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  1. BigFun3

    FM9: FRFR in front or behind you

    Which is to say, I always use the powered FRFR as a wedge monitor in front and use direct to FOH for the room. I use a wireless when performing and walk the room to get the FOH and wedge to “link up”. I prefer the monitor approach to ride feedback. When I use conventional amps, I use a side...
  2. BigFun3

    FM9: FRFR in front or behind you

  3. BigFun3

    Pondering imponderables

    Pondering imponderables
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  4. BigFun3

    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 1.02 Firmware Release

    Sounding good! For some reason, Axe edit no longer loves me, but I'm working on it...
  5. BigFun3

    Jazz Fix - Who's got it?

    I just did a couple duet sets with a vibraphonist using your patch. Very nice for that gig!
  6. BigFun3

    Axe-Fx II Firmware V12.00 Up

    That's what Kevin O'C does with his amps, on a pot. Might be a cool mod to the patch...dial in PP vs SE...I liked KOC's studio amp run in-betweeny this way.
  7. BigFun3

    iaresee's Gig Patches Monster Post

    Be-you-tee-ful axe, man. Make a joyful noise with it!
  8. BigFun3

    Dual Amp Tones

    One of my most useful tube amp sounds is made by blending the two channels on my Bogner Duende. While they share a single back end (!), they can be dialed to nicely create a hairy, edge of sanity sound with an articulate and punchy top. Cuts well while sounding like shitsgunnablowup, which is...
  9. BigFun3

    Axe fx II... good enough for professional recordings?!

    I get paid to record with my Axe FX. When the mixing engineer does not know I went direct from the Axe, they think the recording engineer was a genious. Jes sayin'...
  10. BigFun3

    Things I've learned from my Axe-Fx II

    Appropriate and thoughtful technology allows me to focus on playing something that moves me and my clients. I have freed up "CPU power" for entertaining and schmoozing with our audience and this makes bar owners happy. The AF2 lets me take off the tech geek hat if I wish and plunge into music...
  11. BigFun3

    Used my AxeFX II / Atomic CLR for the first time playing out and....

    And that is where I am at. As much as I enjoy technical info and messing with equipment, more so do I love when gear disappears and music happens. It is to the credit of Factal that they have offered us a tool that can be completely transparent to the process of music-making. I look forward to...
  12. BigFun3

    One FRFR wedge/cab in mono versus two in stereo. Big difference in sound?

    One of my favorite performing sounds was to place a 4x12 on either side of the bass cabs, which were right next to the drummer on either side (L->R GTR, Bass, Drummer, Bass, Guitar). Holy schnikey was that ever a fun ride! Too much gear without a van, though, and I no longer play venues that...
  13. BigFun3

    just a small rant of annoyance....

    :^) I see you are on da be-yatch. I just played a gig at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden across from the Convention Center with my Ultra (duo set with a vibraphone for an art auction/fundraiser). Paid well and nobody complained about lack of AFII!
  14. BigFun3

    What PC MIDI interface are you using for ULTRA ?

    "M-Audio Fast Track Ultra" works for me and has for years with my Axe-FX Ultra. Just finished using it 20 minutes ago...
  15. BigFun3

    Crazy Time: Wiring my house for Axe FX

    So...how'd it go? Me? I just schlep da box around from space to space. But I am a neanderthal...
  16. BigFun3

    Best rig setup for fly-in shows?

    I use a small 3 sp anvil rack with the AxeFX, a backpack with incidentals, clothes, MFC, cables and a wah pedal, and a gigbag with the guitar. I rely on the house to make me audible. Many countries, many miles, works just fine. Good luck on your run. Save your receipts for the accountant to...
  17. BigFun3

    Considerations for buying a rack?

    I have the smallest, most secure rack I could get for fly dates. I've used this thing for many years and it looks like heck. I had it made for me by Anvil back in the day. Fits under the seat in coach, isn't too heavy yet takes a licking. It is a 3 space and is perfect for me. The power...
  18. BigFun3

    Incoming! Incoming! Incoming!

    I'm so glad we had this time, together Just to have a laugh, or sing a song. Seems we just get started and before you know it, Comes the time we have to say....so long..Goodnight everybody!
  19. BigFun3

    Smilefan says "Goodbye"!!

    I do. But yeah.
  20. BigFun3

    Part III: Smilefan Patch Thread

    Dooood. I remember "discovering" this with my band in 1979. Whipped it out on our latest CD, too. Good one on ya. Big Fun, indeed.
  21. BigFun3

    New Axe-Fx II Firmware 5.04b released

    Haven't owned a TV since '79. Go to the pub to watch hockey with my mates, but that is about all the TV I get except hotel TV when on travel dates and feeling lonely. Then it is the Daily Show, the Colbert Show, and then off to bed. Need a couple more nickels to send in the $$$ for Axe2, but...
  22. BigFun3

    New Axe-Fx II Firmware 5.04b released

    Haven't owned a TV since '79. Go to the pub to watch hockey with my mates, but that is about all the TV I get except hotel TV when on travel dates and feeling lonely. Then it is the Daily Show, the Colbert Show, and then off to bed. Need a couple more nickels to send in the $$$ for Axe2, but...
  23. BigFun3

    Jump lead plexi?

    I have, but it is not right to my ear. The load is different, how the signal appears at the grid is different...(at least 1) as I hear it; 2) and in Pspice...
  24. BigFun3

    And the new king of rock tone is ..... Cameron Ch. 2

    Always. Of course.
  25. BigFun3

    And the new king of rock tone is ..... Cameron Ch. 2

    And THAT is where its at. [Follow with probably obvious and boring observations about finding particular spaces in a sonic niche when mixing and cetera...]
  26. BigFun3

    Steady needs his Supertweed

    I'll sign on to that petition. That is a fine fine platform for some stuff. Let me release my Heritage Colonial (a dang fine amp!).
  27. BigFun3

    Senior Software Engineer Wanted

    I've passed this on to a musician/engineer in the University of Miami program...he's very good and graduating this term. I'm Faculty here.
  28. BigFun3

    A two year Ultra user gets his Axe II with v 5....

    I got the notification today. Looks like I will be able to compare my Ultra and the II just in time for our Spring swing through the South. Can't wait...(actually, I can wait, I'm a very patient soul, but I am stoked.).
  29. BigFun3

    Atomic Amps - "Coincident Linear Reference" Designed by Jay Mitchell

    That's what I'm thinking. Could be a twofer...THAT would be a welcome surprise.
  30. BigFun3

    Preview: Tape Delay Emulation upcoming in Firmware 3.05

    My all time favorite rigs for my bands have been: Guitar --> wah --> treble booster --> fuzz --> Echoplex --> Komet or Ali-panel Marshall --> 4x12 greenbacks I still use some variation on this theme with the Ultra...but the tape echo component hasn't quite been there for me. REALLY interested...
  31. BigFun3

    New Brit JVM Model Happiness!

    Looking forward to checking it out when my number comes up. Modded Marshalls are in my DNA.
  32. BigFun3

    How many of you are actually using the Axe as your main gig rig.

    I use the Ultra live direct to FOH and run an FBT verve 12ma to monitor myself or for carrying small rooms. I have had only one problem and it was at a venue that was located right next to a powerful radio transmitter. I had trouble with one amp there, too, but not two other amps (using the same...
  33. BigFun3

    Will you buy an Axe FX II?

    I need to raise some additional gig/session revenue before I can swing it. I use the ultra to gig and on sessions...so I can't easily sell it without knowing that I can pick up an AxeII without a "gap". I suspect that means I will raise the money, buy the AxeII and then (possibly) sell the Ultra...
  34. BigFun3

    Blastoff!

    Congratulations to all of you involved in this launch. Looks great and I am eager to play through the new unit. BTW, the 11 update is terrific, so thanks for that! BF3
  35. BigFun3

    Countdown 0.5...

    Fresh air, sunshine, some light exercise, drink some water, share a laugh with a friend, help somebody in need. It'll be ok. BF3
  36. BigFun3

    Countdown 0.5...

    Uh...not in the USA it isn't. Read here, if you wish: Insider Trading Anyway, I thought I might enjoy the nail-biting and hand-wringing of some in this thread, but I haven't really. Interesting for an alien anthropologist, though. I hope Cliff & Co. have great continued success with the...
  37. BigFun3

    So one time at band camp....

    Hola Ed, Good stuff! I played BP quite awhile back when passing through SoCal and "know what you mean". It is an intimate room but can handle some moving of the air. I stopped worrying about folks in the front after I walked out there with the wireless. Sporting the 'locks now! Naga on the...
  38. BigFun3

    02/2011 Patches - Fender/Marshall/Vox/Marsha/Bogner

    Thanks SP. I enjoy the opportunity to look out through your eye/hear trough your ears (a bit). "Being SP"....might be a cult classic, man. If you find yourself in Miami and her beaches some day, please contact me. I'd like to help you make the most of your trip. BF3
  39. BigFun3

    Flying with the axe...

    I use a short anvil 3 space rack that fit under the seat of the 737s in which I traveled to play in Havana. The guitar went into overhead, the MFC-101 went into my luggage under the plane. The rack is in this pic but not my footcontroller. Note that the AxeFx reaches almost to the back...
  40. BigFun3

    NGD - 95 PRS Custom 22 Goldtop

    Like an old pair of slippers, eh? Welcome home. BF3
  41. BigFun3

    Got my MFC 101!

    Hi Larry, Man, I covet your travel bag. I need something to schlep my Ultra to a festival we're playing in La Habana in December. When you have a sec, could you post the name of the bag manufacturer and model? Many thanks for your help! BF3
  42. BigFun3

    Mission EP-2

    I would buy that. When can I order? BF3
  43. BigFun3

    Personal Mini-FRFR Monitor - situation, thoughts, questions

    Re: Personal Mini-FRFR Monitor - situation, thoughts, questi Yeah, I used to do that with a Clarus (darn I love those little novel sized class D amps for some things...). Now I use a FBT Verve 12ma and, boy, is it great. But map 1 -> 2, out 1 to house, out 2 to monitor. Yep. No more stage...
  44. BigFun3

    First gig with FBT Verve 12ma

    FBT Verve 12ma for me, too. I prefer to go direct to the house, but love having my monitor as well as house reinforcement. Helps with the feeeeeedback waves.... Good size/mass/volume....sounds great. Completely satisfied. BF3
  45. BigFun3

    who uses 50 watts for bedroom jamming?

    I have used 50-100 watt amps for home use since the early 70s. It can be a challenge to get that sized amp to the sweet spot at acceptible volumes without help of pedals or attenuators or reamping. For the Axe-FX, I am using an even more powerful FRFR monitor and can run it at any volume I want...
  46. BigFun3

    Cheap foot controller, just for switching presets

    Digitech Control 8 has been working for me until a MFC comes in. Has an expression pedal, too. About $100 used and $120 new. BF3
  47. BigFun3

    Vote for the Axe-Fx in the SOS AWARDS!

    Done! G'luck. BF3
  48. BigFun3

    How do you go from bedroom patches to stage volume patches?

    Re: How do you go from bedroom patches to stage volume patch I audition all my performance patches at performance volumes before I gig them! If you can't do that at home, rehearsal halls are your friend. Goes for mixing the band, too, BTW. BF3
  49. BigFun3

    how do you approach jazz tones?

    I use the Hiwatt number one amp block dialed in for a round, pushed-clean sound that starts to break up when I whack my ES-335. I then have a germanium booster block for getting the singing tones. I run some spring reverb before the cab block (using a stereo block with a German 4x12 and the...
  50. BigFun3

    FRFR Quad Box

    Any updates on your project? How did the head work out? BF3
  51. BigFun3

    CD Release Party tonight (Ultra content)

    BADA$S! Great turnout (hundreds....): TV, radio, journalists, musicians, producers, and exec, students, colleagues, friends, folks working in the area...LOTS of video (two pros, three amatures and the Cellphone crowd) and film. We recorded audio to mix with the video. Big Fun. Sold all our...
  52. BigFun3

    CD Release Party tonight (Ultra content)

    Our trio, Big Fun 3, will be playing a party celebrating the release of our album on Ropeadope. Gibson is hosting, WDNA and WLRN and spinning our vinyl a lot lately, and we expect a lot of the jazz and music bidness people out tonight to join the faithful followers of BF3. I'll be using the...
  53. BigFun3

    Power Conditioner

    Maybe I misunderstood or my memory is failing, but didn't CC say that the Axe-FX has an active voltage regulator built into its power supply and that it can maintain the proper voltage over a range similar to what the Furman AC line regulators do (that would be something like 90 VAC to 130 VAC...
  54. BigFun3

    just posted: brand new shred-U-mental using AxeFX Ultra

    Excellent! BF3
  55. BigFun3

    Dweezil Zappa - Fractal Cello

    Most AXE-cellent, amigo! Great feel, great tone, beautiful axe and you look blissed out. What's not to like? BigFun3
  56. BigFun3

    Axe-fx live?

    As I said, I use a FBT Verve 12ma, a full range flat response monitor. I use that for personal monitoring in most rooms and run a direct to the house PA for FOH. In some situations I have used the monitor to support the room, too. That works fine in smaller places. BF3
  57. BigFun3

    Axe-fx live?

    I play live with the Axe-FX. I run mono, copy left to right, with left out to a Verve 12ma monitor and right out to the house. Sounds great, packs light...I'm one trip to the stage. Here's a review of a recent gig using this rig. http://www.miamiartzine.com/issue_main.cfm?srow1=0&userid=1011...
  58. BigFun3

    Want to go wireless, any suggestions?

    When I go wireless (only larger stages), I use the original X-Wire unit (2 rack space) and have for years. Sounds great. No IEM, yet... BF3
  59. BigFun3

    Open Cab Effect

    The Barber Electronics "Energy Cab" (no longer offered, I think) had a 12" front firing driver and a 10" rear-firing reversed-polarity driver, in a sealed box. It could be used as "monopole" large speaker, monopole small speaker or dipole (both). Kinda interesting idea...never heard one. BF3
  60. BigFun3

    Axe-Fx Std. and Ultra Version 9.02 Firmware Available

    So far so good. Nice work Cliff. Big Fun playtest tomorrow at volume on da gig... BF3
  61. BigFun3

    Live Clip ultra 9.0 with fratomic,dont miss my old rig @ all

    I love my Bogner Duende and its all over my album, but I play the Axe-FX 100% of the time these days. Gig last weekend, two this weekend and two in the weekend coming...Ultra -> Verve 12ma and a line to the board for FOH and monitors for the boys. I love the Duende. Don't miss it, though...
  62. BigFun3

    Poll: Favorite front input instrument cable?

    I have used Evidence Audio Lyric HG cables since they appeared years back. I love them. Tony made some and Mark and Lava cable made some for me. When I use pedals, I have Evidence Monorail connecting the boxes and I soldered those up using good high silver content solder on Neutrik or...
  63. BigFun3

    Whats everyone using for a foot controller???

    I use a Digitech Control 8. Its adequate. I usually leave it in cc mode which gives me 5 IAs, a patch up/down and a (merely adequate) expression pedal. I got it off ebay, new for $80 + shipping. It'll hold me until the MFC-101 arrives. BF3
  64. BigFun3

    AFX clean tones

    Just woke up from last night's gig. About 2/3 of what we played last night was centered around clean tones I dialed on the Ultra. I did spend about four hours dialing those patches in... Several slamming guitarists, a couple producers, a couple engineers, some club owners and a heap of our fans...
  65. BigFun3

    Fluid legato phrasing, with no pick attack, ala Holdsworth..

    This is very good advice and similar to what I discovered. Also the PEQ tip above is very helpful (hadn't thought about nuking the 'chirp'...ha!). I would love to see/hear what you have dialed in. I'll see if I can grab some snips as I try this in our gig this weekend. BF3
  66. BigFun3

    Cinematics with Axe-Fx

    Thanks. BF3
  67. BigFun3

    Shorten Axe Case?

    My anvil 3u shortie runs the back of the Axe flush with the back of the rack. The front lid just clears the bars. I carried this on board to and from Mexico recently for a flydate, no sweat. BF3
  68. BigFun3

    Red Wirez IR Mixer

    Mike, I had a problem with the other mixer app (it sometimes worked and sometimes didn't...using the same files even...), but so far the web app is flawless (and more transparent to the end user). Good job! BF3
  69. BigFun3

    Happy Birthday Cliff (11-29)

    Happy anniversary, young man. BF3
  70. BigFun3

    A tweak guide I did for the CAE 3+ lead sim

    I previously owned a 3+SE that I paired with a 2/50/2. Beautiful and useful tones. A little softer feeling than I wanted. Dropped it into a modded Marshall at the effects loop return (basically a preamp bypass) and WHOA. I think the 3+SE and Marshall combo is what God intended. Really great...
  71. BigFun3

    Ultra Firmware Version 9.00 Released

    Gracias CC! Just dropped a grant proposal for NIH and was planning to go out to unwind but... ...think I'll spend the evening in with the Ultra instead. BF3
  72. BigFun3

    RF noise

    Boogieman, I thank you kindly for your advice. That does indeed sound like a good option. I have previously modified amps with RF filters to ground at the input jack, but during trouble-shooting last nighth, simply plugging the Ultra into the board using the XLR out through a breakout box led to...
  73. BigFun3

    RF noise

    Radio frequency (RF) noise plague me at one club we play at. Tonight, my Ultra picked up a salsa station, even with nothing plugged into the front end of the Ultra. I was going direct to the board via a direct box. In my amps, Installed RF filters at the input. Do I need to do that here, too...
  74. BigFun3

    Dweezil interview on 'MusicPlayers.com'

    That was great, thanks. I really like DZ :mrgreen: and really miss FZ :cry: . BF3
  75. BigFun3

    Name your favorite amp sim please

    I use the Super Tweed with my trio on most of our pieces. Also a little JCM800. I use a mix of Redwire IRs. BF3
  76. BigFun3

    Patiently waiting for 9.0?

    Were there a Duende in there, I'd likely be in Big Trouble at work! BF3
  77. BigFun3

    Patiently waiting for 9.0?

    I tried that, and made microwave popcorn, instead. BF3
  78. BigFun3

    Simple tricks for satisfying sounds

    Fellow Earthlings, Let us gather a set of simple to implement "tricks" (tools) for getting satisfying sounds from our Axe-Fx units (would likely work for other rigs, too). I'l start with a super simple one: Set your amp block so that it is just below breaking up. Drop in a GE Fuzz block before...
  79. BigFun3

    Red Wirez Cab Impulses

    I like the Axe-FX IRs and have found many useful and toneful ways to run them. I recently purchased the RW BIGBox set and one of the Speakerbox sets and these sound great, too! I especially like that I can mix the RW IRs using the IR-mix utility and AlbertA's converter is easy as pie. Being...
  80. BigFun3

    Red Wirez "Tone Recipe Formula" Sharing Thread

    Mike stated it correctly, as Scott noted. You need both IR files to be loaded into user slots in the Axe-FX in order to make the stereo cab with both files. You need to have the files stored in cab slots to recall them to build patches; how else would the Axe-FX "know" what to load into the...
  81. BigFun3

    Oh dear me .....

    Use the ghetto "wet cel phone resuscitation" trick: After pouring out any water, set the device in a tub of rice and cover it with more rice. Leave it a few days...the moisture is drawn out of the device and into the rice. There is a commercial device that does the same thing ($20), but rice is...
  82. BigFun3

    MFC-101 Videos

    Like the Karaoke books, eh? Just have a cheat sheet. But that isn't my trios scene, so...we roll it to order, on the fly, every song and performrance is different. Flexibility with constraints is part of the tension that makes our music. But for covers, you bet. BF3 Like solo dood said
  83. BigFun3

    MFC-101 Videos

    Wow. I like the cut of your jib, sailor! BF3
  84. BigFun3

    Spring loaded expression pedal?

    If Mission gets this to work, I'd be in. For two. BF3
  85. BigFun3

    7 PIN MIDI Cables

    With whom did you contract for the interface? I'd like one with a direct to FOH, an XLR to my monitor, midi in, midi out. That would be much better than the flashlight in the mouth cable wrestling during quick load-ins. Thanks, BF3
  86. BigFun3

    Here goes- first rock gig w/ Axe & FBT12ma

    Break a leg! BF3
  87. BigFun3

    Fractal Audio Welcomes Dean Parks to the Fold

    Excellent! BF3
  88. BigFun3

    Pedalboard/Controller Completed

    Nice! What, no FUZZ switch?! Many, half my switches trigger fuzzes... BF3
  89. BigFun3

    Intentionally introducing power supply artifacts

    Thanky kindly Smilzo and Derker! If I build anything interesting, I will share the patches. BF3
  90. BigFun3

    feedback

    Feedback requires that the output of your guitar is fed back through the pickups of your guitar. This is nothing the Axe-FX can do without the mechanical or acoustic coupling that makes up feedback. You may simulate it with sustainer patches, but it is not the right texture. There are devices...
  91. BigFun3

    Skyline tonestack?

    That is one of the Dumble tonestacks, appearing on later builds. BF3
  92. BigFun3

    Intentionally introducing power supply artifacts

    Ok, scratch "soon-to-be Ultra user" and substitute "Ultra owner". :D Back to my orginal questions: 1) Is it possible to create patches that have amplitude-dependent shifts in the phase of the signal as it reappears on the back end of the "Phase Inverter" block in the amp emulation? This is...
  93. BigFun3

    Ultra | Dual tone stacks possible with single unit?

    Jigga-WAH? Decades? Eons? :? Hyperbole aside, wave after wave of DSPs have appeared, following the available technology and evolving concepts about how they can be used to create and shape music. The best of the legacy devices remain excellent (e.g. Eventide H3000) and have a sonic stamp and...
  94. BigFun3

    Intentionally introducing power supply artifacts

    Hello, First time post by a soon-to-be Ultra user. I love the tug-of-war with a tube amplifier run close to it limits. I love being able to control excursion into phasey, ripple-induced (power supply modulation, not Bum Wine!) sonic artifacts....the howling ghost-tones that track the notes and...
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