Bruce4mayor
Inspired
(A month is like a year in Fractal firmware time )
True. The next will be even better, though, with the new bias excursion algo....Not all firmwares get to live an entire month
I'm guessing 95-99% of Axe users has no idea WTF that is (even after Cliff's explanation) but are excited nonetheless. That distinguishes the product and company from almost everything else.The next will be even better, though, with the new bias excursion algo....
Doubtless this new bit will improve the feel and sound as things are driven harder, as that is when bias tends to get pushed around and play with the operating point of the tubes, which affects the harmonic distortion content even before the amp breaks over into outright distortion.I'm guessing 95-99% of Axe users has no idea WTF that is (even after Cliff's explanation) but are excited nonetheless. That distinguishes the product and company from almost everything else.
In many other contexts someone proclaiming "there's this obscure thing I'm working on and it will be cool/awesome" would be pure snake oil or cork sniffing mythology or outright marketing BS. With Cliff it's real, even if it's subtle.
No such thing as too much wapoosh!As long as it has more wapooosh I'm happy.
Bias excursion happens as you push an amp. It modulates the bias and plays with these 'static' settings dynamically in response to your playing. It makes compression as the bias shifts, and can, in extreme cases, trigger nasty blocking distortion.
To me vintage wapoosh is like wapooooosh while modern is wwwwwwapooshhhhhhhDo you prefer a vintage wapoosh or a modern wapoosh, and why?
John Mayer compared modelers vs ‘real amps’ and said that modelers just don’t have that ‘wapoosh’ like you get with a real amp, whereupon @FractalAudio promptly ‘wapoosh-ed’ the firmware to put that complaint to rest. He uses an interesting analogy in the interview about a sex doll vs a woman, if I recall correctly. Anyway, we have ‘wapoosh’ aplenty now, so it’s all good.
Problem is, the more wapoosh you gain, the more shoopaw you lose.No such thing as too much wapoosh!
What did John Mayer say? I"m curious because I know a while back he said he liked Fractal but it was lacking something.
Like dog years. Firmware years.(A month is like a year in Fractal firmware time )
Be prepared to replace caps if you leave them on.In 2020, that can make it where the speakers are always on. Many of us don’t ever shut them off
Shoot, I'll take all the wapoosh I can get..lol....vintage, modern, it don't matter, I like it all! lolModern all the way. Just like wine, I'll take the fresh stuff over the old stuff that's been in someone's cellar for years.