Effective 10/24/2011 all the patches of this thread have been
re-edited and redone in honor of this thread being made part of the
permanent Wiki record. They sound their best now. Also, all the
new patches are now posted in this thread on their original thread pages as well.
New link to the full Patch Zip file for this entire thread:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42749093/Smilefan Patches Pt.1.zip
New link for an updated comprehensive Patch description text file:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42749093/Smilefans Patch Descriptions Pt.1.docx
Thanks to everyone for making this thread a great success. See you on Part II.
I'm new to this thread and I, like others are on the Axe-Fx II waiting list. I just had to say to smilefan, awesome work. I love the history, the humor and the techno-speak all wrapped up in your highly anticipated (and appreciated) posts. Great stuff. Thank you. I can't wait to give these sonic tidbits a try.
As of 11/24/2011 all patches of this thread have been intensively re-edited for 3.0 Firmware!!
Enjoy.
Handy Zip file with all my patches redone in 3.0:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42749093/Axe 3.0.7z
The dropbox link is not working.
I have Win 7 IE9 and it worked fine for me. Check that your "zip" program supports 7z format. I use IZArc.
Here is a pretty sound not often heard. A vibrato circuit! Not to be
confused with tremolo, which is cyclical volume variation.
Vibrato is frequency modulation, the changing of the pitch of a signal.
Historically, tremolo-equipped amps first appeared in the
late 1940’s, followed by Fender’s 1955 flagship amp, the Tremolux.
In the late ‘50’s a company called Magnatone released the first
amps with real pitch-shifting. They sounded pretty cool. As if each
note had a little angelic waver around it. If you’ve ever heard a Buddy Holly
recording, you’ve heard a Magnatone.
You hardly ever see amps with pitch-shift Vibrato. It’s a complex and
labor-intensive process to wire. Fortunately, its a snap to program
one in the Axe. In this patch I took a Bandpass Filter and attached an LFO to its
‘frequency’ parameter, and tweaked the curve for a strong, clear vibrato.
I encourage you to go into this patch’s LFO’s response curve screen and play with the
curve setting. You’ll see how dramatically you can alter the signal. Fun stuff!
Its mixed hot so you can hear the effect clearly (Pitch Vibrato is a subtle effect).
I really love this sound and the stereo effect built in. I've set a looper at the end of the effects string but when I play back some recorded chords, all the stereo effect disapear, like it's been summed up or something like that...
Isn't the looper true stereo? I checked all the volumes and balance in the output section and everything is ok. I would be very upset if I have to put an external looper to keep recording live the stereo effects of my Axe FX II!
:cry