Axe-Fx III Firmware Version 20.02 Release

I'll just add that the Dirty Shirley amps are the only ones I've tried so far with such an extreme speaker on fire effect. The JTM45 model doesn't do it.
 
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johnnypig said:
I'll just add that the Dirty Shirley amps are the only ones I've tried so far with such an extreme speaker on fire effect. The JTM45 model doesn't do it.
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I can get it with most overdriven amps by turning up Thump and Drive. For example, Thump on 10 and turning up Drive or vice-versa can get that effect.

It also seems correlated with amp headroom, perhaps the closer/longer it is near 0 dB.
 
Interesting... not happening so much here regardless of amp master volume except on the DS. Maybe I'll reflash 20.02

edit: reflashed and the dirty shirley is behaving more like I'd expect. I guess I should have recorded samples. It was a pretty cool sounding squish effect.
 
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Like others said before, I don't understand how the new impedance curve update work with the presets. I updated to this 20.02 and check the new impedance curve is active in the global menu (YES by default) but I don't know if I have to change all presets manually or export and import them? I have no editing LED on when I switch the presets so nothing to save, or is it automatic ?

+ the speaker impedance curve, I can use default or scroll a lot of speakers, but in the global menu I don't understand, do this change all the curves to one speaker?
 
Matt payne said:
Like others said before, I don't understand how the new impedance curve update work with the presets. I updated to this 20.02 and check the new impedance curve is active in the global menu (YES by default) but I don't know if I have to change all presets manually or export and import them? I have no editing LED on when I switch the presets so nothing to save, or is it automatic ?

+ the speaker impedance curve, I can use default or scroll a lot of speakers, but in the global menu I don't understand, do this change all the curves to one speaker?
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If I understand correctly , Fractal has already updated ALL. of the curves in 20.02 based on the new technique and measurement
By selecting YES , you are converting all of the curves in the amp block to current spec , If you select NO , the curves will remain the same as they were with the old measurements , I believe it is also a one time thing that if you select yes , it is converted to the new ones going fwd .
 
To answer questions about the new speaker impedance curves as that seems to be a recurring theme, I'll offer my thoughts based on Cliff's post in the release notes as well as a similar type of setting (and it's name) in an older firmware:

Existing presets are automatically updated to use the updated curves if “Update Pre-20.02 Presets Spkr Imp Upon Load” is set to YES.
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I believe that this setting (if set to YES) will cause the Amp block to load the new SIC whenever the preset is loaded. This will happen every time the preset is loaded unless the preset is saved after being updated.

Once you've saved it, the preset will no longer be "pre-20.02" and then this setting won't apply.
 
So if I understand correctly, if I don't modify any preset, I can switch to YES/NO , to compare and when I save an edited preset, you can't go back to the pre 20.02 curve?
 
I'm a little bit confused. i want the new SIC on my already existing presets. When i install the update, do i have to do anything, other than just install. I read something about clicking yes/no in a box - if so, where do i find the place to click?
Thanks
 
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Admin M@ said:
That's correct!

(though technically, the Save button is always enabled, whether or not changes are detected. The element you are referring to is called the "EDITED LED")
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Admin M@ said:
It might be me who is confused. I will ask Cliff.
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Have you guys looked that the apparent issue with old curves being recalled flat (Hf/LF resonance = 0) when the parameter is set to NO?

https://forum.fractalaudio.com/thre...-speaker-impedance-curve-missing-flat.185384/

[I can't post a preset (yet) as many of mine appear derived from one of AB's. I can try to save a stripped down version in 20.00 (or older version) that demonstrates the issue I'm seeing in 20.02.]
 
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There might be a bug with the new global parameter.

Whether I load an old preset with this parameter set to YES or to NO, the resulting SIC graph / values look the same. I can't tell if it's the old or new SIC.

BTW, the EDITED light does not come on, with the parameter set to YES and loading an old preset. If that means that the preset is saved automatically after updating the SIC, I'm all for it (don't want to go through 1024 presets to save them).
 
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jaycal6 said:
Yeah I'd much rather just have the new SIC applied to all of my existing presets without me having to do/save anything
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I dont want to poop on this party, but maybe the Global Parameter option was ill conceived. Just resetting the amp blocks may have been easier to manage.
 
Shahar said:
I dont want to poop on this party, but maybe the Global Parameter option was ill conceived. Just resetting the amp blocks may have been easier to manage.
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But if you'd put custom values in a bunch of presets, those values would be lost so that parameter has a noble intended use, though, for custom values, i'd prefer a handful of custom slots we could put our own values in not affected by fw updates.
 
If I interpret the info on the update correctly, this means.

If Yes is set (default after the FW update), the new SIC calculation is applied to all presets as soon as the preset is active.
Nothing in the preset is automatically saved or changed.

That means, if I set No and call the same preset again, the old SIC calculation from the preset will be applied.

If Yes is set and I save the same preset again, the new SIC calculation is also saved and always applied, whether Yes or No.

This step cannot be undone.
 
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