AXE FX III - BEST OF THE BEST? 

Use it as a preamp no a premier!

Ola, alot of people starting out find it hard to get the money to buy a decent guitar rig. What would be your dream rig, guitar, amp, 1 pedal for £500??

My parents used to say the same thing about me.

@@TheBlackKoma F

What really makes the difference in sound between the AxeFx 2 and 3 is that algorithm, the hardware allows to put more of everything but the AxeFx 2 with the Ares release sounds identical to the 3.

Yea true. But i think real amps are still cooler

@@TheCritic5150 I'm a multi instrumentalist trying to record at home and already spent a bunch on real cymbals and a nice drum kit, now I need mics... I had a Mark V 90 watt combo and yeah tube amps are amazing but I couldn't really afford a versatile enough tube rig. I just got a used Axe-FX II and it's insane value, feels like I have a portal to a high-end studio with tons of gear... You guitarists get to use programmed drums and save some $$$ LOL, let me use an Axe-FX to track guitars ;)

you are not good enough to justify that purchase...I-ve seen your videos

Can u use this with the triax? What i was hoping

@@vivarantxwho gives a shit? He wanted it and has fun playing with it, so stfu.

LMAO!!! Hilarious man... he he

run a synergy preamp module in the loop.

Sounds exactly the same

Save you a lot of money LOL

Ha. Ha.

For real tho

True story

They have a special right now 2300 with fc6 1999 without, with talks of price going down if they can secure the components they need.

Just wait til revision 4 comes out, less 'I''s :D

so ill be waiting for the 1000$ AXE FX IV

How much did you pay?

@@thefam9179 its 2.8k normally i thinl

Thats why I sold my Ax Fx2

that is some funny shit. lmao.

This is why Kemper is superior for guys like me. Not sure why everyone insists Axe-III absolutely blows everything else away. It's a great piece of gear; But I'd rather spend my time playing than trying to be a jack of all trades. I don't need to be an audio tech too. If I'm playing something that emulates another amp I'd rather have it be a "snapshot" of a real amp. How large this is with the fact that it isn't the amp it's emulating kind of also has me at a loss on the pointof it. Either way we're lucky to have such a vast selection of quality digital gear these days. Cheers!

Effect are second to several buddy. Try eventide H8000. Top tier studio reverbs that cost the price of 5 Axe FX iiis,,, not saying they effects aren't really good, just saying they are second to orther units available.

@@tysonhatch kemper sounds better, and now they stepped up their effects with new updates and they are par with anything form Fractal, more like eventide quality.

The yngway is the only right way

It's either the Yngway or the wrong way.

Its the most asperger screaming quote in guitar history

@@jerzyandraczko5060 ahjaajhhhahahahahahahahahhahaahahahahahahhahahahhahaha

Love it❤️🤣

Nothing beat that thing bro

LOL

This is the thing. They'll likely have poor resale value due to it being subject to current tech. Just like a phone.

That happens in every industry and its up to the consumer to fall for that. Indeed, its like a phone... however, new phone sales are decreasing because phones got so good that there's no need for people to change it every two years. Yes, Fractal will release a newer version but if you're happy with what you've got, why change it? Plus, in 2020 people cant tell a digital amp from a real one ... how much improvement can you have in that field?

​@@Golem29 Fractal actually has shockingly good resale value. I bought an AX8 3 years ago, then upgraded to the AxeFX III and sold the AX8 (used) for the same price I bought it new, since it had been discontinued and people still liked the form factor. Even the AxeFX II is selling today for about 60% of what it cost new, despite being an "old" and discontinued model, which is similar to the hit that a lot of tube amps take going from new to used.

@@Golem29 well if you buy this you’ll never need anything else again

@@mikeb3331 Some might even argue that Tube amps are not a good investment. For the price of one JCM 800 HEAD ONLY I can buy an AXE FX 3 which has models of the JCM 800, 900, 2000, and Plexi + a million other things. Reverb market shows this happening in real time.

David Castonguay 😂😂😂😂

good luck bro 🤣

I been sending those forms from guitar player since 1996 i don't think is true i never seen post of someone winning 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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I still prefer an amp. I have the Axe FX II and it drove me crazy because I spent more time trying to get the right tone than I did playing. Now I only play amps. They still sound better to me too.

Nah man go for it the fractal is amazing and worse case use it into a power amp into a real cab for basically any digital head you can ever want. You can even buy a case for it that makes it look like it’s an amp, handle and everything

It very much was Devin's style

Described me to a T.

@Joe Figueroa Gear Acquisition Syndrome

@Joe Figueroa I had a Recto and a Mesa Mark IV (while living in an apartment Yikes!) so I actually went to the Axe Fx out of necessity of not being thrown out of my building. I then stuck with it because I am the kind of person who sees an artist with some gear and wants to have the tone, now I just dial it on the Axe and the FX3 is amazing for the more crazy stuff

GAS gives me gas!

@Joe Figueroa I'm a pick addict as well. Most people don't realize just how much tonal difference a pick can make.

Shitpost

@@siddharthrai9185 real talk

Darryl Portelli I wish more people did this! PA only means no volume or impact for those of us who like to stand in front

@@yuletide Most of the people that say the modeling units suck and that they dont sound like a guitar amp, it is because IT'S TRUE - they dont sound like a guitar amp at all ---- they sound like a MICED UP GUITAR AMP ... and until one wraps his head around this , they'll always say that modelers will suck ..... with the AX8 I have a yamaha DZR10 pa speaker - it costs about 1200euros (I bought it for a different reason) and IT STILL DOES NOT SOUND AND FEEL LIKE AN AMP AT ALL!!!!! it sounds like a miced up cab through the PA , which is VERY different .... now I LOVE tube amps and their feel - so my response was to create a patch that has a direct out for the PA (that way it sounds like a miced cab as usual but then for my benefit (and the people in front) I take a feed without the cab sim to the return of the provided tube amp - and THIS is how to get modelers to sound and feel like a real amp in the room !!!

@@SeytonWallace A bad pun, but indeed a pun :)

I’ve found that the boss gt1000 has the best conversion of digital to analogue because it tries to change an amps pre amp power amp relationship to the AIRD models

Hahahahhaha

Rp1000 👍👍👍👍

I raise you with my Yamaha GW50 😏

Line 6 POD red bean of death \m/ (-_-) \m/

I loved my RP200 was great before it died.

my Zoom G2 isn't bad either

it's not a head and it can't power cabs like a poweramp would

@@satyarsh665interesting. so then does it operate more like a pedal? I'm not too guitar savvy so I apologize if my questions sound dumb or ignorant.

How could you see this over 5 years ago if this unit was released just 1 year ago...

@@juegoperfecto I must've seen other units then,maybe older models

@@yvngtyrant2549 you probably saw the previous model FX II. And yeah, you can go either straight to interface/front of house or through dedicated power amp to your cabinet.

I'll take the Marshall stack.

AngbandMetal even neural DSP plugins sounds better...

@@notalkguitarampplug-insrev784 I agree

yes you can route the DI to whatever output you want, including usb outs

Nicolas Porter sorry, I might not have been clear. Can you capture amp sound and DI simultaneously without needing a separate DI box?

@@CoreyAllgood ye you can route any part of the signal to whatever output. You can do this across all outputs simultaneously. So DI to one output, and cab to another output, to capture both at the same time. Just search for AxeFX 3 DI or something on RU-vid, I'm sure there's tutorials and then you can see how it works.

Nicolas Porter that’s suuuuuper rad. Looks like this is my next big purchase. Thanks dude!!!

Same question!

The harmonizers have always been great, it`s more the way you tweak them... but all in all, no harmonizer beats recording multiple tracks. Even the best Eventide harmonizers can`t beat an additional guitar layer or two :)

That needs to happen

When he will tour Europe, maybe.

Something isn't right. Ola needs to watch some Leon Todd Videos. This sounds like something is being recorded wrong.

I probably know less about recording than ola and my hx stomp would stomp this thing lol

Sounds like shit!!!

it's not just you. I've heard some line 6 shit that sounded better. something is messed up

It's the pitch shiffter he uses to downtune his guitar through the Axe-Fx that absolutely destroys and muffles his tone.

You mean lazer beam tone.

Oh yeah? Didn't know they used it. It does sound really good there. Although I'm too focused on trying to figure out what the rhythm on their songs are... :p

I view it as an awesome piece of gear in the studio for tracking guitars. It’s kind of like my hub in my personal studio. I’m sure cranking the absolute shit out of a 100 watt head is more fun but this unit is killer for tracking down ideas. It’s an all in one guitar box! That’s awesome!

Jens Andree you have a good point for home users. You should really try Neural DSP plugins. I have bias fx elite and to me it’s the jack of all trades but Neural dsp is the master. I got Plini and Nolly. Can try the free trail. No matter how I tweak stuff it sounds good. Cant believe how nice the cleans especially on Plini sound. With an amp you get annoying feedback. With digital i get 0 feedback and sounds like a studio recording.

What do you mean plug-in amps cost virtually nothing? Amplitube and its versions where you get more and upgrade and add amps adds up. Any amp from UAD is at least 150US just for one model. Personally I find the reverbs and delays alone in the axe fx 3 are worth the price. I mean what would happen if you bought a strymon timeline, big sky, mobius, riverside and iridium and their zuma to power all that? You are easily well past the price of an axe fx 3 and not even close to as many algorithms, options, and not to mention routing on that grid. Thats insane dsp. This is a no-brainer.

@@LCRLive687 Different people have different needs so one solution isn't going to be perfect for everyone, hence why we have so many different products out there, but with my "virtually nothing" comment I meant like BIAS FX (which I bought on a sale) gave me a near perfect solution for me whereas my rack effects costed thousands more - that's what I call "virtually nothing". There are more or less expensive software options out there and not all of them that sound great are that expensive, although you mostly get what you pay for to a certain extent.

The Soldano SLO in Amplitube fit my needs perfectly. Took some time to find the right cab and mics but it sounds amazing.

And if you're prescribed something like Adderall...... You'll be on a geeked out tone quest that never ends lol!

Whipped my Kemper clean after about 6months. Profiled my personal heads. Amp Heads stay at rehearsal space. Kemper is home where I can cut demos & rehearse w/ my actual tone. No need for all that xtra tone/non sense at the rehearsal space. Much happier w/the Kemper now that I found a application that works for me.

Christopher Palko 👍👌👍✌️🎸😎. You gotta make it work for what you need. And you did. Like myself. Like any peace of gear

What I liked about the Kemper is how easy it was for me to get bad ass teens right away, not a whole lot of tweeking required.

Rich Delboccio how would good tone go out of date? It’s not like the tones on the axefx 2 suddenly stopped working when the 3 came out.

@@verstamp There are people that still use and love the Axe FX Standard, even, people like Glenn who compare these to phones just don't get that just because there'll be a new shiny version, doesn't make the previous models bad.

@@metalloid3417 Yea, it was Glen that planted that seed of hate in my head. This this is incredible beyond belief, and don't get me wrong. I REALLY WANT ONE !! I just wonder if Glen has a valid point or not.

@@richdelb Like I said, there are people who still love and use the first generation Axe FX, so IMO he's wrong. Especially with that "planned obsolesence" statement. Fractal are not Apple haha. I'm on the EU waitlist for the FM3, so Ola's video has me really excited to get my hands on it since it's the same firmware and modelling and all that stuff. Though if I weren't, I'd pick up a used Axe FX Standard/Ultra. To be honest I might do that anyway just to try it out while I'm waiting for the FM3 haha.

good point but i mean it has some extremely good sounds so even if he gets outdated it is already so close to a real amp that it doesn't really matter at that point.

its just sitting on the cab, he says its axe fx right into his interface

@@Zympt yeah heard that almost immediately after I commented this. But could you use the axe fx as a head?

@@HiThereFaceHere nope, it has no built-in power amp. The SD Power Stage 170 Ola uses is one of the best ones out there, pretty transparent so it basically doesn't color your tone at all.

Thanks gonna look into that