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Will you make this for Axe FX 2? Thanks!

Yay!!! Thank you so much dale! I got a history with headless guitars, I got a vos custom headless, it got a t4m tremolo that is a pain to set up but is stable AF

Thank You for this video

hi and what to do if you want a cab signal and a frfr signal separated is a pain for me cause i like to use my real cab with “solid state+power amp” but is obligated to use different signals cause one amp block for frfr and one amp block for ss + power amp i use all scenes too is there any way y could do this with same amp block without changing block channels

As long as you're bringing your own cabinet and the drummer plays an acoustic kit, you're not saving anything compared to an amp even if you need a mic. Plus, the amp will sound better quicker.

Hi, what were your hi and low cuts in the cab block? I find that there it is very confusing when almost every block has its own hi and low cut parameters. Is it possible to over cut? Which blocks would be best to do the cuts in? I am so confused! 😵‍💫🫨😭

We need a strandberg version of this

Part of the "feel" you get from listening to an amp at 104db, is the feel of permanent damage being done to your ears.

Why does it have to be one or the other ? I run a Kemper on side A and a PRS MT-15 controlled by a helix on side B … you can use both 🥴 with great results

thanks for the detailed description and real-world scenarios. Great vid.

For me it’s : Helix into an ISP Stealth stereo power amp into a stereo 4X12 Marshall cab. Sounds great. Also EQ your highs around 5 to 6K to eliminate the fizzy high end.

Just use an amp. Modeler problem fixed 😂

extra pre amp valves negate the volume issue on tube amps. and tube amps are so cheap right now.

Great advice. I’m far more of a botique gear snob than an incredible player but I wanted to ask…. The digital world of quad cortex or axe fx is extremely foreign and over whelming to me. Is there a simpler design layout system out there that sounds awesome and very close to the authentic side of the real thing provided you have high end powered monitors. I don’t need all the bells and whistles. Picking from 40-50 amps, 20-30 different cab setups and say 20 pedals is all I need. Does such a thing exist? Thanks!

Subbed great review and my journey is similar from tube amps to software modeling to hardware modelers back to tube amps and now looking at selling most of my big tube amps and cabs to fund a new guitar and Fractal Axe FX IIII or FM9. The FM3 is too small. Reason is the ease of recording, conveniences, no tube maintenance and portable.

I own tube amps and the maintenance is the painful part as few techs know how to work on tube amps and the good ones have long wait times to repair or replace tubes. Modelers are the future.

Great review! Merci. I wanted the new Essential so bad, with it’s roasted maple neck, non-fanned frets, but they are impossible to get in Canada it seems . After 3 months waiting, seller send me today a Standard NX6 w tremolo in red , with a rebate . I will have to get use to this multiscale + tremolo !

I just use a regular amp. Flick a switch and that's me good to go. The end.

totally agree with cranking up the volume while adjusting/creating your patches...once you get a modeler going through a p.a., etc, you're going to notice a huge difference in the sound quality if you don't take this into account from the get-go (ie: set-up your patches for their "live environment" equivalent...)...

👎👎👎and boring 😴

No. I love using modelers.

great video... quick question for you. Can I use the FM3 as a virtual instrument in Studio one "The Show" so that I can add it as a virtual player and send midi to the FM3 to change presets?

Ridiculous. Just get 2 full stacks, Grow your hair down to your waist, and be a rock star. Too many mediocre Nashville gear salesmen. Pedals are for little boys.

But.. why doesn't the amp modeler automatically roll off the frequencies of the cabinet that it's emulating? Isn't that the FRIGGIN POINT? Not much of a cabinet simulation if it passes frequencies that the real speaker doesn't. 🤷

The best solution for me in a hard rock band setting is the power amp and can, but sending a do signal to the pa with an ir. Also making an ir of my own cab. The sound of stage wedges is not my favorite

Thanks for the input setting advice. I use a Boss GT-1000 and love it. I can't wait to experiment with the settings per your suggestion.

No 1/4" input makes it a no go for me.

Modeling is the future. Seeing a band as big as Metallica not using amps on tour, instead preferring to use Fractal, speaks volumes. There are just too many benefits to modelers, including tones that are indistinguishable from their amp counterparts. Consider the ability of a gigging musician who plays cover tunes to model the original tone of every cover song he plays, in addition to having different tones for all his original songs. Modeling creates a more authentic experience for the listener. The patron at the bar leaves thinking, "Wow, that guitarist really did sound like the real deal." In addition, modelers make it so much easier for the musician. No more amps and pedals to lug around. Far fewer cables and batteries and signal chain issues to figure out. I love amps. I have a walk in closet full of amps I have collected for 30 years, but when I bought the Fender Tone Master Pro, my amp mindset changed. I can honestly say my days of using amps are just about over. It's a great time to be a guitar player.

I love my gx 100 through seymour duncan power stage stereo amp into two 2x12's!

I got the A and B correct, but couldn't guess what C was about :)

Another tip is be sure and set your hi/low pass filters on your cab blocks. Most amps have a frequency range of 80hz to around 4/5K. I usually run mine at 100/5100 depending on the amp. My $.02

While I agree with most of what you're saying, some people think it's a volume/pushing air out of the speakers thing when it comes to "feel". Some even talk about how people got used to their speakers pointed at their legs, which drastically changes the perception of tone and feel. These things do make a difference and are true, to an extent. However, I believe there are plenty of people like myself that are talking more about how a certain tube amp responds to playing and it makes us play differently. (Combination of sag vs. stiff-feeling, pushing air, amp responsiveness to our playing in other ways (perhaps interaction between tubes, transformer, etc.), among other things. I am not an amp builder. If an amp makes me play differently due to how it responds, that is a make or break. A big frame of reference, for me, is a '93 Matchless Lightning. The transient sag combined with the bloom of notes is something modelers are not creating, but I haven't tried them all. I tend to "play" the amp if it responds well, and it makes me play more the way I want to play. Do some of them create the general tone of this style of amp well? For sure. Is the feel the same regardless of how I set everything and turn it up? Nope. Is this the fault of modeling companies or captures? I don't believe so. The interactions taking place are hard/impossible to recreate. Anyway, great video and thanks!

Wow.. what a useful video that was. Many thanks, Mathew! A question: Right now, I am using my HR prime into the return of a tube amp going into an Orange cab with Vintage 30 speaker, with disabling the cab sims or IRs. I was contemplating to get a Laney LFR-112. But then again, the Prime sounds great through the guitar cab. So my question is, am I missing out by not buying an FRFR speaker and being able to use cab sims or Its for different flavours?

Nice job. Informative.

Okay, what is it with people having RA-500s behind them? I own one, too, but I’ve seen multiple RUclipsrs (Tim Pierce being another notable one in the guitar space) with these reverb units, too. I guess I need to move mine to my background and start making videos because it’s such a weirdly specific piece of vintage stereo gear. It was literally my first guitar reverb. I’d take little radio shack adapters and run my guitar into it and then that into my Gorilla amp (that had no reverb). I’m sure it sounded awful. But anyway, great tips. If you can’t make any modern modeler work for you, it’s probably because you’re not doing it right in some way. This is a great start to give you info to fix those issues.

hello and greetings from Ireland. Love your videos man and appreciate you putting the time together to make them. I've had multiple ops on my spine so tube amps are no longer an option. I'm thinking of going down the fractal route...could you recommend a wedge for the fractal for monitoring purposes as i don't wear IEM's.,..thnaks

Hello Mathew from Spain. You say in the video that you prefer like stage or live monitors PA system more than frfr guitar (Fender tone master, headrush, friedman, etc). I'm looking for a system to sound great with my FM3. Can you tell me some good PA system monitors quality/price and sound good to play guitar live??. Thanks

This begs the question when u setting up a patch which spkrs do u use ? the studio monistor or the guitar amp or the powered monitors??

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Matt. Very informative video! I also have the FM3 and QSC K10s. Amazing equipment for sure. Just curious how (height, in front/back of you, etc) you have your k10s positioned in your studio. Also curious which of the sound settings in the QSCs you prefer in your studio. Thanks in advance. Love your videos!

Always great advice. Thank you.

This so good at explaining it... thanks for the info

why nobody speaks about the elephant in the room? on live gigs when the mix is dense and you play a solo...nobody hears you! modelers just disappear since they lack presence is my guess.

Cool video! Very informative, I learned some new things!! Thanks!!

One of the best discussions of this subject i’ve seen. Great intro song by the way.

You’re too smart! Thank you for your videos!

what's this finger pick ? Haven't been able to find a decent one

Great content!

Great video talking about a topic that will make the eyes of many people glaze over. Well except those of us who are tone and tech junkies.❤ Oh and I love my FM3 and QSC K12.2’s. Thanks Mathew!👍

One problem not covered in this video is people trying to run 4-cable method between their modeler and an amp with Line-level Effects loop (like many Mesa Boogies). This will frequently run into the problem of level mismatch, because very very few devices out there (the only one I know of is Fractal FX8) allow you to set different levels for the same pair of Effects Loop (i.e., Instrument Level for FX Send, but Line Level for FX Return), yet this is what you will need to do since the amp's FX Send AND FX Return are both hard-coded to Line level.