Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 20.00

This Speaker Breakup parameter is interesting. Again, it's killing me that I can't pick up the guitar yet. But I see it on the Speaker Page of the Amp Block in Axe-Edit, and it's not on the Speaker Page on the unit itself; instead, you can find it on the unit on the Advanced Page under the Power Amp section. The values you can select are Soft, Medium, and Hard. Can't wait to try it!
 
jrayjr said:
Does anyone have tested/infos about the new "Speaker Breakup" parameter people mentioned?
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the release notes are in line with my experience of it; there's some kind of touch responsiveness + sweetning that it imparts. even around 1.4 you can clearly feel it with dynamic passages. it also smooths out some rasp when you dig into a model set to edge of breakup, e.g. Carol Ann OD-2 or AC20. it's also sweeter rolling the volume up on passive pickups; try a midgain amp with your guitar volume on 7 and then roll up, you'll feel it that way most prominently IMO
 
Possible bug... when I change stand in switch 1 single tap it changes layout 2 view 2 switch 8 as well. Same happens when I change layout switch, it changes my stand in function.
 
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chkayleebear said:
the release notes are in line with my experience of it; there's some kind of touch responsiveness + sweetning that it imparts. even around 1.4 you can clearly feel it with dynamic passages. it also smooths out some rasp when you dig into a model set to edge of breakup, e.g. Carol Ann OD-2 or AC20. it's also sweeter rolling the volume up on passive pickups; try a midgain amp with your guitar volume on 7 and then roll up, you'll feel it that way most prominently IMO
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I think you’re describing Speaker Drive, which was revamped for the beta, but Speaker Breakup is brand new for the official release, and it only has three values: Soft, Medium, and Hard. It’s on the Speaker page of the Amp Block in Axe-Edit, and on the Advanced page under the Power Amp section of the unit. 1.4 would be a value for the Speaker Drive, not Breakup.
 
+1 for any info on Speaker Breakup. How awesome that we now have an improved, non-aliasing Speaker Drive, Speaker Compression (which was already my favorite Advanced Parameter), and now Speaker Breakup.

In the beta I was already finding that mixing Speaker Drive and Speaker Compression yielded unbelievably real sounding results. I found that, funnily enough, I would land at around the same value for both parameters, somewhere around 2.15.
 
State of Epicicity said:
+1 for any info on Speaker Breakup. How awesome that we now have an improved, non-aliasing Speaker Drive, Speaker Compression (which was already my favorite Advanced Parameter), and now Speaker Breakup.

In the beta I was already finding that mixing Speaker Drive and Speaker Compression yielded unbelievably real sounding results. I found that, funnily enough, I would land at around the same value for both parameters, somewhere around 2.15.
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Same, they work so nice together, i also settled on keeping both at identical values atm :)
 
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Philius Maximus said:
The weirdest thing - just updated to 20.00 and am running Axe Edit 1.11.01 which is the latest on the website, and the AxeFx seems to be working fine, but Axe Edit is hanging on "Reading Block Definition for Input USB". I haven't touched the cabling or anything like that. Any ideas?
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I saw that Cliff responded to you. Just for feel-goods, I had the same problem the other day and the new release of Axe-Edit solved it.
 
yyz67 said:
I would guess it controls the relative nonlinearity of the speaker drive, but that's entirely POOMA.
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Yeah, I was wondering about that; that makes sense. I guess one could run a test by keeping Speaker Compression at zero, then have Speaker Drive at zero and see if Speaker Breakup has an audible effect (my guess is no), then turn up Speaker Drive to a pretty high setting, then try all three Speaker Breakup settings to see if that's in fact what they do; regardless, it's damn awesome to have yet another speaker parameter!
 
Woohoo! Thanks team Fractal.
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FractalAudio said:
https://www.fractalaudio.com/downloads/firmware-presets/axe-fx-3/20p0/axefxiii_dsp_rel_20p00.zip

Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Notes​


20.00

New “Block Mixer” algorithm results in faster/quieter scene and channel changes. This new algorithm allows placing Amp blocks in series without the concomitant sound bursts that would normally occur when switching scenes.

New Speaker Drive algorithm in Amp block. This new algorithm more accurately models the frequency dependent distortion of guitar loudspeakers. The default value (upon resetting the block) is 2.0 which gives roughly 1 dB of compression. Setting the value to 0.0 defeats the speaker drive modeling. Higher values give a smoother and more focused sound, rounding off the “sharp edges” and yielding greater compression.

Added new “Dynamic Distortion” block. This effect distorts the input signal dynamically, applying more distortion to different frequency ranges depending upon the shape of the filter. When the signal level is low the output will be the same as the input. As the signal level increases more distortion will occur in those bands boosted by the filter shape. This is a powerful tool for final shaping/mastering of your tone. The block contains a handful of presets which demonstrate the basic technique.

Added ability to use Pre-Delay in Reverb block as a simple echo. Pre-Delay now features Tempo, Feedback and Mix parameters. The pre-delay time has also been increased to 1s. Several types have been added demonstrating the capabilities.

Fixed Amp block Scene Ignore not being recalled correctly in some cases.

Fixed USB buffer level setting not sticking between power cycles.

Layout Link configured on a tap function for a footswitch will no longer incorrectly execute when activating the switch exits the Tuner.

Various other fixes and improvements.

NOTE: THIS FIRMWARE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF AXE-EDIT. A NEW VERSION OF AXE-EDIT IS REQUIRED FOR USE WITH THIS VERSION.

NOTE: If you installed firmware 20.00 beta 4, you may find that some FC effect switches are now mapped to the wrong effects. For example, a switch that was set to bypass REVERB 1 may now bypass AMP 1 instead. This release prevents this problem from occurring you are upgrading from 19.x or older.

If you installed 20.00 beta 4, however, this will have already modified your layouts, so you will need to either restore them from a backup, or adjust the individual switches manually. Layouts can be restored using a "System" backup from Fractal-Bot, or a "Layouts" file from Axe-Edit. If you'd rather reset to the factory default FC layouts, find this under SETUP> FC Controllers> Reset.
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BUG - with pre-delay tempo engaged the reverb pre-delay time does not update when a new tempo is entered. Reselecting the tempo subdivision updates correctly.

Otherwise having tempo locked pre-delay in the verb block is pretty awesome! Reminds me of some of the deep tweaking the old Lexicon PCM81 offers.
 
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Found a TINY bug (not sure if it's the firmware or Axe Edit). Axe edit shows 20 - beta while I have 20.00 release. See screenshot.

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