grogthecaveman
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WOW. Just WOW. I just upgraded from a Digitech GSP1101 to an Axe FX II XL+, and the difference is like going from some flip flops that I got in 1998 to a brand new NASA interplanetary shuttle.
I have done my research, watched tons of YouTube videos on the Axe FX, and I have a solid grasp on how to program a modeling amp to do what I want it to do. MIDI is something I embrace. That said, this thing is a cakewalk to program. There are some things you can't do in Axe Edit, like PC-to-scene mapping, but it's simple to do it on the controls on the Axe FX itself. I absolutely LOVE that all the effect on/off CCs are pre-assigned. I set up my GCP in 4-patch mode, so that I have 4 scenes across the bottom 4 buttons on the GCP, and the 8 IA buttons assigned to different effects on the Axe FX. I have my band's entire set available on one patch. Holy crap this rules.
I got home with the Axe FX in the box at 5:30, and I was rocking out at band practice at 8. That time was spent unpacking the Axe FX, taking my old stuff out of the rack, installing the Axe FX, running new cables since this unit is bigger and deeper than the old one (giggity), creating a patch from scratch, assigning all my MIDI crap, picking up my drummer who lives 5 miles away, and programming my GCP to use the same CCs as the Axe FX.
What a massive upgrade. I am in love with playing guitar all over again.
I have done my research, watched tons of YouTube videos on the Axe FX, and I have a solid grasp on how to program a modeling amp to do what I want it to do. MIDI is something I embrace. That said, this thing is a cakewalk to program. There are some things you can't do in Axe Edit, like PC-to-scene mapping, but it's simple to do it on the controls on the Axe FX itself. I absolutely LOVE that all the effect on/off CCs are pre-assigned. I set up my GCP in 4-patch mode, so that I have 4 scenes across the bottom 4 buttons on the GCP, and the 8 IA buttons assigned to different effects on the Axe FX. I have my band's entire set available on one patch. Holy crap this rules.
I got home with the Axe FX in the box at 5:30, and I was rocking out at band practice at 8. That time was spent unpacking the Axe FX, taking my old stuff out of the rack, installing the Axe FX, running new cables since this unit is bigger and deeper than the old one (giggity), creating a patch from scratch, assigning all my MIDI crap, picking up my drummer who lives 5 miles away, and programming my GCP to use the same CCs as the Axe FX.
What a massive upgrade. I am in love with playing guitar all over again.