FAS AX8 - How I Tweak Factory Presets

[@bertimos76]

Leon Learning so much from you. Thank you for making the ax8 easy to understand, and thank you for taking the time to teach us all how to Understand the ax8.

[@brandon9271]

In my opinion, the simplicity of a preset shows just how good a modeller is. You should be able to have a great sounding preset with Amp and Cab.. PERIOD. If you have to pre and post EQ the hell out of it you might as well get a Boss GT or a Digitech. The modeller shouldn't require any more tweaking than the real amp did, at least not with the current gen of top end modelers at a $1500 price point ;) Got an AX8 on order. I'm excited :)

[@mathieucolin8468]

Many thanks for sharing your experience Leon! A precious help with my new AX8😉 Great tones! Take care🤘🏼

[@ronnieparfait]

Finally a video of someone using chorus and not ragging on it. I love chorus "80s 4 life".

[@jch5150]

Me too, Alex Lifeson is king for me!!

[@bernardosilva7306]

Dude, your videos are awesome but sometimes (like this one) the volume of your mic is so LOW that I have to crank my volume like crazy to understand you, and then when you play guitar it scares the sh*t out of me! lol... please continue you great work but make your voice volume more audible :D

[@LeonTodd]

Bernardo Silva noted, it's easy to forget it's not all about guitar :D

[@lookmanostrings]

Leon whispering: "... now we're going to change this setting and we will see what this sounds like..." Me: leaning towards my screen to hear better. Guitar: "BRAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!" Me: on the floor clutching my ears. LOL. I'm still watching all your videos Leon, great work :)

[@LeonTodd]

One thing doing these videos has taught me is the joy of normalising audio

[@Darthhalitosis]

Great vid again LT :) One request though if I may please? Could you do one on the other advanced sections of the amp block in depth? the preamp/power amp and speaker etc please?

[@andoniscivopulos1421]

Super sound.

[@arielpanteon2538]

Hey León!! Great video man. I need know if you can help me. I have some issues with my sound, I mean all my presets sounds with fuzz/crank. My config pad is: 18 db ( because 12 db shows yellow lights on the Main screen) the outputs are on -4 db and all my patches have -12 db) I have an Iron Label 7 string with 2 pair of EMG 707. I am searching a sound like Machine Head, but really doesen't sounds authenthic, have too much fuzz and lose definition. I don't know where is the mistery. Thanks a lot for your amazing videos!!!. PS: For my, Atomic Amplifier sounds much more realistic and dinamic. I compared both and trying to copy same config on same presets...diference is overhealming, I mean: Atomic sounds organic, dinamic and really brutal

[@donward5922]

Todd, Thank you for the incredible lessons. I can't seem to update the newer version software for the AX8.I'm not very sharp on downloading. I get the message" AX 8 suddenly Shut down". can't get past that. My computer won't connect to the AX8 anymore until I download the updated version. I know you must be extremely busI have so enjoyed y. Is the answer I need on the Fractal forum? please help if you can...Don Ward PS I have so enjoyed the AX8

[@LeonTodd]

Hey mate, best to contact Fractal support www.fractalaudio.com/support/

[@jch5150]

Thanks Leon. I'm curious what your guitar I/O settings are in the AX8? You are usually -10 or higher. If I go above -19 or -18 I get the red clip light. All other settings are dialed to taste but pretty close to the block default. I believe my guitar I/O settings are correct for my pickups, I mostly play Music Man guitars.

[@LeonTodd]

Jason Haverfield I set the input pad to 6db for single coils and 12 for humbuckers on the I/O menu.

[@jch5150]

I'm at 12 as well. Mmmm, ok thanks!

[@LeonTodd]

Jason Haverfield I'll go double check my settings though, to make sure I'm not cutting gain somewhere else.

[@jch5150]

I've seen other videos of guys using higher amp levels as well so I figure it's something I must have dialed in too hot in the I/O. My custom presets sound amazing for my FRFR rig I just have to be careful not to clip.

[@electricfuneral8674]

Can you do a video making tweaks on a Angle Severe. Would like to get an idea on some teaks that could make this already high gain amp sound good. Thanks!

[@LeonTodd]

I've got an ENGL Savage preset here, it's not an in depth tweaking vid but i do go through all the things I changed as well as settings kzbin.info/www/bejne/opWrq5J8mMynl8U

[@guilhordas]

Do you think you need a lot of tweaking to get a good tone out of ax8?

[@LeonTodd]

You don't have to tweak the advanced parameters to pull a great sound. A working knowledge of how recorded guitar sounds work (cabinet/speaker/mic choice and high/low cut in the cab block) is essential if you want to get sounds that work through a FRFR system though.