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

@Whizzinby , curious to hear your thoughts when you get around to recording with it and how it works out as an DAW interface.
 
Whizzinby said:
Saturation. Is that fixed for each amp, meaning the “On” and “Ideal On” are the same across all amps or did he fine tune those per amp? The QuickRod Lead 1 with the sat switch on is nasty, nasty, in the best possible way. It’s really cool to have those boost and saturation options there in the amp block.
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The Wiki is your friend for many, many questions.

Category:FM3 - Fractal Audio Wiki

wiki.fractalaudio.com wiki.fractalaudio.com

I also pretty much always have the Fractal Blocks Guide as a tab in my web browser: https://www.fractalaudio.com/downloads/manuals/fas-guides/Fractal-Audio-Blocks-Guide.pdf

I use the Vivaldi browser which has a feature called Workspaces where I just have a separate workspace for all the guitar gear manuals I need (e.g any time I need to adjust some hidden function on my Strymons) and can switch between my usual tabs and the "Manuals" workspace so they don't clutter my normal setup.
 
laxu said:
The Wiki is your friend for many, many questions.

Category:FM3 - Fractal Audio Wiki

wiki.fractalaudio.com wiki.fractalaudio.com

I also pretty much always have the Fractal Blocks Guide as a tab in my web browser: https://www.fractalaudio.com/downloads/manuals/fas-guides/Fractal-Audio-Blocks-Guide.pdf

I use the Vivaldi browser which has a feature called Workspaces where I just have a separate workspace for all the guitar gear manuals I need (e.g any time I need to adjust some hidden function on my Strymons) and can switch between my usual tabs and the "Manuals" workspace so they don't clutter my normal setup.
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jellodog said:
@Whizzinby The input boost in the amp block is a "clean" boost with EQ and colour characteristics of the selected drive, but it doesn't add drive of its own like a dedicated drive would:

Amp block - Fractal Audio Wiki

wiki.fractalaudio.com wiki.fractalaudio.com
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That wiki is so well done. I want it in hardcover form w/ pictures to have as a coffee table book. :ROFLMAO:

This might be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen…

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Jose mod any amp? Yes, please! That’s sick.
 
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Whizzinby said:
Aghhhhhhhh

:idea

Got it.
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Same, same for all blocks

I.e. delays I always have three ready to go; stereo tape with ducking; reverse delay with dolycking, and the Plex delay with ducking. As well as tempos they also have modifier assignments for continuous controllers.
 
Whizzinby said:
Preamp controls.

I see the “input boost” section under the preamp tab. I’m basically just using that and then changing it to an 808 and not using the drive block at all. Did Cliff put that there to just give the ability to not even need a drive block, or do those input boosts function differently somehow?

Saturation. Is that fixed for each amp, meaning the “On” and “Ideal On” are the same across all amps or did he fine tune those per amp? The QuickRod Lead 1 with the sat switch on is nasty, nasty, in the best possible way. It’s really cool to have those boost and saturation options there in the amp block.
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Boost emulates a drive block 👍

And saturation is a clipping diode
 
Whizzinby said:
That wiki is so well done. I want it in hardcover form w/ pictures to have as a coffee table book. :ROFLMAO:

This might guy be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen…

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Jose mod any amp? Yes, please! That’s sick.
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Yek compiles 99% of that info, even though anyone can update the Wiki. Anything Cliff comments on, and he uploads it and keeps it curated. We owe a lot to his work!
 
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FuzzyAce said:
@Whizzinby , curious to hear your thoughts when you get around to recording with it and how it works out as an DAW interface.
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Klutzing around with it atm. Logic read the FM3 at launch and records the processed signal fine, but on playback from Logic there is a volume drop on the track, and everything is much less present and full.

Im sure there is some level or setup deal going on I’ll need to investigate. I’m using it direct via USB with my monitors connected to the FM3, not an external audio interface. (Probably some config required)
 
Whizzinby said:
Klutzing around with it atm. Logic read the FM3 at launch and records the processed signal fine, but on playback from Logic there is a volume drop on the track, and everything is much less present and full.

Im sure there is some level or setup deal going on I’ll need to investigate. I’m using it direct via USB with my monitors connected to the FM3, not an external audio interface. (Probably some config required)
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You have a whole set of monitors which will blow you away… You can monitor everything including the signal chain but for this you wanna go look at USB. It’s a little bit more advanced but not difficult.

You will love all the monitors in the individual blocks (they are stereo in and stereo out.), even though they’re itty-bitty for troubleshooting.
 
Whizzinby said:
Klutzing around with it atm. Logic read the FM3 at launch and records the processed signal fine, but on playback from Logic there is a volume drop on the track, and everything is much less present and full.

Im sure there is some level or setup deal going on I’ll need to investigate. I’m using it direct via USB with my monitors connected to the FM3, not an external audio interface. (Probably some config required)
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Are you setting the Logic session to 48khz? I was noticing a slight difference in sound when listening back to recorded tracks when I was at 44khz. It’s File>Project Management>Audio>48khz. I wish you could set it permanently but that doesn’t seem to be an option unless you just make a template.
 
DrewJD82 said:
Are you setting the Logic session to 48khz? I was noticing a slight difference in sound when listening back to recorded tracks when I was at 44khz. It’s File>Project Management>Audio>48khz. I wish you could set it permanently but that doesn’t seem to be an option unless you just make a template.
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I’ll fire it up and give it a look. I didn’t look at the settings beyond making sure it read the device and had it as both the input and output.
 
@DrewJD82 It was set to 44 but even after I changed to 48, on playback the track is distant. But I can strum a note the second I stop playback and it’s loud and crisp. Weird. I’ll do some google fu

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@Whizzinby Have you seen the Preset Levelling tool?

Very useful for using the full range of dynamic output and keeping presets levels relative to each other.




Also:

forum.fractalaudio.com

Everything you've always wanted to know about LEVELS (III, FM3, FM9)

The topic of setting and monitoring levels in the Axe-Fx III and FM3 has confused me in the past. Writing an article has been on my to-do list for quite a while. So here it is. It covers what's useful to know, answering some of my own questions. It may answer some of yours. About LEVELS in the...
forum.fractalaudio.com forum.fractalaudio.com
 
Whizzinby said:
Im sure there is some level or setup deal going on I’ll need to investigate. I’m using it direct via USB with my monitors connected to the FM3, not an external audio interface. (Probably some config required)
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I'm not using the DAW you have but what input do you have selected when recording?
 
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