cameron711
Inspired
can i edit or make presets while at work without axe fx connected and load them up later when connected? having trouble figuring it out. thanks!
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editing presets on axe edit without axe fx connected
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cameron711
Inspired
well thats a bummer....would be nice to start designing rigs to your taste away from your axe (on a plane, free time at work) and fine tune em once you get home....oh well
adew
Inspired
I'd love an offline editor too, to reorganise presets, set up templates, etc. Obviously, it's no use to actually work out sounds, but from an admin point of view I would find it really useful. FWIW, this has been asked about several times on the Axe Edit sub-forum and the answer is that there is no intention to offer an offline version (it's even mentioned in the AE3 release notes, IFAICR), due to the way in which Axe Edit uses real-time midi data for its communication/synchronisation with the Axe. However, if some clever programmer type can write an offline editor, I'll buy it! 
You can organize presets in a bank file with AxeFXBankMgr (see my sig), offlineI'd love an offline editor too, to reorganise presets, set up templates, etc. Obviously, it's no use to actually work out sounds, but from an admin point of view I would find it really useful. FWIW, this has been asked about several times on the Axe Edit sub-forum and the answer is that there is no intention to offer an offline version (it's even mentioned in the AE3 release notes, IFAICR), due to the way in which Axe Edit uses real-time midi data for its communication/synchronisation with the Axe. However, if some clever programmer type can write an offline editor, I'll buy it!
adew
Inspired
Yes, indeed - a nice programme, but not quite the same as offline editing.
GreatGreen
Power User
I think an offline patch editor would be really nice also.
I'm not always at home, but sometimes I get ideas for potentially cool patches and would love to be able to fire up Axe Edit on my work PC and bang out organizational stuff within patches like block routing, X/Y settings, external controller associations, Bypass Mode states, and scene settings, and maybe even more granular stuff like amp type or effect type within blocks (tape or digital delay, etc) all offline, so that I could have a great starting framework for tweaking when I did get around to sitting down at the Axe with guitar in hand.
Maybe Axe Edit could have an offline mode that couldn't connect to the Axe-Fx but instead could only create and export .syx patch files for re-importation later on, and swapping back to online mode would require the application reboot itself to avoid confusion or syncing issues.
I'm not always at home, but sometimes I get ideas for potentially cool patches and would love to be able to fire up Axe Edit on my work PC and bang out organizational stuff within patches like block routing, X/Y settings, external controller associations, Bypass Mode states, and scene settings, and maybe even more granular stuff like amp type or effect type within blocks (tape or digital delay, etc) all offline, so that I could have a great starting framework for tweaking when I did get around to sitting down at the Axe with guitar in hand.
Maybe Axe Edit could have an offline mode that couldn't connect to the Axe-Fx but instead could only create and export .syx patch files for re-importation later on, and swapping back to online mode would require the application reboot itself to avoid confusion or syncing issues.
cobbler
Fractal Fanatic
lp59
Experienced
No, your boss won't agree.
UnsungHeroGuitars
Fractal Fanatic
I can recall a few occasions where I thought that it would be nice to make purely 'structural' or 'operational' amendments to my patches to keep things consistent and tidy (i.e., revise the Controller numbers in Volume Block parameters across the board or stick in a bypassed Wah Block that I know works for me) whilst sitting at my desk with no AxeFX next to me. Right now, I have to haul the full rack in from the truck to hook it up, but hey, it's no big thing not having offline capability really
Rotti
Fractal Fanatic
I'd like to have it just to set up different template to toy around with on my laptop while not in vicinity of my AFX. I don't see why there's so much push back to this idea. It's pretty simple, and drag & drop in a neat, organized AxeEdit environment beats the hell out of pieces of paper with eraser marks and cross outs all over the place getting mistaken for shunts.
This is why offline editing used to happen, but is not supported in v3+ of AE.
http://forum.fractalaudio.com/axe-edit-wishes-bugs/75665-portable-axe-edit.html#post925639
http://forum.fractalaudio.com/axe-edit-wishes-bugs/75665-portable-axe-edit.html#post925639
Very good idea !
Mr.X
Experienced
Other manufacturers are able to handle this, by simply making sure that each firmware update has a matching editor update.
Whatever version of AE you are running. All presets from previous versions are updated when loaded into AE. Presets from a later version of firmware than the version of AE you are running will bring up an error message and not load.
It should use whatever version of AE you have installed. When connecting to the Axe-FX, if the AE version and Axe-FX version do not match, either the Axe-FX needs to be updated or AE, whichever is older, and the two will not connect until the AE version matches the Axe-FX version.
Not an issue, since it updates any old presets to the format compatible with the version of AE you are using and will not load presets that are newer than the version of AE that you are running. See point #1.
It doesn't care. Only an issue when connecting to the Axe-FX. See point #2.
Axe-Edit converts the preset to the version of AE you are using.
Unnecessary, but AE should tell you that the preset will be updated and to save it in a new location if you don't want to overwrite the old version.
Not an issue since the presets have been updated by AE.
Patzag
Fractal Fanatic
Using Axe Edit before I got an Axe FX is what sold me on it. I was so excited to be able to build a "mental" preset and explore the innards of the Axe FX. After a couple of days of playing around with this I was sold. So this was not only useful but a great promotional tool.
Mr.X
Experienced
I assume Cliff was not being serious.
But if by chance FAS is serious, I don't care at all about an XL to II converter (which is what the linked thread was discussing), but would definitely pay double that for a software AFX emulator that would talk to Axe-Edit or modifications to Axe-Edit so we can use Axe-Edit offline.
Really, the whole point of having editor software is for the very purpose of using it offline. If you have an Axe-FX in front of you, you can simply use the front panel as everyone did for the time when there was no Axe-Edit software.
I can't think of another piece of audio gear that limits the editor usage to online only.
No manufacturer of a digital mixing console, for example, would ever create an online-only version of their editor. It would be pointless and they would definitely lose sales because of it.