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  1. Stagepig

    Keyboards! Decisions Decisions (Yamaha vs Komplete Kontrol)

    As big of a Fan of NIs Komplete Stuff I am, I'm still kinda sad that their "Komplete Integration" works in Logic, Ableton and Cubase, but users of other DAWs won't get the full functionality you would get with one of these 3 DAWs. It's still a great controller and I´personally love the keys for...
  2. Stagepig

    AX8 labels?

    When I print your Labels will they already have the Right size or do I Need to Format them? Great idea with the power rangers theme. I'm currently working on my own Version with your sheet.
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    Reaper as DAW replacement?

    Cool there is some really helpfull advice already! I'm also gonna look into Tracktion and Mixbus 32c since I'm really angry at the stuff windows did to me over the past few days (again):p The Installation of Reaper itself already made it look like a super light program which is great compared to...
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    Reaper as DAW replacement?

    Hey, It seems like there are quite a few Reaper users on this forum. After using Studio One, Ableton and Maschine for general recording purposes my band brought the idea up to use reaper as the main DAW for the band. Mostly because of it's cost and the rather simple installer (no big download...
  5. Stagepig

    Just purchased AX8, will I ever play my tube amp again???

    I actually been going back to my beloved 5150 III in the last couple of days. As great as the Ax8 is, if you really want to make noise in your living room nothing beats the real 5150. At least for me. I don't own any FRFR cab so this might be a reason I still play my real amp, but right now I...
  6. Stagepig

    The problem with low wattage tube amps.

    The little 5150 LBX seemed to sound right when I checked it and compared it to the bigger 50 Watt version I have at home. But I dont know much about the clean channel since nobodys buys a 5150 for the clean channel :sweatsmile:
  7. Stagepig

    Ax8 Buttons crack when pressed

    My friend checked his ax8 at home today and the problem seemes to be gone. Maybe the issue had to do with something in the signalway around the ax8.
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    Ax8 Buttons crack when pressed

    Hey, I went to a friends gig yesterday who is using his Ax8 a little longer than me. The unit sounded great as always but whenever he pressed one of the buttons to change presets, turn on/off effects or to access the tuner there was this really loud crack sound going through the PA. Has anyone...
  9. Stagepig

    Recording gig, audio and video device suggestions

    I would recommend filming and recording not with the same device! Here are a few reasons why: If you want really good video and audio, recording the audio externally is your only option. The problem with is most cameras that try to do both good have to compromise at least one of the two fields...
  10. Stagepig

    Desktop Video Recording Software?

    I like Open Broadcast Software or any of the modern Live stream stuff. You can stream direct to youtube vimeo etc. but you could also choose to "stream" the video to your harddrive. Works fine on my Computers but i'm using Windows. These programs also allow you to capture your screen while...
  11. Stagepig

    PRS SE Acoustics

    The SE's are now available in germany too! Been in store today and got the models fresh unpacked for me to check them out. I liked both the 40 and 50 models but the A50E won at the end of the day. The store had two of them. One had it's head broken off from the beginning which was a shock ( I...
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    PRS SE Acoustics

    The 50 has a estimated price point of 879€ (940€ with cutaway) online right now. https://www.thomann.de/de/prs_se_t50e.htm I would lean more towards the 20 or 40 Models. To me the 50 had a lot of bass but seemed to lack some of the treble the other models had. Maybe that will change with more...
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    PRS SE Acoustics

    Anyone looking forward to the upcoming acoutsitc lineup this year? It's great to see the new models in german stores since the older ones were'nt available here.
  14. Stagepig

    AX8 rebooting after latest firmware ?

    I encountered this issue when I updated to 8.02. The Feedback noise too. Seems like this bug is still happening. I had to restart my ax8 again to get rid of it. I reinstalled the firmware after that to be safe haven't had an issue since then.
  15. Stagepig

    Gigging without IEM or Monitor???

    My battery died during the last rehearsal and I played the song through without hearing anything. This might be less fun than playing with cabinets (which I'm not supposed to in my band :() but it works somehow. So I was wondering are there any players that use their Ax8 live without InEar or...
  16. Stagepig

    NEED HELP. Rhythm is terrible.

    A good easy exercise is whenever your listening to music (for example in your car while driving) try to lock in with the tempo and count it. Then mute the song for a while. Now you can't hear the song but you have to continue counting. After a while turn the music back up and check if you lost...
  17. Stagepig

    A last try in getting Tone- AX8 -

    I wouldn't recommend trying to get your sounds close to the "original" sounds. Comparing your Tone for Live use to recordings will often cause issues. There is a big difference between studio and live tone. When playing in a band with another guitarist it is advisable to choose some kind of...
  18. Stagepig

    My Piano Adventure.

    Native Instruments Komplete has great pianos. "The Maverick" is great for more jazzy types of Piano. If you want the typical big Pop music Grand Piano there are also "The Grandeur" or "The Giant". What I like about them is the good tone (obviously) and the fact that they even sample the sounds...
  19. Stagepig

    Epic fail on stage

    The same happened to me just oncea at rehearsal. After restarting itself the unit just gave a super loud screeching sound before I restarted it again. I reset the firmware and up till now it didn't happen again.
  20. Stagepig

    Visual Metranome

    I actually have to use the Tap Tempo Switch of my ax8 as visual metronome in 2 or 3 Songs in my band when starting the song. It works but I hate looking at the floor while playing "wish you were here" (even though I would hate playing it without the click too.);)
  21. Stagepig

    Visual Metranome

    When my keyboarder interprets the tempo of the click track in another way than I do, he will also interpret the tempo of the drummer in another way than I do. The tempo is the same thing in both cases. The tempo is the same, the source of the tempo shouldn't matter.
  22. Stagepig

    My Piano Adventure.

    I'm a big fan of Native Instruments Komplete Stuff. It may need a computer but it makes sense that a 3GB piano sound at least sounds at good as the sound out of an workstation with 3GB space for all the sounds in it. I played Yamaha mx and motif xs before and they might cut throught in a band a...
  23. Stagepig

    What's your opinion of the Gibson SG ??

    When I was in school a few years back most of the "guitarists" around were big SG Fans that either played one or wanted one. Like most youngsters they played copies like Epiphones but some had Gibsons too. The interesting part is that nearly all the SG guys stopped playing guitar entirely after...
  24. Stagepig

    Main stream music in your country

    Here you go. Mainstream music in germany is as stupid as everywhere else. Beware this gets salty: It makes me really sad to see more and more people around my age (around 20) just listening to german "Schlager" music or "Ballermann" as they call the hits today. This stuff is just a bad excuse...
  25. Stagepig

    I bought an EVH 5150 III 50 watt

    Hey congrats to your new amp I find the "real" 5150 even more fun than it's axe fx copy. Been using it for 4 years now and it' still a blast! With the axe you can solve the channel 1 and 2 volume difference pretty easy.
  26. Stagepig

    Another drum software thread

    You could also check out Native Instruments Stuff. Everything is 50% off till next week. I got Studio Drummer with Komplete 11 and it seems like an alternative to superior drummer to me. Worth a try.
  27. Stagepig

    Big Mouth Alexa

    Awesome! I finally see some kind of sense in alexa
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    sending midi from AX8 without patch/scene change?

    I like the idea of the ax8 sending MIDI as controller. I've been thinking about this for some time, too but haven't figured a way besides scene change. How did you get you bandmates to accept the MIDI solution? My band would like the advantages of it but they don't like someone or something...
  29. Stagepig

    How many of you work a regular day job?

    Great thread so far! After school I started to work in a little company doing recording and video work. I also did some work for a local newspaper while I was in school writing about bands and live music around my town. What I learned from both jobs is that everything gets bad or at least less...
  30. Stagepig

    New Music. Let's hear it.

    The new Mr. Big Album is great. I also liked Greg Howe's Band Maragold before they broke up.
  31. Stagepig

    My favorite AX8 amps & cabs

    I always come back to my beloved 5150 blue 50 watt. Now paired with cab 189. The euro blue is also a great amp for mid gain sounds and pairs well with the great shimmer drive
  32. Stagepig

    Ax8 Edit Fullscreen mode

    It's just personal preference. Sometimes I feel distracted when there is too much stuff on my monitor, so I like the programs I'm working in to fill the screen entirely. It's look cleaner in my eyes.
  33. Stagepig

    Perfect Stangers Cover

    Here's a cover of Deep Purples Perfect Strangers played by Hot Button, a band I'm friends with. The Guitarist is using the ax8 straight into FOH as well as a cab for monitoring that was also mic'd up.
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    Ax8 Edit Fullscreen mode

    Kind of. I meant Fullscreen mode so it should be filling the whole screen
  35. Stagepig

    Wish Set a switch to a preset/scene (and back)

    There is a scene 1/2 toggle you can asign to the footswitches. If you lay out your scenes correct you can get close to this
  36. Stagepig

    Ax8 Edit Fullscreen mode

    Hey, this may sound stupid or just plain simple,but I would appreciate a fullscreen feature in the ax8 edit.
  37. Stagepig

    Wish Rack version of the AX8

    If you can afford an ax8, helix and kemper in one rig, then the price for an axe fx2 shouldn't be bothering you:dizzy: I would like to see a rig like that. So much shiny leds glowing together.:p
  38. Stagepig

    Wah auto engage without touching

    Raise the offset value in the controller tab of the wah a little bit. This shortens the effective pedal way but up to 5% it's not really noticeable
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    Wish Set a switch to a preset/scene (and back)

    Isn't this kind of possible right now? Setting your favorite preset in the bank you're in and then assigning one of the buttons for the presets number in the bank? For scenes the same thing. I have my live presets set up that way but this contains only around 10 presets so it's not that much...
  40. Stagepig

    What do you do when you have to test fly a plane for 18 hours?

    I think as Boeing they have a good overlook about where the planes are so they could just choose different altitudes overtime. That wouldn't change the picture. They might have just used GPS coordinates a thing many UAV drones nowadays are capable of too. Still a cool and not easy thing to do...
  41. Stagepig

    What do you do when you have to test fly a plane for 18 hours?

    Damn, I couldn't even draw this by hand:eek:
  42. Stagepig

    Tinkering with the jcm800 mod

    Try setting drive to 0 and level to max. Great way to pump up your signal without changing the tone too much. Also set the tone knob to something below 5 because the tubescreamer work like a high pass on your signal.
  43. Stagepig

    Thinking about getting an Axe

    When I first started programming my Presets it took me way more time to understand the way some of the amp models (Boogie) work since I didn't know the real ones. If you buy a Mark V you have to understand the way the controls work. If you use an amp you know it will work exactly like the one...
  44. Stagepig

    Dealing with bad mixing in FRFR use

    Sounds cool. I'll be checking the video out when I'm home after work. Good thing I already looked into the X18 and planned to buy it soon.
  45. Stagepig

    Guitar Pickups Don't Matter?

    That's right but the (some of) these people tend to power their beloved Ts808 with batteries. Some even go so far to use only half loaded batteries because "they sound better". :tearsofjoy: This confuses me
  46. Stagepig

    Why are DPS's used in Modelling or audio interfaces

    That's the kind of info I was looking for thanks for that! Is the comparison to a MIDI switch fitting? The Midi switch has a limit in it's functionality given by the number of midi channels and messages possible with midi protocol. The Axe fx might have it's limit also but you can't reach it...
  47. Stagepig

    In ears. Who loves and who hates ? Why?

    Me too! But keep the drummers mistakes to him With that I have more time to think about my own;)
  48. Stagepig

    In ears. Who loves and who hates ? Why?

    I am. Behringer mixer to behringer powerplay and then stereo into IEM. With dependancy I meant there is no guitarsound on stage. This means when the soundguy screws up there is no super loud amp that makes you loud enough without him. This may sound silly but after you played a gig where the...
  49. Stagepig

    Dealing with bad mixing in FRFR use

    I recorded the show pre fader into my laptop and my signal is the only one that's looking not fucked up or absent. Don't know what the guy did to the gain of each channel but without normalizing you can't see the vocal Waveforms. :confused: My signal was still far away from clipping the Mixer...
  50. Stagepig

    AX8 questions!!

    Try different cabs on the presets that will change the sound drastically. Turn on reverb since there is no room sound included in the chain ax8 to computer
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    Do you download from Axe Change?

    Never was blown away by the preset but there were sometimes great efx settings i would use in my own presets. I think this is like plugging into an non modelling guitar rig of another guitarist. I was never happy with that either and had to tweak around with what they've got. This might by...
  52. Stagepig

    AX8 Minor Weirdness

    My ax8 once restarted on it's own during band practice and just send noise out after that. This was fixed after restarting it again by hand. I installed the firmware again and never had the issue (I hope it will stay this way) If the problems happen regularly contact fractal support and if they...
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    Why are DPS's used in Modelling or audio interfaces

    :tearsofjoy: oh that's what they are doing?:wink: Ok price point seems to be a convincing point. But with an 3000 bucks + price would the difference between dsp and for example FPGA be that relevant for the end price? And why are DSPs used in high end products as well where price shouldn't be...
  54. Stagepig

    Gibson w/ built-in OD... <sigh>

    With a growing market and a sinking number of guitar players (maybe that's a good point there are more guitar players than bands around ;)) Even Gibson has to try something new to find new customers. The problem might be that the typical Gibson customer isn't willing to spend money on something...
  55. Stagepig

    In ears. Who loves and who hates ? Why?

    I was a big fan of IEMs for a few years and liked the ideas of quieter stagesound (with axe NO guitarsound on stage), no feedback and of course not to bring monitors to the gigs. Nowaways I have to use them in the bands I play with because that's the monitor solution they went with. I personally...
  56. Stagepig

    How many run direct with no onstage cab?

    I liked the idea of not bringing a cab to a gig. Setting up my equipment on stage now goes between 1 or 2 minutes maximum. This is great. I also HAD to go In Ear since that is what's used in the band and I had to adapt. Disadvantages of In Ears are wearing comfort (at least for me, I hate it)...
  57. Stagepig

    DAW Interface Question - To Upgrade or Not?

    In my experience changing the preamps will have the least noticeable difference/ to money relation in recording equipment. To get better sound it's way more noticeable to change mics or get one good eq and one good compression plugin (maybe a good reverb but the axe should do the trick) and then...
  58. Stagepig

    Global Pitch for Detuning?

    Use the pitch block (but it really takes up alot of cpu) and control the pitch value with an expression pedal or a scene controller. -1 pitch seems fine to me and I use it in some songs too. But at -2 and beyond that the pitch starts to get noticeable latency. With fast soloing -2 can allready...
  59. Stagepig

    Thinking about getting an Axe

    A friend of mine had the axe fx2 and bought the ax8 after that and he never even tried to program the units himself. He's just using factory presets and maybe changes some of the effects. Sometimes it might seem that people have to understand everything about the unit to use it but in fact it's...
  60. Stagepig

    Dealing with bad mixing in FRFR use

    Different Guy and different bands and songs in both gigs. That may be bad luck but it still sucks :( My Volume in my live presets in matched via db analyse software and set to the same amount of "integrated db" the presets might differ +/- 0,2 db maximum I have my scenes even set up to give me...
  61. Stagepig

    Dealing with bad mixing in FRFR use

    In my In Ears the volumes are fine since I can controll these myself. The Problem I meant was about the sound for the audience since the mixer justed had the guitar muted for half a song and then just had it still way too quiet after unmuting it. The problem here is with the in ears on there is...
  62. Stagepig

    Why are DPS's used in Modelling or audio interfaces

    Just curious after reading that the Axe Fx's DSP Chip seems to be discontinued and the ax8 and fx8 using an cheaper model with lower MHz. While checking out other modern Modelling products before deciding for fractal I heard the Helix Soundchip is also pretty old and not the cool new stuff. The...
  63. Stagepig

    Dealing with bad mixing in FRFR use

    Hey do you have some tips for FRFR use with the Ax8 or Axe fx2? I had 3 gigs since I got my ax8 but the last 2 of them I was running In Ear as my monitoring solution while output 1 was send straight to FOH. Both gigs the guitar was either not turned on in the Mixer (I know stupid shitty mixer...
  64. Stagepig

    Newbie here...question

    In Ear User. The Ax8 works great with in ears especially since there is no bleed from stuff/instruments around you. I honestly do miss monitors though because it was always more fun playing with monitors. Still In ear does have it's advantages (not that loud, better monitoring, less space and so...
  65. Stagepig

    Guitar Pickups Don't Matter?

    While the IR's include the Cab, Mic and Mic Position the PU's work more as the "voice" of your guitar. When using good PU's there may be different, but overall good, voices the mic position does make a bigger difference than the Pickup But with cheap pickups (not all of them must be bad though)...
  66. Stagepig

    My AX8 changes randomly to a harsh tone

    High treble and brittle sounds like what you get when either the input is clipping or the input of the device after the ax8.
  67. Stagepig

    Is Fractal Gear Expensive? It's a Matter of Perspective

    Funny about the axe is when you watch a rig rundown or something like that and the GAS kicks in you just start your ax8/axe fx and program a preset with the stuff mentioned. Before owning a fractal it was all about researching the stuff looking at prices and then selling a lot of the stuff after...
  68. Stagepig

    Wish Add VU meter in AX8-Edit

    Great idea +1
  69. Stagepig

    Problem loading patches

    checked it http://www.fractalaudio.com/accurate.php their in the file too but you have to import them via axe edit into your unit
  70. Stagepig

    Problem loading patches

    The presets from his Fractal Audio youtube clip feature custom IR's if i recall correctly. They should be linked in the description of the video as well.
  71. Stagepig

    Guys running IEM - how do you route?

    The Behringer Powerplay Units make it possible to run a similar setup without using an X32 (but the x32 is super cool) You can go from any mixer to the P16-I to convert the sounds to the ultranet protocoll and then send all channels via LAN to the Powerplay P16 personal mixers. These get the...
  72. Stagepig

    Built in Cabs (IR's) .. which are your favorites?

    Check out the 5 new Celestion IR's that came with Firmware 8.00 I absolutely love the greenback IR of them but they are all great (number 189 i think). Cab 103 is also quite good but not as good as 189 You could also just check out yeks amp guide and try what he suggest for the amps you use.
  73. Stagepig

    Guthrie Govan is the best guitar player alive today

    For me, a lot of our modern guitar players (guthrie govan, bumblefoot, andy timmons, greg howe to name a few) do sound absolutely great from a guitarist's standpoint. Fast playing, some cool scales and some great melodys too, but they also do sound the same. It's almost as if they had the same...
  74. Stagepig

    wah won't turn off! Dang it.

    Raise the Offset value in the wah control modifier from 0 to something like 5-10 percent. I had this issue with another effect i used autoengage on and this solved it completely. This is shrinking your efective pedalway but with 5% the difference is to small to notice
  75. Stagepig

    How do you set up Button configuration live

    As I said earlier switching from clean to dirty can also be achieved via a scene controller, a drive block or using an expression pedal as your drive value instead of an wah or somthing like that. The scene controller works without delay but you have to use the same amp for both sounds. That...
  76. Stagepig

    How do you set up Button configuration live

    Hey randy I hope this helps Every presets has 8 scenes. So without changing the preset your stuck with one amp and cab. You could use x/y switching to change to another amp but this will likely cause the same audio gap as preset changes will do. You could either use different drive pedals to...
  77. Stagepig

    Live rig w/ Logic - Midi & Axe

    Hey! wouldn't it suit your needs to buy an interface with (just) one MIDI Out but then send different Program or Control Change Messages through the different Midi Channels of that one Output? then send the signal with the midi out or midi through to the next unit so everybody gets their feed...
  78. Stagepig

    How do you set up Button configuration live

    Momentary switch for Volume changes sounds great. Does this use another scene or is there a better way to achieve this? I kept using Footswitches 1-4 for 4 Scenes with Scene 4 beeing my Solo Scene with drive and delay engaged and an +4db boost. Scenes 1-3 would differ depending on the song...
  79. Stagepig

    Bug? Unit rebooted on scene change

    Hey, the same thing happened to me last week as well. Firmware 8.02 Preset was working just fine both days before band practice and tehn while switching scenes reboot and after that kind of a distorted sound. I was using an Euro Blue Modern model with one of the new Celestion cabs an Eq...
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