After watching the evolution of Fractal's products since the first units hit the market, I finally decided to buy when the price dropped to $1999 on the Axe FX II. I received my Axe FX II last week and ran it into a pair of old Roland monitors that were gathering dust in the corner.
Presets were good - really good - and I could still here the character of each of my guitars with the Axe. That is, for me, an area where other modelers have always fallen short. I was able to successfully run it 4CM as well, and it performed flawlessly with my Mesa. I may have to try the humbuster cables, but the 4CM setup is substantially less noisy than my pedal board (using a Boss NS-2 on the board).
As far as dialing in my on sounds, I am in way over my head. My basic take on editing the Axe is I can pretty much have more or less of everything. I can get usable sounds with no problem, but as I look at the options I realize there is a lot the box can do that I am unable to take advantage of.
What is a realistic learning curve for mastering deep editing? Six months? A year?
Presets were good - really good - and I could still here the character of each of my guitars with the Axe. That is, for me, an area where other modelers have always fallen short. I was able to successfully run it 4CM as well, and it performed flawlessly with my Mesa. I may have to try the humbuster cables, but the 4CM setup is substantially less noisy than my pedal board (using a Boss NS-2 on the board).
As far as dialing in my on sounds, I am in way over my head. My basic take on editing the Axe is I can pretty much have more or less of everything. I can get usable sounds with no problem, but as I look at the options I realize there is a lot the box can do that I am unable to take advantage of.
What is a realistic learning curve for mastering deep editing? Six months? A year?