Both internal and external controllers can be attached to various parameters offering dynamic control of an effect. Usability has not been sacrificed though as most effects have a basic setup page allowing quick access to the most used parameters.Ĭontrollability: Many of the parameters in the Axe-Fx are controllable in real-time. ![]() In addition, many effects offer advanced editing capability allowing in-depth programming. You are not constrained by the limitations of "one-knob" processors where little if any editing of parameters is offered. Programmability: The Axe-Fx allows extensive programmability of each effects parameters. By providing a routable effects loop the Axe-Fx allows unrivaled flexibility. Some effects work better when placed before distortion (which your preamp would provide) and others work better after. Also, the effects loop is routable as well so if you use your Axe-Fx with a preamplifier you can place the preamplifier in the effects loop and run effects both before and after your preamp. Routability: The Axe-Fx allows you to place effects in any order and in series or parallel. OK, so what does it do? Well, the Axe-Fx is fully routable, fully programmable, real-time controllable, multi-effects processor. Our replicas are so exact that we can reproduce the harmonic spectrum of a real tube amp with amazing accuracy. We gathered up some classic tubes and measured their transfer functions and then stored these transfer functions in the Axe-Fx’s massive brain. The Axe-Fx does contain, however, very accurate digital replicas of actual vacuum tubes. What you will see are modern, high-quality components that offer specifications and performance far exceeding any of the aforementioned devices. If you look inside the Axe-Fx you will not see any glowing tubes or any of the revered op-amps that the analog pundits claim offer mystical sonic properties. The Axe-Fx does not use any analog processing or any tubes. Once again the philosophy is practicality and presenting the “effect” as it was originally intended. Also the tone controls are much more responsive providing all the tones of the original plus new tones that the original could not achieve. ![]() For example, the Brownface amp sim sounds remarkably like a particular classic amp however the AxeFx contains working midrange and presence controls. What this means is that they sound like the originals but are easier to adjust and provide more flexibility and a wider range of tones. The Axe-Fx’s amp, drive and cabinet simulations, however, are very faithful reproductions of the originals, but without the drawbacks of the originals. Most modeling processors do not allow this level of control. In our wah example this allows you to set the sweep range, "Q" and other parameters. Inherent in this approach is a degree of flexibility that you do not get with other processors. The effect does exactly what it should do. There is no "black magic" or obfuscation. From there the effect was designed to exactly meet these specifications. Instead the input-output relationship of a wah was distilled into a set of specifications. The Axe-Fx approaches effects processing as a strict set of specifications and implements those specifications.įor example, the wah effect in the Axe-Fx is not intended to model any of the classic wah-wahs. However, some processors obviously do better than others. All effect processors, whether "stomp boxes" or otherwise, process the input signal to get an output signal, simple as that. ![]() All effects can be described in terms of their desired sonic manipulation. Rather the Axe-Fx was designed to simply provide the effect as originally intended and with the utmost quality. ![]() Although it has cabinet emulation and different amplifier "types" it does not attempt to model any effect exactly. What is the Axe-Fx? Well, let's start by telling you what it isn't.
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