AxeFx II (vs. Ultra) - has anybody actually heard it?

Scott Peterson said:
It changes the impedance of the input; different amps and pedals have different impedance loads on their input to load down the pickups/signal offering different feels/responses.
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So these impedances are user selectable per patch?
Are there any recommendations as far as what impedances to use for different guitars?
 
bstoner said:
To be honest the clip doesn't sound any better then Axe 1 clips I have heard.
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:shock those clip sounds a lot better than standard and ultra , it's a lot more organic and more dynamic as well , strings sound is clearer and more defined , the mids are more "tube" , no digital harsh in there (even if this was really low on those previous AXE, but still there ) , and of course it's only the begining of AXE II .
I'm impressed !
 
Thanks for taking the time to make those clips Scott.

Sounds great especially for pretty much taking all defaults.

- Richard
 
Scott Peterson said:


Very quick, very simple. The mp3 does the dynamics *no* justice.

PRS Custom 22, Axe-FX II direct.

Assorted amp/cabs. Room verb from cab block; slight reverb (2.5% wet) on some of them. Rotary on the first part of the Friedman BE. Spent 20 seconds setting up each tone. (No BS on that).
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Dude, sweet! Awesome tones there, sounds like right out of the box the amps have more "space" around them they breathe and sound like, well, the real deal! thanks for sharing :)
 
Cousy said:
:shock those clip sounds a lot better than standard and ultra , it's a lot more organic and more dynamic as well , strings sound is clearer and more defined , the mids are more "tube" , no digital harsh in there (even if this was really low on those previous AXE, but still there ) , and of course it's only the begining of AXE II .
I'm impressed !
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Awesome...would you like to do some heavier clips? Already purchased a II, wanna hear the recto!!!! :D PLS..

Regards
 
Very good clips, Scott. If those are mostly just Amp/Cab simple patches, then DEAR LORD that sounds good.
 
Scott Peterson said:
You are quoting G66 stuff, not Fractal Audio stuff.

Remember that G66 is *not* Fractal Audio. Fractal didn't say that stuff. A distributor did.
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Perhaps, but Fractal Audio didn't exactly step in to clarify did they? Same could be said of the all "nobody will be disappointed" nonsense. I don't have a dog in the fight as i'm quite happy w/ my ultra and excited about the apparent advancements. Curious though, just the same.
 
Scott Peterson said:
For bmi/mba - the FLAC format:

http://www.mediafire.com/?bbbxd77al53ime5
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Sounds really good.

Something that always frustrates me is that I am in a minority in the sounds I go for I never hear clips in a style close to mine pre-purchase. Any chance someone at some point in the next couple of weeks/months could do a slow post-rock style clean clip (think GY!BE or ASMZ). I don't play post rock but that is probably closest to what I can describe in what I look for.
 
Thanx, Scott!
Impressive! I have to say I was not really a fan of most of your clips so far, but these sound great!
The room verb ist working fine!
 
Scott Peterson said:
Let me do proper clips once I have things actually dialed in.

It is so easy to dial up tones now. I've never found any box/amp/pedal whatever that gives up the goods like this. The dynamics and clarity are stunning. It's like ripe fruit is on a low hanging branch now - ripe, sweet and ready to pick. The sweet spots are massive. It's more expressive than some of the actual amps - folks will go insane huffing and puffing when I say that; but this is exciting and undeniable. The pick attack and response you can change up with the impedance selector with about a dozen choices there and do that per preset. The in the room parameters in the cab block will make you laugh out loud.

It builds on what the Ultra/Standard already did well and goes beyond...

Here's the FLAC file format:
For bmi/mba: http://www.mediafire.com/?bbbxd77al53ime5
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For those of us brought up in this instant gratification culture: this is just cruel! :) Seriously though, thanks Scott. Looking forward to more clips.
 
hogan said:
Perhaps, but Fractal Audio didn't exactly step in to clarify did they? Same could be said of the all "nobody will be disappointed" nonsense.
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I don't know about "nonsense".. or maybe it was naive of Cliff to think a new significantly improved Axe-Fx with the most requested hardware features at not a significantly increased price + a major new firmware revision incorporating some of the G2 goodness into the existing models would've made people happy.

I think it would've gone down easier if the new model was $4000 for a couple of months (or years)...
 
Beefcake said:
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I think it would've gone down easier if the new model was $4000 for a couple of months (or years)...
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I don't think that would have been necessary... but I do think it would have gone down easier if nobody had slapped the entire existing user base with highly abrasive statements like "the Standard and Ultra are history". *Especially* in print, on the Internet, and coming from the one-and-only official European distributor for Fractal.

A more politically correct way to introduce the Axe-FX II (without sh!tting on every Std and Ultra in existence) may not have led tho the mass exodus we're seeing.

On that note, I am keeping my Ultra. There's not enough good stuff in the II for me to jump ship (plus, the II only has one pedal input, and my use-model depends on having access to two of them).

EDIT: p.s. some official word from Fractal on whether the existing user base will or will not see any further significant f/w enhancements for Std / Ultra would also go a long way to restore customer confidence (which has now been badly shaken up).
 
hogan said:
Perhaps, but Fractal Audio didn't exactly step in to clarify did they? Same could be said of the all "nobody will be disappointed" nonsense.
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The only "nonsense" being that he never said "nobody will be disappointed". He said the countdown "would not be a let down." Don't think anyone would argue that the axe fx II introduction was not worthy of the countdown.
 
Scott, I haven't tried to A/B your clip with anything else, but standing alone it sounds very impressive. Do the new features fundamentally change the way you will approach doing patches?
 
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