usernametaken
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Hi all,
So I received the FX8. Initial impressions - well built and sounds great. However, I think I may have bought the wrong product.
I was under the impression it was basically and Axe Fx without the amp models. But I am a little concerned that some of the FX I want to create are possible with the Axe but not the FX8.
An example is a modulated reverb (heavy chorus and slightly detuned) similar to the RV5 or the Strymon Big Sky. When I look at suggestions on the forum people talk about placing the reverb in parallel with the dry signal and then adding a chorus after the reverb and mixing it back with the dry signal.
However, the suggestions appear to relate to the Axe. Doing a bit of digging I realised that the Axe routing has a grid that will allow a parallel wet effect to be run into another (say a chorus) and then mixed back with the signal. I can't see how to achieve this on the FX8. So far I havn't been able to get the reverb to sound like this.
Perhaps I was naïve although I researched the product and never having owned an Axe I had no idea about this grid. I genuinely thought that the FX8 had the capability of the Axe's effects only in a floorboard.
Can anyone clarify this for me? If it is possible to get the FX I want (as described above) then great (perhaps some advanced reverb parameters I need to look at?). Otherwise I may need to return the unit and think about my options.
Thanks
So I received the FX8. Initial impressions - well built and sounds great. However, I think I may have bought the wrong product.
I was under the impression it was basically and Axe Fx without the amp models. But I am a little concerned that some of the FX I want to create are possible with the Axe but not the FX8.
An example is a modulated reverb (heavy chorus and slightly detuned) similar to the RV5 or the Strymon Big Sky. When I look at suggestions on the forum people talk about placing the reverb in parallel with the dry signal and then adding a chorus after the reverb and mixing it back with the dry signal.
However, the suggestions appear to relate to the Axe. Doing a bit of digging I realised that the Axe routing has a grid that will allow a parallel wet effect to be run into another (say a chorus) and then mixed back with the signal. I can't see how to achieve this on the FX8. So far I havn't been able to get the reverb to sound like this.
Perhaps I was naïve although I researched the product and never having owned an Axe I had no idea about this grid. I genuinely thought that the FX8 had the capability of the Axe's effects only in a floorboard.
Can anyone clarify this for me? If it is possible to get the FX I want (as described above) then great (perhaps some advanced reverb parameters I need to look at?). Otherwise I may need to return the unit and think about my options.
Thanks
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