I've been mainly direct since the 90's. I'm use to the technic's involved. Been thru a lot of evolutions from a rockman xpr rack mount pre, Marshall jmp1, rocktron prophesy, vox tonelab to name a few. All frfr setups. 2+ years now with the axe. Don't miss an actual guitar amp. Still love when I have an opportunity to use a great amp but (never say never) I don't plan on changing back. I love the axe direct to frfr. Especially when I get to hear it thru an awesome FOH system - sounds much better than a mic'd amp (IMO). Gotta use what inspires you, if you're digging it - rock on and don't worry about what you're using....make music !
The challenge (for me) is finding the time to audition all of the IRs.
JUST A THOUGHT: It would be great if AXE EDIT had the ability to let the user specify a time interval - say 2 to 10 seconds - to automatically audition the user cabs (U001 for 2 seconds, U002 for 2 seconds, ...) so the user could adjust their playing in real time to the inspiration obtained from hearing the next UltraRes IR loaded into the user cab memory. Think of the car radio "scan" function that auditions stations for a few seconds before moving on and if you want it to stop on a station you just hit the scan button. If you want it to start scanning again, just hit the button again.
IMHO - that would make auditioning hundreds of cabs per preset a lot quicker I think. And I intend to constantly audition new IRs as I find them ... cause you just never know when a better match is going to come along!
Check out the features of this: http://forum.fractalaudio.com/axe-f...fxsend-tiny-tool-auditioning-irs-presets.html
Thanks Barh Records!
Good to know about Al's program - unfortunately for me - Al's program does not have the same functionality as I am suggesting above (auto-scan audition functionality like in a car radio) and Al's program will not available for mac in the foreseeable future. :-|
I could never get the Axe to sound right going through the Matrix GT1000FX into a standard speaker cab. I had to tweak the heck out of the EQ to get a decent sound. My FRFR (CLRs) and v14 is just killing it. I've started using this setup in a live band setting and I'm just blown away by the quality of the tones I'm getting. The clean tones in v14 are stunning, and I'm using the Triaxis Yellow and Badger amp models for most of my lead tones. The turning point for me was playing with the band and not thinking...hey I'm playing a modeler, it was just great tone. The only tone I haven't been able to dial in with FRFR yet is dirty clean, right on the edge of break up. A natural pushed clean tone has been a challenge for me. The frustrating part is I can get that tone in about 2 seconds with a real amp. lol
The audience has always been my number one priority and the AxeFx is the best tool I've ever used to consistently deliver the goods to the people who really matter.
Thanks Barh Records!
Good to know about Al's program - unfortunately for me - Al's program does not have the same functionality as I am suggesting above (auto-scan audition functionality like in a car radio) and Al's program will not be available for mac in the foreseeable future. :-|