I'm really late to the party, but I just got myself an AX8 a few days ago. This was a FANTASTIC introduction to the switches. I can't thank you enough. Cheers from Tokyo, Jason 🤘
I really appreciate these down to earth explanations of what appears very complex. Your command over the AX8 offers quick access and understanding to the uninitiated, thank you from Downunder.
A superb video, I watched it when I first bought my AX8 in January 2020 and have just watched it again later in the year and you have given me more ideas on how best to set the footswtches up. Great work.
I kept waiting for you to knock it over when pressing the buttons. ;-) Great tutorial, thank you for adding a lot of clarity to my understanding of this complex piece of gear!
You explain better than axe guys 🙂 could you explain hpw change in live a part of effect ? For example if i have the chorus but wish in live set less chorus effect ? On the line6 when pressing a long time on the switch you are directly in édit of the effect assigned to the button like on a pedal in live.
Hi, how do you set your volume pedal to let the delay spillover to get nice clean swells when you put the volume down to get rid of the attack of the pick... I did « mute fx in » in the delay block but it does not work in the preset, it works only between scenes... thx for your help!!!
This is what i was looking for how ot if it banked up or down are these all stock presets and could you do a tutorial on edited on the ax8 itself as oppessed to a computer as there isent one
Hey Kley De Jong. Thank you for the great lesson. Is their anyway you can reset the Fractal ax8 to all factory settings if someone loads effects in it that you don't like or need?
My buttons are stuck on Scenes. I can't get ti to go back to just selecting indvidual effects. Ever preset I go to has scenes as the only option. I just wanna start with selecting individual pedals.
I just bought ine but cant seem to get into presets i trued hitting f1 and f2 but it says preset has no looper? How can i navigate mt presets? Thanks for any info
Just got an AX8. I am trying to have 1 through 4 as patches and 5 through 8 as individual effects for each patch. I can't figure this out. Please help!
@@unleashthefury111 Well, I can't speak for Fractal - but to me it wouldn't make a lot of sense to build in a power amp. It would significantly add size and weight to the unit. Not all users want to have a power amp included. Not all uses want the same kind of power amp as they can come in various different levels of power and quality. It would add a fair bit of cost. Next, if you have a cab it doesn't seem that hard to put the power amp on the cab or build a small rack unit.
Hi Kley , I've been using pod hd500x for a long time, I usually use it on 1234 mode, so for example on foot 1 (clean) I use a bassman with delay and chorus on, on foot 2 a plexi with drive on and so on. it is possible to use this way on ax8? thanks
That would be the preset latch mode. So if you press and hold F1 then you have access to any of the 8 presets in that bank via the 1-8 footswitches. So if you press 1 you could setup your clean bassman and then 2 could be your plexi. Each of the 8 footswitches instantly recall that different preset.
but if I use the 8 foots for presets, where I would put the effects so that I press in real-time on the gigs, On pod I use the 4 down foots for amps and the 4 above for effects.
Guilherme Freitas it wouldnt be feasible here as there are 8 presets vs the 4 on the HD which allowed 4 free switches. However I feel the scene mode on here could easily get someone past that
Hey man good video, what is your opinion about the line 6 helix with it's new updates compared to the fractal ax8? My budget is limited and I'm looking for something to use live aswell as for recording. I think these two are my best options. Would really appreciate your input!
FX8 is optimized to be a pedalboard replacement. No amp modeling. Better integration with setups like 4 cable method. AX8 is similar to the Axe-Fx II scaled into a pedalboard formfactor. It does have some restrictions. Only one amp block, no tone matching, no IR capture, etc... The Axe-Fx II is still the big daddy. Most powerful and full featured.
I'm really late to the party, but I just got myself an AX8 a few days ago. This was a FANTASTIC introduction to the switches. I can't thank you enough.
Cheers from Tokyo, Jason 🤘
I really appreciate these down to earth explanations of what appears very complex. Your command over the AX8 offers quick access and understanding to the uninitiated, thank you from Downunder.
A superb video, I watched it when I first bought my AX8 in January 2020 and have just watched it again later in the year and you have given me more ideas on how best to set the footswtches up. Great work.
THANK YOU!! This was the info I was looking for but had to watch a dozen AX8 vids before I found this.
You are welcome!
greatest pedal board of all time!! I'm so glad I took the plunge...now I can't live without it....
Thank you for kindly introducing AX8 in this video for every begining users. I had learnt lots.thx again.
The AX8 is a monster modeller !
I kept waiting for you to knock it over when pressing the buttons. ;-) Great tutorial, thank you for adding a lot of clarity to my understanding of this complex piece of gear!
What a superb video. This helped me so much. Thank you.
11:33 was that a water effect on the delay.. great video btw, thankyou
That was extremely helpful! A lot to think about. Thank you :)
Very helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for the tutorial, it was really helpful and clear.
you did a nice job Kley
Great helpful video
Nicely done mate!! Thanks!
Thank God for this Video
Hi Kley- do u have the plexi preset out on axe change? I'm looking for that swell sound at the 5:26 mark? How can I achieve that?
Thanks
This is such a great video thank you so much I just bought one but I got the FX8
You explain better than axe guys 🙂 could you explain hpw change in live a part of effect ? For example if i have the chorus but wish in live set less chorus effect ? On the line6 when pressing a long time on the switch you are directly in édit of the effect assigned to the button like on a pedal in live.
Very Helpful Dude!
Gives me a better idea, I have one on the way, thanks!
Awesome video thanks dude
u r a legend! great video
Super helpful! Thanks!
Hi, how do you set your volume pedal to let the delay spillover to get nice clean swells when you put the volume down to get rid of the attack of the pick... I did « mute fx in » in the delay block but it does not work in the preset, it works only between scenes... thx for your help!!!
So informative thank you
How can automatically someone go back and forth thru "presets" being in scene latch mode?
can i use ax8 with headphones instead of a power amp and cab?
Very helpful Thank you :)
This is what i was looking for how ot if it banked up or down are these all stock presets and could you do a tutorial on edited on the ax8 itself as oppessed to a computer as there isent one
On my AX8 when i hold the F2 button it goes into tuner JUST like holding the F3 switch. What os wrong with my unit or what am i doing wrong?
Hey Kley De Jong. Thank you for the great lesson. Is their anyway you can reset the Fractal ax8 to all factory settings if someone loads effects in it that you don't like or need?
My buttons are stuck on Scenes. I can't get ti to go back to just selecting indvidual effects. Ever preset I go to has scenes as the only option. I just wanna start with selecting individual pedals.
Could you share your presets from this video thanks
.ty for vid ) now i need to knowe how to use knobs to navigate and change stuff when i am on stage )))
I just bought ine but cant seem to get into presets i trued hitting f1 and f2 but it says preset has no looper? How can i navigate mt presets? Thanks for any info
Just got an AX8. I am trying to have 1 through 4 as patches and 5 through 8 as individual effects for each patch. I can't figure this out. Please help!
Did you ever figure this out? Looking to do the same.
Get to the forum guys and obviously READ THE MANUAL ! 😎
Do i need a poweramp to be able to play this through a guitar cab or does it have a poweramp built in?
You need a power amp.
@@KleyDeJong thanks. Why cant they make something like this with a poweramp built in? Sort of like a kemper but an all in one foot controller
@@unleashthefury111 Well, I can't speak for Fractal - but to me it wouldn't make a lot of sense to build in a power amp. It would significantly add size and weight to the unit. Not all users want to have a power amp included. Not all uses want the same kind of power amp as they can come in various different levels of power and quality. It would add a fair bit of cost.
Next, if you have a cab it doesn't seem that hard to put the power amp on the cab or build a small rack unit.
can you make some switches presets and other switches scene changes?
Yes. check the video at min 13:30
how do i backup this thing?
THANK YOU!
Hi Kley , I've been using pod hd500x for a long time, I usually use it on 1234 mode, so for example on foot 1 (clean) I use a bassman with delay and chorus on, on foot 2 a plexi with drive on and so on. it is possible to use this way on ax8? thanks
That would be the preset latch mode. So if you press and hold F1 then you have access to any of the 8 presets in that bank via the 1-8 footswitches. So if you press 1 you could setup your clean bassman and then 2 could be your plexi. Each of the 8 footswitches instantly recall that different preset.
but if I use the 8 foots for presets, where I would put the effects so that I press in real-time on the gigs, On pod I use the 4 down foots for amps and the 4 above for effects.
Sorry, my mistake. I don't believe the AX8 can do both presets and effects. You have to do one or the other.
Maybe if you make a preset with 2 amps with X and Y switching ir could work the way that you want and making scenes with one amp or another.
Guilherme Freitas it wouldnt be feasible here as there are 8 presets vs the 4 on the HD which allowed 4 free switches. However I feel the scene mode on here could easily get someone past that
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Does using the XY for 2 effects vs using individual switches for 2 effects save CPU?
Its just a way of getting a two for one on the effect settings.
thank you sir
Thanks a lot
Hey man good video, what is your opinion about the line 6 helix with it's new updates compared to the fractal ax8? My budget is limited and I'm looking for something to use live aswell as for recording. I think these two are my best options. Would really appreciate your input!
Look up Mitch Baker on UA-cam. He has done many in-depth comparisons!
Thanks, already checked him out, it was very useful tho questions remain
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hi, wat is the different btw Fx8, Ax8 and AxFx 2
FX8 is optimized to be a pedalboard replacement. No amp modeling. Better integration with setups like 4 cable method.
AX8 is similar to the Axe-Fx II scaled into a pedalboard formfactor. It does have some restrictions. Only one amp block, no tone matching, no IR capture, etc...
The Axe-Fx II is still the big daddy. Most powerful and full featured.
Thanks for the info
this is why i got the helix,so complicated visual wise
Novice question, does it come with a looper?
Yes it does!
Kley De Jong thanks!
I was thinking of getting the kemper but I will get this instead, very easy to use
I bet you weren't sorry...
Danke. Viel Mals.
it's much easier to do through the AX8 app, and faster
It’s not as in depth tho right