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    MIDI Dampening Plugin

    Does anyone know of a VST plugin that performs realtime 'dampening' of midi data? I'm looking for something that operates in a similar manner to the dampening controls on Axe-FX modifiers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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    FracTool - for power users only

    Since I don't remember ever reading that Fractal- Bot explicitly supports it, I might stick with Fractool. It has more comprehensive conversion capabilities. I also prefer the way it amends the file names.
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    FracTool - for power users only

    Absolutely loving having Fractool back. Just donated what little I could at present. As far as converting II XL and II XL+ presets (both ways), is there any real difference between using Fractool or Fractal-Bot? I was expecting an error using Fractal-Bot, but it seemed to work. Just...
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    FracTool - for power users only

    This is as exciting as the recent resurrection of SpinRite.
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    FracTool - for power users only

    Well, that was unexpected. Mind blowing actually. I still think Fractool is too important and useful to have been demoted to the lounge. Definitely not "off topic".
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    FracTool - for power users only

    This thread is neither alive nor dead.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 25.00 Public Beta (Cygnus X-3)

    Guitarists spouting bullshit? Impossible! Hearing a guitarist who knows absolutely zero about amplifier design or coding saying things like "chaos element" makes me cringe for them. With several legitimate reasons to prefer a tube amp, I'm always baffled why some guitar players will pull this...
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    ANYONE USE THIS IN A PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT?

    ASIO4ALL works, but I found it's latency to be unsatisfactory.
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    ANYONE USE THIS IN A PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT?

    It's a Windows problem, not a Fractal or ASIO problem. Switch to MacIntosh and you can set up an aggregate device.
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    Tuner Sysex Routing

    It seems that realtime sysex for the tuner is not being passed out of the 7-pin bidirectional MIDI In jack, but only out of the dedicated MIDI Out jack. Is there any way to send the tuner sysex out of pins 1 and 3 of the MIDI In jack? Perhaps I missed a system setting somewhere.
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    Why do some IR's and DynaCab's seem to compress more than others?

    That's what I was referring to. That's what I thought you meant. I guess that's one way to brighten an ir.
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    Deluxe Reverb Tone - Can Axe-FX Do This With No Pedals?

    I guess you need an IR of a cellphone mic at 10 feet.
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    Why do some IR's and DynaCab's seem to compress more than others?

    Um, that's not how it wotks.
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    Why do some IR's and DynaCab's seem to compress more than others?

    Not.
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    FracTool - for power users only

    I'm fine with the older version I have, since I now only use it with the Axe II. Great tool. Sure, having a constantly updated version for the developing III would be great, but no doubt life has priorities other than providing a free tool for a user base that isn't entirely appreciative. I...
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    The more IRs are used, the more realistic the amp/cab in the room sound is

    No.
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    Hi im back

    Terminator?
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    FracTool - for power users only

    Why is this some sort of secret?
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    FracTool - for power users only

    Similar story here. I had a III in my shopping cart (for a new gigging rack), then read this thread. I just ordered a II XL from Reverb instead. I just don't have the time or wherewithal to recreate my live II presets in the III from total scratch. Too many of them. The end of an era.
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    FracTool - for power users only

    What was the last version that allowed conversion from the II to the III?
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    Wish Delay repeat clearing

    The ability to clear the buffer with a midi command would be useful for me. I currently have to use a scheme to reduce feedback to zero and then back to max. Not ideal.
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    Wish Delay repeat clearing

    I guess it is "clearing the buffer" (or part of it) in the domain of the Echoplex. What the OP is talking about, I'm not sure. It's just a response to "I would consider it to be rather odd if changing the delay time caused the buffer to clear" and an example of where changing the delay time...
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    Wish Delay repeat clearing

    Consider the case of the Echoplex, where the play head is stationary and the record head moves instead. If you start with the maximum delay time (max distance between the heads), you will have a "buffer" of around 450 ms in this length of tape. Let's now raise the feedback to max and kill the...
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    Tom Scholz Hyperspace pedal

    Scholz used a rocker pedal that was attached to a metal base plate that pivoted (yaw) around a point near the heel. The plate had two 90 degree bends and ultimately connected to the Echoplex's record head slider via a slot in the plate. When he pivots the pedal, the record head slides. The...
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    Which has the biggest impact on tone from a Les Paul?

    Clever.
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    Kemper Player is out, so pretty much all the competition now has a mini 3 button product… still no Fractal FM3 Lite???

    And still no sub-compact from Hummer. What gives?
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    Beatles Remixes

    Am I the only person in the world who thinks the Giles Martin remixes are comically over-compressed unlistenable shit? The Loudness Wars are over, Giles. What a wasted opportunity, considering the tools at his disposal.
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    Is This a Real Estate and Investment Ripoff???

    We were going to get married this year. We just broke up over this. She resents me for trying to caution her, and defends the guy who ripped her off. It's like I'm living in a surreal nightmare.
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    Is This a Real Estate and Investment Ripoff???

    That's exactly what I told her. She refuses to believe this guy would rip her off. She's always been too trusting of people.
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    Is This a Real Estate and Investment Ripoff???

    No. I couldn't figure that out myself. I asked her, but she is no longer answering questions about it. I know that they paid the seller an amount of money to agree to their deal, but I'm not sure if that was paid to him through the title company.
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    Is This a Real Estate and Investment Ripoff???

    I'm betting that some of you out there know something about real estate and investing, and I need to bend your ear. I fear that someone I know and love is getting taken. Someone close to me recently inherited a significant amount of money. I suggested that she see a financial adviser. She...
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    F#ck Roland

    I've already ranted about Roland's obscene US price hikes on their GK pickup products (FOUR TIMES other countries) and their accompanying ban on overseas sales to the US. So I decided to make my own GK gear "inspired by" publicly available schematics. I just finished the internal preamp board...
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    Blend two Fractal units for optimal sound

    The Rockman is the stiffest and least expressive distortion preamp I've ever played through. But it does blend well for power cords with better amps. It's a tone I haven't been able to duplicate on the fractal.
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    Fractal Does Rush Tribute

    I use the Gordius LG2 functions to fade in the input into an Axe delay block, then ramp up the delay feedback, then ramp down the delay input. Couldn't do it easily without the LG2 ramp and delay functions. And I got lucky that night and didn't make some grotesque noise that kept repeating...
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    Fractal Does Rush Tribute

    During mixdown, I used LALA.AI to remove drum bleed from the vocal mic. The singer moves away from the mic too often, so I had to heavily compress his signal to keep it level. Without LALA.AI, the drum bleed would have been overwhelming. Other than that, and some post vocal effects, it's...
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    Fractal Does Rush Tribute

    It's the II-XL, but still a Fractal.
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    AXE 3 vs EVH. Must see for anyone who still says the AXE is for effects only.

    Just goes to show you that 'officially licensed" means nothing in terms of quality. Even through my phone speaker, I could tell that the Fender was in last place by a mile.
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    Recreating the amp experience

    I wish it worked with the III. I have one and think it's great. Firmware update???
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    Portnoy back in Dream Theater

    Mangini can play circles around Portnoy. Maybe he became tired of the noodle soup and it became palpable to the others. Who knows? The decision couldn't have been primarily based on drumming skill.
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    Is it possible to get a delay with cents of ms precision? (to compensate latency of other equipment in series)

    I sometimes use all 4 for other purposes. I generally don't need multiple flangers. I've also been using flangers for this purpose since the ultra, so I'm more accustomed to it.
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    Guitar shop pricing gone mad!

    The US economy is in the toilet. Everything here is insanely expensive compared to only three or four years ago. I can barely afford food and gas, let alone guitars.
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    Is it possible to get a delay with cents of ms precision? (to compensate latency of other equipment in series)

    The compressor works too, but I generally need them for other purposes. It depends on your preset.
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    Is it possible to get a delay with cents of ms precision? (to compensate latency of other equipment in series)

    This is the exact problem I've had with my VG 99 for years with the Axe. Since the Ultra in fact. I suspect it's not the Roland converters, but the time it takes the modeling algorithm to model the signal. I have to use a flanger block to align them. I've always assumed that a dedicated...
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    Wish ADA MP-1

    I agree. I got a wide variety of great tones out of it. From Police, to Rush, to Vaughan, to Holdsworth. I have to wonder if a lot of them are in disrepair. I also agree that you have to pair it with the right power amp.
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    Cab-Lab 4 Release 🔈🧪

    Glad it worked for you. 👍
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    Cab-Lab 4 Release 🔈🧪

    The fact that it is now free (especially of iLok) suggests that Fractal has learned something and acted upon it. Props for that, at least.
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    Cab-Lab 4 Release 🔈🧪

    Do you really think that Cab-Lab 4 being crippled by iLok (or not) is the point I'm trying to make? I'll assume so, since you asked the question in that manner, and try to help you understand why I'm "less than enthusiastic" about it now being free of copy protection and price. As a preface...
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    Cab-Lab 4 Release 🔈🧪

    That is exactly my point.
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    Cab-Lab 4 Release 🔈🧪

    My history of shelling out $$$ for Cab-Lab 3 crippled by iLok seriously curtails my enthusiasm for this.
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    Wish ADA MP-1

    I'm referring to the hyperbole. People love to hate in colorful ways.
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    Wish ADA MP-1

    The hyperbole in this threat is amusing. It certainly wasn't the best preamp ever made. And it's certainly wasn't anywhere near the worst. I got great tones out of it, and it was ahead of its time in regards to MIDI implementation. I'm already overwhelmed with the number of models available, so...
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    Wish ADA MP-1

    So, you literally offered them to customers for absolutely free, and no one ever accepted your offer? You offered customers a free MP-1, and each and every one of them said no? Really?
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    Wish ADA MP-1

    I primarily used a H&K EL84 based power amp.
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    Wish ADA MP-1

    I used the MP-1 as my daily driver for years. I don't share your impressions at all. It sounded great, felt great, and was no noisier than any comparable preamp. I only got rid of it because it was no longer supported and I switched to the Mesa Triaxis. Whether or not the MP-1 is ever modeled...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 23.00 Public Beta #1

    Is the degree of misalignment dependent on the amount of smoothing dialed in? Or is the misalignment a constant value that occurs simply because smoothing is enabled? In other words, will changing the smoothing parameter between two non-zero values require realigning the waveforms independently...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 23.00 Public Beta #1

    Gapless switching and dynacab smoothing. Major stuff here.
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    Dyna-cab, general consensus is that they're "better" than legacy?

    Without the smoothing parameter, I have little use for them. So far.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.01 Release

    I think some people would benefit from sticking to Roland products for a while to break their addiction to Firmware updates and bug fixes.
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    What doesn't the Axe Fx do effect wise

    Polyphonic fx. Formant pitch shifter. Feedback simulator.
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    Get rid of switching Audio GAPs p6/6 The "GAP FILLER..." (effective for all BLOCKS) - TIP & TRICKS

    The solution is simple.....add an Armchair Engineer block. Problem solved.
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    Get rid of switching Audio GAPs p6/6 The "GAP FILLER..." (effective for all BLOCKS) - TIP & TRICKS

    This.
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    Wish ADA MP-1

    No, it was not. It sounded terrible. I bought it and returned it.
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    Request: Can we turn off the "in1 clip" warning? It's ALWAYS there regardless of how the input level is set

    This is the kind of crap that gives guitar forums a bad name. I've done it myself in the past, and reading this makes me embarrassed all over again.
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    Wish Latency / Time Alignment block

    Ideally, I'd like to have a lightweight dedicated block, with polarity inversion. It would solve so many problems without sacrificing other useful blocks or adding significant load.
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    Wimbledon on ESPN

    My opinion. And you shouldn't believe me. IMO, CNN and Fox are way too center on this chart, as are all the rest. And Timcast is to the right of Fox? He's a Sanders supporter, yet is probably the most neutral of any of them when it comes to reporting. I could choose any so-called metrics I...
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    Wimbledon on ESPN

    That chart is BS.
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    Wimbledon on ESPN

    I see no overt political commentary. I see criticism of media for biased reporting. Just two days ago, the Washington Post published an article based on something that their source previously admitted was false. Propaganda; a term that Cliff himself introduced into this thread. Everyone...
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    Wimbledon on ESPN

    Objectivity. And I know of no major organizations that offer it. None. A few independents like Tim Pool at least try, but you won't find them in the MSM. A journalist will report the truth, even if it is at odds with their idiology. That ain't NPR.
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    Wimbledon on ESPN

    Which is it? NPR is largely propaganda.
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    Wish Smoothing parameter on Dyna-cab

    Smoothing is a must have for me. Sticking with legacy for now.
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    Kelsea Ballerini is the latest artist to fall victim to concertgoers flinging objects on stage

    This activity is centuries old. At least.
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    Do you think Metallica is using Dyna-cab live?

    I don't think about it, one way or the other.
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    Wish I/O Routing Matrix

    This.
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    Best "Kitchen SInk" all-in-one presets to get through most gigs? Try this....

    I've never understood the desire for a "kitchen sink" preset. I see several disadvantages. What's the upside?
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    Guitar Rig - Native Instruments

    Seems like this isn't an appropriate section for this thread.
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    Wish Polyphonic Tuner

    I have a polyphonic tuner. I find the display cluttered and cumbersome. It works a lot better in theory than in practice for me.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta #2 (Beta 7)

    I had the misfortune of using the Realistic Highball 2.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta (Beta 6)

    I want a Heinz 57.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta (Beta 6)

    Complaining is easy. Even suggesting is easy. Designing and implementing are difficult. I can easily say "Add Dyna-Cab user slots", or "Add the ability to add a single specific cab/mic/position/distance capture to a standard user slot", or any one of a hundred other layman suggestions while...
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    US Tubes

    https://www.wired.com/story/one-mans-quest-to-revive-the-great-american-vacuum-tube/
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    Oberheim OB-X8

    It's hard to really appreciate it without seeing it in person.
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    This is the Saddest Picture I've Seen All Year

    "based on" is a little less accusatory than "appropriated", even though the LG2 wasn't an influence for scenes in the Axe. His intent may have been misinterpreted. He may have meant "similar too", as Belgian and US expressions and language habits may differ. I'm willing to give him the...
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    This is the Saddest Picture I've Seen All Year

    I've been following the Tiny Box. I really dislike the Behringer controller.
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    F#ck Roland

    We're talking about the internal kit.
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    F#ck Roland

    I have Midi Guitar too. But I'm not using the GK for Midi. I'm using it for modeling and altered tunings.
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    Control Cavity for 335-Style Guitar

    I'm just cutting the hole and surface mounting a plate for now. Cutting a lip/shelf to flush mount the plate will take some thought. It would be much easier if it weren't a curved surface. Maybe that's why they don't do this.
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    This is the Saddest Picture I've Seen All Year

    Xavier had a great product. I just bought my third backup. https://www.gordius.be/
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    Control Cavity for 335-Style Guitar

    I think the lack of rear access is more about tradition than anything else. This isn't an expensive guitar, so I'm not that worried about it. No channel in the center block. Cutting a hole in the back is the only option.
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    Control Cavity for 335-Style Guitar

    I have a 335/355 style semi-hollow guitar and I want to install some electronics that won't fit through the f-holes. Has anyone ever cut a hole in the back and installed a cover plate? Trying to anticipate pitfalls.
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    F#ck Roland

    I've already made my own boards for the guitar GK 13-pin jack and for the VG-99 13-pin jack because replacements are either insanely overpriced or impossible to obtain. I'm actually looking forward to making more. I may have to substitute the op amps or perhaps use a larger package, but I...
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    F#ck Roland

    I'm considering all possibilities. I think I'll try to duplicate the boards in EasyEDA and make my own, then buy used external GKs cheap just for the magnetic pickup. Even if the final cost is comperable, I don't care. Fuck Roland.
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    F#ck Roland

    Only a mistake on Roland's part for thinking I'll pay four times what it should cost.
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    F#ck Roland

    I need to by a Roland GK3 internal kit for a new guitar (my 5th at this point). So I go to Anderton's website as usual to buy one at the typical 92 pounds (about 110 USD), since they've always been a little cheaper. They tell me that Roland recently banned them from selling their products in...
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    Where would you prefer to install modeling pickup?

    While possible, the probability of him being comparable to Cliff is extremely low. I think it's far more likely that these are just idle internet musings. I'll stand corrected when a product appears.
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    Where would you prefer to install modeling pickup?

    That's a very polite way of phrasing what could be expressed with one word.
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    ToneX is blowing my mind…!

    Meh. I prefer to roll my own.
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    ToneX is blowing my mind…!

    Meh.
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    Strymon Cloudburst

    I don't believe that anyone really has to. I'd be happy if someone did, but I'm happy also that a company like Strymon can make totally unique products. Same for Electro-Harmonix and others. Sometimes not having a particular thing makes me appreciate it more.
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    Strymon Cloudburst

    The Axe definitely has some superb sounding effects that are similar. But there is definitely something about the cloudburst that I really like. It's like some kind of grit that gives it a bowed or brass quality. What is already sustaining also doesn't seem to interfere with new input. Very nice.
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    Strymon Cloudburst

    With all due respect, I have yet to hear an Axe-FX preset that sounds like the cloudburst, even from the master preset creators on this thread. There's a lot going on in their algorithm that you might not be noticing.
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