better than the real one, I might say! Then I just wanted to have my FC12...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Aug 17, 2022
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Wish Omega Amps Obsidian

This would be a real nice addition! Some love for Mick Thomson! :cool:
- Velokki
- Thread
- Aug 15, 2022
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Wish List
Problem with FC 12 jumping from 511 to 0 instead of 512

Here's a video of the behavior: I have all my user presets from 512 upwards, for the sake of it being easy to backup the bank, and I'm not going over any factory presets. But would love the FC12 to just go forward one preset at the time and not jump back to 0 from 511. Why is this happening...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Jul 27, 2022
- Replies: 15
- Forum: FC-12 and FC-6 Controllers
How to make FC12 always show scenes by default?

Now I always see presets and have to go to change them to scenes. Is there an option to just see scenes as default?
- Velokki
- Thread
- Dec 30, 2021
- Replies: 5
- Forum: FC-12 and FC-6 Controllers
FC 12 mini-display brightness

Hi guys! I have my FC-12 under my table and the little displays are super bright. I have some ambient lighting in my room, and the FC12 takes the show by being a real christmas tree on its own. I know one can adjust the rings, but is there any parameter to reduce the mini displays' brightness...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Nov 8, 2021
- Replies: 2
- Forum: FC-12 and FC-6 Controllers
Ok, why did I wait so long?!

Just my second day on the Axe FX 3 MK2 Turbo. I made a "Quantum Leap", from Axe 2 Quantum to the 17.01 on the new Turbo. To summarize some of my thoughts - everything just sounds a lot better. It's really unbelievable. I thought nothing could sound better than the Axe 2, I kinda felt "it's as...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Nov 4, 2021
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Reviews
Best practices for making the move from Axe 2 to 3

Allrighty. A Turbo-enhanced black box is awaiting at my UPS pickup point. Today or tomorrow I'll have time to go down the rabbit hole! I'm coming from Axe FX 2 Quantum which I dearly love... ahh, you've served me so well :hearteyes: (literally 0 problems with hardware and I don't remember it...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Nov 2, 2021
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
About Fractal Audio as a company in general

Been a happy camper since 2013 with Fractal products, just put in my order for the Axe 3 MK2 Turbo! Just curious as I work in financing - how big is Fractal Audio these days? How many people do you employ and in what ballpark is the revenue?
- Velokki
- Thread
- Oct 26, 2021
- Replies: 36
- Forum: The Lounge
Any way to calibrate Output level knob?

I've had my Axe 2 since 2013 and a thing I've always found a bit irritating, is the Output level 1 knob. The "usable" range, which means as quiet as I want it, vs. as loud as I want it, is like 9-9:30 if thinking about a clock face. I mean; there is a very little range that is suitable for my...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Sep 19, 2021
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
To anybody who use Windows and went Axe 2 --> Axe 3

Hi there! I'm quite close to making the jump from Axe 2 Mk 2 to Axe 3 Mk2. But I value my time. There is an old wisdom about film studios, where many of them run on antiquated software (many versions behind the newest) just so everything is stable and surely works. A lot of bands do that as...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Aug 31, 2021
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
To the ones who went down the Eric Johnson rabbit hole

Okay, I'm serious about getting the Eric Johnson lead tone down now. As a strong base disclaimer - I know... the tone is most definitely in his hands. But I'm also sure he would sound different with metal zone. What I'd like to get, is as close to an identical tone to his as possible, and work...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Mar 14, 2021
- Replies: 21
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Preset Exchange
What amp to achieve this sound?

Hi fractalites! I'm an Axe 2 user. I'm making a punk rock song, and trying to nail this guitar tone: What kind of patch would you go for? I already got a Gibson Les Paul and the guitar sounds great. I just find finding the right amp + cab combo to be very challenging. It always seems to not...
- Velokki
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- Sep 19, 2020
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
So, how far has the Axe III come now?

I'm still an Axe 2 user, and have been since 2013. I use it daily and love it! How would you say the Axe III compares to the 2 now? And how far have the firmware upgrades taken the unit from what it was initially on launch? What I'm interested in: -Playability, sound, dynamics -Axe Edit...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Dec 22, 2019
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Could someone guide me in the right direction?

Hi guys! I've been an Axe FX 2 user since 2013, and I absolutely love it. However, I suck at crafting patches. Now, I saw this video: What would you recommend to get a tone such as that? It says "The entire performance is played through my Naylor Superdrive 60 head and a Marshall 412...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Sep 14, 2019
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Hardware vocoder routing help!

Hello there! I have just bought a Digitech Talker. It's a really fun piece of kit. It's a vocoder. It doesn't have phantom power. Now; being a Vocoder, it has an input for an Instrument (Carrier Signal) + Mic input, and of course an output. I use AXE FX-II as my interface. What I'd like to...
- Velokki
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- Feb 14, 2019
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Good studio speakers for Axe + bass?

I just got a really good bass (a Wal, jimfist might remember me, haha). And I just can't play it through my Behringer Truth 2030A set of speakers. The bass is almost unplayable through them. They're decent speakers overall, but I just don't hear the frequencies in amounts required to feel like...
- Velokki
- Thread
- May 13, 2018
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Quick help needed, AXE 2 diagnostics?

Hi guys! I'm buying another AXE FX 2 Mark 1 (regular, not XL), so that I don't have to carry my Axe to my band practice 5 times a week. Now I have a used Axe 2 on my scope, and I'm going to see the owner and unit today. Are there any diagnostics tools to make sure that the unit is 100%...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Apr 30, 2018
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Really, really hoping Q9 fixes the Axe-Edit timeout issues

I'm trying to record our band's first demo, and I do like to tweak and experiment with sounds. The Axe FX-II is a phenomenal tool for this, but at the moment it's very hard to stay creative and maintain a smile when the darn Axe-Edit crashes before you know it. And on my PC (which has great new...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Oct 14, 2017
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
How is this possible? Axe Fx II producing sound even though nothing's connected.

A short video will explain this better: My Axe sits next to my monitor, on the same table. I just noticed that even though nothing is connected, when I tapped my fingers on the table, I heard a tiny delay effect going on. Then, I tapped the table even harder, and clearly the Axe is reproducing...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Sep 19, 2017
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
MFC bottom screws don't go back in?

Hello! I just took the screws (that hold the legs of the MFC) off the unit in order to see if it fitted to my new Peli case without the legs on. Turns out it does, but only just. Now I tried to screw the legs back together. The ones at the "back" of the unit, the "screenside" of the unit, go...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Jul 2, 2017
- Replies: 6
- Forum: MFC Discussion
Updating from FW 18 to newest Quantum

Hi guys, I've been holding back updates forever, since I never really wanted more than FW 18, haha. But now that I'm completely redoing my studio with a new PC etc, I thought that the firmware update would be in place, at last. Now basically I'd like to know if my patches will change...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Jun 16, 2017
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Gator - what the heck is this?

I just got my 2U Rackbag and it's just not physically possible to screw the Axe FX in the rack. The Shallow rack I have from Gator works wonderfully, but what is this? Am I just retarded and don't get something? I can literally screw one screw to its hole but there just isn't space for two at...
- Velokki
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- Oct 27, 2016
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Rigs and Routing
Best wheeled case for Axe FX 2?

So I'm going in and out between one city and another for band practice. I'm having to carry the Axe around for kilometers at a time, and am looking for a case with wheels so I don't have to carry it all the time, instead I'd just drag it! I've been looking at this one...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Oct 9, 2016
- Replies: 19
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Double tracking-effect on live guitar?

Hello people! We have tracked a song with our band, that has a double-tracked lead guitar. Pretty basic stuff - you know how it sounds lush and full, panned right and left. Of course, as we know, it requires two separate takes to get that kind of "fullness" in the sound, it's the little...
- Velokki
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- Sep 20, 2016
- Replies: 192
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Users of Behringer X32 (or guys that know about mixers!)

Hello good people of the Fractal world! Help a noob. My band is getting a new mixer. We have a Periphery-style setup, i.e: -3 guitarists -1 bassist -1 singer -1 drummer Would the X32 be able to accomodate everyone with stereo IEM mixes? I'm kind of confused about the specs of the device...
- Velokki
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- Aug 30, 2016
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Rigs and Routing
To those with better ears! Deftones' Gore clean tone :

Hi guys! I've been looking at getting the Deftones' Prayers/Triangles and Hearts/Wires Clean tone. I hear the delay there, but I just can't quite get the base guitar tone. Especially Prayers/Triangles is the one that I'm just sucking for, the tone is so glorious and haunting, it really puts me...
- Velokki
- Thread
- May 22, 2016
- Replies: 28
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Preset Exchange
Help me replicate this lead tone (+Line6 gear owners, chime in!)

Hi guys! This is a tricky one. I just can't get my head around the lead guitar sound in the intro here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djLVAbYGt3M This guy got quite close with his Line6, and I'd be happy with his tone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63-65j8kKm8 My masterplan was...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Feb 1, 2015
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Tone Match
Output clipping - help!

I've played my Music Man Stingray 5 bass and got some really nice sounds, for ex. a perfect Tool tone: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97548702/Stingray%20sample.mp3 The thing is - when I hit the E or B strings hard, the output 1 always clips, which sounds like "SCREEECH" on a recording...
- Velokki
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- Sep 17, 2013
- Replies: 23
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Would a power conditioner fix this?

Well, I've kind of always got static hiss in my workspace: I have PC Speakers, Studio Monitors, Axe FX II, an M-Audio interface, my PC etc etc. in the same small space. Now when I'm playing my Axe, when I go silent, I'd really want to go silent without any static hiss. And I know it's definitely...
- Velokki
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- Aug 30, 2013
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Rigs and Routing
New AXE FX 2 Owner - help a man out!

So, I finally got it. The whole lot, Axe II + MFC + Mission SP-1. And I must say that I've been having mixed feelings. Some of it sounds good, but all the high-gain metal sounds have really lacked some of what I was after. They're definitely AAA quality in other people's videos and recordings...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Aug 27, 2013
- Replies: 21
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Dear Fractal...

I've now reserved my Axe FX II. It will be mine at the end of this month when I return to Finland from U.K. I just have one wish. Make the final versions of FW11 and Axe Edit available by then. Pretty pleeeeeease? :-P
- Velokki
- Thread
- Aug 6, 2013
- Replies: 38
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Anyone A/B'd Axe FX II FW 10/11 to the original Axe Standard FW1?

Might be a ridiculous thing, but I for one would love to hear the difference in sound that's happened between the original Axe Standard and Axe II FW 10/11. Everyone knows that the development and improvements made to the Axe via firmware and hardware have been immense - but just how immense...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Jul 24, 2013
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Are power conditioners snake oil?

Do I need one? Does it really do anything? Any PROOF of it doing anything? I have seen countless Axe FX II setups with power conditioners in them, but I'm very skeptical towards getting one - if it does actually improve Axe's performance/sound/safety, then I could consider getting one, but it...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Jul 21, 2013
- Replies: 57
- Forum: The Lounge
Axe FX II Shopping list

Naturally, buying an AXE FX II is not just buying the unit only. I'd like some good help here, fellow fractaliacs. Currently, my shopping list is as follows: -The main unit itself, Axe FX II -MFC-101 -6m ethercon, possibly stomplabels -Alto Truesonic Active TS115 FR speakers, pair...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Jun 21, 2013
- Replies: 34
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Would this kind of test give a realistic results? FRFR stuff.

Calling all audiophiles! :loyal: So, I've heard a lot of good stuff about the Alto TS115A speakers, and was considering getting a pair when I get my Axe FX II this August. I'm torn between a good set of speakers and a Matrix Q12a. Well, I work at a music shop anyway so I can properly test...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Jun 16, 2013
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
A couple of questions regarding the AXE's accessories

Nice and simple: 1. I am definitely buying the Axe FX II and a foot controller with it. I did think from the beginning that the MFC-101 was the only reasonable alternative, but I've seen some people get decent results with more affordable foot controllers as well, from cheaper brands such as...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Jun 2, 2013
- Replies: 22
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Your chance to make me buy an AXE FX II!

I'm a guitarist and a bassist. Now, guitar-wise I know I'm definitely covered. The Axe FX is an endless sea of possibilities. But can it do everything on bass, too? I'm not too sure. That's why I would need a demonstration of a song that I will have to be able to cover with the unit. Basically...
- Velokki
- Thread
- May 12, 2013
- Replies: 70
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Hey! Help a soon-to-be Axe FX 2 owner!

I'll probably be making the sweetest investment of my life, very very soon. However, a couple of questions. I'm moving to UK next month, and will be staying there alone for 3 months. My dream would be to spend the nights there with my new Axe FX, however, I'd need some info; what do I need if...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Feb 18, 2013
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Boss HM-2, old school Death Metal tone?

I've not got a an Axe FX-2 yet, and I'd like to know how it fares with recreating the legendary, "unrecreateable" Boss HM-2 tone. You can hear this infernal buzzsaw here: Bloodbath-Process of Disillumination - YouTube Anyone? 8)
- Velokki
- Thread
- Jan 19, 2013
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings
Could someone please demonstrate the Whammy and Harmonies of AXE FX II?

I'm on the verge of getting an Axe FX II. However, I really love Digitech Whammy and use it in the material that I play - and would love if it worked well on Axe Fx II. Could some nice person post a video or audio clip of how these work? I mean, is it possible to use it like Digitech Whammy...
- Velokki
- Thread
- Jan 10, 2013
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Recordings