Any Axe FX Standard owners wish they got the Ultra?

[Random Hero]

And the reverse of course. Any feel they don't use everything in the Ultra and could have got away with a Standard?

 

[jimmypage1stfan]

Well im about to get an Ultra, and i think that if your going to get an AXE you might as well pay the extra $500 because you get so much more. Even if you dont use the extra fxs, its there, and waiting. Plus i was told the ultra has more processing power. is that true?

 

[Joeytpg]

It all depends on your pocket man. If you REALLY can chip in the extra 500 then by all means. But again, 500 bucks is a lot, you can get a nice S.S. poweramp + the rack to get everything in there with $500.

 

[aeroic]

Well im about to get an Ultra, and i think that if your going to get an AXE you might as well pay the extra $500 because you get so much more. Even if you dont use the extra fxs, its there, and waiting. Plus i was told the ultra has more processing power. is that true?

Yes it has more memory and more processing power.

I owned an Ultra, and when I get another AxeFX, I'll probably just get the standard. But honestly I'm holding out for the AxePC.

I really liked the AxeFX mostly for recording, and using the amp sims / speaker sims. If the AxePC can do all of that, I'd rather get it instead of the rack unit. I really like my guitar rigs the way they are for live situations.

Eric

 

[* velcro-fly *]

The Ultra was ultra overkill for me...never in this lifetime would I be able to take advantage of all the stuff going on in there.

I sold it, will get another one but next time round' will just go for the Standard

 

[krid]

A lot of you guys are talking about more memory on the ultra, but seriously do think that you would run out of memory on a standard ?

 

[aeroic]

A lot of you guys are talking about more memory on the ultra, but seriously do think that you would run out of memory on a standard ?

If you do a lot of dual amps and such...then you would run out of processing power.

Eric

 

[Random Hero]

Interesting. I keep hearing people mention the Multi-Band compressor on the Ultra, and that's not on the Standard right? Anyone use that?

 

[aeroic]

Interesting. I keep hearing people mention the Multi-Band compressor on the Ultra, and that's not on the Standard right? Anyone use that?

Yeah that's a ultra only effect. I didn't use it when I had an Ultra.

 

[cyndicate]

If you are looking for just amp modeling and a just basic effects the Standard works just fine, save yourself a couple of hundred

 

[Audioholic]

have the standard, wish I would of gotten the ultra. Not majorly bummed, just that I can forsee the standards limitations as they continue to add more stuff to the axe.

 

[Random Hero]

If you are looking for just amp modeling and a just basic effects the Standard works just fine, save yourself a couple of hundred

Mainly yeah. What do you guys with the Ultras use the extra stuff for? Other than the Quad Chorus.

 

[fek]

Dweezil thought pretty highly of the multiband comp. He a good bit to say about it, from what I can remember, when I read the quote he had about the Axe.

 

[rsm]

The Ultra was ultra overkill for me...never in this lifetime would I be able to take advantage of all the stuff going on in there.

I sold it, will get another one but next time round' will just go for the Standard

+1

I usually want the top-of-line unit "just in case", well in this case, it was overkill. Really, just want an Axe-Fx in a 1U with just amp/cab sims, maybe reverb - like a preamp-only. For say, $1K or so?

I think the Ultra's processing and memory lets you use multiple amps (at least 2?) and more effects so you can have a more complex signal chain. With the Standard, you will run into limitations. The Axe-Fx wiki has a good comparison of models / features.

Multi Band Compression (MBC) is nice, I have 2-band compressor I use for bass. I didn't use the MBC, but I think you could approximate it with two available compressors combining each with a Filter block. This would give you at least a 2 band compressor, not sure if this would give a low memory on the Standard?

Cliff posted recently that the Ultra stockpile is low. So if they run out, will they build more? Will there be a waitlist again?

 

[gibson5413]

Uh oh...do I see GAS coming back again?

Just kidding Adam. If the Mark V doesn't work out for me I may give the Axe a shot. I just don't know if I want to buy a poweramp and rack too.

We will see! I would be very surprised if it doesn't fit the bill. I just wish crappy players would stop posting horrible You Tube clips of the amp. Enough players I trust and respect have said it is a great amp so I am not worried.

 

[Audioholic]

If you are looking for just amp modeling and a just basic effects the Standard works just fine, save yourself a couple of hundred

Mainly yeah. What do you guys with the Ultras use the extra stuff for? Other than the Quad Chorus.

The ultra has a few things going for it. More efx, more specialized efx, for instance, there have been some really neat patches and sounds that only the ultra is capable of due to the extra efx. But for me, I think a big thing is the extra processing power. Since getting my standard, I have simple patches, and patches that are more complex, but still within the standard power. However, after a few updates, and adding things or tweaking already in place stuff, it hogs more power, and I have had about 10-15 patches that once were ok, now overloading the CPU. So in that case, with any computer thing, the more power the better.

but for simple stuff like amp, cab, delay verb, standard is fine. But for some really neat exotic capabilities, which I am an efx nut, the ulta is the way to go.

 

[Random Hero]

Hmm, I kinda want the Ultra for the extra stuff but then for the past year, I've gone guitar -> amp -> cab with a delay unit in the loop.

 

[Audioholic]

Hmm, I kinda want the Ultra for the extra stuff but then for the past year, I've gone guitar -> amp -> cab with a delay unit in the loop.

if thats the case, then you may be happy with the standard. Mine is fine. But just when you have some patches that have 2 amps, cabs, and 3 or so efx, it can be pushing teh standard's cpu to the limit. As they add more stuff and features, it takes away more cpu then it did before to run the same amps. but still, most of my patches can run fine on my standard.

there were a few patches, with the new verb and all for the ultra that made me wish I had one, someday when I get extra coin, I will upgrade most likely.

 

[jimmypage1stfan]

Cliff posted recently that the Ultra stockpile is low. So if they run out, will they build more? Will there be a waitlist again?

can someone answer this please?!

 

[rsm]

If all you care about is the amp models and meat-and-potato effects the standard is the way to go. The amp models sound the same as the Ultra. The Ultra has better pitch and reverb effects in addition to a bunch of esoteric effects that you probably wouldn't use. The Ultra is also almost sold out and will soon be out of stock. We have plenty of standards.

CC

From this thread: http://www.rig-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48636&p=561008#p561008

jimmypage1stfan, you may want to make a decision on your school rig soon!