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    Axe-FX III USB issue

    Mine gets upset every time i play with usb cables connected my PC. Unplug something or add something new, there's a chance the axe will start playing up. I go to device manager and delete the driver under the sound device entry and also the various axe fx 3 channel entries under the audio...
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    Recording two Bass channels

    Is this why my bass tones have woody mids when recorded and but sound fine when both paths are summed in the middle? I had a look at the waveforms but i couldn't tell a difference by eye even zoomed in. I'd be very pleased if there was a simple answer to this
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    Axe fx 3 bass tones?

    I had a bit of a win with adding a fuzz block in parallel with the distorted amp to add some more distortion to the tone. The fundamental is still overpowering over 8 or 9 fret on the low string. Also going to investigate a smaller string than 150 for the low g# to see if that will be functional.
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    Axe fx 3 bass tones?

    I checked out the crossover block so i understand what the high and low references mean now
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    Axe fx 3 bass tones?

    Do you mean that you bring the 2 paths back into one amp or keep the rows separate with separate amp blocks? Also not sure what you mean by the low side?
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    Axe fx 3 bass tones?

    Sorry, didn't click that you'd already posted. Will check out what you've described there. Using the last non-beta firmware
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    Axe fx 3 bass tones?

    Are you using fractal for distortion? Do you find you get a lot of fundamental and the distortion doesn't seem to be as prominent or as even as the other strings? I've been wanting to find other people using similar gear and tunings to compare to as i reckon there's a lot of difference between...
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    Axe fx 3 bass tones?

    Thanks all for your perspectives. I feel like the problem for me is the size of the string causing that difference in character and lack of "something" for the distortion to hang onto. That said, the instrument sounds fine through a bass head and a b7k. I remember hearing that the axe fx 3 main...
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    Axe fx 3 bass tones?

    I watched something last night that mentioned compressing in front and at the end of the chain too. Gonna try that when i get a chance
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    Axe fx 3 bass tones?

    Thanks for the replies chaps. Yeh the virtual capo is something i've yet to investigate fully. I remember the instrument sounded great with .130 or whatever came stock. I'd be keen to know what processing you do on your DI besides the compressor. Eq etc?
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    Axe fx 3 bass tones?

    I was just mucking around with it again. Does anyone eq their DIs? I feel like i'm cutting a bit out of it trying to get rid of pick attack thunk-type sounds but it's getting more tolerable. I also played with all the different compressors trying to get something to maintain the distortion...
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    Axe fx 3 bass tones?

    Anyone got any insight about how to add distortion without it being excessively sharp and obnoxious? Low cut frequencies on distortion channel etc
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    Axe fx 3 bass tones?

    Yeh i've wondered about this. I don't know enough about speaker frequency response relative to the notes i'm trying to reproduce etc
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    Axe fx 3 bass tones?

    Hey all, what is everyone doing for their bass tones? I've a Dingwall NG2 tuned to drop G# with a 150 on the low string. I use a 2 line patch with a compressor before the split and then one DI going straight through with no processing and a parallel row with a high gain guitar amp and usually...
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    Axe fx for downtuned bass G#

    Yeh i won't deal with circle k/kalium anymore. Their website was shagged and provided shipping quotes of $1100aus to ship anything over 20 items to australia. I sent him a ridiculous amount of emails and rang him a bunch of times trying to find a solution to keep purchasing from him. Got a few...
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    Axe fx for downtuned bass G#

    Thanks for all the replies guys. Bass tones have always been a piglet on fractal with this tuning.
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    Axe fx for downtuned bass G#

    What low frequency is required to reproduce a low G#? I've done nothing with bass traps or treatment
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    Axe fx for downtuned bass G#

    I believe you. It just always amazes me that people can have such a range in tolerance for different string sizes. I would have thought .130 would floppy AF
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    Axe fx for downtuned bass G#

    Thanks man, i'll check it out
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    Axe fx for downtuned bass G#

    A .130 for f#!? Someone mentioned the dominant fundamental and that it what it sounds like - very wooden and not stiff. I tried tuning my .158 down to f just to see if it was a tension problem as i'm not a bass player and lack perspective but it sounded terrible. Isn't .140 not far off a...
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    Axe fx for downtuned bass G#

    No i haven't. Will have a look when i get home. Monitoring is a pair of rokit 8s that i've been using for years but the amp is an ashdown abm500 with 8x10 cab. I've been through this a few times and now that you mention it, the monitoring is probably most of the problem. I started looking at...
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    Axe fx for downtuned bass G#

    No, i hadn't seen that one. Not sure how i missed it. I haven't been using a crossover, had been separately processing the whole signal for clean/DI and then using a filter to remove the bottom end of the guitar amp distorted line. Will check this out though, thanks
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    Axe fx for downtuned bass G#

    Hey all, just wondering if anyone can offer insight in creating tones for bass downtuned to G#. I use a light pick and it's a big low string, .158 i think and it always has a stiffness to it. I find it difficult to get something clear but still full and "squishy". Using a dingwall ng2. Other...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 16.05

    When you say dimed, you mean master volume? I'd like to know any tips for making this amp work for me as I was playing with this recently and found it woofy and undefined but had volume down around 1 to avoid max the headroom meter. Just wasn't quite there for me
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    New USB driver for Windows

    For what it's worth, i had trouble for a long time. The axe fx wouldn't connect after changing a driver or something. Unplugged and restarted a MILLION times. Went on for weeks. Ended up getting an inkling that there may have been issue between the axe fx and my removeable hdd. Unplugged...
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    USB disconnecting

    I've got big usb issues as well. If i boot the computer with the axe turned on, it stops recognising the axe. Not certain yet but seems to come back after a few days with the axe not plugged in via usb and a reinstall of the drivers. Frustrating
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    Axe fx 3 not recognised by usb

    Thanks for the reply. I've tried all the usb ports though. Trying anything i can to avoid a full reinstall of the OS. I'd been installing the 2014.06.06 driver as well as the current driver as i'd read somewhere that there was a few files that should be installing but Fractal just got back to me...
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    Axe fx 3 not recognised by usb

    Has just deleted everything and it is recognised a usb audio device with the yellow triangle. Properties for this says - device cannot start code 10. Indicates 2 revision levels are incompatible
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    Axe fx 3 not recognised by usb

    Yeh i have. I managed to get it working for about a week recently but it shart after i started the pc with the axe fx already running. The pc will hang at startup if the axe fx is on. Almost like it's trying to boot from it. I've noticed this before but it hasn't worked since. Can you update the...
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    Axe fx 3 not recognised by usb

    Rito, will try this. At some stage though it requests that you turn it on and this is point that fails for me as the pc can't see it so i get an error 105
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    Axe fx 3 not recognised by usb

    I have tried my RME UFX2 in that port and the pc finds it just fine. I can see it drop off the list and then reappear in device manager in real time - no dramas. Mobo is an asus z97k and computer is a desktop and i've turned off the sleep function on all the usb related equipment i could find...
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    Axe fx 3 not recognised by usb

    Hey all, i'm having all sorts of trouble with the usb connection on my axe fx 3 to my pc. Pc is windows 8.1. The pc does not see the axe 3 99% of the time. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers a million times. I usually get an error 105 saying that it can't connect to the device...
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    Am I missing something?

    What tuning are we talking? I find standard and drop D sounds great with minimal tweaking - especially after FW11. I use the Loadbox US speaker impedence profile and everything sounds tops. Down tuned 7 and 8 string however are a different story and require some creative use of parametric eq for...
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    Is the Axe-Fx good for bass?

    Hi folks, first post here... i think. I'm a guitarist who plays bass for recording and I've had a pig of a time getting decent bass tones. The patches i've had success with have been complex jobs with both a bass amp and a high gain guitar amp blended for bite on one channel and DI on the other...
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