I know what "Marshall amp" is talking about with the stiff attack. There are some tones on albums that have a softer attack to the riffing, it sounds like there's more give there than when I try to get similar tones with my Axe-Fx. A couple of examples.. Momento Mori from Flyleaf, or Memory and Humanity from Funeral for a Friend. There are some good heavy tones in there, but the tones sound like they have a little more give on the attack than what I've been able to get out of the Axe-Fx. That might just be how I'm dialing the Axe-Fx... lowering the treble and/or presence doesn't seem to work, since overall the tones on the records aren't darker than what I'm getting out of the Axe-Fx... it's just that the attack is softer.
I'm not sure that he's really trolling on that post... I haven't read his other ones, but I know what he's getting at.
And to top that off, on Pete Thorn's poll on Rig Talk where he puts the clip of the Axe-Fx's Marsha and the real Marsha, I thought the second part of the clip was the real Marsha, and as far as I know (unless Pete has flipped the script again!) the real Marsha was in the second part. The meat of the tones sound pretty close, but the attack of the pick on the strings is pretty different at least to my ears. Normal disclaimer here... both clips sound great. My point isn't really what's better or worse; they're both good, and depending on your preference, you'll lean one way or another.
Cliff has routinely addressed every shortcoming on the Axe-Fx that we've pointed out, and he's done it successfully (IMO). Right now, it sounds like the pick attack is one more area that could be addressed, at least regarding the hardness or immediacy of the attack. From the Egnater amp seminar, I remember learning that when a note is first struck, bringing the amp out of idle, there's a sag in the voltage supplied to the power amp (if I'm remembering correctly) which causes a bloom in volume after you start picking notes. I'm sure the Axe-Fx models this, but it doesn't seem to be exposed as an advanced parameter, and I wonder if it's the same value for every amp sim?
I'm not sure that he's really trolling on that post... I haven't read his other ones, but I know what he's getting at.
And to top that off, on Pete Thorn's poll on Rig Talk where he puts the clip of the Axe-Fx's Marsha and the real Marsha, I thought the second part of the clip was the real Marsha, and as far as I know (unless Pete has flipped the script again!) the real Marsha was in the second part. The meat of the tones sound pretty close, but the attack of the pick on the strings is pretty different at least to my ears. Normal disclaimer here... both clips sound great. My point isn't really what's better or worse; they're both good, and depending on your preference, you'll lean one way or another.
Cliff has routinely addressed every shortcoming on the Axe-Fx that we've pointed out, and he's done it successfully (IMO). Right now, it sounds like the pick attack is one more area that could be addressed, at least regarding the hardness or immediacy of the attack. From the Egnater amp seminar, I remember learning that when a note is first struck, bringing the amp out of idle, there's a sag in the voltage supplied to the power amp (if I'm remembering correctly) which causes a bloom in volume after you start picking notes. I'm sure the Axe-Fx models this, but it doesn't seem to be exposed as an advanced parameter, and I wonder if it's the same value for every amp sim?