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Inspired
Hi everyone!
I've recently purchased an Axe-II (about a month ago now), and have been steadily learning the unit. My patches are getting better, which for me seems like an odd thing to say, as most folks here are saying to simply load up an amp->cab combo with a touch of reverb, and get "the correct sound for that amp". I'm not finding it to be all that easy, but I am getting closer to sounds that make me want to play, instead of tweak knobs/parameters.
That said, I'm starting to question my monitors. I have a pair of Equator D5's which I think sound shockingly good with recorded reference material. I'm starting to wonder about them with the Axe-FX. (It's also entirely possible that I'm doing something wrong). I'm going directly out of the rear of the Axe, balanced outputs, with a pair of xlr connections into the back of each monitor. USB cable to my workstation for using Axe-Edit.
When I listen to other people's recordings of the Axe, it sounds fine on these monitors. What I'm hearing is quite hard to describe, but I'll try. When I play directly from the Axe to my monitors (using a patch with amp->cab->verb, etc) the sound seems to be fizzy/direct/harsh, right in the "middle" of the tone. It kind of makes all the dirty sounds sound alike. It's almost the auditory equivalent of a residual camera flash in your vision. (Someone takes your picture with a flash, and you get the bright circle of color in the center of your vision for a few seconds, that blocks what you see directly in front of you, but not necessarily your peripheral vision). It's like I'm getting "peripheral vision hearing" when I play direct. LOL! I know that sounds weird, but I'm just trying to put words to it.
Is anyone else using the Equator D5's? Is it worth trying a better monitoring solution, or am I doing something wrong on my end?
I've recently purchased an Axe-II (about a month ago now), and have been steadily learning the unit. My patches are getting better, which for me seems like an odd thing to say, as most folks here are saying to simply load up an amp->cab combo with a touch of reverb, and get "the correct sound for that amp". I'm not finding it to be all that easy, but I am getting closer to sounds that make me want to play, instead of tweak knobs/parameters.
That said, I'm starting to question my monitors. I have a pair of Equator D5's which I think sound shockingly good with recorded reference material. I'm starting to wonder about them with the Axe-FX. (It's also entirely possible that I'm doing something wrong). I'm going directly out of the rear of the Axe, balanced outputs, with a pair of xlr connections into the back of each monitor. USB cable to my workstation for using Axe-Edit.
When I listen to other people's recordings of the Axe, it sounds fine on these monitors. What I'm hearing is quite hard to describe, but I'll try. When I play directly from the Axe to my monitors (using a patch with amp->cab->verb, etc) the sound seems to be fizzy/direct/harsh, right in the "middle" of the tone. It kind of makes all the dirty sounds sound alike. It's almost the auditory equivalent of a residual camera flash in your vision. (Someone takes your picture with a flash, and you get the bright circle of color in the center of your vision for a few seconds, that blocks what you see directly in front of you, but not necessarily your peripheral vision). It's like I'm getting "peripheral vision hearing" when I play direct. LOL! I know that sounds weird, but I'm just trying to put words to it.
Is anyone else using the Equator D5's? Is it worth trying a better monitoring solution, or am I doing something wrong on my end?