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

[la szum]

Apparently, Dopamine is all about the anticipation of reward ("thrill of the hunt" sort of thing) and not about the reward
itself. Easy for the brain to get tricked into an addiction to that sense of anticipation by chasing and burning in
the never-ending Gear Churn.

Ewwww.... look. Gotta go check my Reverb Feed alert I just received.

 

[paisleywookiee]

I wonder How much Fractal Sales are Generated here on TGF

It’s the Fractal/Mesa Sales SuperCenter!

 

[Frodebro]

Apparently, Dopamine is all about the anticipation of reward ("thrill of the hunt" sort of thing) and not about the reward
itself. Easy for the brain to get tricked into an addiction to that sense of anticipation by chasing and burning in
the never-ending Gear Churn.

Ewwww.... look. Gotta go check my Reverb Feed alert I just received.

My way of keeping the GAS-induced impulse buys in check is to find a piece of gear that I haven’t touched in a while, then start watching review videos on it instead of the latest new & shiny thing. That usually sparks a renewed interest in the old gear that I already have.

So if I start posting videos about the Digitech GSP1101, all y’all will know that I’m trying REAL hard to not fall off the wagon.

 

[duzie]

I’m content with my FM3.
Prior to that I had a GT100 for awhile so the allure of a new shiny object isn’t that strong…

 

[paisleywookiee]

Not to fanboy out again, but the Fractal is the anti-GAS for me. Actually, it’s the negative GAS; I’ll be listing stuff online this week, because I just don’t use it.

TL;DR I fart less.

 

[la szum]

So if I start posting videos about the Digitech GSP1101, all y’all will know that I’m trying REAL hard to not fall off the wagon.

That's a great unit.

 

[DrewJD82]

Apparently, Dopamine is all about the anticipation of reward ("thrill of the hunt" sort of thing) and not about the reward
itself. Easy for the brain to get tricked into an addiction to that sense of anticipation by chasing and burning in
the never-ending Gear Churn.

Ewwww.... look. Gotta go check my Reverb Feed alert I just received.

This isn’t really a gear churn; he’s not looking for something different, just more of what he’s already got. I mean, if I were getting all giddy about sounds I could come up with and wanted to go deeper into ‘em, why not just get the one that does that? I’d think that’d be a more admirable approach than starting with the flagship, not finding all it’s capabilities then flipping it for something else because “it doesn’t do what I need”, this was really the total opposite approach.

Regardless…

 

[la szum]

This isn’t really a gear churn; he’s not looking for something different, just more of what he’s already got. I mean, if I were getting all giddy about sounds I could come up with and wanted to go deeper into ‘em, why not just get the one that does that? I’d think that’d be a more admirable approach than starting with the flagship, not finding all it’s capabilities then flipping it for something else because “it doesn’t do what I need”, this was really the total opposite approach.

Regardless…

 

[Frodebro]

That's a great unit.

It would have been interesting to see what it could have evolved into if Samsung didn’t kill Digitech. For a 4CM effects unit it did a decent job, and with only one rack space.

 

[Stone]

Yeah we all joke about GAS but it can be a huge issue (speaking from experience).

GAS is an affliction !

 

[la szum]

It would have been interesting to see what it could have evolved into if Samsung didn’t kill Digitech. For a 4CM effects unit it did a decent job, and with only one rack space.

Yup. That Control 2 footswitch was sweet, too.

 

[laxu]

So I think I’m going to dump the Turtle Edition. Good intro to the platform, but I need to harness the power of all da blocks

What do you feel you are missing out on or can't fit in your presets?

 

[Frodebro]

Yup. That Control 2 footswitch was sweet, too.

Still have it as well.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I always wanted to give that 5150 model a go

 

[Whizzinby]

Ok, so the FM3 is half the power of the FM9, which is half the power of the AxeFX, and the Turbo FM3 and Turbo FM9 is 10% Moar powerful than the Turtle Editions, but the AxeFX Turbo is 25% more power than the AxeFXIII Turtle Edition?

Is there some non-obvious reason to avoid the AxeFX Turtle vs the AxeFX Turbo? Before I eat it, I want to make sure that some Super Duper High Res 4k Delay Generator 5000 isn’t only available on the Turbo Championship Edition.

Fractal HQ when getting the Turtle Edition order from me three weeks ago, knowing the path I would soon be on…

Knowing that I’ll likely “need” the FC12 too…

The tones though

 

[la szum]

They did some of the best high-gainers from that time period. The 5150 and Rec were

 

[GTR37]

This isn’t really a gear churn; he’s not looking for something different, just more of what he’s already got. I mean, if I were getting all giddy about sounds I could come up with and wanted to go deeper into ‘em, why not just get the one that does that? I’d think that’d be a more admirable approach than starting with the flagship, not finding all it’s capabilities then flipping it for something else because “it doesn’t do what I need”, this was really the total opposite approach.

Regardless…

I think where the problems is when you try combining worlds
If you really want that Amp where I'm at keep 1 tube amp , if you play country or classic rock or love Brad Paisley get something like a DRZ wreck something that does one thing really well
Then for your studio get a Fractal
For when you feeling like recording or get the FM9 and use it for effects

Once you start the I love the DrZ but I need to put it into a two notes cabM IR loader and then I need Midi switching so I need a RJM amp gizmo
That’s where things go bad

 

[Frodebro]

Ok, so the FM3 is half the power of the FM9, which is half the power of the AxeFX, and the Turbo FM3 and Turbo FM9 is 10% Moar powerful than the Turtle Editions, but the AxeFX Turbo is 25% more power than the AxeFXIII Turtle Edition?

Is there some non-obvious reason to avoid the AxeFX Turtle vs the AxeFX Turbo? Before I eat it, I want to make sure that some Super Duper High Res 4k Delay Generator 5000 isn’t only available on the Turbo Championship Edition.

Fractal HQ when getting the Turtle Edition order from me three weeks ago, knowing the path I would soon be on…

Knowing that I’ll likely “need” the FC12 too…

The tones though

I have the standard III Mk 2, and CPU load is never an issue for me unless I’m goofing around with a kitchen sink preset. But if you’re going crazy with some ambient shoegaze worship mashup where you need four delays and two reverbs you might benefit from the extra juice under the hood.

 

[JiveTurkey]

 

[Whizzinby]

What do you feel you are missing out on or can't fit in your presets?

I’ve CPU locked the the thing several times on a pretty basic series signal path, trying to work in the Plex Delay and certain Pitch blocks. If I’m capping the thing with the simple presets, I know I will ultimately find it limiting when I start trying to get more creative.

I would have went with one of the other units to begin with, but I wanted to dip my toes in the water first.