Members donsimon76 Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 I have a rack system and have gone through many iterations of stuff in it and other equipment. I originally built the rack thinking I was going to give up all of my 100-watt heads and live mostly out of the rack. I had an Axe-FX standard at one point but decided to go all tube preamps and sold the Axe-FX. Since then I have sold all of my 100-watt heads, but have grown unhappy with my rack and now have a bunch of lower wattage heads and combos that make me pretty happy. I am actually thinking now that I want to convert my rack back over to an Axe-FX preamp again going into my Mesa 20/20 EL84 poweramp. My one question is has the Axe-FX software gotten better? It was just released in beta when I sold my original Axe-FX and it was very frustrating and not intuitive. I had dealt with Line 6 software and Vox Tonelab software and both are very intuitive. The Axe-FX software was extremely confusing when dealing with moving patches and such. My rack sits next to my computer and I really like using the computer to be able to have a visual interface to tweak settings. Has it gotten better? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seclusion Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 I just got the Standard used about 2 weeks ago, and Axe Edit to adjust the sounds. It's working pretty good. I've only used the V9.0 version so I can't say if it's better then it was. I'd say it's pretty close to the line 6 editor, maybe more options but still slightly glitchy as they call it a beta release, it's solid for a beta. I suspect they are still updating and I'd think the kinks would be ironed out. I love the sound of this thing, I had a X3 Live for and always found I was tweaking the sounds to get them to cut through. With the Ax I'm done mixing in no time. No one is taking this thing from my hands! Later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LaXu Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 The editor software got a huge bump recently. It no longer looks like an amateur Photoshop doodle and performance is a lot better too. Still some things don't work but mostly it works fine. Instead of using the Mesa poweramp, I recommend you get yourself an Atomic FR because with that you can use the poweramp and cab sims on the Axe-Fx. They make a huge difference in how different tones you can get out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members donsimon76 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 The editor software got a huge bump recently. It no longer looks like an amateur Photoshop doodle and performance is a lot better too. Still some things don't work but mostly it works fine. Ah, so is it starting to look like something that would be used with an item costing $1,400? I had spent a lot of time with the Line 6 software that comes with POD XT's and X3's that you can pick up under $300 and the software is great. You get my concern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LaXu Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 Absolutely. I outlined the various usability flaws I found in the previous editor version and some of them still stand, but in general the software is better now. You can try it without owning an Axe-Fx, it'll run just fine so check it out yourself. The main thing missing right now is a half-decent preset manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members donsimon76 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 Absolutely. I outlined the various usability flaws I found in the previous editor version and some of them still stand, but in general the software is better now. You can try it without owning an Axe-Fx, it'll run just fine so check it out yourself. The main thing missing right now is a half-decent preset manager. I remember the preset manager was a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t2mikeman Posted March 23, 2010 Members Share Posted March 23, 2010 i didnt like the axe till 9.0. Once i heard 9.0 it was finally good enough to my ears. ~mike~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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