Axe_FX II Rigs, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Digital Modelling.

Clarky

anyone tried Q2.01b yet?

paulmapp8306

Tomorrow

guitarfishbay

Yes - it is a major change don't go unless you've got time to redial. The 4 patches I've compared (Recto, Mark IV, 5153 and JS410) all got quieter (total volume) a little brighter, and seem like they have less gain. Seems like you can dial in a higher value of bass knob than before, really hard to A/B on one unit though!

Clarky

guitarfishbay said:

Yes - it is a major change don't go unless you've got time to redial. The 4 patches I've compared (Recto, Mark IV, 5153 and JS410) all got quieter (total volume) a little brighter, and seem like they have less gain. Seems like you can dial in a higher value of bass knob than before, really hard to A/B on one unit though!

had a quick snoop on Q2.01b

just as you found, there are too many things to fix up and I don't have the time to deal with them right now..

back on Q2.00 for the next week or two I reckon

Clarky

after I went back to Q2.0 the difference in feel was immediately noticeable

so I'm back up on Q2.01b.. loving this a lot

I also swapped out my clean amp.. the 65 Bassman with the Carol Ann Turcana

oh.. my.. fkn.. god…

I've always liked this amp.. but it has a new spring in it's step..

Roland

The Turcana has improved in each of the recent firmware releases

Clarky

Roland said:

The Turcana has improved in each of the recent firmware releases

absolutely beautiful amp

all channels too..

guitarfishbay

Yep count me in as preferring 2.01.

The low end seems cleaner, without being thinner.

I've been resetting amp blocks and redialling in from there.  Really only takes 2 minutes to get it sorted as I've already picked my IRs.  The only one I hate re-dialling in is the Mark IV, balancing the pre and post EQs is annoying, I wish they could be on the same screen in Axe edit.

Clarky

more than the tone, it's the feel of Q2.01b be strikes me..

super slick feeling

paulmapp8306

Yeh, its the feel.

If anything Im not as keen on the tone.  Apart from the volume miss-matches (which I have now re-set), the top end seems brasher, and the bottom less weighty.  Im assuming I will have to do some re-dialing in - which to be honest I dont have to do too often on FW updates.

The feel though - just seems more touch responsive to me.

guitarfishbay

I found I was best off just resetting the amp block and re-dialing from scratch.  I really think it is a major change and don't know why it isn't just called 3.0.

Handsome_Chris

Oooo. This sounds goods. I may give it the upgrade tonight.

mrkb

Q2pt01Beta2 anyone??

http://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/axe-fx-ii-quantum-rev-2-01-public-beta-zwei.111243/

Clarky

looks like it fixes the power amp hardness defaulting to 0 bug

guitarfishbay

Anyone else compared cab lab converted ultra res IRs to 500ms versions?

I honestly feel there's a slight but noticeable difference using 500ms IRs so have totally abandoned cab lab in favour of loading 500ms OH IRs in Space Designer. I tend to use single mic IRs so not really a problem, and IR blending could easily be done duplicating tracks after tracking and treating them like real channels.

The biggest difference seems to be in the bass IRs. I don't think I have any options set wrong in cab lab, I just think the longer IR sounds a bit more natural and less 'Axe FX' if that makes sense. The shorter IRs tend to sound more immediate and tight, which I don't find necessary as there are already so many ways to make the Axe FX sound tight.

Clarky

what the length of the ultra-res IR's in the Axe?

guitarfishbay

170ms.

Clarky

you're making me want to play around with stuff now...

Roland

Typical addict. Blaming it on someone else

Clarky

as it happens… I'm in the middle of recording something for fun [for a change]..

it has no deadline and so is the perfect opportunity for a little experimentation..

one of the things I was considering was popping cablab live on the channel strip in Logic and making a cab mix in situ because it can load 8 IR's at a time

but now you've gone and given me a new idea..