Taylor acoustic into an Axe-Fx III

Sounds good. But that is alot of 'verb.

It's fine in a 'by myself' or solo situation. It will be a problem with other instruments as it will wash out. If you start a song with it and want it, be sure to go to another scene where it's dialed back...twill play better.
 
Maddface said:
Chris, are you using anything special to boost the input signal? Taylor recommends a balanced signal into whatever device for best sound. Using a unbalanced signal into the axe drops input almost half I believe. What are your recommendations?
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Most Taylor’s are meant to be plugged in using a TRS to XLR cable. That brings your level to +4
 
chris said:
a guitar sends an unbalanced signal. the Axe-Fx is designed for guitars. i don't understand why Taylor would recommend a balanced signal. can you point me to where it says that?

if needed, i just increase the level of a block that i use. if you use the Amp block, you have a lot of level available (various gain and volume controls). i wouldn't worry about the balanced thing. electric guitars produce even LESS level and those work great.
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Taylor’s have input jacks that are meant to be TRS to XLR....... +4.
no hissy boost needed
 
chris said:
How do you plug into guitar pedals?
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Taylors have 1/4" output jacks. They're balanced, so you can use a TRS-to-XLR cable if you want to go direct. Whether that actually delivers a +4 dBV signal is unclear from their documentation (Taylor calls it "Pro Ready," which could mean anything). But it does deliver a balanced signal, which is automatically 6 dB hotter than the unbalanced signal you'll get if you use a TS-to-TS cable.
 
chris said:
To use guitar pedals and effects.
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What pedal would you use with a steel-string? Maybe I'm a purist, but when I pick up an acoustic instrument, it's because I want a natural sound; if I want an effected sound I use an electric.....?

Heck, I put a recording out for review at the Acoustic Guitar forum about a month ago and got a bunch of crap slung because I used the internal pickup instead of micing it (Taylor 814ce). I can't imagine what the response would be if I put a flanger or distortion pedal in the mix...... :eek:
 
FullThrottle64 said:
What pedal would you use with a steel-string? Maybe I'm a purist, but when I pick up an acoustic instrument, it's because I want a natural sound; if I want an effected sound I use an electric.....?

Heck, I put a recording out for review at the Acoustic Guitar forum about a month ago and got a bunch of crap slung because I used the internal pickup instead of micing it (Taylor 814ce). I can't imagine what the response would be if I put a flanger or distortion pedal in the mix...... :eek:
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The same effects they'd use in the studio: compression, a touch of reverb, a light flavoring like you'd get from a channel strip on a console — maybe even an IR captured from a miked recording of your guitar. All of those things exist in the Axe-Fx III, which is why many of us have presets dedicated to acoustic guitar.
 
Rex said:
The same effects they'd use in the studio: compression, a touch of reverb, a light flavoring like you'd get from a channel strip on a console — maybe even an IR captured from a miked recording of your guitar. All of those things exist in the Axe-Fx III, which is why many of us have presets dedicated to acoustic guitar.
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Right, but I'd never use a pedal for any of that. AFX? Sure.
 
FullThrottle64 said:
Right, but I'd never use a pedal for any of that. AFX? Sure.
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Compression pedal, reverb pedal...?

You have an Axe, so you don't need to use pedals for that. Most people aren't so lucky — or they don't want to lug a whole rack to the gig, and they don't have an FM3.
 
Rex said:
Compression pedal, reverb pedal...?

You have an Axe, so you don't need to use pedals for that. Most people aren't so lucky — or they don't want to lug a whole rack to the gig, and they don't have an FM3.
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Yeah, I guess I've been carrying a rack for so long that I don't even think of pedals for anything other than a low-stress electric-only rock event. If I'm playing multiple instruments, I'm taking something as a mixer anyway, right?
 
FullThrottle64 said:
Yeah, I guess I've been carrying a rack for so long that I don't even think of pedals for anything other than a low-stress electric-only rock event. If I'm playing multiple instruments, I'm taking something as a mixer anyway, right?
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No need to take a mixer. You have an Axe III with multiple ins and outs. You can mix those in the box any way you like.
 
Rex said:
No need to take a mixer. You have an Axe III with multiple ins and outs. You can mix those in the box any way you like.
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Absolutely, now that I have the AFX. For the last few years, though, I've been carrying a rack mixer for multi-instrument gigs, so why carry pedals AND a rack?
 
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chris said:
How do you plug into guitar pedals?
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An acoustic pedal preamp with XLR input like a headway EDB-2 or other. I love going straight into the back of the axe 3, and there’s no need to boost the level. From there I use a sigma sound Taylor IR, and a tc electronic BodyRez in the effects loop
 
PincoTech said:
An acoustic pedal preamp with XLR input like a headway EDB-2 or other. I love going straight into the back of the axe 3, and there’s no need to boost the level. From there I use a sigma sound Taylor IR, and a tc electronic BodyRez in the effects loop
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And... with an EDB for example, it has an effects loop to run all your 1/4” effects through, yet still come out XLR
 
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