Isolation...

[eaeolian]

It's pretty useful for holding doors open, too.

 

[theunforgiven246]

There's just something about the axetrak that I never liked, it just sounds kinda hollow to me.

 

[eaeolian]

There's just something about the axetrak that I never liked, it just sounds kinda hollow to me.

I dunno yet. We'll see.

 

[theunforgiven246]

I dunno yet. We'll see.

I've only gone by the sound clips I've heard from it. But if you like it then hellz yea !

 

[sakeido]

I definitely want to hear some clips, this could be like a cheaper version of a Palmer because man, I want more than anything to be able to record at all hours of the day instead of having to shut all my stuff down at 10 and then just play video games until I finally fall asleep at 3 to dream of all the riffs I wasn't able to record.

 

[eaeolian]

Ah, the package has arrived! Sadly, I'm not home...

 

[7 Strings of Hate]

get that ass home!! sakeido, thats where the pod's come in handy

 

[theunforgiven246]

Ah, the package has arrived! Sadly, I'm not home...

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[eaeolian]

It's in. I didn't get to try it out yet, but, damn, this sucker is SMALL. It's about the size of a practice amp. We'll see what it sounds like either tonight or when I get back from Thanksgiving.

 

[ajdehoogh]

Chop chop. Your audience is glued to the screens.

 

[7 Dying Trees]

Chop chop indeed I am really quite interested as I am always dubious about small speakers and low tunings...

 

[eaeolian]

Well, I have to have time to set it up and try it. Work is so inconvenient at times...

 

[ajdehoogh]

^ How very true!

 

[eaeolian]

OK, here's a clip. Mesa Triple Rec, my stage settings, my JoeOvChaos SD-1 with level at 3:00, drive at 8:00 and tone at 12:00, switch to the TS setting (basically mimicking the TS-7 in my rack), and just a smidge of SSL EQ on the tracks (Hi-mid at 4K, +.25 dB, low at 400 - .75 db), and a dab of room-ish verb.

Amp master is right at 9:00, which is about rehearsal volume. If I put it in a closet, you wouldn't hear the Axetrak at all.

(Drums are EZDrummer.)


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[ajdehoogh]

Doesn't sound bad to me. It might be useful in a recording context. But I dunno. I guess it matter more on how everything else fits into the mix. But I would prefer to hear it in a finished song. To truely be able to say whether it is actually useful or not.

My 2 cents.

 

[TomAwesome]

The lead tone is pretty decent, but TBH, I'm really not digging that rhythm tone. Maybe it's the speaker.

 

[newamerikangospel]

Wow, I actually dig the rythmn tone. Dude, that is rocking.

 

[ajdehoogh]

Also forgot to add. Thanks for the clip Mike.

 

[eaeolian]

The lead tone is pretty decent, but TBH, I'm really not digging that rhythm tone. Maybe it's the speaker.

Strange, I think the lead tone is lacking, and I liek the rhythm tone.

One thing I've noticed it it's really dark. Keep in mind, too, that this is without touching my amp - these are the same settings I use for my 4x12 live, which generally don't stay the same when recording, anyway.

The overall tone reminds me very much of a C90 Mesa 4x12, which is a tad darker than what I usually use.

I suspect it'll be very usable in a song context once I tweak the amp to it. As I get more done - I had to finish scratch stuff for recording first, then I get to play some - I'll update this.

 

[noodles]

Funny, when I first heard this last night, it struck me as sounding like what his rig would sound like plugged into my cab. Very C90'ish.

Wait until Mike gets a chance to post some clips that aren't completely raw. We did some tweaking with his parametric eq plugin last night, and layed down two tracks of guitar: one the alder bodied Jackson, the other the mahogany bodied Washburn. It sounded absolutely crushing.

These cabs have a midrange thickness that has to be tamed. It is very saturated, and can get boomy in a hurry. I'm confident we have our recording solution for the guitars, though. This cab sounds much larger in person than it really is. I can't imagine pulling the bass plug on it, since it would bury our bassist.