I'm I hearing things? Taking crazy-pills? Placebo effect?

[BCnSTL]

I've only had an Axe II for a few weeks (it shipped with 10.01, I updated it to 10.02). I've been playing it extensively but I haven't been loving it.
It seemed like every combo of amp/cab had some weird nasal (sometimes higher frequency) peaky thing happening.
I tried using the character control, EQ, different mic pres, different audio interfaces - never getting results I was OK with, let alone thrilled by.

Out of ideas, I contemplated sending it back to get looked over. Before doing so I downloaded 10.02 again and updated it using Fractalbot.

Yeah, now it sounds pretty killer. The nasal/honky thing is gone.

Does that even make sense? Could a firmware update reset something that I had inadvertently done?

Oh well. Now I finally get a sense of what the fuss is about, I was regretting selling my Axe STD for a while.

 

[Stratman68]

Didn't see you fixed the issue-great!

 

[Webb]

You didn't mention...did you use Axe Edit to update the first time or was that also with Fractalbot?

 

[BCnSTL]

You didn't mention...did you use Axe Edit to update the first time or was that also with Fractalbot?

I must've used AxeEdit.

 

[swervedriver]

Were you using your own presets from a previous firmware? Did you reset the amp block in that case? Did you make sure the global EQ was neutral?

I do understand the nasal comment, even if it's not related to those things. With my current presets (I'm redoing all of them with V10) I notice I have to put an EQ block before the amp block to scoop out annoying mids. I'm struggling a bit more to get the sound to go where I want (especially with high gain patches), trying to make sure the sound has some body without losing clarity and definition. Possibly (probably) I suck at dialing in presets, but I don't recall having to invest the same amount of effort when I was on V9. It's definitely a fun puzzle though!

 

[Artean]

I notice I have to put an EQ block before the amp block to scoop out annoying mids. I'm struggling a bit more to get the sound to go where I want (especially with high gain patches), trying to make sure the sound has some body without losing clarity and definition. Possibly (probably) I suck at dialing in presets, but I don't recall having to invest the same amount of effort when I was on V9. It's definitely a fun puzzle though!

Yeah, the right amount of scoopage certainly is a challenge to me with high gain patches. I can't seem to get there with only amp sims and cabs; I always end up using an eq in the chain. Currently I'm trying out Redwirez impedence curves for some (hopefully) nice results.

 

[Thomas Larsson]

The input impedance setting can affect that if you have passiv pickups and go straight in.

I've only had an Axe II for a few weeks (it shipped with 10.01, I updated it to 10.02). I've been playing it extensively but I haven't been loving it.
It seemed like every combo of amp/cab had some weird nasal (sometimes higher frequency) peaky thing happening.
I tried using the character control, EQ, different mic pres, different audio interfaces - never getting results I was OK with, let alone thrilled by.

Out of ideas, I contemplated sending it back to get looked over. Before doing so I downloaded 10.02 again and updated it using Fractalbot.

Yeah, now it sounds pretty killer. The nasal/honky thing is gone.

Does that even make sense? Could a firmware update reset something that I had inadvertently done?

Oh well. Now I finally get a sense of what the fuss is about, I was regretting selling my Axe STD for a while.

 

[sickindian]

I've only had an Axe II for a few weeks (it shipped with 10.01, I updated it to 10.02). I've been playing it extensively but I haven't been loving it.
It seemed like every combo of amp/cab had some weird nasal (sometimes higher frequency) peaky thing happening.
I tried using the character control, EQ, different mic pres, different audio interfaces - never getting results I was OK with, let alone thrilled by.

Out of ideas, I contemplated sending it back to get looked over. Before doing so I downloaded 10.02 again and updated it using Fractalbot.

Yeah, now it sounds pretty killer. The nasal/honky thing is gone.

Does that even make sense? Could a firmware update reset something that I had inadvertently done?

Oh well. Now I finally get a sense of what the fuss is about, I was regretting selling my Axe STD for a while.

you should just do system reset.