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    Anybody out there running their FM3 through a ss pwr amp and guitar cab(s)?

    OK. I see that there is one pair of XLR outs as well as one pair of balanced 1/4" outs on the FM3 and an extra pairs of balanced 1/4" outs on the FM9. All good.
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    Anybody out there running their FM3 through a ss pwr amp and guitar cab(s)?

    I should just realize that with this tech, there is always a way. Thanks all.
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    Anybody out there running their FM3 through a ss pwr amp and guitar cab(s)?

    I wasn't even thinking about XLR cables because with my AFXII I only use the 1/4" Out 2 jacks for my guitar cab feed and have the Out 1 XLRs dedicated for when I use FRFR. So, thanks! My current pwr amp does have Neutrik jacks so I could use XLR cables. How many pairs of XLR Outs are there on...
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    Anybody out there running their FM3 through a ss pwr amp and guitar cab(s)?

    Oh. OK.
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    Anybody out there running their FM3 through a ss pwr amp and guitar cab(s)?

    So we can use humbuster cables even if it's not for the 4-cable method and they will still help with capacitance loss due to long cables? I never realized that. Thanks. That solves my major misgiving. So would using a pedal board based pwr amp, but I don't want to do that. Can humbuster cables...
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    Anybody out there running their FM3 through a ss pwr amp and guitar cab(s)?

    If so, can you please post some pics of your rig? I never acclimatized myself to playing live through FRFR monitors and always play live through real guitar cabs. I may be moving from an AFXII to an FM3 or FM9 in the near future and I'm having trouble visualizing how I'm going to make it all...
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    Noisy Front Input jack

    Update: Fractal shipped me a replacement board for the 2 front jacks and I've installed it myself - which was a very simple process. And my noise issue is gone. Originally, if it worked, Fractal was going invoice me for the part and the shipping. But they said I was a good customer and just...
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    Noisy Front Input jack

    Sounds like a different issue then. Meanwhile, I ordered that replacement board from Fractal. It should be arriving tomorrow. I'll be replacing it myself. It's a real simple job. If it fixes things, I'll report back here.
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    Noisy Front Input jack

    Hi I just want to document an issue I've been having with my Axe-FXII, MK1 (purchased new in 2012), and to find out if any other users here have ever had a similar issue. One day, out of the blue, in the same room I've been using my AFX in since 2012 with no problems, I noticed that my Tuner...
  10. J

    Axe-FXIII US Pre Clean preamp Presence control

    Thanks!
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    Axe-FXIII US Pre Clean preamp Presence control

    Ah. So maybe the video I saw was made prior to the release of the Cygnus modelling. That might make sense. Thanks again. When was Cygnus first implemented?
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    Axe-FXIII US Pre Clean preamp Presence control

    Thanks. As I said, I owned and used a Triaxis for many years. I know how its Presence control works and the rationale for it. But I'm pretty sure I read what I read in the axe WIKI and that I saw what I saw within Axe Edit III in the video I cited. I.e. The US Pre LD2 Yellow and Red sims do...
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    Axe-FXIII US Pre Clean preamp Presence control

    I'm an Axe-FXII user still, but I'm starting to sus out switching to the III. I stumbled upon a video today of a guy demoing the III's USA Pre models with visuals of Axe Edit III on the screen. When he was working with the Triaxis LD2 models, there was the now familiar Bright control although it...
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    How about a Fractal combo amp?

    I just want to say that if Fractal ever made a lightweight, 1X12, grab-n-go combo amp, I'd probably be in. My vision of this is that it would have Cygnus based amp modelling, Fractal quality effects, a neutral ss mono power amp capable of giving at least 100 watts into an 8 ohm load, built-in...
  15. J

    Reset Global EQs?

    Thanks Eric! Odd that Matt didn't know about that too.
  16. J

    Reset Global EQs?

    That's what I thought. Thanks Matt.
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    Reset Global EQs?

    I can't believe I'm asking this now, after owning the II since 2012, but... Is there a way to quickly reset the Global EQs to flat? Amp Block EQs can do this by hitting Enter. T'would be nice to be able to do this with the Global EQs too. I'm guessing not. Just thought I'd ask anyway.
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    Duncan Powerstage 'power' amp questions

    Are you talking about a III? If so, are the Out 3s designed specifically for instrument level signals? FWIW I'm on a II. I think the deal with the II's Effect Loop Block is that you need to lower the Main fader within the Block to achieve instrument level at the Out 2 jacks. Currently, I have it...
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    Duncan Powerstage 'power' amp questions

    I just got a response from someone at Duncan. He says that the PS inputs are wired for instrument level only. He says that the people using them with modellers simply adjust the output volume of the modeller to adjust to the PS' input. I'll have to look at the AFXII manual, but I think that only...
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    Duncan Powerstage 'power' amp questions

    I've just sent these questions to Duncan also. Waiting for a response. So, all the Powerstage amp literature on their web site shows a guitar (or the output of a pedal board) plugged directly into the input of the PS. Can it also handle Line Level signals like those put out by a preamp like the...
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    Axe FX II with real cabs - cab sim off -> gain structure is completely different

    PS A good experiment for you might be to buy the V30 IRs from Celestion's web site, dial in some tones on FRFR monitors, and them compare them to the GT/V30/sans Cab Block signal path too.
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    Axe FX II with real cabs - cab sim off -> gain structure is completely different

    I'm a bit surprised to find out that you're already using a GT800. FWIW I owned one for a short bit but it sounded quite unmusical to me compared to the GT1000 I already owned. Basically, I found the top end really brittle compared to the 1000. I bought the 800 just to compare. But most GT800...
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    Axe FX II with real cabs - cab sim off -> gain structure is completely different

    A V30 can not reproduce much of anything that's audible above 5k. Sending a signal with info above 5k just does not get reproduced.
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    Axe FX II with real cabs - cab sim off -> gain structure is completely different

    Sounds more like you're using a tube power amp designed for guitar rigs. If you can actually find a truly FRFR tube power amp with enough juice for your needs, that would probably be fine. But you'll only find them in audiophile shops. Tube power amps designed for guitar players will drastically...
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    Backing up all Cabs results in a single .syx file now?

    Thanks. 3.00.02 appears to doing what I expect it to, i.e. the old behavior for saving all Cabs. Hopefully there are no other issues using old software. Guess I'll try to remember to ignore the 'update available' messages every time I use Fractal Bot.
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    Backing up all Cabs results in a single .syx file now?

    I can? Again, instruction please. I see no menus for exporting all my cabs in Axe-Manage Cabs. Sorry if this obvious. Still, why did you guys change the behavior of Fractal Bot's cab saving routines?
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    Backing up all Cabs results in a single .syx file now?

    Link to instructions please. I tried dragging the file onto a FracTool window. All I could get was a .csv file with text about the cabs in a spread sheet.
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    Backing up all Cabs results in a single .syx file now?

    Also... I just tried to save a single Cab file, Cab #1, and got the message "Please enter a valid user cab number between 1 and 100". So, I can't save individual cabs now either. What the hell is going on? I'll try restarting my iMac now to swee if that does anything. Sheesh. This was supposed...
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    Backing up all Cabs results in a single .syx file now?

    I haven't had to do any backups of my Axe-FXII Original since sometime in 2020. So I dl'd the new version of Fractal Bot. First thing I noticed is that I now have to select between MIDI I/O and "USB MIDI Device" (the latter of which I eventually found out seems to do nothing). Then I noticed...
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    Cab-Lab 3.5 plugins won't install or run in Logic

    Problem solved. Thanks Matt! Admins, please close this thread.
  31. J

    Cab-Lab 3.5 plugins won't install or run in Logic

    Looks I might have to. Thanks.
  32. J

    Cab-Lab 3.5 plugins won't install or run in Logic

    Nobody?
  33. J

    Cab-Lab 3.5 plugins won't install or run in Logic

    Hi I dl'd the newest version of Cab-Lab 3 bundle (3.5) a couple of weeks ago and ran the installers for the standalone app and the 2 plugins. But today, when I was launching Logic (for the first time in quite a while) I was presented with a slew of error messages telling me that my Fractal...
  34. J

    AITR

    Thanks. That's what I thought too.
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    AITR

    AxeII MKI user here, but I'm intrigued by this new development for the III. The clips sound like a recording that was made to sound like the amp was in a room. But, if I were playing through one of those IRs, via my CLR, would it sound more like a cab in the room to me in the room that i'm...
  36. J

    Tilting the front of the MFC101?

    Velcro to the rescue! Good idea. Thanks.
  37. J

    Tilting the front of the MFC101?

    Looks like I need about 3".
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    Tilting the front of the MFC101?

    OK. So what I'm calling the 'front' is really the 'back. I want the MFC to tilt up towards the back more.
  39. J

    Tilting the front of the MFC101?

    Well I don't understand that. lol But maybe you're already doing what I want to do. When you say the "back", do you mean where all the connections are made? To me, that's the 'front'. But I guess it's really the "back". OK. So, what are you using as a 'shim'?
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    Tilting the front of the MFC101?

    What don't you understand? I want the front of the MFC (where all the connections are made) to be higher off the floor so it's easier to hit the switches. I.e. The MFC will tilt more from front to back.
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    Tilting the front of the MFC101?

    Hi Has anybody come up with a good way to tilt the front of their MFC101 up so that it's easier to hit the correct switches with your foot when playing while seated? It seems to me that the graduated elevations of each row of switches works almost well enough (still could be better IMO) when...
  42. J

    Axe II MKI LCD screen contrast

    This time I sprayed some compressed in there plus some DeOxit. Bending the pins a bit is a decent idea. Might try that next time, and there will be a next time. Thanks. Crazy Glue is a bad idea, I know.
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    Axe II MKI LCD screen contrast

    Sorry to revive such an old thread but... How bad would Crazy Glue be compared to the glue gun? I'm sick of opening the case up for this. Don't have a glue gun.
  44. J

    Tuner in Axe-Fx II XL+

    Make sure that only 1 string at a time is vibrating by dampening the others. Just because you can't hear them vibrating, the tuner can and it will get confused.
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    Triaxis / USA Pre models - inconsistencies in controls?

    Interesting. Mine was an earlier model with the LD1 Red that everyone hated and then I bought the upgrade, iirc. And I also never used LD1 very much so I might have not noticed the action of the Presence control. But the LD2 Green and Yellow definitely had the Presence control working. I used...
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    Triaxis / USA Pre models - inconsistencies in controls?

    Huh? When I owned my Triaxis, the Presence buttons worked on all 3 modes. Maybe not on the LD1 Red and LD2 Red modes, which I never used because they were too harsh sounding, so I don't recall. I'd never have been able to get a good clean bright rhythm tone from the Clean Green or Clean Yellow...
  47. J

    AXE FX=metal, Kemper=blues/rock?

    I'm a jazz guy and have been using Fractal gear since 2009. First, the Ultra and now an Axe-FXII. You can hear all of my 2013 album release, Thanks Charlie, here: https://www.youtube.com/user/joegold1001/videos The guitar parts for Fives and Hmm were all recorded live off the floor in the studio...
  48. J

    IR Length

    I'd like to try messing around with this idea, but I'm using a II, not a III. I have CabLab 3.4.2 also and tons of 3rd party IRs. Can I use these tools somehow to experiment with shortening IRs (doesn't look like it) or do I need to use an audio app, like Audacity or Logic, to view and then...
  49. J

    Power Amp Power Tube Type Selection

    Hmm. Every amp that I'm aware of that allows for swapping out pwr tubes has a modified electrical path with modified circuitry when each pwr tube type is inserted/selected. It might all be under the hood, but you can't just put EL34s into the sockets for 6L6s on any amp and expect it to work...
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    Power Amp Power Tube Type Selection

    What I mean is... After I've changed the pwr tube type parameter in the Axe, what other parameters do I need to adjust to make it sound more typically like when I select different pwr tubes within a real-world amp that allows for various types of power tubes, e.g. like many of the Mesa amps...
  51. J

    Power Amp Power Tube Type Selection

    So, w/o introducing a new control or switch, is there a way to mimic the output transformer adjustment using the current control in the AxeII? Or is this easier in the AxeIII? Or is it just not possible currently?
  52. J

    The Joy of (Less) Variac

    FWIW I was told once here, by Cliff I think, that lowering this parameter to 90% was the best way to simulate the Tweed switch on my Simul-Satellite.
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    Some questions about the tuner

    In my experience, when listing or notating the notes (listing and notating are different activities) in a chromatic scale there are two main conventions: 1. If it's a chromatic scale notated in standard musical notation in the context of a major or minor key, then some notes will be listed with...
  54. J

    Axe-Fx II "Ares" Rev 2.00 Firmware Release

    Wow is right!!! Are the Release Notes posted yet? What's different?
  55. J

    Help with really weird sound on Logic recordings

    In Audio Midi Setup, the flip menu to choose the clock source only appears if you have two potential interfaces active within an Aggregate Device. It sounds from your last post that you're using the Axe as your Input and the Mac as your output. I.e. You're not using another audio interface like...
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    Help with really weird sound on Logic recordings

    You probably have to make the Axe-FX's clock the master clock. Not sure where you do this in MacOSX though. On my system, using an RME Babyface audio interface for output (using the Axe for input) and connecting via S/PIDIF, it's inside one of the RME support apps for the Babyface. If you're...
  57. J

    Block MFC bank from going lower than 0

    Just to be sure... There is NO "Bank 0" with my MFC MKIII. Are you sure you don't mean "Bank 1"? I use Banks of 10 Presets. Do you do something different that allows for labeling the lowest bank number "Bank 0"? If so, I'd like to know how that's done.
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    Ability to label Bank 1 as Bank 0, etc.

    I posted this originally back in 2015. I don't expect any action on this. I'm just letting off steam. The thread was located here: https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/ability-to-label-bank-1-as-bank-0.95172/ But it seems as if it's been shut down by the admins or I would have posted this...
  59. J

    Impulses conversion

    Got it. Thanks!
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    Impulses conversion

    I can see now why they had to use the browser for this. Still, we should be able to drag to a Scratchpad location, no?
  61. J

    Impulses conversion

    Ah. Cool. Thanks.
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    Impulses conversion

    Ah. This is flaky but there is a way to do it. In the past I've never used the actual Axe-Manage Cabs built-in browser. When I was using a "browser" it was the Apple File system browser via the Import command. Using that command I can't import .wav files. But using the Axe-Manage Cabs actual...
  63. J

    Impulses conversion

    Not on my system. Trying to drag a .wav file onto a slot in Axe-Manage Cabs gives a Please use the browser message. Using the browser, .wav files are greyed out.
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    Impulses conversion

    Then what am I doing wrong, because .wav and .IR files are greyed out when I try to use Axe Edit to import them into my Axe-FXII using Cab Manager? No problem with .syx files. I'm running the most current versions of both.
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    Impulses conversion

    How are you guys using Axe Edit for the II to convert .wav files to .syx IR files? Isn't that a feature only available on the III with its version of Axe Edit? I.e. When *I* use the latest version of Axe Edit with my II and call up Cab Manager, it will import .syx files but will not convert .wav...
  66. J

    Malmsteen chord progression

    This is how I hear it. Note: T = Tonic function chord D = Dominant function chord. B minor: D major: B minor: T D T D D Im VIIdim7 I VIIdim7 V Bm C#dim7 D A#dim7/E F#
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    Tips on using a Quilter power amp with Fractal gear.

    So I'm checking out a Quilter Overdrive 200 amp at the moment. It sounds very good and very tube-amp-like through my EVM-12Ls when I use it as a stand-alone amp. I'm sure that a big part of that is the way they've incorporated a negative feedback loop in their power amp creating a dynamic...
  68. J

    Mimicking SS PA + Cab mode on the Axe II?

    Also... Could you please be more specific about the Quilter amps? I'm thinking about picking one of these up as a power amp for my II or a possible FM3 in the future. Would I not treat this amp just like any other ss power amp when using Fractal amp sims? Are you saying that these Class D...
  69. J

    Matrix GM50 review

    Thanks.
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    Matrix GM50 review

    Sorry to be resurrecting this ancient thread, but do you think that Velcro-ing a GM50 to the outside of a 1 X 12 cab would be viable too, yek? I'd probably dismount it when traveling with it in the trunk. I'm not doing gigs that require me to take gear on a plane, etc. I'm thinking of of going...
  71. J

    Eminence EM12N IRs anyone?

    I just bought an EM12N and might end up using it to replace my EVM-12Ls. Just wondering if there are any IRs out there yet of this driver?
  72. J

    Create an IR that's just a simple filter/EQ curve

    OK. Guess I'm not really sure what it is that you're trying to accomplish. My guess is that the ads for those spkr emu pedals just say that they've got the sound of a mic baked in but how could they actually do that? It's just a simple EQ filter. Maybe they added a bit of top end to simulate a...
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    Pick attack on cleans

    What makes you think that the Matrix amps introduce latency to the signal? These are analog circuits, no? At any rate, my worries about latency were put to rest before I bought my 1st Ultra back in 2009. I had been avoiding all pieces of gear that had digital converters after I realized how...
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    Create an IR that's just a simple filter/EQ curve

    These IRs of an H&K Red Box are essentially pre-made filters of the type that you're after. http://hughes-and-kettner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Impulse_Response.zip But there are ways to create a filter-based IR yourself. Basically, you'll need to set up one or two filters that accomplish...
  75. J

    Speaker compliance

    Just wondering if this parameter will ever make it into being visible in AxeEdit and, if so, when? I've found it via the front panel as the final parameter in the Advanced Tab. But it doesn't appear to be there yet in Axe Edit.
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    Pick attack on cleans

    My cabs are open back 1 X 12 with EVM-12Ls in them. 12Ls have a published low res freq of 55hz. Jay Mitchell told me once that I should set the low res freq on the Spkr Pg to 65 hz, so that's what I do. Since guitars in standard tuning don't go as low as 65 hz this setting does very little. When...
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    Pick attack on cleans

    OK. Tried it. Almost blew my cab by setting Preamp CF Compress to 100%. I assumed you meant Harndess at 10 because it doesn't go to 100. The resulting tone does nothing to address the thing I'm talking about and basically ruins the preset. But thanks anyway. Why did you think that those...
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    Pick attack on cleans

    You mean the Preamp CF Compress parameters? Or are you talking about Output Comp? Probably the former and thyat's what I'll try first. But please clarify.
  79. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    I usually run the GT wide open and control the Axe's vol with the Out 2 knob.
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    Pick attack on cleans

    I just remembered that one of the main reasons why I used to use a Bryston 2B LP Pro vs my Matrix GT1000 was that I thought the Bryston did a better job of imparting this "pop" I'm talking about when I am using my cabs and playing with a hyper clean tone. I used to describe it as that the...
  81. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    I don't miss real cabs. I use real cabs. FRFR is just occasional for me.
  82. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    OK. Here's a clip of my friend Rob Piltch playing on a standard. His solo starts around the 3:30 mark. I can hear what I'm talking about in his tone, but again, I know what I'm listening for. And again, this is a mic'd tone and in my experience this thing I'm talking about rarely survives the...
  83. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    Maybe. But I don't have the DRRI anymore. It was a rental. And the thing I'm talking about doesn't seem to survive the mic'ing process let alone mimicking the mic'ing process with an IR. So I'm not sure what this would really prove. But if I still had the amp I'd definitely try it. You never...
  84. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    Just tried it. Doesn't seem to help. But thanks.
  85. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    Note to any Admin reading this. This thread is going nowhere and will probably blow up into some sort of argument if allowed to continue. Please delete. I've learned what I needed to. Thanks.
  86. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    Thanks. Tried all that already.
  87. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    Various levels. But this is more noticeable at low levels. Also... I've messed with all the Spkr Pg parameters to no avail. Again, in my experience, most of the Advanced parameters seem to affect the characteristics of the hi-gain tones more than cleans.
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    Pick attack on cleans

    The point was in trying to find out if anybody else here is hearing/feeling the same thing. So far, it looks like it's just me. I guess it partially IS an "amp in the room" thing because I only really notice it when playing tube amps through real cabs. But I was A/B'ing the Axe and the DRRI...
  89. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    I've tried to explain it he best I could. I also stated that it doesn't really come through on mic'd recordings. But thanks.
  90. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    Nope. Nothing like that.
  91. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    Maybe tomorrow. Thanks.
  92. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    My A/B "tests" included running my Axe tones through the DRRI's Jensen (via my GT1000) and I also ran the DRRI into one of my EV loaded cabs.
  93. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    Well I just did a quick search at youtube and none of the clean Fender amp clips really successfully demonstrates the thing I'm talking about. *I* can still kind of hear/sense it in these clips. But *I* know what I'm listening for and it's not a real prominent feature of most mic'd examples of...
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    Pick attack on cleans

    Hmm. I ul'd 2 presets with my OP but they seem to have gone missing. Just ul'd them again. Hopefully they'll stay this time. Edit: 3-1-19 I just realized that those presets I thought I included here were actually related to another thread I've started. Consequently I've removed them from my OP...
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    Pick attack on cleans

    PS I do NOT notice this with any mid or hi gain amp sims in the Axe.
  96. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    I've got nothing at the moment but I'll try to dig something up online. But most audio/video clips of a Fender amp being played 100% clean seem to have this thing I'm talking about in tact. It's more of a feel thing to the player though than anything that would be easily heard in an audio...
  97. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    Yes. But it should be inactive.
  98. J

    Pick attack on cleans

    Axe-FXII user here. I'm very pleased with this piece of kit and have no plans to upgrade to the III yet, but.... I've always found the pick attack on any of my clean Presets to be markedly different sounding from what I hear through a real tube amp of a similar type to the one being modeled. I...
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    Annoying "squeek" or "pop" happening when switching presets.

    After reloading my pre-beta presets and Q10.1, the popping is lessened somewhat but it's still there when switching between Presets with an amp block set up for a clean sound and a Preset with a mid or hi gain sound. Switching between clean Presets doesn't seem to do it. Neither does switching...
  100. J

    Annoying "squeek" or "pop" happening when switching presets.

    This may have developed after updating to the beta firmware or it may have been happening before that. I'm not sure. It seems to be getting worse though. I've attached 2 of the offending the Presets to this post. Switching back and forth between them should trigger the pop on your system too...
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