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    Extra small but still decent monitors?

    Anyone have monitors/speakers they'd recommend for an extra compact AFX & laptop travel practice rig? I know headphones are going to be the best option for that sort of situation, but I've got those sorted, and would like something to use for situations when headphones aren't necessary.
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    Fixing a backward latching switch

    Is there a way to reverse a latching switch that the AFX sees as On>Off to Off>On other than changing the slope in the modifier window each time I set it up? I looked through the setup pages and the only thing I saw that I thought might work was the polarity setting, but changing that didn't do...
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    Noise Reducer

    For people using the noise reducer in the input block, what settings are you going with? I'm getting slightly better results going with a high threshold (-7) and ratio of 2 (in conjunction with a sidechained gate between amp and cab). I tried going with a lower threshold and higher ratio, but...
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    Knob controller while using Axe Edit?

    Would anyone happen to have any suggestions for a way to get a physical knob controller to use in conjunction with Axe Edit? I know I can navigate through the front panel to use those physical knobs, but 99% of the time I'm in front of my pc, with the AFX off to the side in my room. I'm thinking...
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    odd exercise in tone most people probably wouldn't want

    While redoing a bunch of my patches for Cygnus I started thinking about how, over time, our minds sort of create idealized ideas of tones that, in fact, probably wouldn't even work for most people. And I started thinking about how to effectively get those tones out of my head and into my AFX...
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    Popping over spdif

    To continue the current trend of some of us attempting to get spdif up and running and having issues: I just got one of the little coax to optical converters and am trying to get things going, but, as the title indicates, I'm getting pops/crackles every 10-15 seconds or so. I'm running into an...
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    spdif adaptors?

    Would anyone happen to have suggestions for specific optical to coax adaptors for spdif that they've had good results with?
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    Convenient solution for odd behavior on momentary switch?

    I have a basic keyboard style mgear momentary pedal in the pedal 2 slot, and I'm experiencing a couple things that are kind of odd. First, in order to get it to actually function as a momentary switch I need to switch it to latching. Second, it's polarity is backward, which I can correct for by...
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    Dunlop bass wah?

    Has anyone matched the dunlop bass wah? I know the freq range is 180-1800Hz, but I'm coming up short on the rest of the info to get me there.
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    How loud?

    When you're dialing in your tones, be it for mixes or for live, how loud do you have your monitoring? Do you tweak at gig level? Do you do it at the level you'll be mixing at? Etc?
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    Input level and amp block headroom

    I'm getting results I'm happy with in my never ending tweaking journey, but something that's been continually throwing me off is some stuff I feel is kind of odd with regard to levels. I'm using a couple guitars with PAFs and a couple with Blazes, and I have to set my input level to 6% in order...
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    Axe FX and Matrix arrangement in rack: heat?

    I just picked up a 2u GT1000, and I'm wondering if there are any considerations I should have when arranging everything in my rack, such as heat dissipation. I know with tube equipment there's often recommendations to put the power amp above the preamp in the rack, and to leave spaces between...
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    Getting nothing but high pitched squeal when reamping

    As the title says, I'm trying to reamp using my AFX, and I'm getting nothing back out of it but a high pitched squeal. I'm going analog, rather than USB, since it seems like a bigger hassle to get the rest of my audio running through the AFX (so, all I can currently hear through it is my guitar...
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    I wish I had an Axe FX buddy near me.

    I'm currently finding myself wishing that I had a friend nearby with experience with Axe FX (or at least extensive experience with guitar amps and recording them) so that I had someone to work through dialing in patches with. My bassist and vocalist both play guitar (I'm our sole guitarist...
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    Site problems

    Is anyone else having issues with the forum? I'm having trouble even getting it to load. I'm getting all kinds of "server busy" errors, and, sometimes, I just get blank pages loading. Oddly, logging out of my account seems to make things run fairly normal, but then, of course, I can't actually...
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    Question about assigning fx to switches globally

    I'm finally getting around to sorting out how I'm going to use the MFC. We're still in a development stage for our band, so, while I'll most likely eventually turn to scenes to organize things, I'm in a much more experimental state right now. So, I'm trying to set my board up with switches 6+ as...
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    Volume for tweaking recording patches vs. live

    Obviously live patches are likely to be set up louder simply because of the nature of the equipment they're going through. Do you set recording patches with a high volume too though? When I'm recording and mixing I tend to listen at conversation volume or a bit higher. Is that where I want...
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    Dual Recto EQ. Potentially silly question.

    "Improved Recto models tone stack accuracy. The Recto models now use an exact digital replica of the unique tone control network used in those amps." Would I be correct in assuming that this means that the Recto model B/M/H settings interact in series, as the real amp does?
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    Help me, please! Need help with my live tone

    Until recently, I've been using my Axe FX only through my computer monitors for practice and recording. Now that my band has started up practicing I'm trying to get my tone dialed in and it currently feels like I'm getting a bit lost amidst the bass and drums. My setup is 8 string...
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    Initial Thoughts on ISP Stealth Power Amp

    I recently bought an ISP Stealth (as I don't have a lot of money right now, but needed something asap), and I got to try it out for the first time at band practice last night. I figured I'd give some early impressions, as I haven't seen a whole lot written about the thing. First, the Axe sounds...
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    Tip: Use "Bright" instead of "Bright." WHAAAA..?

    So, I've noticed over time that I don't like some of the artifacts that seem to come into play when the Bright Switch is engaged. Luckily, the Bright knob on the Tone page seems to be able to get the same effect without those artifacts. It seems to take about 3dB to get the knob to add...
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    Breaktrhough with Recto and a question

    So, I've been working and working on getting a Recto 1 Red Mdrn patch that I'm completely happy with. I was perusing the internet a couple days ago, checking out some recommended settings for the actual amp, when I came across a run of people all saying that they disable the presence control...
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    Anyone else question your dedication to a specific amp?

    So, background, I've always had a thing for Mesas. I "grew up" in the 90s, those were my formative years with regard to building my musical tastes, and Dual Recs were all over the place. I've never actually owned one. So, when I got my Axe, that was immediately where I gravitated toward. At...
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    Amp Models That Pair Well Together

    I've been looking around the internet in general and trying to find some fairly easy to reference guides for amps that happen to pair together well, whether for double/quad tracking, for live, or for whatever. I actually haven't been able to find much. Forum posts here and there, but not a whole...
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    Arghhghah;gkdhkahe;ga Siiiiigh... yep...

    It'd be really nice if these patches would just dial themselves in. I keep tweaking and tweaking and tweaking. All I'm trying to do is get a handful of recording tones for double tracking set. I've narrowed things down to 8 models with Recto 1 Orange, Uber, and Das Metall being the three...
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    Ability to use bands 2,3, & 4 of parametric eq as high and low shelves

    As in title. Sometimes I want to have bands 1 and 5 as high and low pass and then still want to have a shelf somewhere in the eq. As things are now, this requires using a second PEQ. It'd be cool if we could switch a couple of the other bands to shelving filters so that the extra cpu doesn't...
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    Building and rebuilding patches. Curious about something.

    So, as the title says, I find myself building and rebuilding and tweaking and tweaking some more in the name of perfecting my patches. Normal, right? Well, yeah, but I'm curious about something at this point. In this process, I have recently been downloading some patches from other people...
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    Effectively setting up patches for double tracking

    I'm trying to figure out ways to more effectively find the tones I want. I can get live tones fairly easily at this point, because what you hear in the room is, generally, what you're going to get, and, from there, it's just a matter of making sure it cuts with other instruments present. Double...
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    Trying to set up for reamping. Nothing but high pitched squeal.

    As the title says, I'm trying to set up my AFX so I can do some reamping (mainly to make dialing in patches easier). I've followed some of the tutorials I've found around online, but when I try to run the dry signal back through the unit, all I get is a high pitched squeal. Setup: Guitar...
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