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Bass product roadmap?
- Thread starter GAP_Bass
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I replied to you on Facebook last week when you posted the same thing.
There's already an AES-EBU on the back of the III.
https://www.fractalaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/III-rear-transparent-e1517268585239.png
The Ii XL had one as well:
https://www.fractalaudio.com/announcing-axe-fx-ii-xl/
So as far as roadmap, that's already here.
There's already an AES-EBU on the back of the III.
https://www.fractalaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/III-rear-transparent-e1517268585239.png
The Ii XL had one as well:
https://www.fractalaudio.com/announcing-axe-fx-ii-xl/
So as far as roadmap, that's already here.
I have used pretty much 95% of the guitar amps in each of the units with9 bass. The key is to pair the amp model with a compatible bass cab IR. That's one reason I started Dr Bonkers, because no one at the time was approaching the units from that perspective.
There are 6 or 8 bass amps in the unit too.
Most of the modulation, drive, and delay blocks have a low cut and hi cut filter so that they can quite easily be adapted to versions that work with bass and preserve low end when needed.
There's also the trick of using a crossover block for simulation of bi amping. Because you have up to 8 paths, you can simulate having a DI signal with different processing too.
Really, it's quite the bass machine if you open your ears and you don't mind tweaking 2 to 3 parameters. My Helix collects dust for modeling and I use mostly as a midi foot controller now because the modeling and control is not at the same level of the Fractal products, even though the Helix may have more things on the surface labeled for bass.
There are 6 or 8 bass amps in the unit too.
Most of the modulation, drive, and delay blocks have a low cut and hi cut filter so that they can quite easily be adapted to versions that work with bass and preserve low end when needed.
There's also the trick of using a crossover block for simulation of bi amping. Because you have up to 8 paths, you can simulate having a DI signal with different processing too.
Really, it's quite the bass machine if you open your ears and you don't mind tweaking 2 to 3 parameters. My Helix collects dust for modeling and I use mostly as a midi foot controller now because the modeling and control is not at the same level of the Fractal products, even though the Helix may have more things on the surface labeled for bass.
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Bodde
Fractal Fanatic
Can you tell me exactly how you use the crossover block for bass? Possibly with a screenshot or so. I have never used the crossover block on my Axe fx II.
Sure let me work something up.
Andy G
Inspired
Have a look at Leon Todd's video here - he shows how to use a crossover block to split bass into a clean low signal and a distorted high signal - https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/5-minute-tones-distorted-bass.150941/