Patzag
Fractal Fanatic
Being that I do about 200 gigs a year, and having recently loaded V10, I wanted to throw my 2 cents in on what this has done for me and my sound.
First, the new ODS 100 is worth the price of admission on the whole deal. That amp is fantastic. Both clean and OD channels are gorgeous and I particularly recommend trying the clean channel with the Drive cranked and Boost on. Very, very cool.
The updated Fenders are superb. Nothing else to say. They drip with character and are fantastically "real" for lack of a better word.
The Nuclear model is super chewy and fun. I discovered the Bias Trem with this amp and imported the amp as it was featured in a factory preset into my patch template. Fantastic.
Talking about presets. These are very cool. I got a chance to go through most of them at some length and really dug each of them. A lot of them would be instantly usable, but most important, they give working models that can be imported into patch templates and used right away with little to no tweak. A nice surprise in the lot was the Brit Pre. I used to have a JMP1 and loved the OD1 channel. It's all there, sounding great.
I understand the Plexi was changed. Not that I don't like the new one, but I miss the V9 plexi. It had a very special character and cleaned up beautifully. If possible, I'd like to have that model back. If not, it's not a huge deal as there are tons of medium gain amps that sound really good. I was just very used to that tone and had made it my own.
I have now done several gigs using V10. I will say this: It is more work than before. The models are very unforgiving. The Dumble is harder to play than the old ODS. by this I mean that WYSIWYG. There's no fudge. The upside of this is that when you play well, it sounds really really good. I am not sure exactly why this is. I guess I would say there's an immediacy to the sound coming back which is not a latency thing. Maybe it's what Nikky was looking for and couldn't find before in V6 or some older version. Whatever it is, I don't mind. It forces me to pay more attention.
I look forward the the new IR packs as they come out. I have the LMO AomDSP but I'd love the new AE to include an IR mir audition page. That would be very cool.
Looking to the future, what I still would like to see in upcoming releases:
Most important for me, to help me edit, would be a Compare Function.
And then a rather minor but possibly cool idea: I think most of us like to drop our VOL pedal control right after the cab so we get the reverb and delay effects post AMP/CAB combo. It would be great to have on the IO control page a global modifier assignable to the Level of the CAB blocks. Being able to assign this globally would make every preset usable live instantly. Not a must, but a nice to have that would be cool.
To conclude this rather lengthy post, I want to express thanks and respect to the whole FAS team with an extra thank you for Cliff.
The Axe FX has completely changed my way of thinking about sound and how I operate on stage - for the better. It's made several dreams come true and has cured GAS pretty much forever. The only thing remaining now is FAS (Firmware Acquisition Syndrome).
Cheers!
First, the new ODS 100 is worth the price of admission on the whole deal. That amp is fantastic. Both clean and OD channels are gorgeous and I particularly recommend trying the clean channel with the Drive cranked and Boost on. Very, very cool.
The updated Fenders are superb. Nothing else to say. They drip with character and are fantastically "real" for lack of a better word.
The Nuclear model is super chewy and fun. I discovered the Bias Trem with this amp and imported the amp as it was featured in a factory preset into my patch template. Fantastic.
Talking about presets. These are very cool. I got a chance to go through most of them at some length and really dug each of them. A lot of them would be instantly usable, but most important, they give working models that can be imported into patch templates and used right away with little to no tweak. A nice surprise in the lot was the Brit Pre. I used to have a JMP1 and loved the OD1 channel. It's all there, sounding great.
I understand the Plexi was changed. Not that I don't like the new one, but I miss the V9 plexi. It had a very special character and cleaned up beautifully. If possible, I'd like to have that model back. If not, it's not a huge deal as there are tons of medium gain amps that sound really good. I was just very used to that tone and had made it my own.
I have now done several gigs using V10. I will say this: It is more work than before. The models are very unforgiving. The Dumble is harder to play than the old ODS. by this I mean that WYSIWYG. There's no fudge. The upside of this is that when you play well, it sounds really really good. I am not sure exactly why this is. I guess I would say there's an immediacy to the sound coming back which is not a latency thing. Maybe it's what Nikky was looking for and couldn't find before in V6 or some older version. Whatever it is, I don't mind. It forces me to pay more attention.
I look forward the the new IR packs as they come out. I have the LMO AomDSP but I'd love the new AE to include an IR mir audition page. That would be very cool.
Looking to the future, what I still would like to see in upcoming releases:
Most important for me, to help me edit, would be a Compare Function.
And then a rather minor but possibly cool idea: I think most of us like to drop our VOL pedal control right after the cab so we get the reverb and delay effects post AMP/CAB combo. It would be great to have on the IO control page a global modifier assignable to the Level of the CAB blocks. Being able to assign this globally would make every preset usable live instantly. Not a must, but a nice to have that would be cool.
To conclude this rather lengthy post, I want to express thanks and respect to the whole FAS team with an extra thank you for Cliff.
The Axe FX has completely changed my way of thinking about sound and how I operate on stage - for the better. It's made several dreams come true and has cured GAS pretty much forever. The only thing remaining now is FAS (Firmware Acquisition Syndrome).
Cheers!
