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    Wish Add latching/momentary options for Effects, Scenes, and the Tuner

    Well... I've been asking for this since 2016, so I assume it's not gonna happen. I built a MIDI controller that does all of this: latching/momentary/phrase switching that works with effects, scenes, and basically anything you can control with a Control Switch. But there are so many...
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    Wish IR Player

    This +1
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    RIP, Queen Elizabeth II

    Yup. Fairly certain the coming weeks/months/years will be... interesting.
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    Wish Enable USB-A port for powering / charging USB devices

    +1 on this. It's be great to be able to power a 5V Midi controller from the FM3 USB A port.
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    In defense of the hardware UI

    👏
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    Block logo in most need of a refresh.

    I thought this was gonna be a 5150 thread.
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    In defense of the hardware UI

    TL;DR I've come to the conclusion that the conventional wisdom claiming the hardware UI (AF3, FM9, FM3) is overly complicated and terrible, is entirely overblown. It's not. It's actually pretty good. With the exception of programming buttons, I could get on just fine with the hardware alone. Is...
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    Output IR for speaker/headphone correction

    +1
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    Wish IR Player

    I could see the use case for room correction in a fairly static environment, but for the live player I'm not sure it makes much sense. But for headphone correction, or FRFR correction, I'd think this would be very effective. Plus headphone correction IRs are pretty available via AutoEQ.
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    Wish Momentary Scene Toggle

    +1
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    Wish IR Player

    Absolutely 100%.
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    Wish FC Momentary Scene / Channel Toggle

    +1 This so needs to happen for Effects and for Scenes!
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    Wish Control CS with MIDI (In)

    +1
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    Wish Cab Block Maps to IR Name not User slot #

    +1
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    Wish MIDI: change Layout/View

    +1
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    Wish IR Player

    A good use case for the IR Player would be headphone/studio/room/speaker correction IRs, correct? Really any kind of correction IR.
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    Wish IR Player

    +1
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    Wish Allow MIDI CCs to be Stand-in Switch sources

    +1
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    Wish Add latching/momentary options for Effects, Scenes, and the Tuner

    I thought that PrimeTime video from TC Electronic demos it pretty succinctly.
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    Wish Add latching/momentary options for Effects, Scenes, and the Tuner

    Exactly. It's super convenient and intuitive to use. But hard to explain... until you use it.
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    Bug? Adding a CS to bypass an effect breaks LED status

    That's not true in this case. The 2nd momentary switch does nothing onDown when the 1st button is latched on. But it DOES turn off the block onRelease. IOW, the coded logic for the momentary switching assumes an OFF state to begin with, as opposed to a logical OR. It should know the state of...
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    Wish Add latching/momentary options for Effects, Scenes, and the Tuner

    It's a normal latching switch like anything else, buuuuuut... TC Electronic calls it PrimeTime: In use:
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    Bug? Adding a CS to bypass an effect breaks LED status

    I'm not seeing the exact LED behavior I was seeing last night, which was that it just stayed dim regardless of the block bypass state. But, I'm still seeing this behavior: Assign any button to an Effect Bypass If you ALSO need a momentary button, you have to use a CS. So assign a CS to set...
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    Bug? CS does not momentarily toggle an effect off

    When you use a CS to toggle the bypass state of an effect and assign it to a button hold (momentary) event... when the effect is ON, holding the button down should trigger the Control Switch (which is on) to toggle OFF, but it doesn't. It stays on. It should toggle OFF when the hold period...
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    Bug? Adding a CS to bypass an effect breaks LED status

    I'm not sure if this is related to this wish, but when you assign a Control Switch (which is the only way to access momentary functionality) to set an effects' bypass status, it disables the automatic LED bright/dim functionality of any button that has that effect assigned to it. So your button...
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    Wish Add latching/momentary options for Effects, Scenes, and the Tuner

    Pretty self-explanatory... add latching/momentary/phrase switching options for Effects, Scenes, and the Tuner, not just for Control Switches. Latching is the default of course, but momentary and phrase would be great too.
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    Wish Option to default to zoomed out layout

    100% agreed.
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    Wish Spark-style Automatic Latching >> Momentary switching

    Thanks! I'm still surprised that we don't have latching/momentary options for a regular Effect button. The AX8 had that didn't it?!?
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    Wish Spark-style Automatic Latching >> Momentary switching

    Yes, they typically are mutually exclusive, but they don't HAVE to be. That's the point of the request. We have latching and momentary. I'm asking for a third option that is latching (and triggers on the button down), but converts to momentary automatically when you hold it. That way, it...
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    Wish Spark-style Automatic Latching >> Momentary switching

    Close, but no cigar. Actually, not really even close. I'm actually shocked right now. The only way to access the latching/momentary option is to burn a Control Switch. Why in the world wouldn't that be a basic option for the Effect Category??? The same for Scene and Tuner for that matter...
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    WTF Warmoth Guitars!!!!?????

    Every time I've been to the Warmoth site, if I don't find what I need within a click or two I go somewhere else because navigating their site is... So... Painfully.... Slow. I bought a new tele neck a couple weeks ago. It wasn't a Warmoth. But it did replace a Warmoth neck. SMH
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    Filling a nut slot

    I used a folded business card as a heel shim. Also worked.
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    The other HSS: Who does this?

    Wouldn't that be an SSH? ;)
  34. benvigil

    Waitlist Email

    They were forced to upgrade the chip due to availability issues. Some companies would make the substitution silently, but given that it's the main processor, it's a marketing win for FAS to tout the 10% bump. If you're a user that likes to paint the edges of the FM9's capability, that 10% might...
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    FM3 Turbo?

    It's mostly likely that they simply have inventory of the FM3, and as soon as they burn through those, we're back to the supply chain situation and they'll move to the new chip and introduce the FM3 Turbo. It's also likely they've already moved to the new chip and have placed orders for the new...
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    Wish Spark-style Automatic Latching >> Momentary switching

    Circa 2016, I made this request for the AX8: Latching, Momentary + PHRASE Switching Trying again... I'd love to have a third in-between option which is a combination of latching and momentary, like the TC Electronics Spark Boost: it functions as a normal latching switch unless you hold it down...
  37. benvigil

    Does FM3 use all 5 pins of MIDI?

    Thanks! Good to know.
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    Does FM3 use all 5 pins of MIDI?

    Awesome thanks!
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    Does FM3 use all 5 pins of MIDI?

    5V supply voltage on PIN 4 is part of the official MIDI spec when using 5-pin DIN as a transport mechanism. The spec was updated in 2014 to allow for 3.3V supply since so many modern devices use 3.3V supply voltage now. It's easy enough to pull 5V from the USB-A port, or 12V(?) from the FASLink...
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    Does FM3 use all 5 pins of MIDI?

    Does the FM3 provide power on PIN 4 of the MIDI out? If so, 3.3V or 5V.
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    Squirrel Resistant Bird Feeders

    How tall is that? Our squirrels would just jump from the ground to the feeder if it's less than 5-6 feet or so.
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    Squirrel Resistant Bird Feeders

    My thoughts are this... anyone who has something that works are either in the honeymoon phase or are just lucky enough to have really REALLY dumb squirrels. We've tried everything, and most of it actually worked for about 48 hours -- slinky, expensive feeders, slick poles, slick barriers...
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    SteveTerreberry

    I still think my favorite Stevie T video is his Djent Zeppelin video, just because it's fun:
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    You Knew Etsy Would Ruin Reverb

    Ahhhh... cool! Thx
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    You Knew Etsy Would Ruin Reverb

    They've also taken away the ability to know how old a listing is. It used to show the listing age.
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    Celestion F12-X200

    ... so when is Celestion releasing an F10-X200? ;)
  47. benvigil

    studio monitors

    Been wanting to try a pair of those.
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    Celestion F12-X200

    I hear ya... and you're probably right. But like you said, a "best compromise" is still a compromise. The question I'm curious about (just academic curiosity really) is where the failing is: is it in the modeling, or that truly great/accurate FRFR solutions are just too expensive, or . . . ? I...
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    Celestion F12-X200

    The benefit of the Kemper Kone (similar to the Celestion K12H-200TC), for example, is that the Kemper has a built-in processing that ensures it delivers a reasonably flat response from a known starting point (the speaker). That aside, my opinion agrees with yours. The goal of a FRFR solution is...
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    p. 29 of the Manual

    Maybe it's referring to the headphone jack on the FM3 being all "in yer face", rubbing it in. Okay, okay, just kidding... but yeah it's a happy, but subtle little Easter Egg. I'll give it to 'em.
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    AFIII A Little Steve Vai

    ...but seriously, that was pretty fabulous!
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    Post Here if You've Received An FM3 Invite!

    Ditto. April 23rd 2:22pm EDT
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    Probably the most interesting guitarist today

    I don't think I've ever NOT been impressed with Mateus Asato's playing.
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    Closest model to the REVV Generator 120 purple

    If you had to choose, what's the closest Axe-Fx III model to the REVV Generator 120, purple channel?
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    Posted as just FYI: Rhett Shull's best of 2019

    What @Karl Houseknecht said, plus... There is a LOT bigger market for guitarists wanting a few core amps (a.k.a. the Iridiuim) to use on an existing pedal board than those wanting to replace everything with a rack of gear... then realizing they need to add their favorite pedals anyway. Let's...
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    What amp did the Axe-Fx III make you discover and fall in love with?

    No necessarily the AFIII, but it'd have to be the Carol-Ann Tucana.
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    Tone Vise locking nut - Amazing, Simple and Cheap

    I don't understand why the Kahler Flip Nut design wasn't more popular? No tools needed at all. This one is behind the nut, but no reason it couldn't be designed with a nut. Found one listed here... https://reverb.com/item/21688124-vintage-kahler-locking-flip-nut-chrome-ships-free
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    So, convince me to sell my Kemper...

    Lest anyone think otherwise, I really love that the FAS engine gives authentic control behavior AND all the deep editing. I just don't understand why people think the Kemper should be the same way. It just doesn't make sense to me.
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    So, convince me to sell my Kemper...

    There's always a flip side... sometimes you're glad the the KPA can do things the original amp cannot, like give you more gain. Or less. So "authenticity" is completely meaningless TO ME. There's a near 0% chance I'll ever play 95% of the amps in the AxeFXIII and I don't have enough nostalgia...
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    So, convince me to sell my Kemper...

    I see that as a plus, not a minus. IMNSHO.
  61. benvigil

    So, convince me to sell my Kemper...

    Years ago you could reasonably make the case that the Kemper "sounded better" but at this point, the quality difference is so minute as to be irrelevant. In fact, logic would dictate that FAS's modeling will eventually surpass the KPA (or has), given that one is improving and the other is...
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    AFIII Incredible Dream Theater cover by 15 y/o phenomenon Owen Davey

    What just happened?
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    The "Modelers Don't Clean Up with the Volume Knob" Myth

    Output compression is one of my favorites FAS features for mid-gain presets... makes them squishy when you dig in and they clean up all sparkly-like. In general, though, it really is problematic that many guitarists today have never played through a ripping loud half-stack to know how an amp...
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    1978 early Van Halen Live video clip

    Man Eddie was off the charts at that time. It really is a sight to behold... so much talent and effortlessness. It's like a freight train.
  65. benvigil

    "Digital modelers just don't cut through"

    Tom Abraham said the exact same thing on Tone Talk a while back, starting about 1:38:58...
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    AFIII Van Halen “I'm The One Live” Axe-Fx III

    Daaaang!
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    Celestion F12-X200

    Same here. That design is 50%+ larger than a Thiele TL806 and 25%+ larger than a typical Boogie vertical 1x12 or EVH 1x12. Plus it's ported. I'd be willing to bet it sounds pretty beefy.
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    Celestion F12-X200

    Directed at nobody in particular... PSA: the F12-X200 isn't a traditional guitar cabinet OR a FRFR solution. Comparing the 3 is like plugging your mission control pedal board into a Marshall JTM and then a Fender Twin and saying it doesn't sound the same. So there's not much sense in expecting...
  69. benvigil

    Best FRFR solution for playalongs ?

    I love the sound of DB gear and the price is right on this one. Very interesting...
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    Headphones rabbit hole

    I wouldn't argue with that.
  71. benvigil

    Headphones rabbit hole

    I thought the DT770 was very middy and the DT990 was too scooped, but I've always wanted to try the DT880. Everyone seems to like them.
  72. benvigil

    Your Roku is Spying On You

    I like it a lot. the UI is somewhat pedestrian and once you get used to the traffic flow it gets easier to track down problems. For instance, say you have an app or a service getting blocked... it could be NAT or your port forwarding rules, the Firewall, the Ad Blocker, Application Control, SSL...
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    Your Roku is Spying On You

    Personally, I just assumed that was taking place as part of the service trying to improve itself. A friend asked me if they should get an Alexa or Google home device. I told them that was like asking if I prefer the NSA or the KGB.
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    LED "Bulbs"

    As a photographer, I'm with ya 100% @steadystate . I've bought a ton of different LEDs and you can put 10 different 2700k bulbs side by side and they all produce different colors. Sure the temperatures might all be 2700k, but the color cast (tint) certainly isn't.
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    Any word of a new AX8?

    They won't announce or "leak" anything until a few hours after Kemper announces their pedalboard-format Kemper player.
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    Your Roku is Spying On You

    My Untangle firewall is set up to block all outgoing DNS traffic and re-route it to the firewalls DNS cache.
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    Love 3.0 , but....

    Comon man, you don't have to be like that. Nobody said anything about upgrading moments before a gig or anything stupid like that. If firmware modeling "improvements" affect you, like it did the OP, dialing things back in might take HOURS or days if you have a lot of gigging presets. Or you...
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    Love 3.0 , but....

    While pursuit of perfection is admirable, it's also true that Cliff's pursuit sometimes has real world [negative] consequences for some players, as the OP has experienced. There's nothing wrong with admitting it. I've felt these consequences in previous firmware amp "improvements" on the AX8...
  79. benvigil

    Do you like to crap on other's classifieds?

    @levipeto, @lqdsnddist you are both right. Bowing out.
  80. benvigil

    Do you like to crap on other's classifieds?

    That's the question. The reality is, neither you nor I have a pulse on omnipotence. Some people might be willing to pay more for an older product if they need it for some reason we aren't aware of (e.g. perhaps as a backup, or due to some compatibility issue, etc.) even though a new one might...
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    Do you like to crap on other's classifieds?

    This is not about free speech. It's about not letting dicks ruin things for others. Every forum I sell on (never sold here) has a rule about making negative comments on price. I'd even suggest that it's the norm. Two examples:
  82. benvigil

    Do you like to crap on other's classifieds?

    I agree it makes sense to not allow people to comment on the price of an item. If you don't like the price, move on. There's no good karma to be had by dumping all over someone else's listing.
  83. benvigil

    A wish or reality?

    Did you read my post 2 posts above yours??? And the OPs reply immediately above yours? Nobody wants to take away your controls.
  84. benvigil

    A wish or reality?

    This has come up a bunch of times. There was a very similar request a while back for a "Reality Mode" that I supported. Still do. The idea was to create some kind of visual cue to represent canonical parameters of the real amp. My contribution to the idea was simply highlighting those...
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    Fractal Audio App.. is there a possibility

    Do you mean a mobile app? Considering you can already get everything you listed via a mobile device already, I can't see FAS expending resources on building a FAS aggregator mobile app.
  86. benvigil

    Thoughts on the Celestion K12H-200TC?

    Same boat. The Celestion K12H-200TC is used in the Camper Plus kits. All of the reviews on this page are stellar, English and German. I'm pretty sure they are using a Eminence APT:30 for the tweeter with a simple high-pass capacitor crossover.
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    Experimented with Copper Foil Tape...

    I'll jump on the thread necro to say that I meticulously copper shielded my G&L "strat" recently and it's nearly dead silent now. I thought it might help, but I had no idea how well it would work. I was very pleasantly surprised.
  88. benvigil

    Paul Gilbert is god (as if we didn't know that already)

    It always killed me that his pinky is like 6 inches long and he could probably play bar chords with his thumb!
  89. benvigil

    AC-20 Match

    Yes. This is what the original Kemper profile (from 2012!!) sounds like...
  90. benvigil

    AC-20 Match

    Hehe... I'm super curious how it sounds compared to the one I made last year for the AX8 but I don't have access to the AxeFX III. Can somebody download both and give 'em a whirl?
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    the difference between 170ms and 500ms IR lenghth

    Reminds me of John Suhr's story about making an amp for Clapton... how they had to rebuild the cabinet out of cheap pine and make the baffles as loose and crappy as possible so it would "sound right." LOL
  92. benvigil

    King Crimson Rehearsal with 2 Axe-Fx II XL's

    Yeah Tony Levin is running a pair of Kemper toasters too. You can see them both in the BTS tour photos. I thought I saw an AxeFX3 too.
  93. benvigil

    Clean to Mean w/ the Volume Knob

    In that preset I linked, it's pretty aggressive. It is most effective with edge-of-breakup tones... Type: Feedback Threshold: -42dB Compression: 7.5 Just play with it. The "Feedback" (vs Output) setting is a LOT less subtle. It should be really obvious going 0 to 10. It starts overdriving and...
  94. benvigil

    Just got Axe-Fx 3...never been more frustrated

    Plus, FAS describing it as “Ultimate Flexibility” and “The center of your music workstation” doesn't help the matter. It's rather decidedly the opposite of both, in terms of how it compares with other USB interfaces. That's not to say it isn't awesome. It is. It's just not a typical interface.
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    Line 6 HX Stomp w/ 3rd Party Impulse Responses vs Fractal

    Prymaxe
  96. benvigil

    Line 6 HX Stomp w/ 3rd Party Impulse Responses vs Fractal

    Scratch that. $444 shipped. Black Friday coupon deal: BF26. The AX8 is still $100 OFF too.
  97. benvigil

    Line 6 HX Stomp w/ 3rd Party Impulse Responses vs Fractal

    To be fair, you can have the HX Stomp for $480 shipped... that's $620 LESS than the AX8 (actually, more like $645 because FAS charges shipping, and they have no retail channel options). In a couple weeks, the difference goes up to $745. If money wasn't a factor, the BEST backup is an entire...
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    Line 6 HX Stomp w/ 3rd Party Impulse Responses vs Fractal

    I think the +/- 20% tolerances was true back in the 50/60s, but the tolerances are typically 5-10% these days. The tolerance for what I just wrote is probably 45-50% though. But I agree with all the rest. ;)
  99. benvigil

    This looks to be a bit of a game changer for Wireless IEMS

    I can see a number of problems with this system. I had to do a bit of digging to figure out exactly how you get audio INTO this thing, because, as if by magic, the "SoundCaster detects all available channels". I was expecting Dante or AES50/Ultranet support. Nope. You need to give their software...
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    Clean to Mean w/ the Volume Knob

    AGREE 1,000,000%. The Output Compression was the key to dialing in my favorite AC20 tone that's become somewhat famous over in the Kemper camp. It does wonders for all kinds of amps.
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