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Ultra Owner thinking of the big upgrade to the Axe Fx II XL+ -- Lots of questions!

Hi All, Please forgive the length here and if I am not posting this in the correct section. I’m sure that some of this info could be found via doing a lot of forum searching, but I am a bit overwhelmed and have so many questions that I thought I might ask all of this in one thread and hope some...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Apr 23, 2016
- Replies: 22
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
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A little mellow, funky jazziness, and a dose of blues...

Another little jam featuring my Ultra. Where the last one had many notes, this one has few. Style here is much more laid back, with a little funky jazziness and a dose of blues, perhaps inspired a bit by the rainy weather. Guitar here is, again, my trusty Les Paul. All other instruments are...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Jan 24, 2012
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Ultra/Std Recordings
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A little shreddy blues...

Monday Blues.mov - YouTube Forgive the clams... Solo is off the cuff and single take. All done pretty quick. Way too many notes, I know! ;-) Tones are my R9 Lester into the Ultra. Other instruments are all VI's in Pro Tools. Lemee know whatchya think... Cheers, -Matt
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Jan 17, 2012
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Ultra/Std Recordings
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Creating Custom IR Blends and Having "Phasey" Issues When Importing Into Axe

I have recently began creating custom blends of impulse responses within my DAW and outputting the resultant composite IR's to be used in my Axe-Fx Ultra. I have had good success throughout all of the steps, until I get to the "wav to sysex conversion" and "upload to Axe-Fx" stage. I am able to...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Jun 8, 2011
- Replies: 10
- Forum: User Cabs and IR's
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Saw Dweezil w/ his Ultras on ZPZ at Prog Nation 2009

Hi All, I saw Dweezil as part of the Zappa Plays Zappa show that was on the Prog Nation 2009 bill with Dream Theater. I could easily see his two Axe-Fx Ultras on stage from where I was sitting and pointed them out to some friends. It was interesting to contrast his tones versus those of his...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Aug 29, 2009
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Ultra/Std Discussion
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Got Yngwie?

I was hoping that someone here might have a really good Yngwie Malmsteen patch they might share. I am interested in a direct recording patch rather than a live patch. I haven't really looked into dialing one in yet myself, as this is just something that I was looking for for fun rather than for...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Jun 18, 2009
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Ultra/Std Preset and Cab Exchange
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Another Prog Metal Clip

Hi Guys, Here's another one... http://www.zenbynumbers.com/More%20Audio.html ...I'd be interested in any feedback regarding the sounds. The clip is just guitar and drums (no bas, keys, etc). There is no EQ or post processing on the tracks (yet). Also, please excuse the sloppy playing, this...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Jun 11, 2009
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Ultra/Std Recordings
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Anyone Try These IR's?

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/andy ... 26aa3f1a9f It looks like the one that everyone is blowing up about is the s-preshigh.wav file. I haven't yet tried these, but plan to. I haven't yet created my own Axe-FX formated IR's from wav files, so need to look into that as soon as time...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Jun 11, 2009
- Replies: 1
- Forum: User Cabs and IR's
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Prog Metal Clip

Hi All, I created this rather quickly to check how my heavy rhythm sound would fit in the mix in preparation for recording my progressive metal band's demo. It was meant as more of a sound check than something musical, so don't judge too harshly. ;) Feel free to chime in with any suggestions...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Jun 9, 2009
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Ultra/Std Recordings
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Simulating Guitar-Speaker Interaction in Axe Fx

I was thinking about one missing aspect of using the Axe-Fx for direct recording at lower volumes versus using a real world amp at higher volumes... Feedback and the other interactions between the speakers and guitar's pick-ups. I may be over-simplifying, but it would seem that it would simply...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Apr 15, 2009
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Ultra/Std Discussion
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Guitar Recording/Tracking Techniques

I was curious if anyone was interested in sharing some guitar tracking methods/techniques... I would love for this to be an open discussion about anything and everything that people have learned for getting the best guitar tones on record. Axe Fx specific and non Axe Fx specific are equally...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Mar 21, 2009
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Ultra/Std Recordings
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Latency

Anyone know what the latency is with the Axe Fx and the Axe Fx Ultra? I have an Ultra and notice a small amount when I play. Nothing really jarring, but enough that I notice it. Is there anything from the user end that I can do to minimize this? FYI, I'm monitoring directly and I'm not doing...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Mar 21, 2009
- Replies: 22
- Forum: Ultra/Std Discussion
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If you own a BF Fender Amp (or re-issue)...

If you own an actual Blackface era Fender amp or one of the re-issues, as well as your Axe-Fx... Have you been able to convincingly dial in such a direct recording tone into your Axe-Fx? If so, would you mind sharing your approach and/or settings? I'm mainly interested in tones with the bright...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Feb 24, 2009
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Ultra/Std Preset and Cab Exchange
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midnam doc for Axe-Fx

Anyone here have a midnam document that they've created for their Axe-Fx Ultra? Unless I'm mistaken, this would allow patch changes (and viewing) and controller changes to be sent to the Axe-Fx by a DAW in the same way that it does for MIDI keyboards and sound modules. Thanks, -Matt
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Aug 15, 2008
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Other MIDI Controllers
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How To: Loading IR's using Sysex Librarian

Hi All, I know that this is already covered to some degree in the Wiki, but while recently trying to answer, in greater detail, another forum member's question about how to load a custom IR into the Axe-Fx using Sysex Librarian, it occurred to me that in couldn't hurt to have some additional...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Aug 6, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: User Cabs and IR's
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Having Issues with AlbertA's IR Converter (please help)

Hi Albert, Forgive me if any of this is my own doing or out of ignorance, but I am not able to get your IR Converter app to run on my system. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but with the same results. I have Mandolane installed. I am on a Mac (PPC) running OS 10.4.11 and using a...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Aug 4, 2008
- Replies: 0
- Forum: User Cabs and IR's
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Is it possible to upload User IR's with Sysex Librarian?

I'm currently having difficulties with both the Editor (I have it partially working) and Albert's IR Converter (I don't have it working at all), but would like to upload some of the User IR's. I'm on a Mac (PPC) running OS 10.4.11 and using a Digi 002R. I have Mandolane and Sysex Librarian...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Aug 4, 2008
- Replies: 11
- Forum: User Cabs and IR's
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ReAmping with S/PDIF Connections

Since we are having to rebuild the forum's knowledge base, I thought I'd share this... I have been able to successfully (well,... mostly) set up ReAmping of my guitar signal, staying completely in the digital domain, using the Axe-Fx's S/PDIF connections and my Digi 002R interface on my Mac...
- Zen Guitar
- Thread
- Jul 31, 2008
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Rigs and Routing