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Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 16.05
- Thread starter FractalAudio
- Start date
Tommy Tempest
Power User
I can find fault with several factory presets after an update. Switching scenes changes gain, volume, effects level etc., that I just don't like. So what do I do? I tweak the preset to my liking. Many preset's settings and sounds change, with every update. This is what backups are for. I personally am always going forward, because It only gets better with every update. Did Cygnus mess up some of my personally created presets, YES. So I adjusted them by comparing them to my original. However, since Cygnus, I have abandoned a few of mine and replaced them with factory presets, because they sound so good.
With all that said, I find no issue with Diezel vh4 silver 3, after making my personal adjustments to fit the rest of my rig, (guitar, amp, cabs, etc.).
Your presets will sound different than mine if you use a different guitar, amp, monitors/cabs, etc.
Of course you can also adjust the sound via tweaks of Channel 2 in Cygnus,
but they always have to be corrected after an update (this requires much more than EQ settings in different sections).
If channel 3 in Cygnus already sounds more "alive", "beefy" and closer to the original,
the possibilites with these settings would be much larger...
Test tone and gain structure yourself with Preset 70 "Dizzy VH4" Scenes Channel 2 to Channel 4.
In the real amp, channel 3 sounds as lively as channel 2 in Cygnus but with a different darker voicing (and without the brigth switch enabled).
That the gain structure between channel 2, channel 3 and channel 4 is not correct is obvious.
This was fine in older versions before Cygnus, as you can see in Leon's video attached to the thread.
Cliff has written that the VH4 is not a high gain amp in his opinion,
but the voicing of Channel 3 of the real amp sounds really good and is often used for nice "high gain" tones
(on top of that comes channel 4 for really high gain).
PS: And then write "+1" in this thread
https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/repair-dizzy-v4-silver-3.174633/
if you want the amp to be fixed !!!
but they always have to be corrected after an update (this requires much more than EQ settings in different sections).
If channel 3 in Cygnus already sounds more "alive", "beefy" and closer to the original,
the possibilites with these settings would be much larger...
Test tone and gain structure yourself with Preset 70 "Dizzy VH4" Scenes Channel 2 to Channel 4.
In the real amp, channel 3 sounds as lively as channel 2 in Cygnus but with a different darker voicing (and without the brigth switch enabled).
That the gain structure between channel 2, channel 3 and channel 4 is not correct is obvious.
This was fine in older versions before Cygnus, as you can see in Leon's video attached to the thread.
Cliff has written that the VH4 is not a high gain amp in his opinion,
but the voicing of Channel 3 of the real amp sounds really good and is often used for nice "high gain" tones
(on top of that comes channel 4 for really high gain).
PS: And then write "+1" in this thread
https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/repair-dizzy-v4-silver-3.174633/
if you want the amp to be fixed !!!
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dychung107
New Member
Thanks for the info.
yngwie1993
Inspired
More than a month without firmware update 🤔
Joe Bfstplk
Axe-Master
Thought sure something would update while I am on vaca....
Fro68
Experienced
That tells you how good this version is.
jon
Fractal Fanatic
Also tells you the next one will be huge, especially seeing as Cliff has been so quiet lately too.....
electronpirate
Axe-Master
kplooksafterme
Inspired
@FractalAudio , don't you have a cat? I can't get anything done when my cat is around, he's a dickhead.
Cliff fully deserves a break. I cannot see how the unit can be improved at this stage. It does pretty much everything I need.
Cliff fully deserves a break. I cannot see how the unit can be improved at this stage. It does pretty much everything I need.
yngwie1993
Inspired
One thing is missing...the Cygnus loading screen
Bruce4mayor
Inspired
The original Cygnus graphic used in the 1st beta was really nice and while I know the constellation is still there... it's just not as nice. Cygnus really is a big jump forward and I think it deserves a fancy new graphic 😃. (By new, I mean the one in the original public beta)
yngwie1993
Inspired
I agree 100%👍
Werpinater
Inspired
Hopefully Cliff did take some time! Although I wonder what new features might come in the next firmware? Like more new amps?
Forever Again
Inspired
I’m sure the next version will include 3D printing so we can go back to lugging our amps around.
Steve Quist
New Member
Is there any users that have lost stereo effects after loading 16.05? for instance ping pong delay stays center even though on Out block shows delay repeats in stereo.