Axe-Fx II Firmware 11 released!

[rewddog]

Wow - just wow

Finally installed fw 11 and the factory presets - got to top boost preset and didn't move from it - the ac30 now sounds brilliant - I've setup 9 new patches for my U2 songs and the same amp model and settings work for all songs - clean - overdriven and distorted -just put the right pedal in front of it- playing along with live U2 songs I'm getting goosebumps at how I'm getting a resonance between the edges tone and mine - just need to be able to play with 5% of the edges talent - but the firmware makes me wanna play and get better and not tweak as it sounds great

Fantastic work Fractal team - what a product and what great ongoing technical development - my virtual hat off to you Sirs!

 

[Dwight]

I'm not sure whats going on with my unit but I've reinstalled several times, reset everything, and ran the .syx file to clean it out but FW11 sounds like it has a blanket over it and everything lost its shine. Beta sounded great but I think I'm having some hardware issues or something.

Having the same issue here. I jotted down my amp settings, I reset the amp(s) by selecting another amp and re-selecting the original, then cleared settings by hitting the bypass twice. I then re-applied my settings. It opened up the sound a lot but it still does not have the sparkle and clarity of 11b for me. Sadly, even after tweaking I cannot get the clarity and chime I have with 11b.

I also reset the speaker block to no avail.

 

[Tonemeister]

The jumpered Plexis are superb. Nice, fat and greazy. Unfortunately, I don't think I can use them the way I've been doing.

I have a Plexi preset that uses Input Drive to morph from a crunch tone to a lead. When I switched amp type to the jumpered Plexi, my expression pedal's ability to morph the patch was greatly reduced. It turns out you can only attach a modifier to the Treble Drive parameter, not the Norm Drive, so I can't just rock my pedal forward to "go dirtier."

Can someone see a way around this, or is it Wish List time?

That said, I'm loving 11. It sounds and feels a step above the beta, and the beta was damn good.

My question is why can't every parameter be controlled via a modifier? I have absolutely ZERO experience with programming so what would be the reasoning behind only certain parameters being controllable by an expression pedal and others not? Not being a whiner, just curious.