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

guitarfishbay

So who else saw this post from Cliff (re: should I upgrade firmware):

"At this time I would hold off. We will be releasing our "G3 Modeling Technology" firmware upgrade soon. So it doesn't make sense to tweak everything with such a major update looming."

Thread is here - I've just started reading it. http://forum.fractalaudio.com/axe-fx-ii-discussion/95118-bit-scared-upgrade-firmware.html

AndyJP

Yeah saw it.  Didn't have a feckin clue what it meant tho.

guitarfishbay

Nobody does. I just lost 5 minutes of my life scrolling past memes and confused FAS member posts and learned nothing! )

AndyJP

He's just dangled a carrot eh?

Handsome_Chris

Is there a parade of sycophancy going on over there?

guitarfishbay

There's a lot of people speculating about it being XL only but nobody from FAS has confirmed anything. It is Friday though, so who knows, soon might mean today.

Handsome_Chris

I've just had a goosey at the FAS forum.  There are a lot whiney bitches on that thread.

Drew_TNBD

"Before upgrading, record a ton of your riffs and some cover songs, so you can make lots of comparisons."

oohhhhh fucccckkkk offffffffffff!

Handsome_Chris

And that is so much better than actually making music, or is it part of the artistic process?

Drew_TNBD

Handsome_Chris said:

And that is so much better than actually making music, or is it part of the artistic process?

Oh sorry. Would've answered you earlier but I've been assembling the new Tacoma material for our next album. We've got 12 songs, clocking in at 67minutes. Might need to cut that down some!

Annnyywwaaaayyy...

Handsome_Chris

Oooo, a double album.

guitarfishbay

From Cliff: "Wow, lots of speculation. This is the state of things so far: G3 is all-new amp modeling. There are no other changes to the firmware so the effects, routing, etc. stay the same. But the amp modeling is a complete "reboot" based on this analysis thingy I wrote that learns an amp and extracts the pertinent data. At this point I have only ported several dozen models to G3. It's a LOT of work because it involves opening each amp and doing all the measurements and then doing the analysis matches, etc. It will be several more weeks to port the remaining models. Does it sound drastically different? No, but it does sound better. Some amps are noticeably better especially the Plexis, Rectos, 5150s and the Trainwreck. The Rectos are very good now. They're smooth yet aggressive at the same time if that makes any sense. Many parameters have been removed as they are not compatible. Among them: PA Lowcut, PA Hicut, Character Type, Character Freq, Character Amt, Character Q, Voicing, et. al. The modeling doesn't need them. So stop banging on your F5 key and get back to talking about deflated footballs."

guitarfishbay

. Double post (bloody paragraph phone bug!)

Handsome_Chris

Well at least that should stop people posting crap.

Drew_TNBD

Cliff could talk the foreskin off a cock.

AndyJP

Cutting to the chase... Does it sound drastically different? No. What a bloody fuss.

Still want to hear the fucker tho.

Handsome_Chris

I can wait. It'll come when it comes. 

Roland

Handsome_Chris said:

Well at least that should stop people posting crap.

There's a family of pigs flying past my house

Handsome_Chris

Drew_fx said:

Cliff could talk the foreskin off a cock.

Now let's not turn this into the bastard son of "I don't like Rob Chapman because he's happier than me" thread.

Handsome_Chris

I've had a quick blast with 17.04 today, I like it. How are you chaps getting on with it?