yek said:Scott, I like the touch that the "Drive-behind-the-amp" adds. But dedicating one of the two precious Drive blocks to that purpose is a (too) high price to pay.
Maybe there are ways to get a similar result using a PEQ, multibandcompressor or something?
I read that the effect the reverb provides is supposed to be subtle. Well, I have to admit that I don't hear it at all. That's at home using your preset and nearfields. Probably because of the reflections in the (large) room I'm playing in.
On the reverb - turn up the level then. Crank it up till you hear it and then put it where you prefer. There's no 'rule' in play here.
Tape Drive sounds like nothing else in the Axe-FX IMHO. Costs me a drive block... yea. But that's the price of admission.
Just try the other stuff instead of the Tape drive and see what you prefer. Maybe a MBC would be better, perhaps. It'd be different though, it's not a tape drive. Also you need to vary up the amount of drive/output to get a nice balance between your dynamics and that 'fat' lower mid thing I like. If you try it too, just bypass that block and the amp will be more dynamic, but you lose that punch and sweet light compression.
It's just fun!