690MBCOMMANDO
Member
- Messages
- 768
Hi Guys -
I'm been a long time user of the AxeFx Ultra, AxeFx II and ultimately sold the AxeFx II (the Ultra still stays in a rack and used for effects). I'm contemplating whether to get another AxeFx II or AxeFX II XL when it comes out and wondering if you could help share of your experiences.
My intended use would be to just use it live and direct into FOH. I tried it before, but found that IEM tone was drastically different than what I took a ton of hours building at home though a pair of high end M-Audios near field monitors and it was frustrating to say the least.
Hence I sold the AxeFx II and the M-Audios.
My best tonal results with the unit was when the AxeFx was run into tube based FRFRs like the Atomic Reactors (and I have the cabs as well as the wedges) and the cleans were warm and amp like as were all the various gain stages. But I ultimately sold those too since I was lugging too much gear around and ultimately decided I wanted to go light and direct into FOH.
On a whim I ended up getting the HD500 and later the HD500x and ran those into a my computer speakers (Bose Companion 5) and got some great tones out of that. The real test was when I took that out to play live direct into FOH. I was expecting a similar experience to the AxeFx but was amazed (as were the sound guys at different venues) that the sounds were very similar and still sounded great with minimal changes to the presets.
With this background (and maybe I'm the only one who feels this way), I miss all the features of the AxeFx and have the following questions for those who use it direct into FOH:
1) What are you using for monitors in the studio/home? How close is it to the live sound (assuming the sound engineer keeps you flat at the board....I understand differences in the rooms, house monitors, etc.)? I use IEM often in this situation so this is important for me for to keep it simple and live tone = studio/home tone.
2) Any other tips you guys have found to get that live IEM tone similar to home? For the HD500/HD500x I found that a huge help is to work the master knob on the HD500 in conjunction with the right input level/gain at the FOH. Huge effect on the gain level, headroom, juiciness of the drives.
Any other ideas/opinions are welcome!
Thanks!
I'm been a long time user of the AxeFx Ultra, AxeFx II and ultimately sold the AxeFx II (the Ultra still stays in a rack and used for effects). I'm contemplating whether to get another AxeFx II or AxeFX II XL when it comes out and wondering if you could help share of your experiences.
My intended use would be to just use it live and direct into FOH. I tried it before, but found that IEM tone was drastically different than what I took a ton of hours building at home though a pair of high end M-Audios near field monitors and it was frustrating to say the least.
Hence I sold the AxeFx II and the M-Audios.
My best tonal results with the unit was when the AxeFx was run into tube based FRFRs like the Atomic Reactors (and I have the cabs as well as the wedges) and the cleans were warm and amp like as were all the various gain stages. But I ultimately sold those too since I was lugging too much gear around and ultimately decided I wanted to go light and direct into FOH.
On a whim I ended up getting the HD500 and later the HD500x and ran those into a my computer speakers (Bose Companion 5) and got some great tones out of that. The real test was when I took that out to play live direct into FOH. I was expecting a similar experience to the AxeFx but was amazed (as were the sound guys at different venues) that the sounds were very similar and still sounded great with minimal changes to the presets.
With this background (and maybe I'm the only one who feels this way), I miss all the features of the AxeFx and have the following questions for those who use it direct into FOH:
1) What are you using for monitors in the studio/home? How close is it to the live sound (assuming the sound engineer keeps you flat at the board....I understand differences in the rooms, house monitors, etc.)? I use IEM often in this situation so this is important for me for to keep it simple and live tone = studio/home tone.
2) Any other tips you guys have found to get that live IEM tone similar to home? For the HD500/HD500x I found that a huge help is to work the master knob on the HD500 in conjunction with the right input level/gain at the FOH. Huge effect on the gain level, headroom, juiciness of the drives.
Any other ideas/opinions are welcome!
Thanks!