Axe-Fx III Firmware 32.00 Release

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mr_rbg said:
After the update my old presets (Atomica, Revv, Cornfed) sound and feel great, but it feels like they sound different. Less bottom end and depth, maybe. Is this something I am imagining or there were some changes across all amps and I expected to tweak the knobs to get it closer to what it was tonally?
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These changes could maybe have some effect on every amp models?:

Improved power tube grid modeling in Amp block.

Improved frequency response accuracy for amp models.
 
FractalAudio said:
It's a crash in the Amp block. For now turn the gain down to 9.9 for each amp. Save the preset and then reboot.
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I've been trying to follow this thread, but this particular post got my attention... Does it mean there's a 32.01 coming, or is this a practice one should adopt?
 
mr_rbg said:
After the update my old presets (Atomica, Revv, Cornfed) sound and feel great, but it feels like they sound different. Less bottom end and depth, maybe. Is this something I am imagining or there were some changes across all amps and I expected to tweak the knobs to get it closer to what it was tonally?
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You don't say what firmware you updated from...

There were definitely changes that apply to all amp models.
 
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For what it's worth, this 'Drive going all Bit Crusher' happened to me as well.

I was using one of Fremen's Amp Pack preset (TDR 5153 5 (100w R)), on the Lead 1 scene.

Loaded it after updating to FW32.00 and it sounded normal.

Then I did a soft reset on the amp Chanel, and that's when it started sounding all scratchy and bit crusher-like..

Did not save the preset, went to another preset and back, and it sounded normal again.

I was able to reproduce it by doing the Soft Reset routine..

Cheers,
Joce
 
I encountered some scratchy sound a couple of times that goes away after you reboot the unit. Those scratches happen after pick attacks. I made a recording, attaching mp3 as a zip as I do not know how to upload audio flies.
 

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mr_rbg said:
I encountered some scratchy sound a couple of times that goes away after you reboot the unit. Those scratches happen after pick attacks. I made a recording, attaching mp3 as a zip as I do not know how to upload audio flies.
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Free SoundCloud account is a great option. You can post playable tracks, directly. Some people may not want to download and unzip files!
 
Just gave the firmware a quick whirl and the usual suspects sound GREAT. I am loving the CCV more than ever. Whatever changes have been done to the modelling in general are fantastic sounding.

Spent a quick few minuted with the 5150 after doing a soft reset. It sounds pretty darn good but I was wondering if the master volume taper has changed as well? The headroom meter jumps really quickly from around -3.0 to 0.0 between 1.0 and 1.3 on the MV. I don’t remember if it was this drastic earlier.
 
Playing around with the "Transistor" power amp feature on the FAS Bass amp model. I'm really loving this, currently cranking up the grid bias up to 100% for that and to my ears that sounds really nice and solid (still getting my feet wet with this). Probably my favorite feature in this update.

Kind of makes me want a FET "tube type" for the preamp section so I can build a full solid state bass amp but I have no idea if that actually makes sense. Anyway, thanks a lot @FractalAudio for another amazing update.
 
mr_rbg said:
I encountered some scratchy sound a couple of times that goes away after you reboot the unit. Those scratches happen after pick attacks. I made a recording, attaching mp3 as a zip as I do not know how to upload audio flies.
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Please provide an example preset.
 
Joce said:
For what it's worth, this 'Drive going all Bit Crusher' happened to me as well.

I was using one of Fremen's Amp Pack preset (TDR 5153 5 (100w R)), on the Lead 1 scene.

Loaded it after updating to FW32.00 and it sounded normal.

Then I did a soft reset on the amp Chanel, and that's when it started sounding all scratchy and bit crusher-like..

Did not save the preset, went to another preset and back, and it sounded normal again.

I was able to reproduce it by doing the Soft Reset routine..

Cheers,
Joce
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Please provide an example preset.
 
Saarang Narayan said:
Just gave the firmware a quick whirl and the usual suspects sound GREAT. I am loving the CCV more than ever. Whatever changes have been done to the modelling in general are fantastic sounding.

Spent a quick few minuted with the 5150 after doing a soft reset. It sounds pretty darn good but I was wondering if the master volume taper has changed as well? The headroom meter jumps really quickly from around -3.0 to 0.0 between 1.0 and 1.3 on the MV. I don’t remember if it was this drastic earlier.
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Yes, the MV taper changed and now matches the reference amp.
 
I am not sure what changed, but this FW seems to work way better with some of my most hated pickups. Have a very dark sounding EC 1000 here with Fishman Open Core Classic humbuckers that sounded super muddy without cutting the bass pre distortion on almost any amp. Thought about selling it. Now with this firmware I loaded the 100w Plexi 1970, turned output dynamics in gain enhancer mode to 2 on the dynamics page and it sounds super percussive and juicy (sweet, popping, tubetastic, responsive, fractalicious, FAStastic...). Also the 5150 family sounds way better and less flubby in the bass without adding a boost before the amp. Did it really change that much or am I just high on pain killers?
 
Possum said:
Did it really change that much or am I just high on pain killers?
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