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    Ares - what's new?

    So I've been out of the loop for a while (mainly because I gave up expecting a firmware update after about half a year) to see that the II (XL+) now has Ares ported, to some degree. I was interested in what the actual difference is, under the hood so to speak. I remember seeing a white paper or...
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    Possible bug (or my ignorance): Studio Comp

    Hey folks, after finding some time to deal with this, I've finally found that it was the makeup gain. (I've also learned about pedal compressors being at the front of the chain and studio at the end of it - it's amazing what RTFM'ing can do for you). Thanks for your help!
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    Possible bug (or my ignorance): Studio Comp

    Hey folks, before I go to the bug section and Declare This To Be A Bug, I just thought I'd throw this out there: I am playing a Fender Elite Jazz Bass (with active option but using passive only) and I took Preset #4 (I think Fender DoubleVerb) and changed it to be an SV amp with an 8x10 SV Cab...
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    Software FracPad III - iOS/Android/Mac/Win Editor for the Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+, AX8/FX8, Axe-Fx III and FM3/FM9

    So I was struggling to see how. Let's find a suitably obscure parameter - say PI Bias Freq on the amp advanced page. Well, I have a midi keyboard connected to a windows PC, and the axefx, both via midi over usb. How do I tell frac pad about this keyboard? I can right click on Midi CC# to...
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    Software FracPad III - iOS/Android/Mac/Win Editor for the Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+, AX8/FX8, Axe-Fx III and FM3/FM9

    Quick question: does this have a midi learn feature? Say I have a controller, can I map a standard midi message to tweak this knob that then gets translated to axe-midi (for all the advanced parameters that don't have simple midi parameter support)?
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    where did dr. bonkers go?

    Thanks Iaresee and Yek!
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    where did dr. bonkers go?

    Hi Iarsee, thanks for the response, but that link returns an error for me - maybe if you could repost!
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    where did dr. bonkers go?

    Hey folks, Usually use the AxeFX for guitar, but now am playing bass too. I seem to remember some cab packs that were bassist oriented - I think they were called Dr. Bonkers. Any idea where these went? Any suggestions other than the one ML pack? Thanks, Rik
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    Are All XL+ Units Equal?

    Oh you are a brave man, cactus tone. You knew you had it coming, yet it still came! Fwiw I think that this is a perfectly valid question in the philosophical realm, because there are production differences and even if digital bits seem like they make perfect copies, a change in say the clock...
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    Mesa Overload

    Thanks for all the input guys. I guess one part of the "user experience" of buying cabs confuses me - "where the hell do I start?". I'm now aware of 4 producers, plus of course the rumoured remake of "the site's most popular cab pack, cab pack 13". So would anyone be able to share with me how...
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    Mesa Overload

    Hey, So I was thinking about getting a Mesa cab, and it seems we have captures by - ML Cab Pack 13 - Ownhammer 4x12 Recto - York Bipolar Recto Has anyone any perspective on the differences between the packs? Maybe even about the difference in the producers' typical philosophies or approaches...
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    Fractal used for real amp design!

    I love it when hardware in the loop (HIL) testing comes back around to actually improve the models once the product is out. If Carol Ann or Friedman use this as a HIL platform, hopefully they reciprocate and collaborate on the final model. If so, that's really cool symbiosis!
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    Wish: "Tab" through param pages

    Hey guys, One request (hopefully simple): To have a key binding to go through parameter "pages". I'd say tab, but at least some keystroke combo that means I can go from e.g. Basic -> GEQ -> Preamp in the amp parameters pages. This would allow me to have keyboard only workflow Up/Dn/+Ctrl to...
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    Basic navigation through keyboard (!)

    Thanks! I'll have a go now.
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    Basic navigation through keyboard (!)

    Hey, so I tried reading the getting started guide (it may be old, I always find it difficult to find, it would be nice to just have a link for a help file in the axe edit toolbar...) aaanyways I have a really simple request since I'm not sure the keyboard shortcuts are working for me. I'd like...
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    Wish VU Meters on Axe-Edit

    +1 I'd also love to see them to see how hard the compressor is working Per the animation above, at 50ms (20 msg/sec) I would have thought it would be a nice indicator, especially if like an rms average (mastering) meter.
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 7.02 Public Beta

    random question (all of mine are!): given the brand new motor drive in this release (I don't think I've ever played with it before, it looks like an "advanced" parameter) why is everyone talking about optical compressors? Is it just hangover from 7.01 (which we're all entitled to!), or is there...
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    Modelling version parameter

    just got an answer that (1) is correct and will be removed from axe-edit...
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    Modelling version parameter

    question about the "latest" firmware being the only one supported in the release notes. I just upgraded both fx to 7.01 and edit to 3.13.1. I just turned on preset 4, and saw that the modelling version parameter was set to Q5.xx. Does this mean 1) This parameter is now useless, as per what the...
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 7.01 Firmware Release

    question about the "latest" firmware being the only one supported in the release notes. I just upgraded both fx to 7.01 and edit to 3.13.1. I just turned on preset 4, and saw that the modelling version parameter was set to Q5.xx. Does this mean 1) This parameter is now useless, as per what the...
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 7.00 Firmware Release

    Thanks!
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 7.00 Firmware Release

    just a question...I've been following the "amp re-select" method detailed that you use to get an amp back to the latest defaults etc. One amusing point is that most of my modelling versions were on Q5...I didn't really see what was awesome about Q6 lol. In any case, for the lazy and modern...
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    bass v. guitar electronics

    there's so many guitar-smart people here, I thought I'd ask a silly question or two. I've been thinking of buying a fender bass and both P and J's have a pan pot to blend between the two. Compare this to a strat, which has a selector switch. Why? My two guesses - 1) because you can't pan 3 ways...
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 7.00 Public Beta

    what's a b7k and what (sound) is it famous for?
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 7.00 Public Beta

    I don't usually get hung up on waiting for the next release, but I've checked like every day for the past week! To bide my time, could someone explain why it is that most of the buzz around this release seems to be with the Fender models (demo's, beta praise etc?) It seems to be a fundamental...
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    Fractal Audio DRIVE models: FET Preamp (based on BOSS FA-1 Fet Amplifier)

    Just throwing it out there, based on terribly brief research...the LT1457 ( http://www.linear.com/product/LT1457) is a dual JFET. I'm not sure of it's relation to the 1457W, but usually the numbers are kept close to an original design and act as a kind of allusion to help designers remember...
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    Axe-Edit 3.12.3 Released

    erm, just to throw this out there...what actually improved in this release? is there a funny back story, or were 3.12.1 and 2 just terrible releases that never should have happened?
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    Why do downloaded user presets sound different on my set-up?

    Genelec 8030's rock! They're a really nice investment for a home studio, and they're designed to perform at lower volume levels that please those neighbours who so often limit our ambitions.
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    Why do downloaded user presets sound different on my set-up?

    What I've found is that there's a lot of work involved in learning how to really benefit from all the possibilities of the AxeFX. Disclaimer: I'm totally not there yet. Facts I totally agree with: 1) Many variables outside the axefx (technique -> guitar -> rest of setup) mean you're not going...
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    Why do downloaded user presets sound different on my set-up?

    So +1 then?
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    DI sound with AxeFX?

    Thanks for the responses guys. I wasn't really thinking about recording, although it's pretty useful to know that I can get a clean feed from USB input 3 for re-processing later! I was really thinking about noodling with a bass, and I remember that using a mic along with a DI was quite cool...
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    DI sound with AxeFX?

    Kind of a crazy musing, probably a noob question, but how would I make the equivalent of a mic+DI setup? Would I just split into two rows of the grid and have one just go straight thru and then adjust the volume of each row? Or would there be something more to modelling a DI? Thanks, Rik
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    Wish: Touch platform support!

    Seems a fair price, given that it would surely give me as much fun as a cab pack. Thanks!
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    Wish - RTA in Axe-Edit

    it seems possible given that the whole IR thing seems to live in the frequency domain. My guess is that the IR capture does this already as it compares a clean signal to a processed one and determines the response function, which is like a more complicated (complex) fourier transform.
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    Wish: Touch platform support!

    It's been a while, but I keep bouncing back to this one wish (the sound is incredible - I really wouldn't be in a position to complain about that). I wish that I could use the axe-edit's very cool, intuitive interface to control the axe with a touchscreen interface, i.e. an android tablet or...
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    Programming The Synth Block

    I agree that the synth is limited. I've been looking for ways (hint hint fractal) to create a guitar note to midi note converter. Once you have the raw data (something akin to what a sequencer might provide - information about the note, its duration, its loudness, it's absolute time in the...
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    News of the MidyAX2 - Pilot the AXE-FX with MIDI controllers (X-Touch, BCR2000, Guitar Wing, ...)

    Hi Palygap, Thanks so much for sharing! Great work! I've been looking to do something like this. (For me the next step is to try mounting a midi pickup and working with it - I've been thinking about using the guitar kind of as a pedalboard itself. Maybe you could just hit a button to turn...
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    Quantum 3.01 and Axe-Edit 3.7.0

    thanks!
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    using tone match as fft?

    I saw it suggested somewhere that the tone block can be used as a spectrum analyzer (somebody was wishing for one). To me I would have the raw input (input 1) coming in the reference channel, and the end of chain (or up until the effect I'm interested in) as the input wire to the block. But my...
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    Complete Midi Map?

    Thanks Al! What this seems to tell me is the following (also gleaned from another post we've been a part of) is the following. According to http://wiki.fractalaudio.com/axefx2/index.php?title=MIDI_SysEx there are basically effect ID's and parameter ID's involved in the getParameter function...
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    Complete Midi Map?

    Hi Folks, It seems that the manual in the AxeFX II XL+ is not the whole story with respect to the midi map - it shows plenty of mappable options for X/Y, bypass for each effect or maybe one of the 12 external controllers, but it seems that the entire Axe Edit runs off midi. In the name of not...
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    Factory Cab Frequency Response Plots

    Gonna go out on a limb and say perhaps http://wiki.fractalaudio.com/axefx2/index.php?title=Impulse_Responses_(IRs) might help. At the end of the day, the impulse response file will have a set of loundnesses (amplitudes) for a fixed set of frequencies. So somewhere in the file there is a list of...
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    How to choose a cab expansion pack?

    I'm sure this must have been asked many times, but I seem to always get stuck on the following - Lots of packs to choose from - Many packs just contain 2-4 cabs - 3 ways of categorizing each offering: by IR producer, by cab manufacturer, by cab model - Not many collections divide nicely down...
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    About Speaker LF Resonance

    Just been getting into this for the first time. Here are a few links which have helped me to understand the effect of the mechanical resonance. I've always wondered why more amps are not current sources (i.e. negative feedback so that the output current is controlled) as at the heart of it, the...
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    Loop different sound to current patch

    Thanks. I just tried it and see that it was not at the end of the chain, which fixed it. Also it seems to keep the loop even after being removed from one preset or just added fresh into another one, which is good design.
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    Loop different sound to current patch

    Hey folks, As a noob I just keep opening pandora's box (and very much enjoying it). I started to play with the looper. One thing I have noticed (I think) is that if I change scene my looper sound changes to the new scene. I was hoping to layer using the stack feature, and either use scenes or...
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    Global output off?

    Thanks for the reply - I had thought of that way but (possibly more of my midi setup?) I don't seem to be able to switch to the tuner permanently, I have to hold the key down. Are you aware of any other methods?
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    Global output off?

    Ridiculous noob question here, just looking for a way to completely silence the output from the unit (imagine no spike when plugging in for example). The one way I have found so far is via the tuner, which if I switch to it can be setup to have mute when tuning, but I was looking for a single...
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 2.01 Firmware Release

    I've never been this early (just downloaded 2.0 yesterday!) One question - why are some people waiting for axe-edit to be updated? I thought the two were somewhat independent from each other?!
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    Input impedance modeling

    One more thought though...it seems that the input impedance is defined by a preset. Since this amp effect (probably just as applicable to fx) is actually dynamic (perhaps controlled by the input bias voltage on the amp), I wonder if the auto mode will change based on parameter values as well as...
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    Input impedance modeling

    Thanks for your observation Rex. I think the circuit I was thinking of can (not that you'd have known,all these details residing in my head), and the reason it can is that the input stage is biased, such that 95% of the work is done by a DC bias and only a tiny amount of AC would push it over...
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    Input impedance modeling

    Thanks for that! And lo and behold, from the book of RTFM, p.114: "Input impedance... it changes the analog circuitry"
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    Input impedance modeling

    Hey folks, So it's been a wild ole saturday night, and i've just been trying to learn about tube preamp design... It brought me to this observatoin- usually in a tube (perhaps say a 12AX7 in a cathode follower preamp) there's one form of non-linearity in the transfer function due to grid...
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    metronome questions

    Hi folks, Two quick noob questions about the metronome: 1) Does anyone else find that having pressed the tempo button, the options don't stick around for very long before disappearing back to the controls page you were previously on? Is this a bad button problem on my unit or is it something I...
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    quick q about headphone output

    thanks.
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    quick q about headphone output

    I posted this as a wish suggestion, but I just thought I'd check here too... Is there anyway to control the headphone volume output independently of output 1? Perhaps good workarounds? Thanks, Rik
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    XL+ Midi map - am I missing something?

    Thanks Fractal!
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    XL+ Midi map - am I missing something?

    Sooo...I've been trying to dick around with this little controller I have called a Guitar Wing. Just got the midi control working such that USB from it goes into USB from AxeFX. The controller has basically two flavours of buttons: those which are simple on/off, and those which go from 0-127...
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    Complete Beginner at EVERYTHING guitar

    I have to say that I admire your honesty. I would not have put it past many forums to just snowball you with comments concerning talent over wealth. However, I think these forums are helpful for many things. My take on the axe so far (1 week in) is that I love preset 3 for just a beautiful clean...
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    PC based MIDI control over AxeFX

    Yay! Got it working. Thanks for the suggestion for midi-ox.
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    PC based MIDI control over AxeFX

    So I have to admit I find Midi-Ox intimidating, but thanks for the quick reply! I shall try to learn the midi protocol and ox and let you know how it goes. I do see the routing thing which you speak of, I just need to see some midi fly through the wires and maybe, who knows, it shall work? Btw...
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    PC based MIDI control over AxeFX

    So folks, I have a silly little midi controller that I thought I would try out with the AxeFX(II XL+) called a guitar wing by Livid. Anyways I have my PC, midi via USB to Axe Edit and midi via usb from my guitar wing. All I need to do now (I think - I hope - maybe??) is to route the Midi Out...
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    1500 bucks, you say, Line6?

    I'm just gonna wade in here, do my business, and get out. I am a noob using the axe-fx II xl+ that I just bought. And holy sh*t is it awesome. But I don't have a problem with other companies also trying to make awesome, or even "ok, but it costs a lot less" as that variety is the spice of life...
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    use pitch detect modifier to convert to midi?

    Thanks for the advice folks. Intrigued by Jam Origin - I'll look into it. In the meantime I might repeat myself in the feature wish list forum. (Although I wouldn't really want anything if it did take up half of the processor usage...having too much fun with output impedance modelling to want to...
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    use pitch detect modifier to convert to midi?

    hopefully this is the right place to post a simple how-to question... I was thinking about the pitch detect function and wondering if there would be another block I could control with it that would output midi. That way I could use my guitar to input into a PC based midi synth or record the midi...
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 1.00 Firmware Release

    Danny, thanks for taking the time to consider my musings and reply. I work in embedded firmware too (different stuff, utility scale solar power) so I can appreciate the parametric permutations perspective. The only basis behind my suggestion really was the suspicion that for most folks, it can...
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    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 1.00 Firmware Release

    So I am two whole days in to owning the AxeFx... the sound is just incredible. But coming in with Quantum preloaded, I guess I don't have any comparison. Scrolling thru this conversation a little, I'd love to find out a bit more about what quantum does and how it actually improves things. The...
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    Upgrade FX or amps

    Yes thanks for the replies folks. I'm one day into this, so there's plenty I must be missing!! I will check the pre section. I am not requesting yet - it's not like I know my sound backwards and feel that something is missing - it's more like that I know these brands and I've never been able to...
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    Upgrade FX or amps

    Thanks for the insight folks. To be honest I just got my AxeFx and I'm not sure (and probably not even qualified) to know what I'm missing...it just struck me as strange that all the user-defined upgrades live in the realm of cabs and not effects or amps. If I had to ask for stuff, it would be...
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    Upgrade FX or amps

    Complete noob here, but just thought I'd ask about the possibility of adding amps or fx upgrades. It seems that everyone is focused on modelling the cabs, which is great, but surely they're not the only variance in tone. In particular the amps surely have a big role to play too. I'm not unhappy...
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    How do you research a tone?

    Thanks for the advice! Just been having an auralgasm for the past 8 hours, don't mind me.
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    How do you research a tone?

    Ok, go easy on me kids- my first post and I dont even have an axefx until it arrives next friday!! But here is a ridiculous question to get started- how do you get started with replicating sounds of famous musicians? I like sound, but I can't say I would recognoze a 1959 whatever it is as being...
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