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Inspired
Hi team Fractal:
I'm thinking of upgrading to a iii from a ii.
On my wish list other than unabashed GAS (cause let's face it, you guys need to enable me here) is an outboard effects processor I can use when I'm tracking vocals.
Right now I have a Axe ii, an Eventide Eclipse as well as an MW1 studio tool for reamping. I'm kind of hoping that I can trade all that in for an Axe iii that will more or less replace the current functionality of those three items... Nothing I've read here on the forums and across the interwebs is telling me this is not possible, but indulge me on the following questions for those of you currently using the iii in a home studio tracking environment:
Thanks for reading!
I'm thinking of upgrading to a iii from a ii.
On my wish list other than unabashed GAS (cause let's face it, you guys need to enable me here) is an outboard effects processor I can use when I'm tracking vocals.
Right now I have a Axe ii, an Eventide Eclipse as well as an MW1 studio tool for reamping. I'm kind of hoping that I can trade all that in for an Axe iii that will more or less replace the current functionality of those three items... Nothing I've read here on the forums and across the interwebs is telling me this is not possible, but indulge me on the following questions for those of you currently using the iii in a home studio tracking environment:
- Are any of you using the Axe iii effects for non-guitar tracking/mixing? If so:
- What's your impression of having the Axe serve this way?
- I imagine: line or digital in --> [no amps] --> effects --> [no cabs] --> out
- I also imagine this would sound about as amazing as it does using it for its intended purpose
- If yes, then is it possible to process more than one input at a time (in parallel and independently), and then route them to independent outputs? e.g. as if I were using two separate effects boxes...
- I'm thinking physical i/o here, but I'm also imagining using the 8 in 8 out USB for this as well.
- The manual never explicitly says whether this is possible, and the layout grid (up to CPU limits) would - at first glance - suggest that it is.
- This is not a deal breaker for me, since my life is fine right now without it, but even one extra independently routable stereo process would be a huge plus
- Reamping looks super simple with the USB method. I'm psyched about this because i've definitely found gain staging with analog reamping is tricky (for me anyway) - I guess I don't really have any specific question here other than to ask if any of you notice a shift in tone. Doing reamping in the analog domain has always had a noticeable affect on tone for me - which not surprising really. The Axe method looks like it takes some of that unpredictable tone voodoo and makes it a bit more transparent. What are your thoughts?
Thanks for reading!