The_Pac_Mule
Refugee
Part of the reason I imagine Edge has multiple Axe FX's (besides backups) is for switching between different settings. I have one myself, and one thing I've noticed is that when switching to different scenes, the transition isn't seamless. It's especially apparent when recording and switching scenes throughout a single take.
I was recently watching a video of one of Metallica's guitar techs going over their live rig; they've now ditched their amps and pedals onstage and rely entirely on the Axe-FX. But he mentioned the cutout issue, since they have a lot of quick transitions from a clean to heavy sound. So their solution was for both James and Kirk to have 4 Axes, one for clean, one for heavy, and a backup for each. When they play, both Axes are running simultaneously into a unit that controls their levels, so they can fade one sound into the other. This allows for really quick and seamless transitions when they switch from one sound to another. I would imagine Edge would be doing something like this too!
I was recently watching a video of one of Metallica's guitar techs going over their live rig; they've now ditched their amps and pedals onstage and rely entirely on the Axe-FX. But he mentioned the cutout issue, since they have a lot of quick transitions from a clean to heavy sound. So their solution was for both James and Kirk to have 4 Axes, one for clean, one for heavy, and a backup for each. When they play, both Axes are running simultaneously into a unit that controls their levels, so they can fade one sound into the other. This allows for really quick and seamless transitions when they switch from one sound to another. I would imagine Edge would be doing something like this too!
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