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    Steve Lukather gear and sound

    I forgot to unlink those. Fixed now.
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    Steve Lukather gear and sound

    A bit late to the party, but I did do a take on the stacked delays from that particular rig. I've recently updated it, so now it includes all 4 delays on his board, plus the TC chorus. https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/lukather-modern-delays.185359/
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    A.Timmons KEELEY HALO EFFECT

    That's the general thing with many of the effect types. They're in the ballpark, but not exact (or as close as the Axe can get). Some are pretty spot on though.
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    Clones of MXR Phase 95, MXR M117 flanger & EP3 Echoplex

    You can use it before or after, it's up to personal taste.
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    Replace Red Sound Elis.8 with studio monitors?

    I would definitely get some studio monitors instead. The Elis 8 aren't really designed with backing tracks in mind. They're somewhere in-between traditional guitar speakers and flat response monitors. You could try and EQ them, but the results might not be satisfactory depending on how FRFR you...
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    Fat Bottomed Girls, performed by...incredibly talented girls!

    I think he meant Freddie (Mercury).
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    Suhr SSCII - after-purchase installation in a new Suhr with SSS

    No experience of after purchase installation (since I bought all my Suhrs with it installed), but I know they will do it. You'll have to ship it back to them and they'll do the routing, installation, wiring, middle pup swap etc.
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    Delay plugins. Thoughts on Eventide H3000

    It's a pretty nice plugin, but it's H3000 in name only. The algorithms are not the same as the actual unit, but sound nice anyway.
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    New AT Keeley Halo Delay Pedal

    Probably better you post your question as it's own thread, this one has been dead for a year.
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    What is that one piece of gear you wish you never sold?

    I don't really regret it, but I did own one of Neal Schons CAE 3+ preamps. That thing slayed. Bruno Durand (the 3+ doctor) said it was the best one he ever heard, and he has heard hundreds.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta #6 (Beta 12)

    Yes I know, I just don't like that I can't send the Dyna-cab right after reboot. Every single time, I send it before pressing exit 😆
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta #6 (Beta 12)

    One thing I've noticed: After sending the firmware and rebooting, I get the "Dyna-cabs not installed" message. If I try and send the Dyna-cab file via Fracbot then, the Axe-Fx won't recognize it. The error screen will just stay there while Fracbot sends the Dyna-cab file, but no transfer...
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    So Fulltone are not dead, they're just moving.

    That's exactly how I read his previous announcement. I thought he was retiring. I wonder what made him change his mind?
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    Circular delay ?

    From here: https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/lexicon-pcm70-pan-circular-delays-tc1210-chorus.164461/ On the "More" page everything is off except the diffusion, hence the highlight. All the time mods, chorus etc are also off, so I didn't post screenshots of those pages.
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    Super AT M(O)D

    A take on the Boss Blues Driver 2 apparently. So the classic Keeley BD2-mod with an extra switch for humbuckers according to the product page.
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    NGD: EBMM Luke III Grapes of Wrath BFR #8 of 85... used, but not a scratch on it!

    Were the pickups Music Man or Dimarzios in the LIII you tried? The Dimarzios are darker than the MMs.
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    Rookie Nurse

    And I'm here sitting here like: I literally got a pain killer pill and up they went.
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    Get Strapped!

    I actually got some cool straps now (used Dimarzio clip locks for almost 20 years before) from minotaurguitarstraps.com
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    Luke 4

    I agree. The only thing that is better with low and wide frets, is that sliding is really smooth.
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    Luke 4

    For anyone interested, I asked Music Man CS and the final specs regarding pickups and frets are not set in stone yet. It's likely that the pickups will be the same as the HT ones already in other Music Man models, and the frets to be the same low and wide ones he always has used (nickel silver).
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    Luke 4

    Right? The price increase a few months into production was just ridiculous (about 60-70 % if you live in Sweden). Now they cost as much as Suhr etc (4800 € for a flame top LIII).
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    Luke 4

    If it's the same as the Cutlass HT, then it's quite a lot warmer and more midrange focused than the middle and neck pickups. As @cingram said, it sound more like a humbucker in single coil format. A bit like a Duncan JB jr and pickups in that vein. They're all real singles though, along with...
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    Luke 4

    I'm not digging the finishes either. Some of them look kinda cheap, but many of the HT guitars have a weird look to them.
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    Xitone Build Time

    I've lost count of how many times they've come out and said: "Ok, from NOW ON, we will stop messing up"... :tearsofjoy: Fool me once, and all that jazz.
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    Xitone Build Time

    I think most people would advice against giving them any money, since they treat their customers like shit. Speaking as a former customer.
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    Xitone Build Time

    Xitone, Atomic Amps, Matrix, FAMC (Liquid Foot), Gordius. Jesus, that's a lot of companies that used to be the go-to ones, that for all intents and purposes, have gone the way of the dodo in recent years.
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    The Les Paul Greeny Standard is now available

    Man, you have to tell us more. That's one hell of a rare experience!
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    JUSTIN DERRICO (P!nk & The Voice) Fractal Axe-Fx III Tone Tour

    Thanks! Sounds really cool!
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    JUSTIN DERRICO (P!nk & The Voice) Fractal Axe-Fx III Tone Tour

    @Cooper Carter, would you mind just giving us a hint about what's going on with the POG stuff around 12:17? It doesn't sound as heavy as the previous POG examples. Is it just an octave up and dialling back the lower one some? It has almost a 12-string kinda vibe, really cool!
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    I changed strings recently, now the guitar only performs half step bends on the G string

    This x 1000... Mystery solved.
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    Dyna-cab "matching" amps ?

    MC-90 is most likely a Black Shadow MC-90, used with Mesa Mark amps. Basically a re-labeled (and perhaps slightly tweaked) Celestion Lead 80.
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    Can ChatGPT make a good preset that emulates a known tone? (Spoiler: no)

    Came here to say this. It's definitely not the "one click cheat" tool people think it is. It's a good tool to have though.
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    Another Big THANK YOU to our Moderators

    This is the only forum I really engage in discussion on, and part of that is the cool vibe and awesome mods. Shout out to them and all their hard work!
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    NGD: EBMM Luke III Grapes of Wrath BFR #8 of 85... used, but not a scratch on it!

    Ah, I get you. I don't find that the prettiest of examples of that finish either. I like the ones that are darker green and when the red doesn't extend up on the top.
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    NGD: EBMM Luke III Grapes of Wrath BFR #8 of 85... used, but not a scratch on it!

    Regarding the green quilt with the red burst, do you mean the Luscious Green one, or some other more exotic colour option?
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    solar guitar...too hot?

    I set my input for my EBMM LIII with the 12 dB boost active and end up with the input sensitivity to 5 % to just clip red. So I bet you're fine.
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    Thinking of changing my pickup!

    You can always get one with a cover (plated), or try the new Thornbucker II if you like the basic flavour and just want something a tad more mellow in the top end.
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    Level the amp or level the output? Volume Question....

    You're absolutely correct about that it affects the trails of reverb and delay. That's one of the reasons that I use the amp level control instead. The other is that I want whatever block that comes after the amp block to be driven about as hard, regardless of what amp channel I use. For...
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    TC 1210 Challenge

    The tone might suck, but it's awesome when trying to dial in the chorus in the Axe to match. That particular clip is probably the best representation of what the TC1210 actually sounds like IMHO. It's been a while since I had the plugin, but speed 0.5 Hz, width 3.5-ish, delay at max. Chorus...
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    TC 1210 Challenge

    His LFO ligths are working in this video. Granted, it's 2 years newer so he might have fixed them. I seem to remember this guy having to spend a lot of money on fixing old rack gear from reading old forum posts of his. TC1210 starts at 0:35 s.
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    TC 1210 Challenge

    The depth control (the width knob) has a greater range than the actual unit. So to get it to sound like the unit with width set to 5, you might have to set it to 3.5 on the plugin. Once you get that dialled in, the difference is subtle between the unit and plugin IMHO.
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    TC 1210 Challenge

    Here you go. https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/lexicon-pcm70-pan-circular-delays-tc1210-chorus.164461/ The 1210 type in the Axe is by me and is based on the plugin version. It has far greater range of depth, that's why it's sea sick and doesn't sound right. I've sent the updated and final...
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    Lexicon PCM70: Pan & Circular Delays + TC1210 Chorus

    Sorry for the late reply. I have a regular delay block doing the pan delay preset attached to the first post of this thread. What Leon was using there is probably what all of us used before we could measure the actual units. In other words, just copying the settings from PCM70. That won't give...
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    From Leon Todds Cave: Boss CE-1, ADA MP-1 Chorus & Eventide micropitch

    I actually only checked the factory presets settings. The reason is that I don't think most people did any editing on those presets, and just did "set and forget". I would guess that changing just the amount you detune is enough.
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    Wish Input and output combo jack wish ...

    Also, there is no mic pre in the Axe so connecting a mic might result in not enough signal.
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    Difference PVH 6160 block lead to PVH 6160+ ?

    Different amps, different circuits. https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/peavey-invective-killer-amp.172625/post-2088479 Try them out, pick the one you like the most ;)
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    Some free IR's by me

    Bottom and top speakers?
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    Suhr SSV with a little more output?

    I don't know if anyone mentioned it, but a DSV+ might be an option, or getting a SSV+ with a cover (not raw nickel), if the SSV+ you have now doesn't work out. Or running 250 k pots can also tame some of the high end if it's too bright
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    Acoustic / Electric Plectrum Preference?

    I haven't bought a pick in years since I switched to BlueChip. I've used the same IBJ55 (oversized jazz) for electric and the same CT55 (big triangle) for acoustic for several years. They really do last forever, and are definitely worth their price. They're also easier to hold onto than normal...
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    Mateus Asato and other social media players - does a discography exist?

    Mateus was already making a living as a hired gun long before he got any kind of notoriety via social media. I think that people sometimes forget that many of these "social media musicians" are actual working musicians who just start uploading stuff online for fun, and some of them then get some...
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    What's the effect of pickup height on humbuckers?

    Because you can't make a pickup quieter without also changing the tone.
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    What's the effect of pickup height on humbuckers?

    I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the tonal effect of raising a pickup. https://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thread/7998/tonal-effect-pickup-height TL;DR: A pickup closer to the strings has more harmonic content and more high frequency information. IOW, it's brighter.
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    Music Man Majesty... weird thing

    Different model, but the LIII has no plastic washers under the neck pickup, but very thin ones under the bridge, about 1,5 mm if I remember correctly.
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    Wish Bogner Helios and Marshall JCM 2000- "DSL 50"amp models

    +1 I would love both of them in the Axe, especially the Helios.
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    Best amp model for cabless 90's direct to board sound?

    Soldano X88R clean. Turn off the power amp and add some parametric EQ.
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    Suhr Standard Plus

    The Pete Thorn HSS is actually alder.
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    Your best drive block to turn a clean amp into a dirty Marshall ?

    Power amp on/off 😉
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    Your best drive block to turn a clean amp into a dirty Marshall ?

    Sag doesn't disable the power amp anymore. There is a separate parameter that does that now.
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    Input boost as a replacement for EMG 81s?

    +1 Came here to write pretty much that. You can't amplify what simply isn't there with a passive pickup.
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    Any tips for locking the Out volume knob ?

    Always run it on full. Adjust the level somewhere else in the chain 🔗
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    Own Two of the Same Guitar?

    Exactly the same? No, but almost. Like 2 of the same model but with HH vs HSS.
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    Wish Quad Panner for Vol Block

    I made the preset you looked at (made from test clips of the Sony unit in the video). I actually doubt that the block diagram from the manual is accurate (those old Japanese manuals are riddled with inaccuracies). I don't know how many hours I spent just throwing everything and the kitchen sink...
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    Lexicon PCM70: Pan & Circular Delays + TC1210 Chorus

    Final versions are now uploaded to the OP, closing the chapter on this long and interesting tone hunt!
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    From Leon Todd's cave 2: Boss DC-2, Arion SCH-1, EHX Electric Mistress, TC2290 chorus + Sony spiral delay

    This summer, Leon sent me test clips of some really cool pedals so I could clone them in the Axe-Fx. As always, a huge thanks to him for putting up with my endless "just another clip" ;) BOSS DC-2 CHORUS Channels A-D are mode 1-4. Fun fact, mode 4 on the pedal lacks the "high processing" mode...
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    Bands that epitomize a certain amp’s sound

    Agreed. His tone with the X88R is instantly recognizable on any of the sessions he did during that era.
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    Lexicon PCM70: Pan & Circular Delays + TC1210 Chorus

    The blocks are attached to the first post. Import them in Axe-Edit like normal. I don't understand why you need screenshots 🤷‍♂️ If you don't know how to import blocks, see post #13.
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    Lexicon PCM70: Pan & Circular Delays + TC1210 Chorus

    I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you mean by "what it looks in Axe-Edit"?
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    Lexicon PCM70: Pan & Circular Delays + TC1210 Chorus

    Are you trying to convert the blocks to another unit than the Axe-Fx III? I'd recommend using Fractool then.
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    Delay spillover

    You have to have the same block in the next preset. Preferably set to the same settings if you don't want any change in the delay effect.
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    Reverb block and level question.

    No worries! Personally, I wish the reverb block mix law worked like the delay block.
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    Reverb block and level question.

    That's for the regular delay block (not MTD). The reverb uses the same mix law as most other blocks, which is that the dry signal starts reducing immediately.
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    That iconic green screen and knob

    Yep, that sure looks like it.
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    That iconic green screen and knob

    Axe Fx I on top, a II below it, Eventide H-series at the bottom. What is the small thing in the middle? Some kind of rack audio interface? Motu? Maybe a MIDI or control unit?
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    Reamping: No longer necessary to reduced send level?

    On page 22 of the manual, it states that we should reduce the send level of the direct signal audio going to input 5/6 with 6 dB. I found that when doing this, the signal is hitting the signal chain with a weaker level than when I actually play through the preset in real time. In fact, not...
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    Landau/Huff Tri-Chorus Settings

    It's really the Eventide combined with the Tri that makes the magic. Combined with often going direct. An Eventide H3000 micropitchshift clone, we all ready have (use the search function). Good close up pics of Landaus rack from the 80s is hard to find. There are pics from the 2000/2010s, and...
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    New drive format question.

    That's much harder to tell. Using a shelving filter in the PEQ block, I found that around 1700 Hz and a Q of 0.5 was somewhat close.
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    New drive format question.

    I would assume it's "active", since 5 is neutral (passive EQs can only subtract). The high mid is a peaking filter around 1100-1200 Hz (measured with pink noise and the RTA). It might be of importance to point out that the tone section isn't authentic, and not found on the real pedals. It's...
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    Noise gate/s settings

    Yes, but less noise than the regular gate (in theory at least). I think it's supposed to filter line noise. Could be wrong.
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    Noise gate/s settings

    The intelligent gate filters some noise, and the noise reducer type (input block) is specifically aimed at reducing noise while not acting like a traditional gate. https://wiki.fractalaudio.com/wiki/index.php?title=Noise_gate
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    Best amp model for power amp only

    I know your post is super old, but the preamp sag doesn't do what I interpret that you mean. All the preamp sag does is make the preamp interact with the power amp like an all in one tube amp would, instead of them having separate power supplys and transformers like a rack preamp + power amp would.
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    Noise gate/s settings

    Cooper is good. I've done the same in the past and and it got better even with humbuckers and stacked singles.
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    Noise gate/s settings

    Gibsons are often not shielded as well around the control cavity and pickup selector cavity etc.
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    AFIII Lotus - 1st tune with my new Koll UltraGlide 7

    What does all the knobs and switches do on them? Seems like they should be super flexible!
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    Wish Allow LFO2 controller to be synchronized to LFO1

    +1 from me!
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    Wish -100/+100 detune knob for virtual capo

    No shift and -50 cents, and -1 shift and +50 cents are the same thing. The distance from one musical pitch to the next is 100 cents. I just tried it to make sure the Axe-Fx wasn't up to something strange. It isn't, the 2 pitches produced are identical. GlennO's method will work just fine...
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    Circular Delay Changed?

    Since I'm the guy who did the PCM70 emulations on the Axe, and wrote the quoted article from HRI (long time ago so it's not entirely correct), I had a look. The recalled values from PCM types are correct from what I sent Cliff last year. I have updated them since then (considered final version...
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    The other HSS: Who does this?

    As a member of the big beard brigade, we all use beard oil. At least those of us that don't look homeless... All joking aside, longer beards get very dry if you don't use beard oil or balm.
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    Phaser MXF-117 settings corresponding to original?

    Regen is feedback. There is no mix control on the pedal. I have found that the more feedback you add on the Axe-Fx flanger (and phaser), the higher you have to run your mix to make it match some pedals. It's true for MXR flangers and phasers, the EHX Electric Mistress etc.
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    Modifiers "Exponential" and "Linear"

    IMHO just leave the dampening as stock when using an expression pedal. For the linear/exponential parameter to be noticeable, you need way longer attack/release times than you would ever use with an expression pedal. The 10 ms attack/release is just there as a stock setting to prevent zipper...
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    Modifiers "Exponential" and "Linear"

    Practical example: Having a single momentary switch on a midi controller control a whammy like the the Digitech Ricochet. Attack and release control how fast the pitch raises and then falls again. Linear will have the pitch raise and fall evenly. Exponential will have the pitch raise slow down...
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    Modifiers "Exponential" and "Linear"

    The attack and release are the dampening. With them at zero, linear/exponential doesn't matter.
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    Modifiers "Exponential" and "Linear"

    It has do with the dampening. Linear is the same speed through the dampening time/range. Exponential slows down at the ends.
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    Axe FX 3 Effects list

    They're not always modelled on something. Even when they are, they're often just types of that effect, not 1 to 1 models.
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    USB audio drop outs ...

    I too have a lot of issues with USB audio stopping lately. Reboots a plenty.
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    Wish One-touch metronome on and off

    +1
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    The 300th amp model?!

    Now that we have the Klon (the most asked for drive pedal), I think it's only fitting to get the most asked for amp: The ADA MP-1. Time to get our Nuno, Gilbert, and Vito Bratta on! :cool:
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    Setting low cut high cut ... where to start from ...

    I'm still a firm believer in no or minimum high cut. It usually kills all the life in the tone, and just gets muddy and lost among other instruments. I'd rather pick a different IR instead. Low cut depends on the IR. Could be none, could be 150 Hz (or more), 12 or 18 dB / oct slope.
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    PRS body repair work?

    A guitar with finish damage the size of a hand, would be impossible to sell. OPs guitar is bad enough, and would put a serious dent (no pun intended) in the value on the used market, unless it's fixed. IMHO etc.
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    PRS body repair work?

    I don't know about that. I would consider that quite major.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 20.04 Public Beta (Beta 1)

    "Refresh after new firmware" has become veeeery slow after this update. Same in the old and new editor. EDIT: 4th time of of asking, it was quick again. No idea why.
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