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    Cabs for FS Wreck?

    Great amp, I use Cliffs Rumble Cab with the EV12L & 160 mic. Try starting there.. I also made a Cab Lab mix back in the AFII Days which was I believe a mix of: Cliffs Rumble EV12L & EV12S both w/ the 160 and Mikkos, “Best IR in the world” IR. And possibly I may have also added in the 1x12...
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    Tips for a realistic Spring Reverb sound?

    No virtual FX LOOP in the amp block, which is where it would basically sit.
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    Larry Mitchell Livestream

    Don’t forget or in case y’all didn’t know, Larry does a live stream on FB each & every Tuesday night. It’s rain or shine no matter where he is on the planet & always great stuff.
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    Golden ratio delays

    Never seen any of those, I’ve seen where he quotes Tesla calling Einstein a fuzzy haired crackpot. His delivery is definitely not for everyone.. he’s called particle physicists idiots though.. anyway, not really the place to discuss this stuff I suppose.
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    Golden ratio delays

    Funny, he really debunks his own theory by stating you can see what you want to see & never offers any actual data/proof/explanation. 😉
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    Golden ratio delays

    You might find this interesting:
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    60 Quadrillion sounds in a single preset

    Quintillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
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    Fender Tonemaster (1990s Fender Custom Shop)

    Chris Whitley used a Tone Master as his main amp for quite some time iirc.
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    Fender Tonemaster (1990s Fender Custom Shop)

    I owned a Tone Master, beastly amp, super clean.. no reverb circuit.. I believe it came out along with the Vibro-king, as that was the other available from the Fender Custom Shop the year I bought the Tone Master, which I’m pretty sure was the first year it came out. I bought the matching blonde...
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    What type of block do you recommend using as a "Clean Boost"?

    I always use the Filter block, cause you got hi & low cuts plus a mid boost if ya want.
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    Anyone sell all their tube amps?

    Sold em all. Have had many great amps throughout the years but at the time I made the decision to be done with the amps I had a Mesa Maverick, Fender Supersonic, Fender Vibro-King & Marshall Mode 4. That had to be over ten years ago & haven’t even considered buying another amp. Not seriously at...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 12.05

    This update, well between .04 & .05 (I installed 12.04 but never actually played it) but anyway, somewhere along the way the Global Output settings got switched to -10dB, and I’ve always fancied myself as a +4dB kinda guy, so you can imagine my surprise. 🤭
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 12.05

    +1 on the Subway Blues, I’ve sung the praises of that amp for years now.
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    “Rounder” amp to pair with a 5150 Block Letter?

    Carol Ann OD2 & if ya want some thick mids pair pair up pretty much anything with Cliffs Rumble EV12L cab or mix it in a bit with your favorite cab. Personally I like it with the M160 mic. The Herbert is another killer amp to try.
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    Dialing in the vibe sounds from Hendrix' Captain Coconut from Crash Landing

    Square would be too on/off or up/down whatever ya wanna call it.. try a trapezoidal waveform.
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    AFIII Hurdy gurdy Axe-Fx III video

    Awesome.. post more of that! Keep those coming!
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    Toneking Imperial

    We already have an AB763 Deluxe Reverb.
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    Toneking Imperial

    .....and did you know: there happens to be a built in attenuator in every single amp in the Fractal Library... (of course you did!) *However I do realize it’s not there for the same reason Tone King has put one in their amps. Actually pretty cool on that new MkII where it can be split and only...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 12.03

    Well your ears adjust.. try this experiment, next time ya get into your car, turn the EQ settings to something that doesn’t sound good & leave it for five minutes or so.. long enough for you to forget about it and go on about your driving. You’ll no longer notice so much the EQing cause you’re...
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    Wish My Favorite Pedals. Boss DD 2 Delay, GE 7 Equalizer, Heavy Metal HM 2, Compression Sustainer

    You know there’s a Mix parameter in the Drive block, (it’s right next to the Level in AxeEdit) which will allow you to blend in as much of the pedal/Drive Block/overall distortion amount you want. So when you were saying they were over the top distorted, this may help ya out in that situation. &...
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    Wish My Favorite Pedals. Boss DD 2 Delay, GE 7 Equalizer, Heavy Metal HM 2, Compression Sustainer

    I’ve never used the HM2 but after listening to some clips of it ya might be able to get there with the Rat or the Zen & some EQing or maybe running a combo of pedals. Like a boosted Rat or one of the Fuzzes to add in a bit more fuzz. If not, there’s nothing wrong with running the HM2. The Delay...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 12.03

    The key with the Soldano is the Master Volume.. Giver a crank up and that ought to bring ya to sonic nirvana.. that amp has a sweet spot with the master, and it’s at ear splitting levels, (in real life) luckily for us it doesn’t have to cost us our hearing in the modeling world.
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    Jimi Hendrix!

    I don’t know how anyone could play strings that light.. seems like you’d need such a delicate touch and even pick attack for that matter without making the initial picking of the string ring slightly sharp. I guess it’s what ya get used to but man, seems like it be hard to control.
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    AFIII Trip hop

    Good stuff, I love Trip Hop music.. one of my favorite non guitarcentric genres.
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    Fractal Audio is searching for a Fender 1963 Vibroverb

    I could be wrong but I believe I remember hearing that the Lonestar takes its lineage from the MESA Maverick. Which, btw, was an outstanding amp. I remember amp shopping and it was when the Lonestar had just come out, but they had a used Maverick there, and I had already owned a Maverick & loved...
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    Anyone using Speaker Compression?

    Yes indeed, it does come in very handy for dual amp fine tune matching. Good point.
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    Axe-Edit III 1.05.00

    I think we should be good to go, there really isn’t anything that looks like AxeEdit would need an update for according to the 12.02 Release Notes•••> 12.02 Release Notes: Fixed UI unresponsive if modifier attached to Filter block Frequency control. Fixed Filter block graph does not update if...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 12.02

    This Allpass Filter is way beyond cool.. it’s like part Enhancer, Chorus, Phaser/Uni.. so many cool things can be done with this.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 12.01

    Omg..lol.. 🤤
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 12.01

    If you are talking about in AxeEdit, that’s because it hasn’t been updated yet.
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    Rat Smoke (drive block opamp pushed into complete failure)

    At least ya had the decency to split it between 4 diode per, instead of brutalizing a single. 😌
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 12.01

    Wife just said, “Does he sleep?” -No. None of us do.
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    AFIII FW 12, stacked mono tape delay w/motor speed modulation

    This is the work of a madman.🙃
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 12.00

    Just for clarification; the “Boiinng” parameter is not in Axe Edit yet correct?
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 12.00 Public Beta #2 (Beta 3)

    As I remember off the top of my head regarding the Mu Tron and envelope filter/Auto Wah ala Jerry Garcia, Fire On The Mountain circa 1978ish (around those years) (*he also added in an octave on some shows with the EF which made the guitar sound like a steel drum..) anyway, back to the subject at...
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    VAI hears 1/1000th of a second latency in Modeling (No Way cheap shot)

    i wonder if he complains about the latency between his speaker and mic? That’d be about 1ms. How on earth does he play live? Or get thru a session? Must be extremely trying times for a man of his prowess. He must also have some kinda new, “Nearer than Near Field” monitors.. “Milliseconds? No...
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    Fender Guitars Fined in UK

    The biggest problem with these mega stores like GC & MF & their buying power is they absolutely kill the quality control over at say Gibson & Fender etc.. (especially Gibson) they can’t keep up with the demand of 235 Guitar Center storefronts needing 20 Les Paul STD in their immediate inventory...
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    Amp Suggestions?

    Something about the Herbert that always feels so damn good.
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    Adam Jones Tool "The Pot"

    Yeah I know exactly what ya mean, I’m always hesitant to share patches because I know when I d/l them more often than not they never seem to transfer well. Glad this worked out for those who it did.
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    Adam Jones Tool "The Pot"

    Ah, that’s pretty cool, awesome to know he’s still humble and down to earth and willing to hang out and “talk shop” with us mere mortals. Says a lot about a guy. Thanks for sharing that story.
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    Ruckus anyone?

    Yeah the Ruckus is a beast.. I’m not really into nailing anyone’s tone anymore, but I can definitely see where you’re coming from on that... Personally I use the Ruckus to push an either lightly breaking up amp or crunchy amp into full blown lead with some flavor added. I say flavor cause I’m...
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    How to think about channels

    Yeah, you have to really wrap your head around the fact of just how big and how capable a single preset in the AFIII can be. Once you understand the capacity & capability of a single preset it’ll become clear not only everything you can do but also why the available user preset slots wasn’t a...
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    Best Amp for Clean Strat Quack?

    Run the SVBass & swap the pre with the Skyline is pretty sweet.. just to remind y’all of that old trick of the trade. 😌
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    What amp did the Axe-Fx III make you discover and fall in love with?

    For heavy the Herbert.. For clean/EOB/dynamic, pushing the front end of the Bludo Clean channel with FET pre. And the Wrecks, FAS included.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 11.02 Public Beta #2

    Well it’s never a very long wait till the official release comes out after the beta(s) anyway.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 11.02 Public Beta #2

    Well I’m sure we’ve all known a few two-bit punks in our days.. imagine if they were all three & four-bit punks.. That’s a substantial difference if ya ask me, no doubt you would notice right away, I’m sure of it.
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    Amp Model Closest to Mesa Boogie Mk. III?

    Could be the IR..
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    Axe-Fx III with Synergy preamp modules and MIDI

    Honestly, just look at all of the parameters that are available to us in both the preamp & power amp sections of and then all of the other parameters as a whole in the Amp Block. There is nothing overlooked, and they all work, (dare I say) synergistically within Cliffs propriety code. Why would...
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    Amp Model Closest to Mesa Boogie Mk. III?

    I’d probably be grabbing the IIC++ with a good smiley face EQ curve on the amp. That tone reminded me a lot of Master Of Puppets, right in that ballpark.
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    What difference in tone can I expect?

    The best difference is you’ll be back on the update train!
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    Axe-Fx III with Synergy preamp modules and MIDI

    I wasn’t talking about using it in conjunction with the synergy. Imo, I can’t imagine a bigger waste of money & time. Keep in mind Cliff has designed everything to work together, (and it does quite nicely, just about to perfection I’d say) what you are attempting to do is remove a big chunk of...
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    Axe-Fx III with Synergy preamp modules and MIDI

    Edge of breakup on the III shouldn’t be a problem at all. The Fractal is incredibly dynamic and responds exactly like its real world counterparts do. Use the Input Trim parameter in the Amp Block to adjust your gain going into the amp without affecting the tone. Input Drive is your regular Gain...
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    A Believer again: 7 Fractal crop circles

    Well ya still have to have the equipment to support hearing what $16k of converters do for ya. You would never ever hear that in a live context nor in any kind of average home studio, probably not even in your run of the mill townie recording studio. Ya have to draw the line somewhere from...
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    AFIII "Beds Are Burning" - Live Video

    Nice job, love that song & ya never hear that covered. Btw, you out in Wisconsin? I saw in the YouTube Fond Du Lac, used to live in Northern IL, we used to play an occasional game out your way in HS. Lol
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    What's connected in front of your Axe-Fx III?

    100 foot Mogami platinum into two original Klon Centaurs into a Spaceman Mercury III then another 100 foot Mogami platinum, through my bank vault where the signal is washed in gold bullion then out and finally to the Axefx III.
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    Creating a Komet Silver Cloud in the Axe-Fx 3?

    I tried with the Komet 60 and raised the grid bias to 100 to class A operation switched to KT88’s & turned off the negative feedback and added in the cathode follower, lowered the input trim, messed around with the transformer etc.. and used a combo of 57/121 on V30’s on some 2x12 cabs. I even...
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    The Axe-Fx III Friedman sounds like crap! No wait... never mind.

    You’re not even hearing the bottom amp in that preset as it is pictured.
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    A Believer again: 7 Fractal crop circles

    It had it all too; Science, Aliens, High end Audio, Fractal Audio, & a bit of history.. quite a compelling case to illicit a response lol. Just not the one he’s ultimately after.
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    Delays that sound fabulous with high gain settings

    Use the diffusion in the delay settings.. it’ll diffuse each repeat smearing them into a reverberated sound.
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    Delays that sound fabulous with high gain settings

    You can also add a LFO modifier to the pan on a mono delay.. depending on what type of wave form you use and the speed etc you can get some pretty cool movement of your echos going on. You can also add in a little or a lot of Right post delay, sounds cool with it.
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    Creating a Komet Silver Cloud in the Axe-Fx 3?

    Eh, that amp is nothin... Ahh, who am I kiddin’, that thing is glorious! My goodness, ya gotta love the touch sensitivity of those Komets.. and that variable PAB is beyond killer. The only problem is the no fx loop.. I understand the why and don’t disagree but not really enough to sacrifice fx...
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    New Speaker Impedance Controls

    The Rumble Cab uses EV12L’s. However it’s a 4x12 and I believe ported, that’s why it has the double hump in the low end, but don’t hold me to that, I’m just going by what I read regarding another cabinet & it’s double hump. Not sure what is more important when it comes to this: picking the...
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    Closest to original II HBE

    The Original HBE Model that was in the II is in the III as far as I know.. The BE is still there..
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    Anyone using Speaker Compression?

    I was using it quite a bit along with power amp feedback type comp prior to the new Gain Enhancer. Now I’m in the honeymoon stage with the Gain Enhancer & let’s not forget about the Speaker Impedance parameter w/ XFormer Match that was also added/reworked, (lotta good stuff going on with those...
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    Cab block vs Cab-Lab mixes

    Wouldn’t temp be moot due to the fact that it’d be the same for both? Unless you were mic’ing one cab in a hot, non climate controlled room & another in an air-conditioned room.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 11.01

    As always.. use your ears NOT your eyes when dialing in.. you do that this amp sounds freaking fantastic.
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    Axe-Fx III newbie and have started to figure out Scenes...whoa

    Yeah, Scenes allow ya to turn on & off your blocks. Channels allow the selection of different types of (similar) effects you can setup & use inside each block. Saving a Scene will remember the current Channel in use & state each Block is in.
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    Who all is running out of CPU?

    You could combine them in CabLab and gain some CPU back that way.
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    Who all is running out of CPU?

    How many cabs are you using inside the cab block? And are you using any of the preamp emulation in there?
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    Am I setting my Axe-Fx up wrong, or is something wrong?

    I believe two things are going on here: the first most major issue is the drop tuning Ola is using.. that alone will make a huge difference and make anything sound much heavier and chuggier. Try adding a Pitch Block in the beginning of the chain and drop your tuning a few steps & see if that...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 11.00

    For some reading FractalBot didn’t pick this one up for me.. had to d/l the ol’ fashion way.. serious First World problems!! 😌
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 11.00 Public Beta

    Well I suppose I should have been more clear, I was including the thought that the old impedance curves would also be available as a choice in future firmwares.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 11.00 Public Beta

    Maybe someone who is adamant about keeping the old impedance curves around would be kind enough to create a list or file or spreadsheet of all of the Amps and their old original impedance curves for future reference, put it in the Wiki, and any time anyone wants to load up those old settings...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 11.00 Public Beta

    Ultimately wouldn’t we want to have the correct impedance curve for each cab in the cab block since this is the virtual world after all .. or perhaps the choice to switch between; individual/sum. Obviously either one is a big ask, individual- cause it entails four power amps & sum- still need...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 11.00 Public Beta

    +1 for the Virtual World
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 11.00 Public Beta

    Yeah I brought that up a few posts ago, but I think it got lost in the mix.. anyway my conclusion was that in order to do so would entail having up to four (per cab block) power amp sims running simultaneously. Which I don’t believe is able to even be separated from the rest of the amp block.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 11.00 Public Beta

    So when we are mixing Cabs in the cab block, say for example, (& to pick two that would be quite different) the 4x12 Rumble cab & the 1x12 Carol Ann, we would have to pick one of the impedance maps, or can each cab in the cab block have its own individual? I’m guessing no, cause that would be...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 10.02

    “BAM”
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    IR Length

    I didn’t know if you knew that’s what it does, a lot of people don’t... that’s why when ya said 60% I was thinking that was pretty high as I know when I messed with it a few times I thought 15% was kind of getting to be too much. I forget exactly what freq I had it at, I think it was somewhere...
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    IR Length

    Adding “Air” is just bypassing the cab block. That’s what the Air parameter does, it’s like taking a line straight off the head & directly into the board, no speakers.
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    IR Length

    I do t know if it’s possible but maybe a more detailed graph like the ones that @FractalAudio was showing earlier in the thread could be added into AxeEdit in the Cab Block. That way we could see in each IR where exactly that first reflection comes in and we can truncate accordingly.
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    Marshall amp question

    “I never got one with my unit!!!” Lmao.. 😋
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    Marshall amp question

    I thought that last Marshall that was added was that amp. Wasn’t the last Marshall that was added about a year or so ago the model that was right before the 800?
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    Look what I just got...

    You would know it doesn’t come with a manual if you RTFM. 😌
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    What you top 5 fav Amps in the Box at the moment ?

    Bludo Clean but driving the front end with the CC Boost & FET Pre Wreck Express Bright Ruby Rocket Carol Ann OD2 *but that’s about as far as I’ve been able to get, I keep dialing in such beautiful tone I get stuck in a time warp like everyone else. There’s still a lot to uncover.
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    Recognition and respect to Cliff and his Morgan AC20

    It’s like having a Plexi but no power cord.
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    I had a Sobering Experience Last Night

    I used to run a pair of QSC KW 152’s & I had a pair of 153’s (but those were a little big to lug around) that would have absolutely zero problem keeping up and in the case of the 153’s burying a 4x12. Even the 152’s would once you stepped outside the line of fire of the laser beam of sound a...
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    I had a Sobering Experience Last Night

    Exactly, doesn’t matter what either one of you are playing through.. if his mids were scooped & yours were dimed you’d have buried him. In a full mix context for guitars mids is everything, period, end of story.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 10.01

    Cool information to know. And that’s a powerful parameter to have available, that Bright Cap can really open up or tame an amp.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 10.01

    Yeah, this is definitely a welcome addition. I’ve always been a fan of of both the Wreck Express & the FAS Wreck and this one I think I may even like better, but I haven’t even been able to really compare the three cause it sounded so good I just wanted to play it, so that that ought to tell ya...
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    Volume knob cleanup with treble bleed (PRS)

    Yeah I’m not sure, I think after 30+ years of playing I got used to hearing or feeling & knowing things reacting a certain way & that bleed circuit I felt was just sucking a little life out of the tone. Normally I always do all my own work on all my guitars & have for years, but since I have...
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    Volume knob cleanup with treble bleed (PRS)

    I had my pickups replaced in my Knaggs & the guy put in a Treble bleed, I’m not a fan of it, the first string change after I opened it back up & snipped it. Much better now. I like having the high freq’s roll off a tad with the vol.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 10.01

    Wrecker Express Bright! Ahh yes! One of the favorites, looking forward to diggin in on it. Thank you!
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    AFIII JTM 45 blues with new Gibson SG

    Hey, that’ll keep your pants up too.. bonus! Or maybe not depending on the situation.. 😋
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 10.00 Public Beta #2

    I’d venture to guess that nothing is ever perfect, not even the real amps as designed by their designers in their eyes. That’s why they keep designing new versions of the same amp and brand new models. How many variations of the Bassman are there, and how many other amp builders got their start...
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    How well do external (real) fuzz pedals work with the Axe-Fx?

    Hmm, well can ya try using just a 9v to absolutely make sure it’s not an electrical issue. I wouldn’t think it would be with what you’re using. If you had said you were using just some wall-wart then I’d say that’s probably the culprit.. I had that issue before I bought the Pedal Power 2 (I...
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    How well do external (real) fuzz pedals work with the Axe-Fx?

    What are you using to power the pedal with?
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 10.00 Public Beta #2

    Yeah, back before Quantum. I used to have a notebook that I kept track of & made note of particularly good firmware’s. Unfortunately I lost it when I moved from CT to FL.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 10.00 Public Beta #2

    The Bludo Clean with all parameters somewhere around 7ish (dial in to your taste) and the CC Boost just cracked open, (more used for a low cut) some magic in there.. especially when tweaking all the new parameters.
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    AFIII A country tune...

    Isn’t that the greatest thing in the world? Having the worlds greatest tones of every style available to dial up within minutes at your fingertips... does wonders for creativity & expanding both your horizons & skills.
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