Ways the AX8 has expanded your thinking/your favorite workaround

[r3vo1ution1991]

Hello!

I have had my AX8 for not quite two weeks now, and I have been having a blast playing with it! It has consumed my thinking, as even when I'm away from it I'm thinking of how I can tweak things or get around CPU limitations.

My most recent revelation was the use of the X/Y toggle to get an OD tone versus using a pedal. I was reaching the CPU limits with my preset because I had a compressor, two drives, a volume adjuster, a clean amp (Band Commander), Cab, Pitch block, Delay, Reverb, and FX Loop. After running into a CPU limitation with all those things, I was puzzling, and puzzling, until the puzzle was solved! Got rid of my primary drive pedal and changed the Y state to a more gain-y amp, and voila! CPU limitations were solved! Also, by doing this it allowed me to try out amps that I never would've thought to try before!

What were some problems you came across that you thought "outside the box" to fix?

 

[DTS]

The most handy CPU saving tricks for me are:

1. Block X/Y changing as you mentioned.
2. Setting Cab Block to Normal quality.
3. Setting Reverb quality to normal.
4. Lowering reverb density parameter.

 

[r3vo1ution1991]

The most handy CPU saving tricks for me are:

1. Block X/Y changing as you mentioned.
2. Setting Cab Block to Normal quality.
3. Setting Reverb quality to normal.
4. Lowering reverb density parameter.

I didn't think about the reverb density! I'm pretty sure the reverb quality was at normal, but I'll have to double check.

 

[Geezerjohn]

Reverb density really eats up the cpu. For all my live work presets I have the reverb set to normal. In a live setting with a band no one can tell the difference between reverb quality.