burningyen Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 Pardon HHB - you mean the HD into a clean amp setting, yes? Not just clean amps on the HD? edited to add: Where the hell is Ben?! C'mon burningyen! Are your ears burning? GH Just got back from a week in Cape Cod. Had a blast. My advice on this topic is for your friend to take his favorite axe and best pair of headphones to his local store and try out as many units as he can. Everyone hears and experiences these things differently. I agree that if money is no object, there's not much question that the AxeFX II is king of the hill. Below that, IMHO, it's pretty subjective. I won't repost all my previous DigiTech demos, but here's a cover I just attempted last night using my RP355 at the request of someone over on TGP: http://soundcloud.co...-where-were-you
geoff_hartwell Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 Ben, I have an RP355 too which I find pretty cool and I'm just starting to work with the X edit software.Do you have your Floyd patches etc posted somewhere? I'd love to check those out.
burningyen Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 Ben, I have an RP355 too which I find pretty cool and I'm just starting to work with the X edit software.Do you have your Floyd patches etc posted somewhere? I'd love to check those out.Sure, they're in a bunch of threads I posted over at TGP:VariousGilmour/Final CutBeckNeil Youngclean and AC/DC
geoff_hartwell Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 Dude... DUDE! That Final Cut solo patch is the bomb. A very underrated tune, but such a great one. From one Floyd fanatic to another, I salute you! Now can you post patches for Shine On, and Sorrow, and... and... Keep 'em comin! GH
jisham Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 Do you guys with the AXE FX gig with it and if so, what's your setup? Not that I'm interested in going that route but I'm wondering how well those things do live because most of the pros I've seen with them (Petrucci for example) seem to use it for FX only live.
burningyen Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Dude... DUDE! That Final Cut solo patch is the bomb. A very underrated tune, but such a great one. From one Floyd fanatic to another, I salute you! Now can you post patches for Shine On, and Sorrow, and... and... Keep 'em comin! GH Thanks, man! I haven't tackled Sorrow yet, but there are a bunch of Floyd patches in that "Various" thread I posted: direct link to the patches direct link to a demo of those patches Some of those could use a bit more work, but time is limited these days.
svl Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 I've been using it live for over a year and a half, and upgraded recently from the Ultra to the II. I was using straight guitar cabs, but just went FRFR (passive, still use my Velocity power amp but just for straight power, no "tweak" controls used on it). At every show people have been blown away by my tone, and it is such a pleasure to have such versatility and power in such a small package (one 8 space rack that holds the Axe, wireless, Velocity and a two space rack drawer for my necessities, an EV ELX112 monitor wedge which I have on a "throat level" monitor stand and my MFC controller). It was so good it even blew away guitar great John Ivan, who is now using my Ultra rig in Off Broadway after decades of being a hardcore vintage amp man. Our show this past weekend was a huge success on the guitar front- the two Axe's sounded unbelievable together, the soundman was blown away and thrilled because he didn't have to tweak shit, just plug 'm in (which saves TONS of time in set-up and soundcheck) and my guitar pals in the audience who were at the debut show commented on how much better Ivan's tone was and how well the guitars worked together this time.Also, with the MFC (Fractal's midi controller) I have the world at my tootsies in a two by two, very sharp looking package. During "Hang On For Love" I turned the guitar into bagpipes for the ending solo piece with no lag, brought up an auto Wah during "Full Moon" which had one guitarist come up to me after the show and freak out on how unbelievably "real" and "natural" the auto Wah sounded and behaved, and went from crunchy gain to smooth as silk OD to uber clean acoustic tone and more seamlessly.I've invested a good amount of dough into Fractal, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. From studio to live it beats 'em all, hands down.
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