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Inspired
Dear Fractal brothers and sisters,
After reading Clarky’s amazing thread with his preset-building adventure, I’d also like to share my journey with you. There are two significant differences between Clarky and myself. First of all his musicianship transcends every note I ever played, so don’t except any virtuosity in this thread. Secondly, and this is the most fundamental difference, I have next to no experience with heavily tweaking a digital unit.
Before I bought the Axe-Fx II, I was a long time POD X3 user and was never bothered with tweaking to find ‘my’ sound. Probably because the POD wasn’t that capable and most of all, because I only used it at home with headphones. At the moment I still use my Peavey 6505 at rehearsals and live, but when my endless endeavors with the Axe pay off, I might sell it all and build my rig around the Axe-Fx II.
The reason I chose the Axe-Fx is that I want versatility. Next to my metal band I’m also starting an instrumental post-rock project and since that kind of music heavily relies upon effects, the Fractal Black Box is an awesome investment. I didn’t feel like having to buy a clean Fender amp, a gazillion stompboxes and only being able to play with them at rehearsals (I live in a small apartment). I want to write, play and tweak at home and let it translate to rehearsals and live performances.
What can you expect in this thread? Since I don’t have a lot of experience with tweaking and music production in general, you won’t find awesome presets in this thread right away. Since there are a lot of kind helpful and experienced people on this forum, I will post links to tones I want to approach and I will also post my attempt. These attempts will suck 9 out of 10 times and I hope that some people will have the time to give some helping guidelines or tips.
This way I want to try to develop my tones, step by step, without using only my inexperienced ears. What do I give in return? I will try to keep this thread as up-to-date as possible, which enables other users to learn from this as well. I will keep backups of my presets, make sound clips to compare tones, post screenshots of Axe-Edit and try to be as helpful as possible. My ultimate goal is to see a clear evolution in my tones after months, which will inspire other inexperienced users to learn the in’s and out’s of this unit.
I have a very diverse taste in music and I want to use the versatility of the Axe-Fx II to achieve a very broad array of tones. Playing-wise I’m most experienced in old school metal (Thrash and Death), but as said before I’m also starting a ambient post-rock project. The first couple of tones will probably be situated in these genres, but after a while I will also give my full attention to other genres. After years of slacking I want to learn more about my guitar and playing other genres that aren’t in my comfort zone is a very good exercise.
Once I have money to expand my rig to the Axe II, I will also use this thread to work on switching with the MFC-101, expression pedals, adapting presets to a live environment,…
So who’s with me? Let’s take this wild rollercoaster ride together and make some stellar tones!
It's summer break, so I almost have 3 months of vacation, so I'll start to post in this topic as soon as possible!
After reading Clarky’s amazing thread with his preset-building adventure, I’d also like to share my journey with you. There are two significant differences between Clarky and myself. First of all his musicianship transcends every note I ever played, so don’t except any virtuosity in this thread. Secondly, and this is the most fundamental difference, I have next to no experience with heavily tweaking a digital unit.
Before I bought the Axe-Fx II, I was a long time POD X3 user and was never bothered with tweaking to find ‘my’ sound. Probably because the POD wasn’t that capable and most of all, because I only used it at home with headphones. At the moment I still use my Peavey 6505 at rehearsals and live, but when my endless endeavors with the Axe pay off, I might sell it all and build my rig around the Axe-Fx II.
The reason I chose the Axe-Fx is that I want versatility. Next to my metal band I’m also starting an instrumental post-rock project and since that kind of music heavily relies upon effects, the Fractal Black Box is an awesome investment. I didn’t feel like having to buy a clean Fender amp, a gazillion stompboxes and only being able to play with them at rehearsals (I live in a small apartment). I want to write, play and tweak at home and let it translate to rehearsals and live performances.
What can you expect in this thread? Since I don’t have a lot of experience with tweaking and music production in general, you won’t find awesome presets in this thread right away. Since there are a lot of kind helpful and experienced people on this forum, I will post links to tones I want to approach and I will also post my attempt. These attempts will suck 9 out of 10 times and I hope that some people will have the time to give some helping guidelines or tips.
This way I want to try to develop my tones, step by step, without using only my inexperienced ears. What do I give in return? I will try to keep this thread as up-to-date as possible, which enables other users to learn from this as well. I will keep backups of my presets, make sound clips to compare tones, post screenshots of Axe-Edit and try to be as helpful as possible. My ultimate goal is to see a clear evolution in my tones after months, which will inspire other inexperienced users to learn the in’s and out’s of this unit.
I have a very diverse taste in music and I want to use the versatility of the Axe-Fx II to achieve a very broad array of tones. Playing-wise I’m most experienced in old school metal (Thrash and Death), but as said before I’m also starting a ambient post-rock project. The first couple of tones will probably be situated in these genres, but after a while I will also give my full attention to other genres. After years of slacking I want to learn more about my guitar and playing other genres that aren’t in my comfort zone is a very good exercise.
Once I have money to expand my rig to the Axe II, I will also use this thread to work on switching with the MFC-101, expression pedals, adapting presets to a live environment,…
So who’s with me? Let’s take this wild rollercoaster ride together and make some stellar tones!
It's summer break, so I almost have 3 months of vacation, so I'll start to post in this topic as soon as possible!
