Axe-Fx III 16.00 Beta 11 "Cygnus" Firmware - Public Beta #8

[My name is mud]

I m a Mesa guy but seriously the Marshall amps in Cygnus are the best improvements, they sound really really good

 

[deathbyguitar]

Cliff needs to release a new beta just so we can start a new frickin thread.

Changelog: Update version number to beta 9. That's it.

Someone in that thread: "The bass feels tighter and the highs are a bit smoother"

 

[jefferski]

That’s a big freakin vegetable!

That it is...

 

[Jambi]

That it is...

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More like Cygnug, am I right?

 

[zerocrossing]

I believe parsecs is a distance, not time. It was used in Star Wars the wrong way. (King nerd has spoken, mic drop)

They kind of “fixed” that in Solo by explaining that it’s a route though some nebula or something. Basically he found a shortcut by using some droid’s brain interfaced with the Falcon’s navigation. King Nerd usurped.

 

[sprint]

That it is...

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Dadun, dadun, daanunt, daaanunt - "captin, we cannut outrun it - the engines a woont holde"

 

[grandinq]

Someone in that thread: "The bass feels tighter and the highs are a bit smoother"

I was going to make a Top Ten New Firmware Comments list once, and something like that was on there.

The list could also double as a drinking game.

 

[frankenbeans]

I m a Mesa guy but seriously the Marshall amps in Cygnus are the best improvements, they sound really really good

The 6CA7

 

[maschoff]

Summarize for me?

See Cliffs Notes

 

[jon]

I was going to make a Top Ten New Firmware Comments list once, and something like that was on there.

The list could also double as a drinking game.

Also the ones:

This amp sounds nothing like the one in the previous firmware, I have the real thing and the last firmware nailed it but I can't get close to it now

Cliff: No changes were made to the amp block

 

[maschoff]

...then the dinosaurs came...

And they died ... then Elon Musk brought them back ...

 

[maschoff]

I'm a 50/50 on tone in hands versus equipment. If you have really good amps/pedals or an Axe FX III, I feel like your playing style (and skill level at different music/playing styles) is translated better by a better rig that's what you're looking for. Yes, great guitarists can still sound awesome through about anything. However, the freaking lights come on with great equipment versus not having it. Helps the confidence levels with playing as well. Just depends on each person and what they're comfortable playing through and what they are skilled at playing. Just my humble opinion...

It's definitely in action and pickup height ... and possibly that knob labeled Volume But definitely not the knob labeled Tone

 

[artzeal]

I'm just glad the beta software outperforms the the beta thread.

 

[FullThrottle64]

It's definitely in action and pickup height ... and possibly that knob labeled Volume But definitely not the knob labeled Tone

I'm still trying to find the knob labelled "Suck" so that I can turn it down some more.

 

[Mark Al]

This thread runs wild, while Cliff is suspiciously quiet

 

[shemihazazel]

This thread runs wild, while Cliff is suspiciously quiet

Probably has his nose to the grindstone so he can put out the full release and make us all STFU.

 

[MrCrossroads83]

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Not bitching, just amused by the direction the thread has taken.

It reminds me of the time last year when everyone was desperatly waiting for the FM 3 to be released and the thread was so CRAZY

By the way:

With the FM 3 and the AXE FX 3 of course we all own the best digital modelers and were very happy with them but since Cliff released the first Cygnus beta and wrote about it everyone thinks "Nah, it feels and sounds OK but when will we finally get Cygnus and be happy again?"

 

[Gregmang]

Who wants to bet Cliff went back to the drawing board and he will surprise us not only with Cygnus 17 but also all new factory presets ?

 

[Greg Ferguson]

Who wants to bet Cliff went back to the drawing board and he will surprise us not only with Cygnus 17 but also all new factory presets ?

Well, they might be tuning the presets for Cygnus. It'd definitely make the AF3 and FM3 shine brighter than any other modeler out there, and probably make the competitors throw up their hands in desperation.

 

[IronSean]

Who wants to bet Cliff went back to the drawing board and he will surprise us not only with Cygnus 17 but also all new factory presets ?

Personally, I'm not sure why I haven't just removed all the factory presets. I never look at them and they just slow down the bootup when they're loaded into memory. Maybe I'll do that tonight, then instead of all my presets being in the 300s I can actually like in 1-10 where numbers are memorable.

They're good for demoing what is possible, and on fractal a lot of the sounds are more usable that some of the out-there kitchen sink sounds on other platforms, but I almost always just custom make presets for what I want.