Axe-Fx III Firmware 27.04 Public Beta

[randyman]

I checked in, thinking “there won’t be another update this soon …” and dang! There it was.

I already told my cat we were going to bed (it’s cold here) so … first thing tomorrow! Thanks again, everyone.

 

[shemihazazel]

Is Cliff just freebasing caffeine these days?

 

[mr_fender]

As a Tremolo and Uni Vibe junkie, these sound fantastic. Nice work!

 

[TakaraGold]

Static!!!! Univibe rehaul FTW! What model is the 5 knob tube driver based on?

 

[komorebi_dayo]

it's a bk butler tube driver with four knobs on the face and a bias knob on the back

 

[Piing]

@RevDrucifer we have a mission this weekend



Now the only missing part of the equation is a good IR of the WEM Super Starfinder 200 cab with 4×12” Fane Crescendo speakers captured with Shure KSM 32

 

[yek]

Legacy 156?

 

[Piing]

Legacy 156?

Not exactly there

 

[Hamsworld]

@simeon : The Tube.-Driver-3-Knob is also back for us, I think. Way louder and more fat than in 27.03 for my ears. My presets work again. Something changed here also.

 

[simeon]

@simeon : The Tube.-Driver-3-Knob is also back for us, I think. Way louder and more fat than in 27.03 for my ears. My presets work again. Something changed here also.

amazing, thank you for letting me know!

 

[sixstringedmatt]

This looks like a great update. I've just recently been getting into using vibe to emulate a lot of the lofi indie rock stuff.

On that, as long as this isn't hijacking, would love to see what other fans of vibe are doing to get this kind of sound. Think LoFi junky, but without all that warble.

 

[Hamsworld]

amazing, thank you for letting me know!

Thanks to @FractalAudio. Big present for me. The 3-knob-tube-driver sound sound (with some tweaking) accompanies me since my AxeFx II. Sounds great again in Beta 27.04.

 

[simeon]

Thanks to @FractalAudio. Big present for me. The 3-knob-tube-driver sound sound (with some tweaking) accompanies me since my AxeFx II. Sounds great again in Beta 27.04.

yeah, i've been using it that long, too. such a great match with single coils and a clean amp.

 

[Hamsworld]

yeah, i've been using it that long, too. such a great match with single coils and a clean amp.

Yes, in the AxeFx II with the Dumble Clean, in the III with the CAE+-Clean. My main sounds with my strat. Normaly I set the low-cut way down to taste and the IR I use and tweak a little bit highs and lows. The dynamic is great. Somehow dumble-like (at least the dumble in my head) for me. My main clean and lead in just one preset.

 

[FractalAudio]

Static!!!! Univibe rehaul FTW! What model is the 5 knob tube driver based on?

It's actually based on a Dean Markley Overlord.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Tremolo ducking is a killer add \m/

 

[FractalAudio]

Tremolo ducking is a killer add \m/

It's weird but when I first added bias tremolo in the Amp block I noticed it was ducking and was trying to figure out how to prevent that. Then I fired up a Princeton and noticed that the tremolo ducked. I came to appreciate the ducking aspect.

I doubt whoever came up with bias tremolo intended ducking to be desirable, it was just a side effect of the circuit design and the reason for that design is that it was inexpensive. Harmonic tremolo used two tubes and bunch of resistors and caps. Photocells hadn't been invented yet IIRC.

A bias tremolo only requires half a 12AX7A and a handful of passives. Of course it also beats the cr@p out of the power tubes...

 

[Dave Merrill]

It's weird but when I first added bias tremolo in the Amp block I noticed it was ducking and was trying to figure out how to prevent that. Then I fired up a Princeton and noticed that the tremolo ducked. I came to appreciate the ducking aspect.

I doubt whoever came up with bias tremolo intended ducking to be desirable, it was just a side effect of the circuit design and the reason for that design is that it was inexpensive. Harmonic tremolo used two tubes and bunch of resistors and caps. Photocells hadn't been invented yet IIRC.

A bias tremolo only requires half a 12AX7A and a handful of passives. Of course it also beats the cr@p out of the power tubes...

So you're saying we'll need to replace the power tubes in our Fractal devices more frequently, right?

 

[IronSean]

So you're saying we'll need to replace the power tubes in our Fractal devices more frequently, right?

Yeah just change them to another type then back to the original every so often to refresh them

/s

 

[Peavey Herman]

Yeah just change them to another type then back to the original every so often to refresh them

/s

But if you feel you're not up to the task, approach a local technician or send it in to FAS/G66. They'll be ever so pleased!