parlopower
Inspired
I have been using my Axe Fx III as center piece for my home studio for three years or so. Use it as my audio interface, not only for guitar / bass recording, but also run my mic preamp into Input 2 for vocal recordings, have my monitors and headphones connected to it (with a small mixing desk for independent volume control in between). I don't play live gigs, only recording projects. Now I realised that throughout those three years, all my patches are pretty much one amp block, one cab block, sometimes a drive, and very occasionally a chorus / phaser / tremolo / something similar. I hardly ever use the reverb, I have the FAS-FX plugin and use it in my DAW for adding the reverb.
Now the friend I collaborate with on my songs is interested in buying my Axe Fx III for his studio (he runs a bigger commercial studio, mine is only a hobbyist home studio). And I am thinking that everything I described above will actually be doable with the FM3. My patches would work, I can still connect my mic preamp and mixing desk, I can reamp in the mix... and I love the form factor. The lower price would also allow me to have something left from selling the Axe Fx III that I could invest into another guitar, or potentially a vocal booth, Thomann got an entry level model for about that amount. That is actually still something my home studio is missing and could really use.
What do you guys think? Would I regret it? Just poking around in the dark here - maybe the converters and headphone amps (headphones are important, cannot use my monitors always) are lower quality and would disappoint me after being used to the III? Or is there anything like that that I would notice? I am pretty confident that my needs regarding in/out and CPU power for patches will not change any time soon. I also think the verdict is you don't hear any difference in the modeling, right?
Looking forward to your opinions! Thanks!
Now the friend I collaborate with on my songs is interested in buying my Axe Fx III for his studio (he runs a bigger commercial studio, mine is only a hobbyist home studio). And I am thinking that everything I described above will actually be doable with the FM3. My patches would work, I can still connect my mic preamp and mixing desk, I can reamp in the mix... and I love the form factor. The lower price would also allow me to have something left from selling the Axe Fx III that I could invest into another guitar, or potentially a vocal booth, Thomann got an entry level model for about that amount. That is actually still something my home studio is missing and could really use.
What do you guys think? Would I regret it? Just poking around in the dark here - maybe the converters and headphone amps (headphones are important, cannot use my monitors always) are lower quality and would disappoint me after being used to the III? Or is there anything like that that I would notice? I am pretty confident that my needs regarding in/out and CPU power for patches will not change any time soon. I also think the verdict is you don't hear any difference in the modeling, right?
Looking forward to your opinions! Thanks!