The Axe-Fx III Turbo Is INSANE 

How are you using your Fractal?

We learned in the 80s that adding the word Turbo to anything, makes it better.

I have a regular MkII, and while it would be cool to have the Turbo, Fractal will almost immediately release something new to eclipse that. With Fractal, you need to be happy with what you have, because you can drive yourself crazy trying to keep up.

Just the fact you can run two signal chains and run two separate guitars...is pretty dam amazing imo .

Man, we really need a video for beginners explaining simply the nature of digital setups like this, starting from square one and assuming no prior knowledge. How it works, what are the options, how many different things you can combine. I'd donate to a gofundme if you really want, to make it happen.

You are the man, Leon!

Leon has an incredible guitar channel. One of the few that I'll watch. He always gives great information and he's a great guy.

I mean, if the two guitar setups were a bit more chill- like you did - this is a really ideal setup. SUPER easy setup, super great sound. Nice!

@11:30 that clean was gorgeous!

Definitely on my wish list as next amp modeler. Tube amps cost too much in maintenance.

LEON!! Ive got Both the Axe Fx III Mark 1 and an FM3. I take the FM3 when I travel and love it but I noticed I run out of CPU really quickly and I have had to do some freezing of blocks so I dont get a slight lag when switching from scenes. In hindsight, I should have got the FM9 for traveling but you cant argue with the FM3 form factor. I look forward to the FM3 Turbo! lol (could be its saving grace eventually) Also, thank you Leon for all of your amazing videos. I can say that you have helped me exponentially in my Fractal endeavors.

Our guitarists share the same Axe FX and even the bassist but there’s a delay between channel switching. Need to sort that in the Axe FX4!

making me feel like my FM3 is running Windows 98se 😄some ridiculous fx chains there, good stuff

Master Shredder & King Of The Axe. You remind me of the Michael Schenker song, "Watch the Attack of the mad axeman" Oh I have recently purchased the Turbo, it is awesome!

geez louise. insane indeed! sticking with the mkII for now 😂. (psa 2 arrived yesterday 😊). congratulations on the acquisition!!!

When Leon starts busting out the hoodies I know summer is coming for me 😂

Very interesting guitarskills !

I've never owned a Fractal before but just ordered a Axe fx 2 XL + on reverb, My reasoning is that the Axe 3 has been out for a while and I figured I'd just wait for the next incanation before I drop a boat load of money lol.. I hope it holds all the Hype, I'm pretty excited even though it's not the 3.. Love your Videos, I love the Cat too..

the thing that would make me get a mkII or a turbo would be the preset space. i am the type of user that throws stuff i might like in and check them out later and so i have pretty much run out of room

Got me a turbo two days ago thanks Leon ❤

Let’s hope for an axe fx iii with a built in power amp and a few preamp tubes lol I’d pay 3 grand for that or more if it’s fancier

Love my MKII Turbo, Im mainly using it as the brain and Multi FX unit of my rack along with ny IR loader so i can go direct or use headphones, Dont really use the Amp blocks as much since i have a ADA MP1 & Marshall JMP1 pre amps in my raack in loops 3 & $ of the Axe FX wich i also use as my back up for my Preampsor if i need or want something i cant get out of the ADA or Marshall. Mainly have a Marshall 9200 as my power amp via output 2 for that real tube amp feel and sound, but also use just the power section and cab/speaker of a Peavy Bandit 112 combo for when i want to use the full models from the Axe and not have my 9200 ad it color from output 1.

You make me feel bad for leaving the turbo (and everything else) at home tonight and doing the gig with a Mini Maton and a Yamaha TDR30... 🙂

Cool Crazy! Haha. FM3, FM9 Turbo, AX3, AX3 Turbo, FC-6, FC-12, 3 EV-1s, 2 EV-2s Best gear purchase of my life! This is what I dreamed about when I purchased the Roland GP100 when it was first released. It was fun but not even close! : ) Cheers

But wait, wait! The AXE FX III Turbo ++ Mk VII will be releasing soon! I'm so glad I sold my AXE FX III Mk 1 for almost what I paid for it. It would be worth almost as much as a used Boss Metal Zone now.

Right now I've got the Axe Fx 3 "Salt N' Vinager" edition...I started out with the "BBQ" version..(Great unit btw)..but now i'll just have to get the Turbo version.

I wish I had a Turbo, but I got mine before the turbo was available. Constantly going near the processing limit, so now I've been piecing together a post-amp effects rack to offload some blocks from my axefx.

Leon is there a way to save that combined Dyna-Cab block in to 1 user block like one could do using Cab-Lab? If not then for sure Fractal has to come up with a Dyna-Lab to be able to do it and save cpu 😉.

I just wonder if one day dynacabs could be ported to the fm3. Seeing the cpu usage on the mk1, I think that will be fractal edit dépendant.

We have an Axe FX 3 mark 2 (not the turbo) We run 2 guitars and a bass player through it no problems. Keep things simple and it sounds epic. 🤘

Man, I worked in the IT industry and that axeFx must have some real big CPU power. Love that. ❤. I love that you could have a 3 piece blues rock Blue murder type band and the bass player and guitarists could be both using the axeFx going direct. That's too cool. If I were a touring act even at moderate size venues or small clubs and I toured a lot I would for sure do that. Too cool man. I would have cut off my left testicle for this tech when I started playing. 😂😂🤣😂 That DGT sounds so damn good. Love those pickups. Of course DGT played in John Cougars band . John is from my hometown here in Indiana. Seymour. He lives in Bloomington now though where Indiana University is. Sounds great brother. You're the king of AxeFx. ❤ Man, It is hotter than a Puerto Rican picnic here. 😂 Humid and 90 degrees. 32.2 Celsius 😂 Be well and safe kind sir. 🤘🤘

I’d love to get one of these, I just always fear with fractal stuff it will be outdated in a year if they release something else.

Wow- first time I’ve heard the IR player. I can really hear a nice difference- I like it a lot I think.

Leon ... You show some newer blocks on your Fractal. Have you updated the 2023 blocks library again? If so .. were can we download it?

There's some truth to people who say Fractal's business model relies on FOMO, but I look at it like a mobile phone. It's up to the consumer to hold out for as many years as they feel they're getting what they need before upgrading. Some people always think they need the newest iPhone. At the rate I'm still discovering new things in my Axe III mkI, I'm starting to think I can make it until the Axe 4.

If it's worth doing, it's worth over doing ~ Leon Todd 😂😂😂

I got an FM9 semi-recently. I sometimes think about trading up to the flagship AXE3 unit, but I still have a lot of learning to do. I dont know if youve ever made a video about how to record wet/dry and DI tracks with SPDIF but thats what Im stuck on at the moment.

9:34 so cool ! great demo !

Hey Leon, my biggest gripe playing live is using the pitch block to change tuning, I play exclusively 7 string, whole step drop to D is most common for the virtual capo, does the turbo have less wobble and lag or not that noticeable of a difference?

13:36 -> final word is you need about 10% CPU for proper grunt. Roger that.

My standard III is staying put till the IV comes out...

so question thta i just done see anywhere, main diferences between FM9 and Axe Fx? what can i do with one that i can NOT do with the other? thanks

Hey Leon I just ordered an axe fx 3 mark 2. Upgrading from an Atomic 6 to the fractal. Question, is the fractal better than the atomic? Honest question and opinion hehe. Thanks in advance!!

Hi Leon, Does it possible on axe fx3 mark 1 to run: 2 guitarist with overdrive-amp sim-cab sim out through output 1&2 1 bass player splitted to 2 outputs, 1 for dirty overdrive-amp-cab going to output 3 and another for compressed clean DI to output 4 What aspects to consider before i run out processing power?

Does the FM 9 have the same grunt as the afx3. Love all your videos

I'm still a bit new to Fractal, so bear with me :P. So the idea of connecting 2x guitars with bass with their own signal chain in one unit is very appealing. Now for every band member to be able to control their own rig in real time...is it possible? Can you connect multiple Foot controllers that each member controls?

Imagine If it had more horse power so you didn't have to drop anything could add full vocal fx chain and do a complex bass rig that's the dream but I doubt it happens anytime soon these guys want you to have to buy more units

Hello Todd ! I have the standard AXE FX3, how can I do to turn it TURBO...? what are the steps to turn it TURBO ?

My hearing must be messed up. All the IRs sound better in the IR player rather than the cab block (to me). There's some weird "nasalness" if I use the cab block. Dynacab doesn't seem to have this problem Must be my old man hearing or something else causing me to think so

Axe 3 mk2, and criminally underutilize it, oh well!

Hi, Leon! I'm getting a good deal on an Axe Fx II from a friend. Is it worth getting it in 2024 or should I save up for the Turbo? it will be my first Axe Fx.Just for the context, I'm an aspiring music producer just starting out with a home studio.

Would love to see if the turbo can handle one of every block

I'm assuming you are sharing the Turbo Power Preset....soon...

trying to save up just so i can buy an axe fx 3 turbo

Is Leon running a Mac or PC???

I suppose the CPU power and RAM on an FX3 is hilariously under powered. It’s an old unit now and has a similar power to a 2010 average priced laptop. An iPhone 13/14 using the M1 chip would be 10x more powerful.

I wonder what sort of OS is running under the hood? I hope Linux, because my personal experience with Windows bloat and compiler issues with Visual Studio C++ is instructive, and all my scientific computing tools run WAY faster on Linux for some reason...

$5000 well U would not want to gig it. And still not come close to a valve amp with a kick ass pedal

I notice my MKII won't import the Turbo preset. Times out & get a popup, does that sound correct behaviour @LeonTodd ... Jinxy

It sounds ok, but your all in preset is kinda like me when I put my rig in stereo and kick in the chorus...and that is all it sounds like, nothing special,. nothing that would require that much money spent on a processor that can run a whole band (I guess if you NEED that)...although in fairness I AM NOT really giving credit to how much I spent on my stereo rig (To be sure I run a Triaxis into a G-Force and 31 band EQ, then I route these back through my Mesa Boogie Mark V 90 watt and a Marshall TSL 100 (the big amps are used for the power sections only, the TSL gives me the Deep switch and presence tied to the power section and the Mark V has a variable output power section (depending on which channel you are using it gives you either standard output or Recto type output with all negative feedback removed (this is like engaging the Deep switch on the Marshall)...you get that by running the amp in red channel Extreme mode (they dont tell you but the extreme mode is removal of the negative feedback and a slight diminution of the gain from the pre amp for balance, since I bypass the pre I only get the negative feedback removed...quite a nice feature to have on footswitch (I can engage it by switching from channel one to channel three...if I have extreme mode on three then I get feedback removed and the switch back to channel one puts the negative feedback back in the circuit (like turning the deep switch OFF on the Marshall)...this is complicated but it all adds up to what you have there. My triaxis cost me 1300. The Mark V also 1300, the TSL was 450 (modding it cost me time and it IS custom), the G Force cost me about four hundred (should have gone g-sharp) and the 31 band EQ cost 100 but it is stereo so I can get one or two channels independently operating...use them in various ways, in line for serial eq stacking, just routed to different stages so I could get Pre amp eq and power amp eq in single channel and then run to the G force for stereo splitting and one more parametric EQ in the G Force.....so really lots going on!!!!...so all in with cabs bought used I have about 3600 in equipment bought used and damaged and repaired by your truly NOT COUNTING GUITARS...so you have to figure the Axe effects III, power amp (stereo), and cabs so thats 3000 for the Axe, the CHEAPEST DECENT POWER AMP is about around 1000-1500 and allowing the same 550 I paid for my cabs (you better look hard I use Marshall 1960 A, & B cabs and finding them that cheap took awhile, and yes they have the stock speakers...so I DID NOT downgrade there (Celestion G12T-75's...I LOVE THE WAY THEY SOUND.)..so you still pay more for your method...around 1000 (minimum) more and you have to program yours...mine I turn on to get that sound (it is kind of baked in so it is no great feat and nothing to breakdown or cpu to overload...I can pull all sorts of tricks to get even more out of it, (and less as it were or the situation demands)...I am wayyyy too bored for my own good!!!!!!...anyone want to buy a system or pay me to build them one...lol))

The Axe 3 is good only for fx. In this field is unbeatable. The amp sims are completely not organic and sound fake and plastic. I had the Axe 3 for a long time. I am a producer and I know very well my stuff. Again reverbs and delays are at plugin quality.