Hi,
I perform as a solo guitarist/vocalist and I'm looking for a guitar multieffect that would allow me to change sounds during the songs with minimum "stepdance" on the footswitches. I went through the AX8 manual and viewed several videos, but I still have some questions:
1. Can I turn on/off several blocks with a single footswitch? I would like to easily turn on and off the whole drive+amp+cab section without touching other effects state. To my understanding scenes affect settings of all blocks, not just several chosen by myself? Could it be achieved with some smart routing on the grid?
2. Can I choose an effect to be active only while I'm pressing the footswitch, and turn off as I release the footswitch?
3. It is unclear to me how overdub works in a looper. I would like to record 4 bars, then immediately record another 4 bars over it, and then solo over these two recorder tracks playing together. Like this:
I press [record]
I play 4 bars, let's call it "track A"
I press [overdub]
I play another 4 bars, "track B" while AX8 plays "track A"
I press [play]
I play solo, while AX8 keeps playing track A and B together
Does it work like this?
By the way, is it possible to assign the play, record and overdub looper buttons to the footswitches in a way that I don't need to enter the looper mode to access them? I saw a video showing such setup with an external MIDI controller and Axe FX II. Can it be done with pure AX8?
I perform as a solo guitarist/vocalist and I'm looking for a guitar multieffect that would allow me to change sounds during the songs with minimum "stepdance" on the footswitches. I went through the AX8 manual and viewed several videos, but I still have some questions:
1. Can I turn on/off several blocks with a single footswitch? I would like to easily turn on and off the whole drive+amp+cab section without touching other effects state. To my understanding scenes affect settings of all blocks, not just several chosen by myself? Could it be achieved with some smart routing on the grid?
2. Can I choose an effect to be active only while I'm pressing the footswitch, and turn off as I release the footswitch?
3. It is unclear to me how overdub works in a looper. I would like to record 4 bars, then immediately record another 4 bars over it, and then solo over these two recorder tracks playing together. Like this:
I press [record]
I play 4 bars, let's call it "track A"
I press [overdub]
I play another 4 bars, "track B" while AX8 plays "track A"
I press [play]
I play solo, while AX8 keeps playing track A and B together
Does it work like this?
By the way, is it possible to assign the play, record and overdub looper buttons to the footswitches in a way that I don't need to enter the looper mode to access them? I saw a video showing such setup with an external MIDI controller and Axe FX II. Can it be done with pure AX8?