Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 11.01

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From the release notes:
Added “Matchbox D-30 EF86” amp model. While the real amp has a six-position Tone switch, the model has a continuously variable tone control. Note that the Tone control is mapped to the Bass control in Ideal mode as the Tone switch is essentially a bass cut control.

The 6 coupling cap values the tone control switches between on the real amp are the following:

1 = 360 pF
2 = 560 pF
3 = 1.2 nF
4 = 2.2 nF
5 = 4.7 nF
6 = 10 nF

I had Ai help me out with the math on converting those values to linear and logarithmic scales relative to the model's 0 to 10 tone control values.

Assuming the tone control in the model uses that same range of values (min = 360 and max = 10000) with a linear taper on the control, those values would equate to the following percentages and knob settings:

1 = 0% = 0.00 on the tone knob.
2 = 2.07% = 0.21
3 = 8.71% = 0.87
4 = 19.09% = 1.91
5 = 45.02% = 4.50
6 = 100% = 10.00

Given the spread of those settings, it's more likely that a logarithmic scale would be used for the control to better spread the values out. That would look like this:

1 = 0% = 0.00 on the tone knob
2 = 13.29% = 1.33
3 = 36.22% = 3.62
4 = 54.45% = 5.45
5 = 77.29% = 7.73
6 = 100% = 10.00

Again this is assuming Cliff used the same range of cap values for the model's tone control, so take all this with a grain of salt unless Cliff confirms it.
 
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FractalAudio said:
Use your ears and adjust the knob until it sounds how you want. This is how people used audio equipment for decades before this obsession with matching knob positions became a thing.
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The button information isn't for stamping; it's for some comparative tests I'm doing.

Fortunately, there are people on the forum who don't mind trying to help with questions that seem "useless."

When someone replies "use your ears" or "it doesn't matter," they're ignoring any other purpose the person might have for wanting that information. That's the kind of response you give when you don't have the information, or when you don't want to pass it on. In both cases, it's fine, but it's better to be transparent.
 
hfam said:
...or when the posed question is contextually vague and is posted in a necrothread about firmware that's over 6 years and 20+ major revisions old.

Cliff's advice was given in the same spirit you asked the question, and is 100% correct.
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I'm in a post about the Matchless DC30, asking what the equivalent of one of the knobs on that model is. I don't understand where the question is vague.

If posting in a 6-year-old thread makes a question vague, it's easier to lock the thread to new posts, since apparently posting in an old thread is almost a crime.
 
kaiqueunderline said:
since apparently posting in an old thread is almost a crime.
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AFAIK, Cliff will also advise you to stay on a firmware you love more. So if you happen to prefer the idealized amp firmware your question is non-criminal ;)

The Dutch (known as organisational freaks) may be the world champs at locking threads prematurely. I find it enraging in many cases -- some cases not. Many times it will divide great information into more threads than needed.

Organisational freaks tend to make good wiki pages though... ;)
 
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There's no mention of any changes to the Matchless EF86 model specifically in the release notes since it was added and this is the FW version in which it was added. OP was probably lead to this thread from a search for that model, so it's not totally random.
 
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