Really, truly and honestly not worth the hassle.
Oh crap cross posted, what he said. ^^^
Thank you!
Yes use Fractal Bot to back up. Page 103 of the manual explains how to do it. Each firmware Zip file has a readme with it also.
Many People complain that the Friedman amps had different low end, they prefered the old firmware and i was curious to try. Vintage gear prices increase for a reason
First, I would be careful about reading too much into opinions on things that potentially small. That said, at least make sure what you're reading is actually comparing apples to apples. Sometimes firmware will make changes that will cause some tweaking to user presets and some are resistant to it even though the overall improvements are significantly worth it. I'm pretty sure most everyone is in agreement the latest Firmware (or at least Cygnus) is far superior.Many People complain that the Friedman amps had different low end, they prefered the old firmware and i was curious to try. Vintage gear prices increase for a reason
I’ve been amongst the few who’ve written about Ares vs. Cygnus Friedmans. There’s 100% a difference and the Ares version was much tighter and “modern” sounding than the Cygnus versions. I am sure that Cygnus might be more accurate, but Ares was different and (strictly in the context of high gain modern metal tones) better sounding when it comes to the HBE.
Yeah I thought someone who had the issue would comment. I don’t really get the “high gain modern metal tone” thing. There’s many ways to get those sounds. I would go for a Diezel or Engl or Recto or Bogner…for that type thing. I guess if the OP wants an inaccurate model then revert to Ares. Why the Fractal gear is important to me is the ability to get possibly every tone ever achieved especially the clean, low and mid gain stuff. Up until 3 years ago modeling was useless to me.
have I found the same exact sound? Not to the “T”, but I have found solutions in other amp models as mentioned earlier in the thread. The closest I’ve got is the JVMOD2 Orange but it’s not 1:1. You’re right, there are many avenues to get to the tone I want but it was kind of a gruelling time when the amp model I’d been using since the Axe Fx II mk II days was suddenly nothing like it had been for years. I chased that tone for almost half a year before I made up my mind to go with other amps.
Have you tried the lowering the Master Bias Excursion?
Tried all the tricks there are to tame that low-mid muddy fuzziness including this. It’s not the same!
How high was your low cut in the preamp I remember Leon Todd showing off the HBE in one update and he had the Low cut at like 450-500 sounded glorious
I seem to recall that being something that helped a lot of people around that time.
I'm seem to remember the default input low cut was 150Hz pre Cygnus and now it is 75Hz.
If it was the same, than there will be no need for firmware update!
