I double-checked the 5150 gain. It is also spot-on.
actually I responded when I saw shotgunns post before I saw yer response, but I still believe there is some gain to be had, esp. in 5150, for live purposes, not for quad tracking and the like.
Are you kidding? If you can't get enough gain out of the 5150 or 6505 or whatever you kids are calling it these days, you probably should just put a couple analog distortion pedals in front of the Axefx, then two digital ones in serial going into one high gain amp, then feed that output to a second amp's input and crank the gain to 11 because that's what it will take to satisfy the distortion vampire in you. Seriously though, I have yet to hear a type of music so thrash or so heavy that the Axefx couldn't easily cover with gain to spare. Even live, too much gain can get ugly. You may think it's killer where you're at, but it might be a buzzing wall of hiss and noise in the PA speakers.
Are you kidding? If you can't get enough gain out of the 5150 or 6505 or whatever you kids are calling it these days, you probably should just put a couple analog distortion pedals in front of the Axefx, then two digital ones in serial going into one high gain amp, then feed that output to a second amp's input and crank the gain to 11 because that's what it will take to satisfy the distortion vampire in you.
^^this re: 5150
Is there an equivalent "trim" knob in the Axe Standard for the Mesa Mark models? I get enough gain/distortion out of the Mark IV Lead 1 setting, but I would be curious to play with this trim knob...
wooow thanks for all the good advices! Rellay some helpful pieces of information in this thread - this board rocks . I now set gain to 6.14, engaged the amp boost and set input trim to about 2... i think overall i have to tweak some more, as right now the gain is a little over the top and the low end isnt that tight. But overall your tipps were great! Thanks for that. I did a new recording: First part is my patch, second part is the original track by Petrucci. Cheers!
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wooow thanks for all the good advices! Rellay some helpful pieces of information in this thread - this board rocks . I now set gain to 6.14, engaged the amp boost and set input trim to about 2... i think overall i have to tweak some more, as right now the gain is a little over the top and the low end isnt that tight. But overall your tipps were great! Thanks for that. I did a new recording: First part is my patch, second part is the original track by Petrucci. Cheers!
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wooow thanks for all the good advices! Rellay some helpful pieces of information in this thread - this board rocks . I now set gain to 6.14, engaged the amp boost and set input trim to about 2... i think overall i have to tweak some more, as right now the gain is a little over the top and the low end isnt that tight. But overall your tipps were great! Thanks for that. I did a new recording: First part is my patch, second part is the original track by Petrucci. Cheers!
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+1pretty close yours is a bit "fuzzy" and a touch less scooped than JP
I believe it would be invaluable information to have these issues covered on a systematic basis! Too bad users have to guess this by themselves.
Hope not to offend anyone, it's maybe just me, but I'd get lost before even realizing which parameter to act on to get the sound I'd be after :/
I was creating a Mark IIC+ patch for my post in this thread: http://forum.fractalaudio.com/axe-f...otes-chord-voicings-axe-ii-15.html#post598109
I found I wanted a bit more gain than what I was getting with drive on 10 so I turned on the boost switch. Voila: Problem solved.
Before you go asking (or in some cases it sounds more like demanding) new firmware please stop and think for 2 seconds about how to fix the issue you are having. Usually, it is pretty simple.
shotgunn said:I feel that some of the character of the MK series amplifiers is lost when I have resort to other gain boosting options. It starts to sound less and less like my IIC+ and a MKIV. I hope I didn't come accross as demanding. I just kind of hope the IIC+ and MKIV would sound the same, if not better in the Axe II than they did in the Ultra. I still feel that something has been lost in the Axe II with the high gain MK series amps. I know that I can boost with a null filter or a PEQ or the input trim or the boost switch. I'm obviously not the only one who feels this way. I never had to boost my real IIC+ at all. If the goal of the Axe FX is to create the ultimate realistic amp sims then I feel the amp sim itself should be able to acheive the proper amount of gain in and of itself. The input trim is not a real feature and therefor cannot offer the same character as the original amp. Using the input trim can get me the same 'amount' of gain. I still feel that it offers a different character than the original. Again, I am not the only one. I don't mean to offend anyone at FAS, I am only trying to raise a genuine concern with my all time favorite amp model on the world greatest amp sim device.