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  1. addedc

    Sound card takeover

    Most of the time, when my FM-9 is connected to my Windows 11 computer (which is connected through a mixer to studio monitors) it plays fine. But sometimes booting everything up changes my audio setting to the FM9 and then I hear nothing. I am old and stupid and usually forget where to find...
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    FM3 and windows audio. Help an idiot please.

    I am getting too old to deal with computers, their updates and issues. At home I play my FM3 through a mixer so I can have both the FM3 and whatever song I am learning to play on computer come out through my computer monitors. Been doing that with Fractal stuff for years. Today, after I had...
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    PC Windows 11 IT Help

    I know there are a lot of IT people on this forum so I thought I would ask here. I just noticed my Windows11 PC has a new almost invisible box. You can see it below just above the lower tool bar. My cursor times out in this and does not work. Could it be some kind of virus and if so how...
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    OMG-9m / FM-3 glitch

    I had a lot of difficulty figuring out how to set up per preset switches with FM-9 and FC-6 running OMG-9. That's mostly over, but somehow I introduced an error into a couple of presets and I can not see how to rectify it. What happens (and I think it's specific to only one or two presets)...
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    Blocks copy inconsistently?

    After years of using Fractal with just presets and stompbox mode, I am finally using channels and scenes. There is a lot of copying involved in setting up presets to do this. Has anyone else noticed that the copy and paste function in the latest AxeEdit operates inconsistently? What's...
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    Las Vegas, Live music recommendations

    Just looking for recommendations on bands to check out or good venues to see live music in Vegas. I like rock, blues, funk, pop, R&B, some jazz and enjoy good cover bands or original tunes. Any tips would be appreciated. I am going next week and staying downtown. Thanks in advance.
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    Please help me understand how to program footswitches on FM3

    I programmed a FCB1000 for my Ultra and got along with the AX8 fine, but for some reason even after reading the user manual and footswitch guide, I can not wrap my head around how to program per preset footswitches on an FM3 using the OMG layout with an FC-6. Could someone please walk me...
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    Organ preset

    Anyone have a decent preset to cover an organ sound? I am looking for something to cover the keyboard solo in say, Good Loving or Evil Ways. Thanks in advance.
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    Black Pumas "Colors" theory question

    Just trying to follow a friend's advice and learn the Nashville numbers for every song we are playing. This one has me stumped. The chords are F#minor, A maj, E maj, F diminished, repeat. I though diminished was usually a 7 chord. I looked online where it says that this tune is in the...
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    OMG Idiot

    I have done this twice now. Anyone else? I use the FM-3 on my left and an FC-6 abutting it on the right with the OMG programming enabled. Last night, for the second time in about a year, I plugged my instrument cable into the FC-6 instead of the FM-3. (The jack is in exactly the same place)...
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    Hey linguists. What's the funniest expression you know in a language?

    I speak passable Japanese and just learned that one way to say cross-eyed in Japanese is "Rompari" (sort of rhymes with Lombardi). What that literally means is "Rome/Paris," i.e. one eye looking at Rome, the other at Paris. That struck me as the funniest use of language I have heard but I am...
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    Not a Bug Preset Leveling

    On my Win 10 PC running latest FM 3 Edit and FM-3 firmware, I can only use the Level Preset tool on one preset. On the next preset it does not register any input. Restarting FM3 Edit resolves this.
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    Organ preset?

    Does anyone have a good facsimile of an organ solo preset they would be willing to share? Something like the organ solo on Evil Ways or similar.
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    Riff Station alternative?

    This question has been asked before, but I find that many of the recommendations do not work or no longer work on a Windows 10 PC. Any recommendations on a program that can change pitch and slow down mp3s? I would much rather use this on my PC than my iPhone. Seems like most of the programs...
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    OMG-9 Dimmed lights for bypassed effects?

    Has anyone set up an OMG-9 rig so that when you are using the Effects layout, bypassed effects show up with dimmed lights on the FC-6? Unlike some world leaders, I can read, so I don't really need a red light or blue light or green light to tell me the difference between a scene, effect of...
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    OMG9 Switching Issues

    I had some unexpected switching issues at rehearsal yesterday using OMG9. My presets are in the user bank, up around number 380. In Preset Mode if I tried to go bank right or left, the unit would skip the next set of presets and instead revert to around preset number 10. This made the mode...
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    OMG-9, Effects for idiots?

    I have been on the Fractal ride since the Ultra but can not wrap my head around footswitches and layouts on the FM3. I have read the manual, the footswitch manual, watched Carter's videos, but I don't get it. What I want to do is add a Null Filter and EQ boost switch to most of my presets...
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    Low Cut and Ares

    I got my FM3 right after the shut downs and haven't played at volume until yesterday evening's rehearsal. Wow. What a difference. I can really hear the difference between this and the AX8 now. Bedroom levels don't do it justice. Is it just me or do the rest of you notice that you don't...
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    Mac FM3 - No sound

    I am putting this in the lounge because I think it may be more a Mac question than FM3. Got my FM3 last week and it works fine with a CLR. Had problems getting it to play through my studio monitors, which take a 1/4" input, until I saw the direction to set Output 2 to copy Output 1. Then it...
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    The new accordian...

    After seeing the latest line up of acts for Cochella, it made me wonder about the future of guitar in music. Apart from the personal satisfaction it gives us, in 10 years, is being an accomplished guitar player going to have all the social capital of being a great accordian player 50 years ago?
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    Midiot

    I upgraded my computer and took my studio apart about 9 months ago and now have the urge to record a song, but I forgot how the connections go. Can anyone walk me through the right connections to get my AXII recording in Studio One? Right now I can record guitar with Studio One plug ins, but...
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    What I Am

    Does anyone cover this Edie Brickell song? Wondering what the best effect is for the solo. Sounds like a wah with an envelope filter. If anyone has a tip or better yet preset, i would appreciate it.
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    Band names for seniors

    Just throwing this out there as we didn't pick these for a group with all 55+ members. Maybe someone else can use Arthur Itis Jeri Hatrick
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    Riff Station

    I have a paid, licensed copy of Riff Station. Just changed computers and see the download is no longer available. Anybody have Windows 10 install file? Or if not a rec on another program that can change keys and slow down tracks?
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    AX8 Bank Up Freeze

    I have been using my AX8 for two or three years now and it's great. I like to keep things simple so I do not have scenes or x/y enabled. I just use presets and stomp boxes. On very rare occasions, my AX8 "freezes" in the bank select mode. By freeze, I mean I can select a lower bank in the...
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    Preset exchange and spyware risk

    A brand new forum member contacted me to exchange presets, which was the first time anyone has asked me for that. It raised the alert on my phishing filter. Do I expose myself to any risk if I share a few of my presets with him? I can see how loading his files could be a threat, but is that...
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    Guitar and tennis elbow?

    I bought a Charvel San Dimas about a month ago and having been playing the hell out of it. It has a flatter neck radius than any guitar I own and I find I am liking that. I have also noticed a gradually increasing swelling on the elbow of my left fretting hand over the last 30 days. I...
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    Best $20....

    I've been playing guitar for 49 years and have never owned a mechanical string winder. As I am getting a little arthritis lately, two weeks ago I bought one of those Ernie Ball motorized winders for $20. I should have done that years ago.
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    Charvel Pro Mod San Dimas HH FR Pickups

    I recently bought one these MIM because of the great reviews, a great price, and because in over 40 years of playing I have never had a guitar with a Floyd Rose. I really like it. The neck is great (though the fret ends are a bit sloppy), one of my favorites. It just feels good and plays...
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    Rhythm training app?

    I have a friend who has been playing guitar a long time, but has a very weak sense of rhythm. He is trying to play in a band, but this is holding him back. He has a hard time strumming musically (I think he lacks a sense of where the one is and how to accent). He also has a hard time coming...
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    Embarrassed about GAS

    Well I do have that problem, too, but this is about guitar acquisition syndrome. (Fractal cured me for amps and pedals). Presumably like many of us, I have more electric guitars than I need: one strat, two teles, a Gretsch Country Gentleman JR, a PRS CE 24 and a PRS stripped 245 plus some...
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    Short scale?

    I mostly play Fender 25.5" scale and love the twang and snap compared to Les Paul or PRS. Recently, though I tried a 24" Fender DuoSonic in a local store and noticed there are some riffs and chords that I could play on it that I can not do on 25.5" or even Les Paul. So I am thinking about...
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    Is it just something different or do cobalt strings sound GREAT?

    I usually play Ernie Ball Skinny skinny tops heavy bottoms. But the guitar store was out. So, of course, the owner talked me into buying a couple sets of the same gauge in cobalt at twice the price. I put them on my PRS Sc245 and god does it sound great. Is that just because of new strings...
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    Time out problems back with 9.04?

    Love the new firmware, but I am now having an endless "Please wait communicating message" now when I try to use AX edit. This happened with 8.04 but I followed M@tt's advice to buy a recommended USB cable and that solved it. Cable isn't cutting it for this. Anyone else experience and find a...
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    NYC Dancing law

    I recently read a news article that until now, New York City banned dancing in bars unless they had a cabaret license, which only a couple dozen hold. I don't remember that from when I lived there in the 80's (but then I don't remember much). We always want to get the audience dancing, so I...
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    NYC Dancing law

    I recently read a news article that until now, New York City banned dancing in bars unless they had a cabaret license, which only a couple dozen hold. I don't remember that from when I lived there in the 80's (but then I don't remember much). We always want to get the audience dancing, so I...
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    Gretsch and a slippery slope

    I love playing my Gretsch Country Gentleman JR. It sounds mean on pretty much everything except metal. The thing is so neck heavy though it can be a battle to keep it in good playing position. Is there a good accommodation to keep neck-heavy guitars in place? I use a dedicated strap for...
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    AX8 Minor Weirdness

    I have had my AX8 for over a year, played it lot and gigged it a bunch. In the last 3 months, a couple of weird things happened: - Sound suddenly cut out in the middle of using a preset. (Power cycling my CLR fixed this) - Sound suddenly cut out in the middle of a different preset on a...
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    Volume cut out?

    Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue and if there was a resolution. At rehearsal, I usually run my AX8 into a powered CLR wedge. About 6 months ago, I had the sound suddenly cut out during a rhythm part -- it just dropped at least 60% of the Dbs. I blamed it on the CLR as that...
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    Broken left hand recovery?

    I broke the metacarpal between my pinky and third finger (boxer"s break) this weekend in a freak accident. Has anyone else experienced? If so, how long b4 u recovered dexterity? Would also appreciate any tips on speeding recovery and rehab up. I am in a splint that immobilizes affected...
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    Home audio recommendations?

    The Sony Dream system surround sound stereo that I purchased about 15 years ago to my regret has finally completely died. So I am looking for a replacement. The gear is all different now and seems all oriented to streaming and surround. Use will be 95% for music (from CDs, MP3s, streaming and...
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    Curious about average amp levels

    I have a new speaker that I am a little cautious about clipping. I notice that somehow over time from the Ultra to now an AX8, the average amp level of my presets has gradually changed from around -20db to -12db or so. I usually run Output 1 around noon. I allow some extra headroom for a null...
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    Bug? Ax8 edit

    I keep getting an "unable to complete communications request" error with AX8 edit that prevents it from updating block definitions. The request that stalls it is "get_param_info", I think when it gets to amp block I am running the new beta 7.02 and downloaded AX8 edit 1.8.2 Any ideas on a...
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    Siren with AX8

    This has been asked before but the links in old threads are expired, so.... Can anyone point me in the direction of getting close to the tone of an air raid siren (e.g. War Pigs) with an AX8? What I could see in the old threads was using two pitch blocks, but the 8 only has one. Any help...
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    Timely original

    for today's President's Day holiday in the United States. I posted this song about a month ago, but have finished it up since. It was my first time using a DAW and then video editing software, so I would appreciate any constructive criticism. A virus ate my native audio files when I...
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    Timely original

    I have had the lyrics for this song kicking around in my head for awhile so I got an interface and a DAW and tried to learn how to record it. The track below is rough -- really just to give the drummer, bass, singer and other guitar enough of an idea to see if they want to do it. I should...
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    Help for DAW imbecile

    Merry Chrismas and happy holidays. I want to try recording with a new DAW program and a drum machine, but realize that my computer does not have an audio iinput. Is there a way to use the audio interface on an AXE II to put the drum into my computer through USB? (or do I just need to get a...
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    Compact PA recommendations

    Our former bass player left town with the PA and the truck he used to transport it. We all drive smaller cars, so I am looking for a compact PA for 3 vocal mics, the bass, kick drum and snare, one guitar and maybe a second later. I was going to buy a Yamaha StagePass600i but the sound just...
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    Pedal Steel?

    Anyone have a pedal steel preset for the AX8? I am looking for something to help cover Sheryl Crow's All I Want to Do. Thanks in advance.
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    Help: Preset not switching properly

    I have an AX8 that I have used for about six months. Recently one of my presets starting functioning strangely. It's the second preset in Bank 4. When I try to switch to preset 2 in Bank 4, it instead changes to preset 1 in bank 1. This happens with either the unit or AX8 editor. I can not...
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    Midi tap tempo sync with external Ditto x4

    Does anyone know if there is setting I need to change to get a Ditto x4 to sync with tap tempo? The x4 is supposed have midi sync and the looper light is supposed to blink in time with whatever tempo you send it. It's not doing that. I am using an AX8, firmware 6 beta, my midi channel is 1...
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    External momentary pedal issue or bug

    Hi, I am trying to use a Boss FSU momentary pedal to control some effects. I initially had the pedal on Pedal 4 with External 4 set to Pedal 4. The Pedal was set up as Momentary in the I/O menu. However, it functioned as a latching pedal, not momentary. So, I tried it Pedal 1 with...
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    External looper volume issue

    At rehearsal yesterday, I tried running an external looper through my AX8 and lost about 50% of the volume compared to running straight. The routing went like this: - Output 1 (Mono) using a GL instrument cable to Input 1 on a Ditto looper - Ditto looper playback volume set at various levels up...
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    External pedal question

    I imagine this has been answered before but I could not find the solution in the manual or in a forum search. I am trying to use a latching boss FS-5L to switch on a null filter boost and a non latching FS-5U for tap tempo. I have the filter connected to pedal 3 and the tap tempo connected to...
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    Cover band: good songs from last 15 years?

    Looking for some new songs to appeal to younger audience and would appreciate any suggestions.. Please suggest anything for benefit of community. For my specific benefit, we have three instruments -- bass, drum, guitar. Male tenor vocalist. Alto secondary vocalist. We currently play blues...
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    Drive & Boost external pedals with AXE8

    While the design of the AXE8 is extremely well thought out for foot control, I am one of those people who sometimes has difficulty doing two or three things at once. I sometimes find myself in preset mode when i need to be in manual control mode or visa versa and it causes a glitch. So I am...
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    Axe 8 has distortion when changing presets with editor

    Hi, First time this happened, but when I was leveling my presets using the editor today, I got a speaker frying rasp every time I changed a block or a preset. This went away when I used the front panel as opposed to editor. I am running a mono XLR out to Verve FBT12ma. My input path was...
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    Stereo system recommendation?

    I need to replace my living room sound system and it seems like a lot has changed since I was last shopping 20 years ago. Anyone have any recommendations on a good system for under $1,000 or $1,500? Specs: - Needs to be compact to fit a relatively small living room - Home theater is optional...
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    Handheld recorder

    Does anyone have a suggestion on a good handheld recorder for making MP3s of rehearsals? Budget would be up to a couple hundred bucks for a good one. Just want to use the recordings as a learning tool. Would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks.
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    Crazy glue for finger repair?

    I am auditioning to play lead in a new band tomorrow. Unfortunately, I sliced the tip of my fingering hand ring finger while cutting some food yesterday. It is pretty much exactly the part of the pad that lines up with the string on a whole tone bend. Is there any downside to putting some...
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    Rock/Blues/Alternative dance tunes from this Century

    For the first time in quite a while, we played a big gig on Friday and had hundreds dancing to covers of Tom Petty, the Romantics, etc -- all the standards that pander to Generation X. In mid-set a very pretty young lady and her boyfriend asked if we had any newer tunes. All we had in the...
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    Input sensitivity changes over time?

    Or maybe I have a setting wrong? I have a bunch of guitars and whichever one I played least recently is my favorite. Lately I have been playing a strat with noiseless pickups and noticed that I need to turn the instrument input up from about 50% to 100% to get it to slightly tickle the red...
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    I wish you could set AXE Edit to base 6 or 5 or 4, etc

    Unlike a lot of musicians, I am not so good at math. I wish Axe Edit had a function where you could input how many preset change buttons you have on your controller -- in my case 6. The Axe Manage display would then either bold or put in a different color the starting preset for each group of...
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    Single coil love

    I have been playing a dual humbucker single cut as my main guitar for about the last 9 months. Firmware is awesome, guitar sounds great. On Friday, I decided to break out my PRS CE-24 to see if the single coils on that can spank the twang out of my sudden GAS to get a tele. Holy unchidama...
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    Running Down a Dream -- Tom Petty

    It may be an organ, but I would like to try to cover the modulated, somewhat dutuned effect that happens a few times in each verse on this song. Here's a link. You can hear it in the versus when it changes from an E to a D. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Runnin' Down A Dream - YouTube...
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    Fretboard knowledge, BEADGCF

    The other thread on guitar/music theory made we want to share something I just learned. I know many different scales and modes, but I don't really fully know all the names of the notes on the fretboard, especially strings 2, 3 and 4. I have to relate them to their octaves, which takes a second...
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    Math for a slow learner

    Take four years and three months with Fractal plus firmware 11.0 and plus a Matrix GT1000FX. That equalled finally selling all the tube amps I never play any more last month. Now I've got more space plus this new to me PRS stripped SC58. I figure I am ahead.
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    PRS SC245?

    I've been playing a PRS CE-24 as my main guitar for a couple of years. It's a great sounding guitar, but I never really bonded with the wide thin neck. I just tried a PRS SC245 that had a great neck (thicker, more like a baseball bat) and great sound. Although it didn't have a splitter for...
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    6.0 boosts boost?

    Love 6.0 and just listened to a recording of weekend rehearsal. My solo boosts -- which are mostly a global null filter at 5 DB -- sound significantly louder and more pronounced in the mix than before with the II or the Ultra. Does anyone else perceive a greater volume increase on boosts...
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    Liquid Foot IA to toggle back and forth between presets?

    This function on the Liquid Foot lets you use an IA button to switch between current and last selected preset. It's really useful, especially for setting levels at volume. I had this set up but stupidly erased my controller using the software based editor. I can't find the how to anywhere on...
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    Fractal +Verve = best yet, with side effects

    I have had a Verve 12ma for a couple weeks and tried it at rehearsal volume for first time yesterday. The sound was great, so good we ended up stretching our usual 3 to 4 hour rehearsal session into 5 and a half. The side effect is sore muscle/tendon on my fretting hand, which has me a bit...
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    Cabs and clipping

    I've had the AXE for about a year and half and have gone through several amplification routes including ART SLA2 to THD Cab, Mesa Power Amp to THD Cab, and now FRFR to Verve 12ma. I just got the Verve so I haven't tried it at stage or rehearsal volume yet. But I did notice last night that...
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    Easier way to tweak tone? Recorded sample?

    Is this possible? And if so could someone tell me how to do it? Can I capture a say one-minute sample of my playing on one of my guitars that I can then run through the Axe when I am tweaking tones. Seems like that might be easier than play a few licks, tweak, repeat. Lowest tech, lowest...
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    Easier way to tweak tone? Recorded sample?

    Is this possible? And if so could someone tell me how to do it? Can I capture a say one-minute sample of my playing on one of my guitars that I can then run through the Axe when I am tweaking tones. Seems like that might be easier than play a few licks, tweak, repeat. Lowest tech, lowest...
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    Next best upgrade to AXE could be computer speakers

    I've had my Ultra about 18 months now and learned a lot from this forum. Thank you all. The latest eye-opener was how oblivious I have been to better alternatives for computer speakers. My computer is my main tool for learning new songs, usually either through i-Tunes or YouTube. I always...
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    All Axe FX patches sound same after programming Liquid Foot

    I programmed a new Liquid Foot Pro using their software editor on Saturday. Now, all my AXE FX patches sound the same -- whether I have LF connected or not. Even completely bypassed patches with no amp sound same. (Same in this case means an uneffected amp, like a Blackface, minimal gain)...
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    Art SLA and extra rack space for ventilation

    I saw a post about needing an empty rack space between the AXE FX and an ART SLA 2 for ventilation. Then I saw a lot of pictures of SLA rigs where they are just in 3 rack space units with no empty space. Is this OK? I'd prefer the smaller load if it's not likely to cause problems...
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    Switchable Effects Loops and Routing

    I am playing with an amp with foot-switchable series effects loops (Mesa Road King II). I can use the Axe in the FX loop (not 4CM) and switch effects in or out with the Mesa footswitch. This works pretty well and the Axe FX effects sound way better than the Digitech GSP1101 that I demo'd...
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