Axe-FX (A Love Story?) Rd.1

[Whizzinby]

@Whizzinby get the cab block dialed in with your chosen custom IR, then click the little triangle next to library and hit "save". That way you can have them on instant recall.

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#gamechanger

@Whizzinby here's a quick rig build with some Marshall and mesa action using the blocks

Nice! My homework now after watching this is to branch out to the Pitch and Multi-Delay blocks.

At some point I need to dig in and take a look at some of those advance amp settings you’re making changes to. Probably after I manage to complete my first pass through all the models, sometime in 2025.

I think it’s pretty awesome you did that video just for Whizzinby.

“You can’t possibly f*ck this up if you just use these blocks…”

 

[mikah912]

#gamechanger



Nice! My homework now after watching this is to branch out to the Pitch and Multi-Delay blocks.

At some point I need to dig in and take a look at some of those advance amp settings you’re making changes to. Probably after I actually manage to make a first pass on all the models sometime in 2025.






“You can’t possibly f*ck this up if you just use these blocks…”

You can absolutely get lost in all of the great options in each category. @2112 has so wonderfully sketched out his faves, and the Blocks library is indeed a cheat code.

I will advise you, however, to dedicate a small amount of time for Fractal "exploring", but keep the rest of your interaction with the unit for actually playing. Or put simply, settle on a go-to for clean, midgain, crunch, modded Marshall, high gain, etc......and build a preset with scenes around it. Make that the first thing that comes up when you power it on. Commit to that configuration for a bit.

The temptation with a unit with so much to choose from is that you can always "tweak it to sound a little bit better".

 

[fretworn]

#gamechanger



Nice! My homework now after watching this is to branch out to the Pitch and Multi-Delay blocks.

At some point I need to dig in and take a look at some of those advance amp settings you’re making changes to. Probably after I manage to complete my first pass through all the models, sometime in 2025.






“You can’t possibly f*ck this up if you just use these blocks…”

After watching @2112 - you’ll be building your own chorus modules from the multitap and quad delays … lol

 

[JiveTurkey]

You can absolutely get lost in all of the great options in each category. @2112 has so wonderfully sketched out his faves, and the Blocks library is indeed a cheat code.

I will advise you, however, to dedicate a small amount of time for Fractal "exploring", but keep the rest of your interaction with the unit for actually playing. Or put simply, settle on a go-to for clean, midgain, crunch, modded Marshall, high gain, etc......and build a preset with scenes around it. Make that the first thing that comes up when you power it on. Commit to that configuration for a bit.

The temptation with a unit with so much to choose from is that you can always "tweak it to sound a little bit better".

I dumped all of the factory presets and just keep like 4 variations the 2 I use on unit.

 

[Baba]

Downloaded the Steve Stevens, John Petrucci, and Alex Lifeson presets

Pretty cool to have a chorus block called My Uncle Has A Chorus Place, from the master himself. Pretty straight forward CE2, but using a block by Lifeson adds to the vibe. lol

Wait, what?

Uh oh.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Wait, what?

Uh oh.

 

[Whizzinby]

Wait, what?

Uh oh.

Yeah, technically it’s an effects block library, not a preset. (Still learning my Fractal lingo)

 

[mikah912]

I dumped all of the factory presets and just keep like 4 variations the 2 I use on unit.

Man, I can't. The sheer wealth of sound design/ambient/synth presets that come in the factory selection is just pure gold. I use them all of the time. The only thing missing is more dedicated sawtooth wave stuff like that synth in Archetype: Rabea.

Also, for genres/amps I don't dabble much in (e.g. Dumble), it's good to have that stuff as a starting point for when I need to instantly call something like that up during a session or jam.

But I DO try to stay in the user presets area where my handful of go-tos are.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Man, I can't. The sheer wealth of sound design/ambient presets that come in the factory selection is just pure gold. I use them all of the time.

Also, for genres/amps I don't dabble much in (e.g. Dumble), it's good to have that stuff as a starting point for when I need to instantly call something like that up during a session or jam.

But I DO try to stay in the user presets area where my handful of go-tos are.

I curated probably a single bank of this style and moved them all to the back of the list. I just keep like 8ish Boogie presets up front and jam them.

 

[Rock Chalk]

Wait, what?

Uh oh.

Gift of Tone

 

[fretworn]

Gift of Tone

Another Christmas just around the corner

 

[Baba]

something something check the mesas already whizz, ffs

 

[mikah912]

Another Christmas just around the corner

Holy crap, I didn't realize the timing for this year. I'm still making my way through last year's batch.

@FractalAudio Respectfully, I'd love more synth and bass presets if you're doing a similar thing this year, and perhaps some more bass amps/preamps in the next iterations of firmware. Pretty please?

 

[Baba]

I'm not going to mess up Whizzinby's thread with my own baggage, but, I mean, I was just talking to you about making a preset with just an amp model, an IR, and some delay. Is it really worth learning an entire new ecosystem if that is how I'm rolling?

 

[JiveTurkey]

I'm not going to mess up Whizzinby's thread with my own baggage, but, I mean, I was just talking to you about making a preset with just an amp model, an IR, and some delay. Is it really worth learning an entire new ecosystem if that is how I'm rolling?

 

[Whizzinby]

One, that gif is awesome.

Two, I’m starting to accept that I was dumb as a bag of bricks to not try it sooner. On-device UI aside, this thing is beast mode in all other respects.

 

[fretworn]

 

[mikah912]

One, that gif is awesome.

Two, I’m starting to accept that I was dumb as a bag of bricks to not try it sooner. On-device UI aside, this thing is beast mode in all other respects.

On-device is bearable with enough time put into it, but clunky no matter how one tries to spin it.

Just trying to move blocks back and forth is excruciating. I've tried to explain it to people, and it always sounds like:

"Oh, easy peasy....just press the encoder to enter the Layout view, then arrow over to the block you want to effect, THEN page over twice to Tools, THEN twist the encoder knob until you get to the move right/left/move row/etc. action you want to execute, AND THEN switch to a different encoder knob and press Execut....hey, where are you going?!?!?!"

 

[fretworn]

O/T:



This is pretty good.

 

[Los-D]

O/T:



This is pretty good.

Was about to share the same link!