Got to play an Axe-Fx yesterday

[tjon]

I went to my buddies house yesterday and we played around with his Axe-fx which was hooked up to a tech 21 powered cabinet. I was there all afternoon and we played everything from SRV and George Benson to Electric Wizard and Iced Earth We even played with 2 guitars into the axe-fx, we kept adding effects till it said "CPU Overuseage" I really wish I could afford one of these It sounded badass.

 

[shredi knight]

Welcome to my world.

 

[badger71]

yeah...I'd like to pick up one of these asap...but I can't wait the 3-6 months lead time. I gotta go rack way sooner than that.

 

[Gainfreak]

I think that if you are going to use the axetrak though a poweramp and speaker, its going to be an excellent piece of gear.(better then any of teh line 6 gear IMHO) With that said. I'm not convinced that the technology is there yet when it comes to recording direct unless you are a studio wiz. (that goes for any digital Modelor)

 

[shredi knight]

I think that if you are going to use the axetrak though a poweramp and speaker....

Axe FX

 

[mrp5150]

Some dude from another forum had one of those shipped to me, since they wouldn't ship it to him in Norway. He said I could try it out if I wanted, but it looked entirely too complicated for me. I didn't even try it. I wouldn't need something that complex anyways.

 

[tjon]

I think that if you are going to use the axetrak though a poweramp and speaker, its going to be an excellent piece of gear.(better then any of teh line 6 gear IMHO) With that said. I'm not convinced that the technology is there yet when it comes to recording direct unless you are a studio wiz. (that goes for any digital Modelor)

My friend swears by direct recording The tech 21 is the first cab he has had in years, he got it so he can jam using the Axe-fx.

 

[mrp5150]

I think that if you are going to use the axetrak though a poweramp and speaker, its going to be an excellent piece of gear.(better then any of teh line 6 gear IMHO) With that said. I'm not convinced that the technology is there yet when it comes to recording direct unless you are a studio wiz. (that goes for any digital Modelor)

My friend swears by direct recording The tech 21 is the first cab he has had in years, he got it so he can jam using the Axe-fx.

Those clips that dude sent me were completely awful, and he seemed to think they were amazing.

 

[tjon]

I think that if you are going to use the axetrak though a poweramp and speaker, its going to be an excellent piece of gear.(better then any of teh line 6 gear IMHO) With that said. I'm not convinced that the technology is there yet when it comes to recording direct unless you are a studio wiz. (that goes for any digital Modelor)

My friend swears by direct recording The tech 21 is the first cab he has had in years, he got it so he can jam using the Axe-fx.

Those clips that dude sent me were completely awful, and he seemed to think they were amazing.

What did he send you? He just got the axe-fx this week

 

[shredi knight]

Some dude from another forum had one of those shipped to me, since they wouldn't ship it to him in Norway. He said I could try it out if I wanted, but it looked entirely too complicated for me. I didn't even try it. I wouldn't need something that complex anyways.

It's actually very intuitive and easy to program. Not nearly as complicated at it might seem.

 

[Gainfreak]

I think that if you are going to use the axetrak though a poweramp and speaker....

Axe FX

Hahhaa!! Typo!!

 

[Gainfreak]

I think that if you are going to use the axetrak though a poweramp and speaker, its going to be an excellent piece of gear.(better then any of teh line 6 gear IMHO) With that said. I'm not convinced that the technology is there yet when it comes to recording direct unless you are a studio wiz. (that goes for any digital Modelor)

My friend swears by direct recording The tech 21 is the first cab he has had in years, he got it so he can jam using the Axe-fx.

Some people will be happy with it for direct recording and that's ok! I haven't heard one clip that was recorded direct using the axe-fx that I dug. Ice heard plenty of axe-fx clips used as an amp that kicked ass! I don't like the direct sounds at all and it takes to much screwing around for me to get a usable tone.

 

[badger71]

Welcome to my world.

How are you liking the Carvin DCM600? I may pick one of those up or a DCM150 as a poweramp? I can't really tell by the specs on the Carvin site which one is more powerful at 8 ohms mono. It looks, on paper, like the DCM150 is...but SS poweramps are totally foreign to me.

 

[shredi knight]

How are you liking the Carvin DCM600? I may pick one of those up or a DCM150 as a poweramp? I can't really tell by the specs on the Carvin site which one is more powerful at 8 ohms mono. It looks, on paper, like the DCM150 is...but SS poweramps are totally foreign to me.

I really like the Carvin. I use the Axe FX power amp sim and the Carvin is nice and transparent. It stays out of the way and lets the Axe FX do it's thing.

I'm running two 4x12 8 ohms cabs (Yeah, I know it's total overkill for a home rig, but what the fuck ) and it's loud as Hell. I chose the DCM600 over the 150 because it was more powerful. The DCM600 is 125 watts per channel at 8 ohms, the DCM150 is only 50 watts. I think you may have been reading the DCM150's specs of when it's bridged (both channels combined), which is 150 watts at 8 ohms (the DCM600 is 450 watts bridged).

Here's the output power specs for both, copied and pasted from Carvin's site:


DCM150 Power Amp
Continuous RMS: 150W bridged 8 ohms, per ch 8 ohms 50w, 4 ohms 75w


DCM600 Power Amp
600W bridged 4 ohms, 450W bridged 8 ohms.
• Continuous RMS per CH: 8 ohms 125w, 4 ohms 225w, 2 ohms 300w.

 

[badger71]

Thanks....This will more than likely be the power amp that I end up using.