simeon
Axe-Master
i've been struggling with this new firmware a bit. cleans are great....dynamics are great...harmonic leaping (swirl) is fantastic, but amps like the plexi and the triptik have been sounding overly middly and a bit fuzzy to me. i had a look at the new power amp bias param in the amp block and saw that it was set to -0.100 for both of those amps. i changed it to +0.100 and felt a definite improvement. the fuzziness i was experiencing seemed to go away.
the other thing that's bothering me slightly is the lack of "shinyness" of the top end. this firmware is definitely more "raw" sounding and probably more authentic, but it also sounds more lo-fi to me and less broad. the thump seems to have been lost and the very top end sounds flat, which is making everything sound more focused in the midrange. i'm not complaining, mind you, 16 will probably sound different again, but i think this is the first firmware since version 5.something that i haven't immediately liked right off the bat.
the other thing that's bothering me slightly is the lack of "shinyness" of the top end. this firmware is definitely more "raw" sounding and probably more authentic, but it also sounds more lo-fi to me and less broad. the thump seems to have been lost and the very top end sounds flat, which is making everything sound more focused in the midrange. i'm not complaining, mind you, 16 will probably sound different again, but i think this is the first firmware since version 5.something that i haven't immediately liked right off the bat.