

This kind of power at your disposal is mind boggling and whilst I had to sell a kidney to pay for it - it was well worth it. If you are thinking about purchasing one of these, don't fret, you are making a long term investment. Paired with an FC12, you have a crazy number of possibilities at your fingertips (actually your feet but i digress.) for any live performance needs.
#Axes music shelf system portable#
The UI has improved dramatically, the power has quadrupled and it's still quite portable for a studio rack mounted style device. This might be the first time that I've purchased a piece of music equipment (other than my Korg Kronos) that feels "future proof".

Unlike the mostly static displays in other products, the displays in the Axe-Fx III feature moving knobs, meters, graphs and other dynamic content giving the user valuable visual feedback at a glance. Custom designed to provide more brightness and contrast than “off-the-shelf” displays, this new display is optimized for readability in the most difficult conditions.ĭriving the display is a dedicated graphics accelerator delivering dynamic, animated displays. A large 800×480 color display features 30 times the resolution of our previous model. The stunning color display is controlled by a dedicated graphics processor while USB traffic and user interface tasks are handled by a 500 MHz, 16-core microcontroller providing smooth operation and robust USB performance.Ĭontrolling all this power requires an interface to match. To feed these advanced processors we coupled 4Gb of blazing fast PC1600 DDR3 memory, hundreds of Mb of FLASH memory, a proprietary FPGA and a rich set of peripherals. These processors are the most powerful DSPs available delivering over twice the performance of the DSPs used in our previous generation products. Two 1.0 GHz, floating-point “Keystone” Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) comprise the main audio engine. Continuing the legacy of this philosophy the Axe-Fx III harnesses the power of no fewer than four separate processors. The Axe-Fx II expanded on this concept by putting two of those same DSPs to work. Leveraging the power of this DSP allowed detail and realism that no other product had previously achieved.

The original Axe-Fx upended the industry by being the first device for musicians to put a military/industrial-grade DSP into a consumer product.
#Axes music shelf system plus#
New IPS Display offers improved contrast and viewing angles, plus more vivid colors.In comparison to the original, the Mark II features the following upgrades: Featuring our latest amp modeling technology, thousands of UltraRes™ speaker cab simulations, and industry-leading effects, the Axe-Fx III has more raw power and features than any guitar processor ever created. The new Axe-Fx III Mark II is the latest in a line of legends-the world’s most powerful all-in-one processor for guitar, bass, and other instruments. The Award-Winning Axe-Fx III Just Got Even Better!
