Me as well.....I have temporarily lost creativity for patch creation while I await 6.0. I wonder how many other have this affliction
I would be willing to bet the firmware is done, at least well enough to release.
It seems this Axe-Edit/Axe-Change thing has been on the slow road to develop.
I am kind of intrigued by the whole thing, not being savvy to programming challenges. I would think that the stuff Cliff comes up with would be the hard part and the control apps would be much easier to dial in.
I think I am wrong.
FWIW, I am not complaining.
I feel very sorry for Cliff after a release and the
"Why isn't Axe-Edit compatible with the new firmware yet?"
"My firware doesn't have the new amps"
"I wish you wouldn't release stuff until it is 100% done"
etc..
posts start popping up.
cliff stated in another thread the firmware was basically done and it was just integrating the MFC and axe edit that was left
The 3 Amp Matching clips that Cliff created with the A/B comparisons are impressive, to my ears anyway. To my knowledge Cliff did not personally post any Tone Matching clips. Those were posted by beta testers and none had the original clip to use for an A/B comparison, so we really have no information on how well the Tone Matching works, or at least very little information.
"Amp Duplication" (to avoid using a different term) was what was originally announced and that (Amp Matching) seems to work extremely well based on the 3 examples given. Tone Matching was a feature that was announced after the Amp Matching and seems to have generated even more interest than the Amp Matching. I'm more interested in the Amp Matching, but if the Tone Matching works as well as the clips that were posted of the Amp Matching all I can say is WOW!
Cliff basically confirmed in a thread a couple weeks ago that my take on the upcoming Tone/Amp Matching features are pretty accurate.
You can try to imagine the Amp Matching feature to be something more than it is if it makes you happy.
Don't you get that " Tone Matching" & "Amp Matching" are basically the same thing?
1.You are taking a recorded clip of yourself or someone else playing thru a tube amp, and then "tone matching" that clip to an amp block of your choice. This is "Amp Matching".
2. You are taking a clip of an isolated guitar track and then "tone matching" that clip to an amp block of your choice. This is "Tone Matching".
Tone matching, which is along the lines of the EQ/IR matching process that people have been doing in their DAWs, and Amp matching which would be along the lines of the Kemper-type of analysis, matching deeper aspects of an amp than what tone matching would do.
What I imagine based on what I have read is that there is no amp matching, only eq matching. Still a great feature if that is in fact what it turns out to be.
I can get the amp characteristics I need already. Choosing IRs and equalizing the signal is what takes the most time for me.
He basically said it's done but they are checking the functionality with Axe Edit and the foot controller to make sure there are no bugs. Personally I hope they take their time and get everything working smoothly. I'd rather wait longer and have no bug issues.
The 3 Amp Matching clips that Cliff created with the A/B comparisons are impressive, to my ears anyway. To my knowledge Cliff did not personally post any Tone Matching clips. Those were posted by beta testers and none had the original clip to use for an A/B comparison, so we really have no information on how well the Tone Matching works, or at least very little information.
"Amp Duplication" (to avoid using a different term) was what was originally announced and that (Amp Matching) seems to work extremely well based on the 3 examples given. Tone Matching was a feature that was announced after the Amp Matching and seems to have generated even more interest than the Amp Matching. I'm more interested in the Amp Matching, but if the Tone Matching works as well as the clips that were posted of the Amp Matching all I can say is WOW!
I hope the firmware release doesn't occur before Monday. A lot of people have plans for Easter and it would be a difficult to spend time with the family knowing that the new firmware was out. I'd probably end up bringing my guitar, AXE, and a pair of phones with me and end up divorced.
I have similar thoughts as Nikki. We're just speculating now, but initially there were 2 different types of matching described. Tone matching, which is along the lines of the EQ/IR matching process that people have been doing in their DAWs, and Amp matching which would be along the lines of the Kemper-type of analysis, matching deeper aspects of an amp than what tone matching would do. Some of the discussions after the matching examples were uploaded make it seem like both of the matching processes are more similar than different. So who knows what we'll see, but Cliff always amazes me so I doubt I'll be unimpressed. Perhaps he's out-Kempering their process with something totally new.
But without more details we won't know what it is or how they work until its released. I'm excited to see it as I'm sure it will be great whatever it is.
You are correct Steadystate. Some people seem to have a problem with reading comprehension. Let me repeat: Cliff confirmed my take on this to be accurate in a thread a couple weeks ago.