I don't hear any appreciable difference in the clips. Lousy example. Download and install it and all will be evident.
Are people seriously hearing a difference in the clips here? I've listened multiple times in a well-treated room on nice studio monitors and I cannot really say that one sounds better than the other. Based on the comments posted, I was expecting a night and day difference. Again, this is just based on the clips I'm hearing as I haven't updated yet. Maybe it's more of a "feel" thing so hopefully I'll chub up a little more once I get to install it next week. But damn, you guys must have some golden ears!
AX-8 and Axe-Fx II share the same code base so any updates to the Axe-Fx II apply to the AX-8.
AX-8 and Axe-Fx II share the same code base so any updates to the Axe-Fx II apply to the AX-8.
I don't hear any appreciable difference in the clips. Lousy example. Download and install it and all will be evident.
i feel like sound clip comparisons are worthless for this one. it's about feel and perception WHILE you play. this causes you to play differently, so a recorded Dry or loop sent through 19 vs Q1 won't tell as much as simply installing it and playing.
everything feels more immediate. this affects your playing in a good way. the bass frequencies squish very nicely and almost feels like the speaker is compressing as opposed to "clipping compression." palm muting on high gain is more sponge-like, and again more immediate. my pick feels like it's gliding through the strings instead of getting stuck along the way (that's tough to describe). cleans are chimey, spanky, punchy, but not necessarily EQ-wise. it's just clearer, more immediate. i can hear the "knock" of the cabinet. all those tiny harmonics and "noises" of just moving my hand around sound natural and adds to the overall feel - this is a good thing! harmonics jump out and are easy to use and control.
it really is just more and better. don't waste time over analyzing this one guys, install it, put HBE amp stock and Factory Cab 59 (TV cab by ML) and play a big G chord.
So I loaded up the new firmware. Horrid horrid sound. Then I noticed, something odd has occurred with my Cab block. My cab block was stored in global blocks and still is. I realise there are now more IR slots than before on the XL, but each preset now brings up a different cab IR, or combinations of cab IR's. I tried re-saving the cab block, which should then apply it to all presets, but it doesn't. Is this a bug?
i feel like sound clip comparisons are worthless for this one. it's about feel and perception WHILE you play. this causes you to play differently, so a recorded Dry or loop sent through 19 vs Q1 won't tell as much as simply installing it and playing.
everything feels more immediate. this affects your playing in a good way. the bass frequencies squish very nicely and almost feels like the speaker is compressing as opposed to "clipping compression." palm muting on high gain is more sponge-like, and again more immediate. my pick feels like it's gliding through the strings instead of getting stuck along the way (that's tough to describe). cleans are chimey, spanky, punchy, but not necessarily EQ-wise. it's just clearer, more immediate. i can hear the "knock" of the cabinet. all those tiny harmonics and "noises" of just moving my hand around sound natural and adds to the overall feel - this is a good thing! harmonics jump out and are easy to use and control.
it really is just more and better. don't waste time over analyzing this one guys, install it, put HBE amp stock and Factory Cab 59 (TV cab by ML) and play a big G chord.
It's because of the added new factory cabs.
You'll need to re-select the user cabs.
Well It's not that simple...I don't know what the hell has happened, but I tried re-assigning the global cab block, and I had to do it per-preset (Never thought it worked like that!). Then, my cab IR pretty much disappeared volume-wise. It's hardly audible. So something is really wrong. I think I'm going back to the previous firmware until this can be resolved.
You DID install Beta software BTW.
And you people are making it very tough to be at work.
I don't hear any appreciable difference in the clips. Lousy example. Download and install it and all will be evident.