Cool, thanks for the clarification. I will be experimenting with it a good deal more in the coming days.
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Originally Posted by Agreed  The AxeFX actually has a pretty impressive input section that does a nice job of basically giving the DSP portion of the unit a very amplike response to begin with. If you happen to have a StompIO, its 12V class-A input section has similarly amplike qualities, the best sounds I've ever got with any of my modelers (and god, that's way too many by now, they sort of add up when you review this stuff) was with a StompIO up front. If you haven't given that a try but it's within your reach (I know, it's difficult to audition things like that) it might be worth a shot.
Really, though, I didn't quite mean what you took me as saying - my fault for being unclear, I apologize. What I mean is that I've found that using the hottest signal possible with my volume knob turned up, turning down the volume knob of course cuts the signal into the modeler, too, and allows me to take dynamic control over the grit. I've got a real THD Univalve sitting right here, the first thing I did was compare how it responds to the THD Bivalve in AT3, and I was impressed with the control I got over the crunch. Same with the high gainers, the Mesa Boogie Dual Rec model can get some great bluesy crunch tones if you dial the gain down past the half-way point and then roll back the guitar's volume a bit.
Of course your mileage may vary but that's what I do and it works well for me  |