Nick Soderstrom
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AX8 - The Forgotten Rig
Odd. It works here. Just tested twice.
This is an important issue to those of us who use and plan to continue to use the Ax8 for live/recording into the foreseeable future. I personally haven’t experienced the issues discussed above but if I did, I would be torn about using prior FW. To my ear, the Ax8 sounds better than ever and I’m very happy with my tones under the current FW. I would most likely simply avoid the amp models that cause the issue and continue to use it. However, for those who have spent time building a gig/recording preset using the offending amp this is a major issue. I wonder if Fractal would consider a long term support plan (even, perhaps, for a reasonable fee). It just seems to me to be a shame to buy a product that works so well but which may have such a limited life span.
Like what?I totally agree. The Fractal Products are more expensive than the other similae products in the market.
Come on, you know which products are competing! And you know their prices.Like what?
The FM3 can’t even do what I needed my AX8’s to do. It would be a downgrade for me. I don’t have to justify or explain that to you either. It just is.It sounds like the firmware updates are pretty much done for the AX8... no matter how many complaints come in... FM3 is the future....
Until it’s not and you’re in the same boat.It is a current supported product and will continue to be as far as its firmware is concerned.
Well, from what I can tell, they have supported all their products for a very long time. Can’t be any shorter than the AX8.Until it’s not and you’re in the same boat.
Outside of being on stage, I have had my global settings reset for no reason twice on my AX8’s. So, all my custom harmonies were gone. All my switching setups gone. The size the song is displayed on the screen had changed. No assumptions here. What is your horse in this race? Why do you try and belittle anything anyone says here that is not 100% praise?Imagine the chances all those who still gigging an Axe Standard or Ultra are taking!!! There is absolutely no basis for any of the assumptions that the AX8 will brick on anyone at anytime.
All I can say is wow! The fear mongering has worked; what a shame.
That happened once to me too and I was told it happened cuz I turned off the unit short after I edited something in the settings, a few seconds wait is needed to avoid that.Outside of being on stage, I have had my global settings reset for no reason twice on my AX8’s. So, all my custom harmonies were gone. All my switching setups gone. The size the song is displayed on the screen had changed. No assumptions here. What is your horse in this race? Why do you try and belittle anything anyone says here that is not 100% praise?
No fear mongering either, just a touring musician making sure what he uses is as painless as can be. Why would I want it any other way?
That happened once to me too and I was told it happened cuz I turned off the unit short after I edited something in the settings, a few seconds wait is needed to avoid that.
It didn't happen anymore to me after I started using that precaution, maybe that's the reason you experienced that?