When do you predict the next Fractal Audio Axe iteration will drop, now that they've stated that it will be NAM-compatible? (Poll added)

What's Your Prediction?

  • Within 6 months

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Within 6 months to 1 year

    Votes: 3 21.4%

  • Within 1-2 years

    Votes: 8 57.1%

  • Over two years

    Votes: 3 21.4%

  • Soon...

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    14
Chocol8 said:
That's a pretty fucking big thing though. If they get just that right, it will kill the component modeling market due to the time/cost factor alone. But there is also much more to be had in capturing effects and signal chains. The ability to bake a bunch of blocks down into a single capture, will open up options, especially on smaller/lower powered units.
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That's a big if, considering that doing properly working parametric captures is likely to take a long time for anything with more than a few knobs like an overdrive pedal.

I'm also not convinced that capturing e.g time based effects will be a thing anytime soon...and the idea of "effects snapshot" for delays, reverbs etc is even less appealing.
 
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I would be shocked if the AXE3, at least the turbo, wouldn't have enough horsepower to integrate it as is, under the either/or scenario cheaper units have.
Either use NAM or a amp model, not both. I'm probably wrong, but it would help them compete in a world where apparently NAM is supposely better than everything. (not my specific opinion, but it's out there)
 
madmarcus1960 said:
I would be shocked if the AXE3, at least the turbo, wouldn't have enough horsepower to integrate it as is
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NAM is software written for a general purpose computer, i.e. a CPU, while the Axe modelling runs on a DSP which is quite a different beast . It's kinda like saying that integrating a search bar into a book shouldn't be too hard because the book has enough pages. Well, not quite that extreme but still...
 
How about splitting the screen into two smaller displays, returning to 2u height, and adding physical support for a tablet (touch screen)?
 
ChordInversion said:
Iwith modeling being "table stakes" for Tonex and Kemper?
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I hate the term. My uderstanding is that it is meant to apply to $1k+ device that are attempting to be an all-in-one unit - so it doesn't really apply to ToneX because (I don't think) they have anything really trying to be a "top tier all in one unit". I think most folks except for the die hard Kemper fans agree that Kemper is no longer at the same table as the other "flagship" modelers.
 
Stone said:
I'm guessing that's only coming in next gen hardware
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yes at the moment its only in Icons . none of the current hardware has the capability to do it

That is kind why I think the next gen will be sooner rather than later, because now you can Start to see some limitations or constraints in the current lineup

1: HD dynacabs
2: NAM block
3: block library on unit
 
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Boudoir Guitar said:
I hate the term. My uderstanding is that it is meant to apply to $1k+ device that are attempting to be an all-in-one unit - so it doesn't really apply to ToneX because (I don't think) they have anything really trying to be a "top tier all in one unit". I think most folks except for the die hard Kemper fans agree that Kemper is no longer at the same table as the other "flagship" modelers.
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It just means that without a particular feature, your product stands no chance of selling or being popular; regardless of price point. I don't mind the phrase, but I think it gets misused a lot.
 
Orvillain said:
It just means that without a particular feature, your product stands no chance of selling or being popular; regardless of price point. I don't mind the phrase, but I think it gets misused a lot.
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Polishing up on my gambling vocabulary. Honestly, I don't think I quite understand the metaphor. I was confusing the gambling-context meaning of the term with "ante". Ante being the minimum bet you have to kick in just to have a seat at the table that varies by table, which is how I'd always interpreted "table stakes".
 
Boudoir Guitar said:
Polishing up on my gambling vocabulary. Honestly, I don't think I quite understand the metaphor. I was confusing the gambling-context meaning of the term with "ante". Ante being the minimum bet you have to kick in just to have a seat at the table that varies by table, which is how I'd always interpreted "table stakes".
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Like... from a drum software perspective....

- multiple microphone channels
- multiple velocities
- round robin technology
- diskstreaming engine

Don't have any of those.... your product is a bellend and needs to be set on fire.

I think table stakes is just a more polite way of saying that last bit. :rofl
 
Upon further reflection, I hope everyone gets what they want out of a future version. I already have what I love. I don't have to buy anything else unless what I have breaks, which is exceedingly unlikely.

That was always in the background of my thoughts on this, but time to bring it front and center.
 
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