I don't think that's ever been much of a concern. They've been great for years.Just goes to show that the effects are first class!
And frankly, given how expensive top tier pedals are getting these days, even just as a pedalboard, an axe rig is a pretty good deal.
I don't think that's ever been much of a concern. They've been great for years.
The only issue is that with so many parameters it's a lot harder to get what you want out of them without becoming an expert. The new effect type presets help a lot for that sort of stuff but I'd still love to see "simplified" views for most effects that only give you parameters that are relevant to most users or convenience controls that adjust multiple parameters (e.g. instead of full LFOs you just have a "modulation" knob that adds that for you). Just the lunch menu rather than everything the restaurant offers if you will.
Anybody who thinks the Ax3 is overkill for effects only obviously missed the late eighties rack era...
Yea, very true, there is definitely a learning curve. Although the frustrating thing with pedals is that with the big digital effects- Strymon stuff, chase bliss stuff, or the microcosm, etc- there are so many deep dive type of features that you have to really study the manual and keeping up with each pedal's quirks, menus, features, adjustments, etc can be really hard. Now fractals have loads of those nitpicky deep dive parameters, but they're at least on menus that I can see in front of me- I can either choose to fool with them or ignore them, but I know they are there. When I first got my microcosm, I screwed up the modulation depth totally on accident, not even realizing it was an option, and it took an embarrassing amount of time to figure out that A) I had screwed something up, and B) how to get rid of that seasick wobble on all of the sounds.It's not as easy to tweak settings though, for me anyway, as some things seem to have tricks to them I haven't found. For example, I've never figured out how to replicate some reverb effects that I can do in 30 seconds with some pedals. The bonus is being able to save your settings if you do come up with one.
I agree though. When I bought my III, I easily sold off enough pedals to cover the cost, and that wasn't all of them.
What do you mean, out of interest?It seems like the helix comparisons have pushed guitarists to think this way which is just stupid.
Yeah nice, just gave it a read.I used the Axe-FX III primarily for effects with tube amps for a good while. I have a thread here (https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/ignoring-the-amp-models-this-thing-is-a-monster.164841/) that is along the lines of "This thing is a monster even just for effects" (with a nod to @Scott Peterson and his famous thread)
Horsepower. Flexibility. Results. The Axe-FX III is fantastic in this duty.
They just have different design philosophies. I like them both. The ones I own that I don't like as much are the Kemper and the GT1000.It seems every helix vs axe comparison seems to end with the same “the axe is better but it is too overkill” which is a stupid comparison. Why would you complain about a product having more features and options. Some people say they can get lost in the tweaking but the solution is easy- just don’t tweak what you don’t understand. I’d rather be able to tweak the finest level if I can than not have that ability. The helix argument is that “it is better because you don’t have as much to tweak” which just makes no sense to me.
Back up all your settings first...Ive got a gig on the 28th.... and one rehearsal on the 23rd..... and I'm moving house on the 26th....
.... dare I make the switch....... !!