Tplesko
Inspired
The biggest issue I have had with both my Axe II and my AX8 has been leveling the output volumes for my presets. I essentially stopped using a preset per song (I play in cover bands) because of this. And frankly it is not necessary to have a preset per song.
But with the AX8 and the CPU processing power it becomes more important to have more presets in a cover band setting.
I use about 13-15 presets - 8 are multipurpose (Plexi with gain stages, Ruby Rocket, clean acoustic, etc.). But I have some song-specific ones - Black Hole Sun, for instance, I use Fremen's 4 patches (which are excellent, BTW) which requires me to level out 4 presets for 1 song. That is the extreme example, but you get the point. I spend hours getting my levels right.
Furthermore, because of the FM effect you have to do this at full volume if you want it to be right. So my wife knows that the day before a gig the windows will be shaking! Currently, I play at stage volume in my room, staring at the levels on the small display, which do not give you values but just a visual benchmark, and using my ears and sometime an SPL. Another WISHLIST would be to put the levels inside of Axe Edit. That would save my neck some strain!
This pain could mostly go away if we had a feature - preferably that works in Axe Edit - where you could select presets and assign them (in bulk) to a global output volume level. Man would that be sweet.....
From what I understand none of the major competitors offer this. It really would be a wonderful feature and would shave hours off of my config time allowing me to play more with the AX8! Thanks for the consideration...
PS - I know there are a million factors - which guitar/PUPs are being used, are you changing geetars during a set, etc. What I am suggesting is simply a way to easily use the CPU and code to assign a level digitally. I know it wouldn't be perfect in every situation, but it would help. A lot.
But with the AX8 and the CPU processing power it becomes more important to have more presets in a cover band setting.
I use about 13-15 presets - 8 are multipurpose (Plexi with gain stages, Ruby Rocket, clean acoustic, etc.). But I have some song-specific ones - Black Hole Sun, for instance, I use Fremen's 4 patches (which are excellent, BTW) which requires me to level out 4 presets for 1 song. That is the extreme example, but you get the point. I spend hours getting my levels right.
Furthermore, because of the FM effect you have to do this at full volume if you want it to be right. So my wife knows that the day before a gig the windows will be shaking! Currently, I play at stage volume in my room, staring at the levels on the small display, which do not give you values but just a visual benchmark, and using my ears and sometime an SPL. Another WISHLIST would be to put the levels inside of Axe Edit. That would save my neck some strain!
This pain could mostly go away if we had a feature - preferably that works in Axe Edit - where you could select presets and assign them (in bulk) to a global output volume level. Man would that be sweet.....
From what I understand none of the major competitors offer this. It really would be a wonderful feature and would shave hours off of my config time allowing me to play more with the AX8! Thanks for the consideration...
PS - I know there are a million factors - which guitar/PUPs are being used, are you changing geetars during a set, etc. What I am suggesting is simply a way to easily use the CPU and code to assign a level digitally. I know it wouldn't be perfect in every situation, but it would help. A lot.