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There's the line and there's me stepping over it...
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Yep and about 5x more expensive.
I'm using a Schism now, which is crazy primitive compared to the Switchblade.
But I'm not about to drop $800+ (gotta get a midi controller too) on a switching system when I only route a few effects.
One day though...
I'm using a Schism now, which is crazy primitive compared to the Switchblade.
But I'm not about to drop $800+ (gotta get a midi controller too) on a switching system when I only route a few effects.
One day though...
Well, technically less than 4x my v4 
My only concern with it is that it does not look so easy to change on the fly. The Blender v4 is easy, just turn a few knobs, click a few switches. I would love to be able to change the order of 8 loops and do some mixing/blending on all of those.
My only concern with it is that it does not look so easy to change on the fly. The Blender v4 is easy, just turn a few knobs, click a few switches. I would love to be able to change the order of 8 loops and do some mixing/blending on all of those.
Vlad5 I've had my eyes on that switchblade for a while too! I have too many other more immediate wants to ever justify it, but hopefully something a little smaller and cheaper will be released before I can ever afford one.
I'm starting to feel a little restricted by my pt junior again, will probably break out my pt pro again. All the extra space will be justified by the pedals I've hoarded despite not always using them.
I'm starting to feel a little restricted by my pt junior again, will probably break out my pt pro again. All the extra space will be justified by the pedals I've hoarded despite not always using them.
nice piece, but different horses for different courses, no doubt. Vlad5, describe your experiences with the AxeFxII. How did you come to conclude that the Switchblade 8F has "all the functionality" of the AxeFx? You seem pretty clear with the insinuation that digital "simulations" are in an of themselves a bad thing, inherently sonically inferior to analog counterparts. Yes? The Fractal Audio Systems artist endorsement page has some fairly prominent names. They must have not gotten the memo.
A friend of mine has one, and let me play my bass through it.
Best computer simulated effects processing device I ever played with, I'm a fan.
'All the routing functionality of the an AxeFx', is what I wrote, not 'all the functionality'.
I figured it out by reading the manuals for both; comparing and contrasting.
Did I insinuate digital effects are bad, or did you infer that based on your own biases?
Language is such a tricky thing over the interwebs.
I honestly have no emotional investment in the digital vs analog debate.
One of my favorite effects currently on my board is digital.
Tools; just tools.
But I'll be sure to send Myung and Petrucci a memo tonight, they should really learn more about analog effects...
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Best computer simulated effects processing device I ever played with, I'm a fan.
'All the routing functionality of the an AxeFx', is what I wrote, not 'all the functionality'.
I figured it out by reading the manuals for both; comparing and contrasting.
Did I insinuate digital effects are bad, or did you infer that based on your own biases?
Language is such a tricky thing over the interwebs.
I honestly have no emotional investment in the digital vs analog debate.
One of my favorite effects currently on my board is digital.
Tools; just tools.
But I'll be sure to send Myung and Petrucci a memo tonight, they should really learn more about analog effects...
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The correct answer was actually: Jaco only played 4-strings and analog effects.
Cool.
Unless you have a "use-by-cpu-percentage" chart as a guideline, you cannot really tell from the owner's manual how many effect processor blocks you can fit on the AxeFx 4 x 12 routing grid. In all practical application, the AxeFxII will allow for many more than 8 effects/processors (and in stereo). If nothing else, the AxeFx has much more capability to route more "stuff" internally than the Switchblade does externally. Of course, much of the point of the AxeFx is to do the routing virtually rather than physically. Like I said, different horses for different courses.[/QUOTE]
Yes, it is difficult to discern tone on internet posts. Apologies for mis-reading it, then, which is why I posed the question.
Agreed again!
But I'll be sure to send Myung and Petrucci a memo tonight, they should really learn more about analog effects...
FWIW, I'm not a big Dream Theater fan, so I really don't have an opinion on their tones and music. Seems like a lot of guitar and bass geeks worship them for a reason, though, right? Cheers!
Programmable blending and order switching would make me save up the extra $500 for the switchblade... the one control looks like it is just series loops... A while ago I looked at he decibel eleven ( http://www.decibel11.com/Pedal-Palette.html ) and I just saw that it is expandable... It seems like it is a bit better priced than the switchblade, but I get a little nervous committing to digital gear from smaller companies... if something does happen to the company in 5 years it seems like your pretty SOL on getting it repaired or keeping up with firmware updates (though the decibel eleven doesn't appear to be software programmable, double-edged sword)...
