InsideOut
Power User
What a long strange trip it has been. I got on board with the Ultra. I got Ultra #4.
Yep, hard to believe I'm coming up on 6 years of being Axe-ified. It has served me well.
What a long strange trip it has been. I got on board with the Ultra. I got Ultra #4.
many of us know our CPU is maxed out and our ability use A/B states and scenes is limited as a result. As the effects improve (read: require more code) they use up more of the CPU.
While Cliff has said several times the III has yet to be considered, many of us know our CPU is maxed out and our ability use A/B states and scenes is limited as a result. As the effects improve (read: require more code) they use up more of the CPU. The software is going to force a hardware improvement, eventually.
What a long strange trip it has been. I got on board with the Ultra. I got Ultra #4.
While Cliff has said several times the III has yet to be considered, many of us know our CPU is maxed out and our ability use A/B states and scenes is limited as a result. As the effects improve (read: require more code) they use up more of the CPU. The software is going to force a hardware improvement, eventually.
What a long strange trip it has been. I got on board with the Ultra. I got Ultra #4.
Man, what are you guys doing to fill up your Axe-FX's? I've got a MKII, and me and my Bassist share it live, and as long as I plan ahead I can keep my patches down below 85%, and that's on my crazier patches. If we had a MKII each, I could get some insane ass shit going on, and have room left over. I'd still love to have the XL for the extra features, but I don't think, even with my craziness I could fill it up.
I'm guessing this is an attempt to try to figure out if/when a hypothetical Axe III may come out ?
I haven't even started on the design of an Axe-Fx III. The current platform has lots of life left. We are focusing our attention on several other products at this time.
At some point there obviously will be but I don't see him going for a third Shark chip. I imagine when a new more powerful Shark comes out we should all start saving lol. The ii came out due to the new amp modeling algorithms and now we have one Shark just for that. Only cliff knows how much of that shark is being used. Depending on how much is being used I can even see him rewriting the code to use some of the power of the amp only shark to do some processing for other things. The guy is an engineering master always looking to push the envelopeWhile Cliff has said several times the III has yet to be considered, many of us know our CPU is maxed out and our ability use A/B states and scenes is limited as a result. As the effects improve (read: require more code) they use up more of the CPU. The software is going to force a hardware improvement, eventually.
I think some CPU limitation is fine, and in fact, it keeps me somewhat grounded. I don't really need 10 FX on per song, or the ability to run 3 amps in parallel etc. Too many choices and you get bogged down with what all you can do, vs. what you actually need. Realistically I've never been CPU limited, but if I try to, then yeah, I can go and max it out, but those things never prove to be actually something I really need or use.
Its like having a pedalboard with 50 boxes on it, cool I guess if you can afford it, and move it to gigs, but do you really need that much ? Are you going to use all 50 pedals ? Probably not, you could pair it down a bit and probably get more overall enjoyment and less sore backs and 9v bills
I find instead of always focusing on how big of matrix I can make, and running everything in parallel etc, that its sometimes more productive to actually sit down and learn the in's and outs of a given block. Again, I'm not against options or more CPU, but I for one find that sometimes you give me too much freedom and nothing gets done.
Standard: 2006.
Ultra: 2008.
II: 2011.
II XL: 2014.
I think we need to call in Gandalf or something, there's way too much foul necromancy going on lately. Before we know it some Evil Overlord arises.
I don’t see the issue.