Axe-Fx III Firmware 31.02 Release

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I meant when the silverfaces circuits were actually changed, not the drip edge ones. Yes, the grounded power chord was a good thing :). As far as Fenders, I have a 66 Deluxe Reverb, a 66 Super Reverb, and a 66 Princeton Reverb (this amp sound fantastic), but never got around to a 60 Twin. That said, I found this Youtube video - - (first amp demonstrating a 60 Blackface. It looks like he is at ~2.5 on the amp and not digging into hard and on the neck PU of a strat. I can hear this breaking up some there. It would be breaking up even more on the neck or with humbuckers. You can hear it break up more when he switches to position 4 on the strat. Also, the distortion would probably be more pronounced with a pick on the high string rather than what is heard with his fingers. I will say that it sounds really good.

I just noticed he is using the padded input 2 on the vibrato channel for that as well.
 
Allow me to swim against the stream for a few more posts, I'm losing social credit but the sound is far more important.


Double Verb Normal with Gain = 1.
Power Amp (including phase inverter?) = OFF




I must assume this horrid distortion is coming from the preamp.
Cliff, please continue investigating this lest this firmware reaches the ears of Steve Vai then we're all cooked. 😆

I just noticed this exact type of distortion on top of the ODS-100 clean model. It is like having an overdriven channel strip in parallel with the amp sound. I tried changing guitars, changing cables, changing headphones, and removing my mixer board form the signal path. None of those changes removed the artifact. I also verified that I didn't have any of the "air" setting turned on in the speaker block.
 
I just noticed this exact type of distortion on top of the ODS-100 clean model. It is like having an overdriven channel strip in parallel with the amp sound. I tried changing guitars, changing cables, changing headphones, and removing my mixer board form the signal path. None of those changes removed the artifact. I also verified that I didn't have any of the "air" setting turned on in the speaker block.
Please post the preset. I'm not hearing it, even with headphones.
 
Yep, SOLO 100 Clean too, with Power Amp OFF.
If I have to guess, the cathode follower emulation is toast, although a Twin Reverb is plate driven.
Hmm...

EDIT:
Reflashing the firmware did not help.
Have you measured your preamp tubes?

Oh wait
 
Yep, SOLO 100 Clean too, with Power Amp OFF.
If I have to guess, the cathode follower emulation is toast, although a Twin Reverb is plate driven.
Hmm...

EDIT:
Reflashing the firmware did not help.
There haven't been any changes to the cathode follower algorithm for a long time. Cathode followers distort even at low drive levels.
 
Back to 31.00, everything sounds beautiful again.
My AxeFx III MK II Turbo really doesn't like fw 31.02. 😆

PS.
I don't usually test Beta firmwares so I don't catch the bugs early.
 
Yep, SOLO 100 Clean too, with Power Amp OFF.
If I have to guess, the cathode follower emulation is toast, although a Twin Reverb is plate driven.
Hmm...

EDIT:
Reflashing the firmware did not help.
Okay, I hear it on the Solo 100 Clean and went back to the Double Verb. I can hear what is in your example, but for whatever reason, it is not near as pronounced, it is fairly quiet, but I hear it on the attack of the note. Hum from the strat and string buzz was masking it. That is with the poweramp off.
 
Okay, I hear it on the Solo 100 Clean and went back to the Double Verb. I can hear what is in your example, but for whatever reason, it is not near as pronounced, it is fairly quiet, but I hear it on the attack of the note. Hum from the strat and string buzz was masking it.
Yep, roll back the tone knob on your guitar and use a neck humbucker.

It's coming from the Preamp, at least we know that.
 
Yep, roll back the tone knob on your guitar and use a neck humbucker.

It's coming from the Preamp, at least we know that.
yes, I just tried it with humbuckers and it is a little more pronounced, still not as bad your clip. I can try reverting one of my Axe-fx's to 31.0 a see if it goes away.
 
Allow me to swim against the stream for a few more posts, I'm losing social credit but the sound is far more important.


Double Verb Normal with Gain = 1.
Power Amp (including phase inverter?) = OFF




I must assume this horrid distortion is coming from the preamp.
Cliff, please continue investigating this lest this firmware reaches the ears of Steve Vai then we're all cooked. 😆

I can hear a high end distortion clearly in your recording listening through my studio monitors. Resembles to me the sound like when cabinet is turned off. Are you sure it's not the case for you? (i.e cabinet off in the global settings)
 
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Im hearing the same thing, this is on the Double Verb preset scene 1, there is some kind of distortion in the high end, to me it sort of reminds me of cymbals rattling when playing in a room with drums.



I have no idea if this is normal, it didn't do it before and it kind of happen on a lot of clean amps. Just adding my 2 cents.
 
Allow me to swim against the stream for a few more posts, I'm losing social credit but the sound is far more important.


Double Verb Normal with Gain = 1.
Power Amp (including phase inverter?) = OFF




I must assume this horrid distortion is coming from the preamp.
Cliff, please continue investigating this lest this firmware reaches the ears of Steve Vai then we're all cooked. 😆

Congratulations, you match the clean tone of the Marshall MS2 ! (Reminds me this immediately)

Yeah you have that sort of permanent « vinyl simulator « in your sample. I clearly hear it here even in my phone . The type of tone you have when the signal is too hot, or when you play direct through a mixer . Or In a Marshall ms2 with humbuckers 🙉
 
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