About Me

Welcome to AxeFX Basics. My name is Rosh and I have been programming Fractal Products for over 10 years. My clients include: Def Leppard, Melissa Etheridge, A Perfect Circle, Steve Vai, Dweezil Zappa, Bush, and more.

I want to give back to the Fractal Community and show some approaches and techniques for programming all your Fractal Audio Systems Products.

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Some Artists I've Worked With:

Def Leppard

See what Wolfie, touring tech for Def Leppard, has to say about my involvement with their tour.

AxeFX Featured on Premier Guitar's Rig Rundown
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A Perfect Circle

I was fortunate enough to program some AxeFX units for A Perfect Circle's 2018-2019 tour.

Another great band using Fractal Audio AxeFX units
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AxeFX Tutorials

See tutorials below. Expand each tutorial by row.

Episodes 1-3

Episode 1

Building a Basic Preset - See the basics of building a simple preset using the amp, cab, and reverb blocks.

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Episode 2

Clean Master Volume Amps - The best practices for dialing in a clean amp that has a master volume.

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Episode 3

Clean Non-Master Volume Amps - The best practices for dialing in a clean amp that doesn't have a master volume.

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Episodes 4-6

Episode 4

Master Volume Dirty Amps - Best practices for dialing in a master volume dirty amp, and the differences between master and non-master volume (NMV) amps.

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Episode 5

Non-Master Volume Dirty Amps - Best practices for dialing in a NMV dirty amp, and the differences between master and non-master volume (NMV) amps.

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Episode 6

Mesa Boogie Mark Series Amps - Dialing in Mesa Boogie amps, best practices, and how to properly utilize the graphic EQ, a powerful tone shaping tool.

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Episodes 7-9

Episode 7

High Gain Amps - Best practices for high gain amps, and how to properly utilize the EQ to keep the bass low and boost the front end to keep the response tight.

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Episode 8

Why Isn't The 2290 Working? - Help troubleshooting a common problem with the 2290 delay, and how phase cancelling works when using a stereo effect block.

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Episode 9

Series Vs. Parallel Routing - Explaining the basics of routing effects in parallel and series, the advantages of both methods, and how to properly avoid gain staging issues.

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Episodes 10-12

Episode 10

Pitch Block Harmonizer - How to use the pitch effect block to build a harmonizer, as well as how to pick proper intervals.


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Episode 11

This tutorial covers how to build a basic rock lead preset, including approaches to get more sustain such as drive blocks, smoothing your tone, and using parallel effects.

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Episode 12

This tutorial covers the compressor block and common approaches including having guitar volume remain consistent between different types of playing as well as boost/sustain.

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View the rest of the tutorials on YouTube