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Hi all,
I own an Axe FX II (mk ii) and an AX8. When I bought the AX8 a couple of years ago, I started gigging with it and moved the Axe FX II to the studio. Lately, I’ve pulled the II back into my live rig for its processing power.
I have a couple of go-to presets on my AX8 that I converted with Fractool. Both devices are on the latest firmware. I’m trying to get the amp on the II to sound just like the AX8. It’s the same amp block and cab block, but the II doesn’t quite have the same “bite”. I’m figuring that it must be either an input level setting or one of the additional amp/cab parameters on the II that doesn’t exist on the AX8.
AX8 input pad is at -12.
Axe FX II instrument level is at 100 (still feels like it needs more to match the AX8)
I can boost the input gain on the amp about 1db and it sounds pretty close, but not identical. I also tried changing the input impedance on the II from “auto” to “1 megaohm” to match the AX8. It’s just not quite the same. I may be splitting hairs, and I’m sure I could get it to where I want it with some tweaking, but am just trying to learn the differences between the units’ inputs, hopefully to save time when moving all of my other AX8 presets to the II. I’d rather not have to adjust all of them, and I’m interested in being able to swap presets between the two units on a regular basis without having do do a lot of editing.
What else am I missing? Thanks in advance.
I own an Axe FX II (mk ii) and an AX8. When I bought the AX8 a couple of years ago, I started gigging with it and moved the Axe FX II to the studio. Lately, I’ve pulled the II back into my live rig for its processing power.
I have a couple of go-to presets on my AX8 that I converted with Fractool. Both devices are on the latest firmware. I’m trying to get the amp on the II to sound just like the AX8. It’s the same amp block and cab block, but the II doesn’t quite have the same “bite”. I’m figuring that it must be either an input level setting or one of the additional amp/cab parameters on the II that doesn’t exist on the AX8.
AX8 input pad is at -12.
Axe FX II instrument level is at 100 (still feels like it needs more to match the AX8)
I can boost the input gain on the amp about 1db and it sounds pretty close, but not identical. I also tried changing the input impedance on the II from “auto” to “1 megaohm” to match the AX8. It’s just not quite the same. I may be splitting hairs, and I’m sure I could get it to where I want it with some tweaking, but am just trying to learn the differences between the units’ inputs, hopefully to save time when moving all of my other AX8 presets to the II. I’d rather not have to adjust all of them, and I’m interested in being able to swap presets between the two units on a regular basis without having do do a lot of editing.
What else am I missing? Thanks in advance.