Oh yeah. I forgot that we included it there!Preset 49, Sweep Resonator
Oh yeah. I forgot that we included it there!Preset 49, Sweep Resonator
Is this something that can be solved modeling a circuit like the AMZ pickup simulator as part of the fuzz model? Or am I completely off base here?The one thing no modeler will ever get perfect are fuzz pedals because of the interaction between the pickups and the pedal. The input to a modeler is necessarily buffered so that interaction is impossible to recreate.
Could this be something that could be implemented as an analog but digitally controllable circuit? I mean the Axe-Fx 3 box certainly would have the room for a daughterboard with fuzz components on it that would be hooked up to the input if the user enables them. It would probably have to be something like a "Fuzz input block" rather than a regular movable block.The one thing no modeler will ever get perfect are fuzz pedals because of the interaction between the pickups and the pedal. The input to a modeler is necessarily buffered so that interaction is impossible to recreate.
Not sure I fully understand the fuzz/guitar interaction thing. I thought that the auto impedance feature of the Axefx input replicated that fuzz/guitar interaction with Drive-Fuzz as first active block. What else is present in an analogue guitar > unbuffered fuzz connection that Axfx cannot replicate?
To a (simplistic first-order) degree. But turn the guitar volume and the impedance changes in the actual circuit. Or plug in a different guitar (or use a different pickup) and it's also different. And it's "nonlinear" as Cliff says below.Not sure I fully understand the fuzz/guitar interaction thing. I thought that the auto impedance feature of the Axefx input replicated that fuzz/guitar interaction with Drive-Fuzz as first active block. What else is present in an analogue guitar > unbuffered fuzz connection that Axfx cannot replicate?
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Pedal companies pay me to demo their stuff in front of one my classic amps. Six or seven years ago I decided, stuff it, I'm just going to put them in front of the Axe. It sounds better to me and is a ton easier to set up, not to mention choices, options, outboard stuff, etc. 2000 or so videos later and I'll never look back. Only when they specifically ask me to use a 'real' amp will I do so now. The Axe IS my real amp. Pedals are cool too. Good fun. But inevitably they get sold on because. Axe.
No, that wouldn't work because the actual fuzz stuff is done digitally. This would be like loading your guitar down with a another guitar.Is this something that can be solved modeling a circuit like the AMZ pickup simulator as part of the fuzz model? Or am I completely off base here?
In the physical world, the circuit goes in between a buffer/buffered effect and the front end of a fuzz/treble booster/other effect that doesn't play nicely with buffers. I've found that it does a good job of restoring the character of a fuzz pedal when placed after something buffered like a Klone. A few commercial builders like Earthquaker Devices and Spaceman Effects have pedals that incorporate the circuit and sound really good (EQD Erupter, Spaceman Gemini).
When you come from analog world it’s nothing wrong to have both system and seems « normal » to me. Personally I like having both world because I feel better like this . I have no problem listening to the iPod in the car and vinyl at home… it’s not just the « quality », it’s like a ritual , the mojo… but once again, even if fractal audio said that « it’s not possible », the fuzz and dist pedal in the unit doesn’t suck at all .I went on a dirt pedal binge in the last few months, mostly starting with fuzzes and then it turned into me wanting to have an entirely separate pedal/amp rig that doesn’t utilize modeling at all. More is more and all that, but yeah, I can’t recreate the Germanium Dover Drive in Fractal Land, or the EJ Fuzz Face and even the Vibe Machine is a bit different than the Fractal offerings, not better/worse, just different.
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Got a Lovepedal Vintage/Modern coming in tonight, actually. I’ve cut myself off from buying more dirt pedals until I get the time-based effects sorted out.
When you come from analog world it’s nothing wrong to have both system and seems « normal » to me. Personally I like having both world because I feel better like this . I have no problem listening to the iPod in the car and vinyl at home… it’s not just the « quality », it’s like a ritual , the mojo… but once again, even if fractal audio said that « it’s not possible », the fuzz and dist pedal in the unit doesn’t suck at all .
Some people said « live with your time », « dump that », » I don’t care anymore of the real stuff »… ok ok if you want … but to me it goes hand in hand with what I called « passion ». you cannot ignore and mock the real deal and saying your « passionate ». Like having more than one guitar and this or that .. everyone does what they want if they feel fine like that .
When I bough a color vinyl from an album that I already have in 10 versions, yeah it’s maybe a disease but ..
Some weeks ago I was talking with someone telling me « ha you bought a Gibson Lp , tokai or maybach are better bla-bla-bla . « the thing is that I don’t give a fuck about tokai, tokai doesn’t make me dream, it’s not a part of history . Well . Whatever
It really is an unpopular opinion but I agree. Very unique blown-amp tones. I use it as a “crazy” button for taking a broken-up tone to a whole different level of over compression that even a fuzz can’t do.JHS PG FTW ... love that pedal....