TCASMARCUS
New Member
Hey guys! My first post here, and I am not even sure where to post. I am not even sure why I am posting this. Maybe it 's a desperate cry for help, or pity. Don 't even know where to start.. Been tweeking the Standard for a couple of days now, and I just need to share some thoughts, and maybe get some advice.
I have been reading the manual, I have been reading a lot of posts on this forum, and I have been searching all over the internet for more information so I can understand what the h*** IR ,I/O ,FRFR etc etc is all about. Still not sure about this and I am getting sick and tired of going through old forumposts..
I am using a Focusrite saffire pro 24 dsp, a good quality sennheiser headset, and 3 different Mayones guitars. After hours of research I ended up using a normal jack from output to Line in on the focusrite instead of xlr into the focusrite preamps. Firmware and patches has been updated. First impression of the standard 's preset banks was awful. The effects sounded nice but all the patches with gain sounded fake,fizzy and just like those awful cubase plugins like amplitube etc. At this point my old boss gt8 sounded better.
After reading all the praise about the tone matches from Songtan13, I downloaded all 300 or so of them,but I couldn 't get any sound. I opened the axe edit to try and fix this it but it froze constantly. I am now using the first beta version of axe edit and it seems to be working. I soon discovered that I would need to assign a cabinet into these tonematches to get a sound, but then I am only limited to 10?? So I have to go through all 300 or so, and then decide on only 10 to save on a permanent basis??? These tonematches sound a whole lot better btw, but I am still not convinced..
I am also having a lot of problems understanding the preset manager in axe edit. Left side shows you banks and presets you have downloaded, right? And right shows what you have inside the actual axe? But when I try to open downloaded patches from "source", I only get 1 or 2 patches sometimes. Works fine when I upload the standard bank a or b, but other single files just wont open..
And whats the deal with "axe-change"? 99% of all the patches there with gain sounds SOOOO bad! So far I have only found a couple of interresting synth swell pads that could be used for fun. Are there any good patches in there at all? And how come only 50% of them actually work on the Standard? Oh yeah, and once in a while the axe edit program just freezes, making sure that my last 30 minutes of work goes down the drain. Superb!
I guess I was hoping that the axe could produce some quality tones from scratch, so I could focus on playing guitar, and writing songs, instead of nerding about with technical issues for days. I guess the complexity of the axe is what a lot of people want. But for this price, I just think it should sound better, and be easier to operate. I 've always said that if you can 't find a good tone on your amp within 5 minutes, you 've got the wrong amp. In this case I am guessing it should be more like 5 weeks, eh?
I know, the Standard is getting cheap and old. But it should still kick the boss gt-8 's ass, right? And what about the axe 2? It costs twice as much, so is it twice as good? For now, there is no way the axe will replace my real amp (peavey jsx 100w). I am not even sure if it will replace my boss gt-8! So I am kind of hoping that any of you guys could say "oh, you forget to switch the magical button" or something like that. Or maybe give me a little bit of hope.
I have been reading the manual, I have been reading a lot of posts on this forum, and I have been searching all over the internet for more information so I can understand what the h*** IR ,I/O ,FRFR etc etc is all about. Still not sure about this and I am getting sick and tired of going through old forumposts..
I am using a Focusrite saffire pro 24 dsp, a good quality sennheiser headset, and 3 different Mayones guitars. After hours of research I ended up using a normal jack from output to Line in on the focusrite instead of xlr into the focusrite preamps. Firmware and patches has been updated. First impression of the standard 's preset banks was awful. The effects sounded nice but all the patches with gain sounded fake,fizzy and just like those awful cubase plugins like amplitube etc. At this point my old boss gt8 sounded better.
After reading all the praise about the tone matches from Songtan13, I downloaded all 300 or so of them,but I couldn 't get any sound. I opened the axe edit to try and fix this it but it froze constantly. I am now using the first beta version of axe edit and it seems to be working. I soon discovered that I would need to assign a cabinet into these tonematches to get a sound, but then I am only limited to 10?? So I have to go through all 300 or so, and then decide on only 10 to save on a permanent basis??? These tonematches sound a whole lot better btw, but I am still not convinced..
I am also having a lot of problems understanding the preset manager in axe edit. Left side shows you banks and presets you have downloaded, right? And right shows what you have inside the actual axe? But when I try to open downloaded patches from "source", I only get 1 or 2 patches sometimes. Works fine when I upload the standard bank a or b, but other single files just wont open..
And whats the deal with "axe-change"? 99% of all the patches there with gain sounds SOOOO bad! So far I have only found a couple of interresting synth swell pads that could be used for fun. Are there any good patches in there at all? And how come only 50% of them actually work on the Standard? Oh yeah, and once in a while the axe edit program just freezes, making sure that my last 30 minutes of work goes down the drain. Superb!
I guess I was hoping that the axe could produce some quality tones from scratch, so I could focus on playing guitar, and writing songs, instead of nerding about with technical issues for days. I guess the complexity of the axe is what a lot of people want. But for this price, I just think it should sound better, and be easier to operate. I 've always said that if you can 't find a good tone on your amp within 5 minutes, you 've got the wrong amp. In this case I am guessing it should be more like 5 weeks, eh?
I know, the Standard is getting cheap and old. But it should still kick the boss gt-8 's ass, right? And what about the axe 2? It costs twice as much, so is it twice as good? For now, there is no way the axe will replace my real amp (peavey jsx 100w). I am not even sure if it will replace my boss gt-8! So I am kind of hoping that any of you guys could say "oh, you forget to switch the magical button" or something like that. Or maybe give me a little bit of hope.
I have only had this axe for a couple of days, so I was just keen to get some feedback wether I was doing something wrong. It sure is easy to get lost in the axe jungle of possibilities.
