Ken Susi - Is the AXE FX III good for live?

[@Silverado5153MKV]

That 2nd tone is incredible!

[@osm1718]

All roads lead back to the 5150s iconic tone

[@TheKensusi]

Ha ha always😂

[@pj666kemperprofiles]

Exactly !

[@ShreddingFinn]

Wild that this is still arguably the best and the tech is several years old

[@LordofTheRigs]

Good stuff for sure

[@skundini4999]

Whats good brother nice to see you uploading again

[@LordofTheRigs]

🎉🎉🎉

[@EliPorterMahn]

Sounds great keep the demos coming!

[@blackroyaltoni]

Sounds really great! Seems useful to get the stage sound cut through a bit more.

[@MoXyiD]

Glad I stumbled onto your channel. Im a huge AFX3 nerd as well. I havent done many videos lately but youve inspired me with your AILD and Unearth tones. Thanks!

[@chaddboulter517]

Dead ass that PEQ adjustment fixed my biggest gripe with the 6160 model. The highs always felt too chimey and tinny and I couldn't figure out WTF to do about it. That fixed it. Sounds amazing. Thank you so much

[@garbman]

Yeah im diggin that direct signal to tha house.. I play through a stealth 3 6L6. I always put a small small low pass, (pultec eq curve) and I cut 4k buzz.

[@TheKensusi]

Good move. Honestly, the tone going to the cab is just as good but different

[@robfernandez5234]

Yea the 4K is a nasty, also 6k. Always surprised how often those are missed. I use the parametric for that on every preset, but have found a little goes a long way. Heavy notching takes off too much.

[@robfernandez5234]

Yea the 4K is a nasty, also 6k. Always surprised how often those are missed. I use the parametric for that on every preset, but have found a little goes a long way. Heavy notching takes off too much.

[@robfernandez5234]

Also - I run the FM9 into a Mesa 2:90 power amp and then two 2x12 cabs for stereo. I was forced to use a Class D solid state power amp for two months and it was horrible!!! There is no substitute for running a modeler on stage without a tube amp. And a direct to FOH of course.

[@TomFord-kp8fh]

Dude your LTD is jaw droppingly gorgeous!!!! Wowwww

[@TheKensusi]

Love it so much. ❤🎉

[@lunatictumor]

@@TheKensusi Reminds me of the first Richard Z from Rammstein model.

[@bobbyincidemetal]

I miss you in Unearth dude. It was a sad day when I heard you left.

[@matthewfreeman33]

Seriously, such a step down all around to play for As I Lay Dying

[@guitarfreak2105]

@@matthewfreeman33Not financially it wasn’t.

[@jaredt3985]

Unearth absolutely smokes AILD in every way. Just a way sicker band imo.

[@matthewfreeman33]

@guitarfreak2105 after all these years with all the members gone and that lunatic singer they have and all the new metalcore bands that are doing it better, who in their right mind supports that band?

[@matthewfreeman33]

@@jaredt3985 totally agree

[@robswetts4889]

Ken thanks for the deep dive! This is really helpful vs some of these where they gloss over the details. We appreciate that you dig in and get into the weeds with us!

[@LordofTheRigs]

I love sharing the knowledge ❤

[@TheRazorsH]

Sick tone bro. Please make that preset available to buy or something. It’s awesome. I’ve been looking for a live solution for a while. I have a FM9 but I can look for a workaround for the tone matching thing

[@LordofTheRigs]

Just copy my settings❤

[@chronicnarnia]

⁠@@LordofTheRigsTrue but the tone match is doing a lot to help get it spot on vs. copying the amp settings and adding a cab block or IR. I don’t know what percentage of tone is actually amp vs. cab mathematically, but I’d say speaker makes a lot more of the final tone than the amp does.

[@Rod_Records]

Thank you for doing this. Very few people share live presets and applications. I run a similar setup and it works great!

[@John_Sanders445]

Were you using this tone with AILD at Hammersonic festival in indonesia? it was amazing, by far the best sounding live band i have ever heard!

[@TheKensusi]

100% yes🎉

[@MaRsw1]

Hey Ken, thx for the vid, pretty cool to see!

[@PRP-YT]

Missed your videos Ken, to bad you're not making to Portugal on this tour

[@LordofTheRigs]

I just vacationed there. Need to go back soon

[@PRP-YT]

@@LordofTheRigs yeah, its a great country, to go on vacation 🍻☀️🏄🏻

[@pillowhead4000]

Woah mumma! That tone is thicc!! Love it!

[@LordofTheRigs]

❤

[@TheGr33k13]

Any chance this will end up on the fractal axechange? Tones were spot on

[@TheKensusi]

Not the direct but just take the settings from my amp tone. All on screen

[@Shred_Rocket]

The sound you are getting through the 6505 power and Engl cab sounds amazing Ken! Tight!

[@TheKensusi]

Thanks, it's like any power section of a good amp would work.

[@finchman7654]

Great vid. Question, why not just split the same signal chain to power amp with no impulse response? Saves on dsp i guess. Great tone!!!

[@LordofTheRigs]

I want the tone match to be in it's original state "album quality". The 2nd I can manipulate to sound great through a cab exclusively.

[@sillyness3456]

Fractal has always been enticing. They were ahead of the market from the first product on.

[@yorkeoldfather3146]

At the 8:21 mark, did he say the Axe Edit doesn't have a REVV? Or is he talking about something else? Because the REVV Generator models are in there. Cool Video and killer tones.

[@ayeapprove]

You know whats crazy about the AxeFX? I ran this dual out split setup (FOH + Poweramp to cab) 10 years ago with an AxeFX Ultra :D The DSP load was around 40% and back then we only had a small car for transportation - I actually ended up with one AxeFX Ultra doing this setup for BOTH guitars in my band. With reverb I was at 95% DSP load but it worked! I had 4 patches (both distorted, both clean, 1 distorted + 1 clean and reverse) and I did the switching with my pedalboard because we didn't even have the space to bring a notebook to send midi commands. The power of the DSP back then was insane.

[@LordofTheRigs]

Well said🎉

[@kongzilla2270]

Sounds killer Ken! Miss the weeklys I hope all is well.

[@TheKensusi]

Everything has been amazing. Thanks for stopping by

[@Team512]

Hey Ken, any chance you can get that preset up in Axexchange?

[@TheKensusi]

It's all here for you to copy except the shadows tone

[@crimsonhawk4912]

Shadows was my favorite album

[@Bjornsguitarspecials]

sounds really sick Ken!

[@TheKensusi]

❤❤❤

[@hardasnails64]

Love the Sam Black Church shirt. Those guys are sick. See them with Tree. Another sick band live. Great playing and the AXE FX 3 sounds incredible.

[@jimwinters3986]

Gotta wonder how many Sam Black Church shirts are still fitting out there. What's up, Ken? Been more than a minute.

[@JasonAnthony2222]

Good to see you post again on here Mr Susi. Thanks for the squeelies haha

[@LordofTheRigs]

More to come!

[@LucasLeCompteMusic]

Both patches sound great! Tone matching on the axe is something a lot of people overlook.

[@LordofTheRigs]

Totally❤

[@chronicnarnia]

It’s essentially similar to doing a QC capture or Kemper profile of a specific sound. The key is to start with a similar amp and have good stems to work with.

[@jconner3891]

I’ve had the helix couple times. Can’t get any tones I like. Having the same problem with the fm3. It’s me not the gear. I just can’t get it. I’m just using it with studio monitors

[@GearStuffandThings]

This was an interesting watch. Really enjoyed your perspective. Cheers! Stephen(Mercedes husband) 😂

[@TheKensusi]

Thanks brother ❤

[@STARREDGE]

Fuck, yeah the live tone from just the cab sounds sick !

[@TheKensusi]

Totally, they are both good!

[@STARREDGE]

Definitely! No complaints here haha loving this combination

[@adriansienczak3551]

hey what could I connect to axe to run a real cab? Still real guitar amp or maybe something different? Id like to feel the air is moving around me from the real cab

[@KennyGraves_]

Killer video dude

[@LordofTheRigs]

❤

[@jimmypennell8831]

That is a monster tone brother 😊

[@derkleinekaiser]

sick as hell brother!

[@voicustoian]

great tone! what tonematch do you use? can you share your preset? thank you

[@HeavyKevy-eg3ej]

KEN bring back the weeklys

[@LordofTheRigs]

Trying. 😂🎉

[@chronicnarnia]

@@LordofTheRigsWeekly tones to sound like “XYZ” band/album 🤘

[@iownlc9923]

Ken !!! Good to see you again !!! Cheers !!! 🤩

[@TheKensusi]

Yeah Buddy!

[@Mat_NTL]

You should share your presets :D

[@TheKensusi]

It's all on the screen for you to copy

[@metallaholic]

any reason for gate block versus the input gate? ive never messed with the block version.

[@seanmichael8411]

Is the tonematch also an IR? Or are you sending to the two notes for speaker sim?

[@ruinofspace]

Love it tone 🔥 I too use 6160 on my axe fm3 🤘

[@gerdhery]

Great tones Man, I'm doing similar stuff with Modelers and Tube Poweramps from time to time, it's super fun nerding around. I'm not sure if you did in your Video but try to turn the Poweramp-Simulation off when going to the Engl Poweramp and Cab so then you have pretty much a Preamp into a Poweramp. This gives you a little extra sonic goodness tone- and feel-wise 😉 At least for me it's super pleasant. PS: try out the Engl Savage Model in the Axe 😉

[@sunnibird]

Is this question rhetorical?

[@TheKensusi]

Kinda. Lol😊

[@chaddboulter517]

Love my FM3 and kinda wish I had gone with the FM9 Turbo for more power but regardless it's the most impressive piece of equipment I've ever used

[@ambc38vsxn]

Hi, what's the model of your guitar?

[@riheg]

Yeaah Ken is awesome👏

[@TheKensusi]

❤❤❤

[@kmalienko]

Last update had Rev Amps though!

[@sheldonswan45]

The Krank Revolution?

[@TheKensusi]

Krank Rev1

[@BrianSteinman]

Would you ever put out rig packs with these tones?

[@LordofTheRigs]

Of course

[@LouCondon-j1v]

I have a Spawn Head, Mesa 4ch. Roadster Head, Marshall JCM2000 and a Synergy 50watt head with about 4 amp inserts. I have a Kemper Rack mount amplified version. I really would like to get the AXE-FX III but is the company going to upgrade it to something like AxE-Fx 4 soon or will they just keep upgrading it via software? What's your opinion since you have connections at Fractal?

[@Jbeland1]

So eq instead of a cab block?

[@mattvdh]

is your last name Georgian? nice tones

[@kylemcpherson3437]

What’s the riff at 10:30?

[@TheKensusi]

Meaning in tragedy

[@nicks824]

Hey Ken do you not need a cab sim with that tone match block? Cheers

[@TheKensusi]

You do not!

[@nicks824]

@@TheKensusi that's rad, sounds great!

[@granthelas4468]

Bart knows a good deal about getting good sound to and from the stage like what you're talking about.

[@pj666kemperprofiles]

In fact I prefer the tone with the amp+cab, nastier in a good way.

[@Chugg.Norris]

No more synergy and evh stuff eh??

[@TheKensusi]

Love synergy and still use them

[@JavierPwns]

AxeFX goated

[@TheKensusi]

❤❤❤

[@Danvezina]

Sounds good. I prefer the quad cortex however.

[@xKYLAFORNIAx]

axe 3 thru a marshall el34 100/100 is the balls! thru diezel 2x12 and marshall tv 4x12 ;) my true stereo rig

[@TheKensusi]

Great sounds for sure!

[@viktordc94]

That's what she said

[@ChrisM541]

To be brutally honest, that demo heavy tone you played at the end is a common bread and butter tone everyone can get on any digital format...Kemper, ToneX, BiasFX, etc etc etc. Fractal is only one of many that easily gets that, and other similar, tones.

[@greggallagher3144]

Gotta go with a Fryette power amp for the live rig. Best power amps out there.

[@LordofTheRigs]

I know! Too rare and too heavy❤

[@greggallagher3144]

@@LordofTheRigs The LXii is pretty sweet, single rack space, sounds huge with my synergy module. Keep up the awesome content!!

[@chronicnarnia]

@@LordofTheRigsI recommend a Power Station due to its multiple uses.

[@LordofTheRigs]

Hell yeah,good unit. The get to a good power amp is a robust transformer. The 1U stuff does the job, but there's nothing like a 2150

[@greggallagher3144]

If I could only find a 2150 for a decent price… always on the hunt for one.

[@cunjoz]

yes. thank you for coming to my ted talk

[@jesterraj]

WEll i never played thru an tube amp...caribbean guy here...

[@S1N15A]

So wild to read that

[@jesterraj]

@@S1N15A lol.....i mean some ppl do have tube amps.....very few...saw a jvm sellin by me 7k in TT dollars

[@AAAA-lt9hq]

Metallica uses them. Enough said.

[@spacefx1340]

These riffs and music hasn't stood the test of time for sure.

[@TheKensusi]

Thanks

[@S1N15A]

it's peak metalcore.

[@djabthrash]

These tones rip

[@benburnett8109]

You should ask The most successful touring act in the World: Metallica. They've used Fractal for at least 3 years. Digital is far superior to Analog tube amp(s) in every capacity. Every Capacity. How this conversation: "are fractals good for live use and touring versus real amps" is even a question in 2024 is staggering to me. There are no redeeming qualities for analog amps at this point. Digital is superior. End of story.

[@sunnibird]

Meshuggah and Garbage toured with the old Pod Pro racks well before Metallica started using Fractal stuff. Meshuggah later used the Line6 Vetta amps as well.

[@5150forevermore]

I have some holy grail amps but I am planning on making the shift to Axe FX eventually. Ive never used one but yea it seems like a no brainer at this point.

[@TheKensusi]

They are both really great. You can't beat a ream amp, but digital has come a long way. Both are great

[@jorgerst]

Do you think Metallica will use digital instead of tube amps to record their studio albums?

[@karterestill]

While there is nothing like pushing air with a tube amp. , I honestly will never change back from my kemper. Only regret that I have is that I didn't profile my rig before. I sold everything but being able to automate that thing. Go direct to front of house and in ear Monitors is absolutely A. Game changer, I'll never look back