shasha
Fractal Fanatic
EDIT: Wow. OK, I suppose that I should probably not post while on pain killers. This worries the crap out of me because in my mind it makes perfect sense. :mrgreen
Basically I'm just saying that if it sounds fizzy to you or one of the amp models isn't exactly how you want it or your favorite amp isn't in there or your secret parameter is missing after a firmware update that you shouldn't get all stressed about it. He's more likely than not to fix it. If you like it right now he's going to somehow make it better. I've seen it.
EDIT #2: I see where the misunderstandings came from...I checked in this morning at work and the question mark is missing on smaller monitors. It's a question, not a declaration on my part. I'm thrilled to death with the AxeFXII.
Just remember one thing; the AxeFXII is not in its final form yet.
Those who owned the standard or ultra for a while can probably relate to this more, but those first time FAS owners that haven't dealt with this company probably aren't used to development and improvement continuing long after the company has already gotten their money. Its a unique experience to have the guy who owns the company and designs the product listen to his customers this transparently and works to try to meet their needs so quickly. I'm also sure that there are a lot of people who have had less than great success stories with waiting for updates and bug fixes, patches, etc with other companies....kind of like the check is in the mail thing. Its a trust issue and being burned by company after company in the past is going to make anyone leery.
Some people aren't going to want to be part of the process that provides feedback on a product that they spent this much money on and are going to want something that is 'complete' and ready to use out of the box. There are two ways of looking at it, either you can buy something and get what you get and learn to like it or you can look at it as an opportunity to have some sort of voice in the direction of the final product. I've been a part of both camps and I personally prefer this one. Its not for everyone.
Doesn't mean that you are always going to get what you want either, I've been trying to get a bacon slicer added for years and Cliff hasn't done it yet. Feel a little slighted on that one.
All I'm saying is that if the AxeFXII is coming up short of your initial expectations or there is something that doesn't sound quite right remember that we just had a major update in FW v5 within the last month and that we've had a few updates since then that addressed specific bugs. He's working on adding profiling to the AxeFXII as we speak. Who knows what he's going to do after that or how it will affect the sound or feel or if it will cure world hunger. It's a continuous process of development and almost like a living organism in that regard and its going to continue to evolve.
My point here? Try to keep all of that in mind and try not to get too up or too down about anything. I do want to qualify all of this with saying that I think that Cliff has taken everything that he learned while developing the first generation products and that we're a lot farther along in terms of progress than the first year of the original. it's not going to be as long a journey but we still have some road ahead of us.
Try to enjoy being a part of the trip if you can. You might see some cool stuff along the way.
Basically I'm just saying that if it sounds fizzy to you or one of the amp models isn't exactly how you want it or your favorite amp isn't in there or your secret parameter is missing after a firmware update that you shouldn't get all stressed about it. He's more likely than not to fix it. If you like it right now he's going to somehow make it better. I've seen it.
EDIT #2: I see where the misunderstandings came from...I checked in this morning at work and the question mark is missing on smaller monitors. It's a question, not a declaration on my part. I'm thrilled to death with the AxeFXII.
Just remember one thing; the AxeFXII is not in its final form yet.
Those who owned the standard or ultra for a while can probably relate to this more, but those first time FAS owners that haven't dealt with this company probably aren't used to development and improvement continuing long after the company has already gotten their money. Its a unique experience to have the guy who owns the company and designs the product listen to his customers this transparently and works to try to meet their needs so quickly. I'm also sure that there are a lot of people who have had less than great success stories with waiting for updates and bug fixes, patches, etc with other companies....kind of like the check is in the mail thing. Its a trust issue and being burned by company after company in the past is going to make anyone leery.
Some people aren't going to want to be part of the process that provides feedback on a product that they spent this much money on and are going to want something that is 'complete' and ready to use out of the box. There are two ways of looking at it, either you can buy something and get what you get and learn to like it or you can look at it as an opportunity to have some sort of voice in the direction of the final product. I've been a part of both camps and I personally prefer this one. Its not for everyone.
Doesn't mean that you are always going to get what you want either, I've been trying to get a bacon slicer added for years and Cliff hasn't done it yet. Feel a little slighted on that one.
All I'm saying is that if the AxeFXII is coming up short of your initial expectations or there is something that doesn't sound quite right remember that we just had a major update in FW v5 within the last month and that we've had a few updates since then that addressed specific bugs. He's working on adding profiling to the AxeFXII as we speak. Who knows what he's going to do after that or how it will affect the sound or feel or if it will cure world hunger. It's a continuous process of development and almost like a living organism in that regard and its going to continue to evolve.
My point here? Try to keep all of that in mind and try not to get too up or too down about anything. I do want to qualify all of this with saying that I think that Cliff has taken everything that he learned while developing the first generation products and that we're a lot farther along in terms of progress than the first year of the original. it's not going to be as long a journey but we still have some road ahead of us.
Try to enjoy being a part of the trip if you can. You might see some cool stuff along the way.
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). I am so ridiculously satisfied with all my tones. I'm excited about the new features that are coming just because I love to tweak and explore, but if it never changed again, I'm completely satisfied. Low volume, high volume, clean, dirty and everything in between - just freakin awesome. The second I start playing and I go into the zone, all the worlds troubles around me simply disappear :mrgreen
