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    Latency reporting to DAW

    Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what is this? I've never encountered "USB Firmware" before - this isn't part of usual firmware updates?
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    Question about Matrix power amps

    I have a Matrix "guitar" amp, too, but never understood what they meant, if they actually meant anything aside from marketing the two products differently. Possibly a PA amp has better cooling or something to that effect.
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    Question about Matrix power amps

    And what does this mean exactly, I wonder. If frequency response is supposedly flat, how is a PA amp different from a "guitar" one?
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    Rig automation - MIDI or other

    It's different or worse or better depending on what you want to do with it. Scene midi is a workaround that helps as long as you use scenes for switching.
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    Rig automation - MIDI or other

    Automating looper is a mess, not MIDI capabilities in general. What I need to do is launch recording at a certain point and then launch playback later. With Axe-FX reacting to CC messages as a toggle, I never know what it's going to do next. Oh, and I forgot. This toggle behavior creates...
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    Rig automation - MIDI or other

    I've been using automation for some years, including scene changes, and it's been working fine (although I am now a bedroom player, unfortunately). As far as problems are concerned, Axe-FX III is worse than Axe-FX II for me. It doesn't have a "MIDI adapter" mode, so some things just aren't...
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    Dumb moments you've had with the Axe?

    I have dumbest moments when I try to rearrage scenes in presets and that never works for me. :(
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    Wish We have Tone Match. How about Room Match? (Automated pink noise room tuning)

    Monitors. I have a subwoofer, and some quite nasty low end resonances in my room, which Sonarworks software removes very well. I also want to move the whole setup further to the corner of the room, but when I do that, one speaker becomes louder and it messes the stereo image. Again, Sonarworks...
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    Wish We have Tone Match. How about Room Match? (Automated pink noise room tuning)

    No, I don't have a PC at hand (my laptop needs repair), and Voxengo Deconvolver and the other tool I have for creating IRs seem to be Windows only. Maybe I should fire up a virtual machine on Azure, but I feel a bit lazy for that.
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    Wish We have Tone Match. How about Room Match? (Automated pink noise room tuning)

    Did you get one mono IR or two IRs for each of the channels?
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    Wish We have Tone Match. How about Room Match? (Automated pink noise room tuning)

    Thanks a lot! Why disable listening spot though?
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    The CNFB Method

    I understand that part, my question is different - how do you even find out that someone is using your algorithm when it comes to amp modeling?
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    The CNFB Method

    And if they do, how do you find out that they did?
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    Wish We have Tone Match. How about Room Match? (Automated pink noise room tuning)

    How do you export a Sonarworks profile and make an IR out of it?
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    Wish We have Tone Match. How about Room Match? (Automated pink noise room tuning)

    It would help if Axe-FX had some kind of true global blocks, i.e. blocks that are independent of presets at all. An IR player would work fine for room adjustments even if the IR is done somehow with external tools. But as it is now, there's no way to have that. There are Output EQs but no...
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    Latency reporting to DAW

    Right. A plugin version of Axe-FX would be awesome. ;)
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    [Solved] Boomy note decay

    Maybe something like this will help? Axe Fx III - Multiband Comp Metal Tutorial - YouTube
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    Hello Internet, How do you take guitars panned L and R and make them inhabit less space in a mix?

    Ah, I totally misunderstood your comment then.
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    Front panel poll

    It works for me with most devices, wherever that puts me on the aristocrat-peasant scale. I'm not sure that the number of options alone is an unsurmountable barrier to a more intuitive interface, so I don't see how an improvement here may be a bad thing and why anyone would argue against it...
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    Front panel poll

    I have no idea whether this is a reasonable standard, but I'm definitely spending more time on this discussion than it's worth for me. :) I am sharing my experience and impressions, that's all.
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    Front panel poll

    Us lowly simpletons looking up to them as we should.
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    Front panel poll

    Maybe my recollection is wrong then, sorry for the confusion.
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    Front panel poll

    The Setup Menu is an example. From the Home page, press the rightmost knob under the screen (it says SETUP above), and there's a menu where you scroll by turning and Enter by pressing the Big Knob.
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    Front panel poll

    That's how I think about it, too. :)
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    Front panel poll

    Yeah, I've seen it there. It's still a knob you can press, whatever it's called. Knobs that you can press usually work a certain way. Like if it scrolls on every device on the planet and even one page on the device itself (the setup menu) and you confirm selection by pressing it, it's natural to...
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    Front panel poll

    That's well understood, of course. The number of options isn't bothering me at all.
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    Front panel poll

    Sometimes though the knob scrolls through lists, like in the Setup menu, and pressing it acts like Enter (which is the way nature intends knobs to work). Guess you can also say that technically it is correct - that's changing "menu item value". And yes, in preset view it moves between presets...
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    Front panel poll

    Nah, the oven is fine, as are most appliances and devices. As for Enter, I'm not even sure why it exists and why pressing the big knob doesn't do the "Enter" action. It's just weird and, as someone mentioned above, inconsistent. Turning the knob also does strange things at times.
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    Front panel poll

    Reading the manual helps if there's something you can't figure out somehow, and if you use that information on a more or less regular basis after that. The problem isn't that the front panel is impossible to figure out, it's just unintuitive at times, so it takes time to do some simple tasks...
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    Hello Internet, How do you take guitars panned L and R and make them inhabit less space in a mix?

    They don't have to be hard panned, but it doesn't mean they should never be.
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    Hello Internet, How do you take guitars panned L and R and make them inhabit less space in a mix?

    Why?
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    Front panel poll

    Well, there are quite a few people who simply don't use Axe-FX because its "interface is too complicated". They don't frequent the forum and don't participate in the poll. I'd venture to guess that people who are experts in user interfaces aren't necessarily the same people who are great at...
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    Front panel poll

    I don't even dare move anything on the front panel, there's no undo function, it's way to easy to mess everything up.
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    Front panel poll

    Moving blocks, rows and columns is cumbersome even in Edit.
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    Front panel poll

    Exactly this. Well, Axe-Edit allows me to rarely touch the front panel, which is a good thing. But the flipside is that I don't use the front panel on a regular basis, maybe that happens once in a few months or even years, so that makes learning how it works quite useless - I simply don't...
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    Front panel poll

    I never need a manual for doing anything in the editor. You just drag, drop and click, nothing to explain there. With the front panel, I generally can't do just about anything related to editing presets, since buttons never do what I expect them to. Simplest things like navigating to a block...
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    Windows 11 - Should I do it?

    Well then you have a reason to upgrade, 11 has fewer inconsistencies.
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    Windows 11 - Should I do it?

    Better window management. Not a minor improvement, for me. Also, there's no single reason not to upgrade.
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    Windows 11 - Should I do it?

    Everything works for me, no issues whatsoever with Windows 11.
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    Wish More Tuner Options

    Now it shows D as well, so you want it to show string number next to the note, right?
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    Wish More Tuner Options

    Let me try to rephrase it. Suppose the feature is implemented, I pick Drop D tuning, and play the sixth string. What is the tuner supposed to display?
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    Wish More Tuner Options

    Sorry, I still don't get it. Your screenshot shows just a list of notes in various tunings. A reminder. What I don't understand is how this is supposed to work in a tuner.
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    Abelton Users... Midi question

    It's been a feature request like forever, and I don't think it has been implemented.
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    Wish More Tuner Options

    I can sort of understand the offsets thing, but how would it work for drop D, for example? Let's say you select drop D from a menu, and then what? It shows E when your sixth string is tuned to D? How does it work?
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    Wish More Tuner Options

    I'm not sure I understand what the wish is about. Isn't current tuner "tuning agnostic"? It doesn't indicate standard or any other tuning in any way, there's no EADGBE anywhere to be seen, right? So when you say "to pick different tuner options other than standard", can you clarify where you...
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    No difference at Input 1/Instrument level between medium and high output pickups

    To make matters even more complicated, the further a pickup is from the bridge, the hotter the output will be, other things being equal. So the same pickup will have different output levels on different guitars.
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    No difference at Input 1/Instrument level between medium and high output pickups

    Which is exactly what should be happening, passive pickups don't have internal clipping
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    Reamping slightly out of sync

    Yes, it is normal. I don't see it as bizarre, especially on a Mac.
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    Reamping slightly out of sync

    Devices - Recording delay. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207527
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    Ooooh... Charts and Graphs Redux

    This was discussed quite a lot a few years ago. I don't recall any definitive official answer from Fractal Audio, but a reason given against releasing software was piracy, as far as I remember. I would also think that maintaining desktop OS versions of Axe-FX requires significant resources in...
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    Ooooh... Charts and Graphs Redux

    That, and also it's much more convenient to practice a lot of times just using a laptop.
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    Ooooh... Charts and Graphs Redux

    Out of curiosity, how do you use a computer with such a small buffer, what do you do with it? Is it just for playing/recording or are you able to also do editing, mixing etc.?
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    Ooooh... Charts and Graphs Redux

    A plugin has no way of knowing anything about actual input levels and how they end up translating to dBFS, so developers have to assume something, and they all have different assumptions, it seems. Some, like Helix Native, display the area of optimal level though - it's an easy enough...
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    Axe FX III or FM9? Need your help!

    Congratulations! FM12 uses power from Axe-FX, you connect it with a regular XLR cable. As for footswitches, you can use some cheap MIDI option for the time being.
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    Moving from Mac/GarageBand to PC…

    I never was a fan of Garage Band, and I generally try to avoid platform-specific apps and services (so I don't use Logic on my Mac), but yes, I understand what you mean. Try Mixcraft, I think it's very easy to use.
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    “Jesus, is there anything you people don’t bitch about”

    That should give you a hint, actually. Bitching about "kids these days" is an eternal phenomenon. And yes, it is bitching. :)
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    Moving from Mac/GarageBand to PC…

    I think that the easiest DAW on Windows is Acoustica Mixcraft: Mixcraft 9 Recording Studio multitrack recording software. | Acoustica The cheapest and most full-featured is Reaper, but, IMO, it's also the most difficult to adjust to. However, it's important to note that easy or difficult is...
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    “Jesus, is there anything you people don’t bitch about”

    Contrary to a popular belief, bitching was invented way before social media, and has been a major driver of progress. Bitching got us 40 hour work week, universal suffrage, electric guitar and digital gear. On the other hand, there's not much bitching at Communist Party of China's...
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    “Jesus, is there anything you people don’t bitch about”

    Here's a thread bitching about bitching. Full circle!
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    FullRes IR vs. Reverb

    I had like 15 year pause in guitar playing, and after I got back, I very soon started using digital gear. So maybe I just forgot AITR sound years ago and don't miss it at all.
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    FullRes IR vs. Reverb

    I almost never use reverb, at least for monitoring, but to me the FullRes sample sounded like reverb without "real" sample. Kind of washed out and lacking definition.
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    Best most compatible DAW for Axe-Fx/Edit 3?

    When I used it, I had to spend a lifetime finding how to do the simplest things. There's just too much stuff and lots of clutter everywhere to my taste. But of course, this is all very specific to the user's intuition. Who knows how it works.
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    Best most compatible DAW for Axe-Fx/Edit 3?

    That's the strangest statement made about DAWs ever. Reaper is great and has like all functions known to man (and maybe even more), but easy to use?
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    Ooooh... Charts and Graphs Redux

    Jesus, stupid me. 😂
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    Your Worst Gig Ever

    Come to think of it, this turned out to be not such a bad cover of this particular song, incidentally...
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    Ooooh... Charts and Graphs Redux

    What's FM series?
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    Post Your Axe-Fx III Rigs Here!

    Lots of cool toys! There's one I don't recognize though - what's this?
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    Used Mk I (w/ a return window) + fan hum

    The noise is very noticeable, and yes, it starts when you turn the unit on. I didn't pay much attention to it when it was in my gigging rack, now that it's in my desk it's quite loud. Louder than any other fan I have in the house apart from an old playstation.
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    AITR

    Indeed. And that's usually the time to experiment with IRs.
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    AITR

    Well, it's not that difficult - you just copy stuff there. Using everything that you copied - that's the tricky part.
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    Metallica uses Axe Fx

    Well, it's called show business for a reason :)
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    Metallica uses Axe Fx

    I have no idea what they're actually playing through, but if you imagine for a second that there are no amps and cabs back there, the whole scene would look really weird.
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    AITR

    Well, to bring things back into perspective, that necessity is called "mixing". A process where you cut out frequences, dynamics, "feel" from individual instruments so that the overall result sounds good. Adding reverberation to each instrument may create that "feel" for players, but together...
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    AITR

    My understanding is that for some technical reasons, it's all of the Bank 2 or nothing. Don't know why. Also, from my personal point of view, just the fact that there's this enormous waste of space which, as it turns out could be used for something else, is kind of frustrating.
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    AITR

    Exactly. Apart from playing alone or maybe as a very specific effect, I fail to see how this can be all that useful. IEMs maybe?
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    AITR

    Jesus...
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    AITR

    Yeah, but that's Mk II which doesn't have the problem we're discussing to begin with.
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    AITR

    Can III even store 2000 presets? I think it's limited to 400 or something. You need like 5 IRs per preset to use 2000 cabs. Technically possible - you can have 8 IRs per preset.
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    AITR

    There's no way your presets use 2000 IRs.
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    AITR

    While this argument is totally valid and understandable, you ARE connected and working with a computer when recording, right? And if you are, there's not much difference in workflow whether your IRs are stored on the computer or on the device itself. And if you're not recording, why would you...
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    Recommend me a good audio interface and DI box

    If you ever want to plug an instrument into your interface, you can't beat MOTU M2/M4 currently, and for what these cards give, there's barely anything comparable for the price. There are many more options if you just need to use line inputs or mic preamps. And no, there's no point in buying a...
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    AITR

    It's been stated that giving users a choice isn't possible (for whatever technical reasons, as far as I recall). Personally I don't see much use in AITR IRs either, but the unused IR space has annoyed me ever since I first got an Axe-FX. :)
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    AITR

    Would you care to share how exactly you are using all those slots?
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    AITR

    Is it meant for recording though? The problem here is that if you want to use a reverb to glue instruments together, it's better to use the same reverb for all of them, IMO - that will kind of create an impression that they are in the same space. With this reverb hardcoded into an IR, how do...
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    AITR

    Would it be possible to use the freed space for presets instead of FullRes IRs?
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    AITR

    Yes but can you imagine a situation where someone uses all those cabs so they are actually needed on the unit itself? That said, as I'm thinking about this AITR IR thing, I don't really understand what kind of use case for it I might actually have. Yes, it sounds kind of cool, but it doesn't...
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    AITR

    Even if they all sound different, who needs 2237 cabs stored on the device
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    AITR

    I wonder if it would be at all possible to make this space user adjustable. I could never understand why there's so much space allocated to cabs - I use maybe 3 IRs, and a dozen slots would be more than enough for all my needs ever. At the same time, I don't care for AITR at all, but would...
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    #%%^$£ USB

    Well, I think your irritation is a bit misplaced, it should be Sigh, Apple, USB is totally okay. I have two M1 computers, a laptop and a Mac Mini, and power management on Mac OS is an unmitigated disaster. It kind of works on the Mini because I never let it sleep, but that's not possible on a...
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    Snarky TGP Nonsense

    I'm curious. A link to snarky nonsense would be cool...
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    F*&@#$^% Microsoft

    No, that's not why. It had this feature before it started using Chromium as the engine. There are UI and performance differences between Edge and Chrome.
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    F*&@#$^% Microsoft

    Microsoft Edge has that as well.
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    F*&@#$^% Microsoft

    That's a long story that makes me sad. In the early-mid 2000s, it became obvious to everyone that digital distribution of music was the future and the way to go. Yet the business model was unclear. For labels, it meant a problem because they were losing control of how music was getting into...
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    Re-amping without USB, just using DAW, ext. soundcard and Axe Fx 3, to keep 44,1 kHz

    For me it's easier to just use 48 kHz, but yes, the method you are talking about also works. Why wouldn't it? As with any analog reamping, you'll add noise this way. Other than that, unlike reamping with real amps, levels won't be as big of an issue, you don't need to convert signal from...
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    Wish Ability to route MIDI to/from USB

    I tried a few dongles previously, including the M-Audio one, with mixed results at best, I’ve had some reliability and delay issues. The way I use MIDI with Axe-FX, I need precise timing and reliability. I actually have MIDI ports in my rack, but I need them for something else. Adding a dongle...
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    Wish Ability to route MIDI to/from USB

    You’re adding envy to my frustration. :) It’s awful to own such a wonderful device and to be unable to use it really (although this particular problem isn’t the only one or the most important one for me).
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    Wish Ability to route MIDI to/from USB

    Well, the Axe-FX III that I bought some 19 months ago has been sitting as a glorified brick here, so it's a priority for me for sure. :)
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    Wish Ability to route MIDI to/from USB

    I'm losing hope... :(
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    Musicman Majesty, good?

    Maybe if you’re in California that’s a viable option.
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    Musicman Majesty, good?

    In my case the neck requires loosening around March until sometime in May the truss rod is fully loose but the back now keeps developing until the guitars becomes unplayable as the strings lie on the frets. Starting in September, I gradually tighten the neck until November, when it stabilizes...
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