Ken Susi - Is the AXE FX III good for live?

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Ай бұрын

After a hiatus from posting, I'm back with a video discussing my years of experience with amps, digital amps, and other gear. I've been using the Axe-fx III on tour for two years and couldn't be happier with it. Watch as I demonstrate how I integrate it into my setup with visual and playing examples. If you're keen on replicating my live tone, now's your opportunity to learn how.
I'm now using the standard and turbo for touring!! Both are great

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@osm1718 Ай бұрын

All roads lead back to the 5150s iconic tone

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Ha ha always😂

@pj666kemperprofiles Ай бұрын

Exactly !

@Silverado5150MKII Ай бұрын

That 2nd tone is incredible!

@EliPorterMahn Ай бұрын

Sounds great keep the demos coming!

@mtguitar5150 Ай бұрын

Wild that this is still arguably the best and the tech is several years old

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

Good stuff for sure

@MaRsw1 Ай бұрын

Hey Ken, thx for the vid, pretty cool to see!

@skundini4999 Ай бұрын

Whats good brother nice to see you uploading again

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

🎉🎉🎉

@robswetts4889 Ай бұрын

Ken thanks for the deep dive! This is really helpful vs some of these where they gloss over the details. We appreciate that you dig in and get into the weeds with us!

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

I love sharing the knowledge ❤

@Bjornsguitarspecials Ай бұрын

sounds really sick Ken!

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@Shred_Rocket Ай бұрын

The sound you are getting through the 6505 power and Engl cab sounds amazing Ken! Tight!

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Thanks, it's like any power section of a good amp would work.

@Rod_Records Ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this. Very few people share live presets and applications. I run a similar setup and it works great!

@GearStuffandThings Ай бұрын

This was an interesting watch. Really enjoyed your perspective. Cheers! Stephen(Mercedes husband) 😂

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Thanks brother ❤

@TomFord-kp8fh Ай бұрын

Dude your LTD is jaw droppingly gorgeous!!!! Wowwww

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Love it so much. ❤🎉

@lunatictumor Ай бұрын

@@TheKensusi Reminds me of the first Richard Z from Rammstein model.

@kongzilla2270 Ай бұрын

Sounds killer Ken! Miss the weeklys I hope all is well.

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Everything has been amazing. Thanks for stopping by

@pillowhead4000 Ай бұрын

Woah mumma! That tone is thicc!! Love it!

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

❤

@KennyGraves_ Ай бұрын

Killer video dude

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

❤

@tonisiiskonen513 Ай бұрын

Sounds really great! Seems useful to get the stage sound cut through a bit more.

@JasonAnthony2222 Ай бұрын

Good to see you post again on here Mr Susi. Thanks for the squeelies haha

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

More to come!

@derkleinekaiser 25 күн бұрын

sick as hell brother!

@LucasLeCompteMusic Ай бұрын

Both patches sound great! Tone matching on the axe is something a lot of people overlook.

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

Totally❤

@chronicnarnia Ай бұрын

It’s essentially similar to doing a QC capture or Kemper profile of a specific sound. The key is to start with a similar amp and have good stems to work with.

@jimmypennell8831 20 күн бұрын

That is a monster tone brother 😊

@sillyness3456 Ай бұрын

Fractal has always been enticing. They were ahead of the market from the first product on.

@ayeapprove Ай бұрын

You know whats crazy about the AxeFX? I ran this dual out split setup (FOH + Poweramp to cab) 10 years ago with an AxeFX Ultra :D The DSP load was around 40% and back then we only had a small car for transportation - I actually ended up with one AxeFX Ultra doing this setup for BOTH guitars in my band. With reverb I was at 95% DSP load but it worked! I had 4 patches (both distorted, both clean, 1 distorted + 1 clean and reverse) and I did the switching with my pedalboard because we didn't even have the space to bring a notebook to send midi commands. The power of the DSP back then was insane.

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

Well said🎉

@iownlc9923 Ай бұрын

Ken !!! Good to see you again !!! Cheers !!! 🤩

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Yeah Buddy!

@riheg Ай бұрын

Yeaah Ken is awesome👏

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@John_Sanders445 Ай бұрын

Were you using this tone with AILD at Hammersonic festival in indonesia? it was amazing, by far the best sounding live band i have ever heard!

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

100% yes🎉

@garbman Ай бұрын

Yeah im diggin that direct signal to tha house.. I play through a stealth 3 6L6. I always put a small small low pass, (pultec eq curve) and I cut 4k buzz.

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Good move. Honestly, the tone going to the cab is just as good but different

@Pitchuga Ай бұрын

Missed your videos Ken, to bad you're not making to Portugal on this tour

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

I just vacationed there. Need to go back soon

@Pitchuga Ай бұрын

@@LordofTheRigs yeah, its a great country, to go on vacation 🍻☀️🏄🏻

@STARREDGE Ай бұрын

Fuck, yeah the live tone from just the cab sounds sick !

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Totally, they are both good!

@STARREDGE Ай бұрын

Definitely! No complaints here haha loving this combination

@bobbyincidemetal Ай бұрын

I miss you in Unearth dude. It was a sad day when I heard you left.

@matthewfreeman33 Ай бұрын

Seriously, such a step down all around to play for As I Lay Dying

@guitarfreak2105 Ай бұрын

@@matthewfreeman33Not financially it wasn’t.

@jaredt3985 Ай бұрын

Unearth absolutely smokes AILD in every way. Just a way sicker band imo.

@matthewfreeman33 Ай бұрын

@guitarfreak2105 after all these years with all the members gone and that lunatic singer they have and all the new metalcore bands that are doing it better, who in their right mind supports that band?

@matthewfreeman33 Ай бұрын

@@jaredt3985 totally agree

@crimsonhawk4912 Ай бұрын

Shadows was my favorite album

@captainperez1 Ай бұрын

Sick tone bro. Please make that preset available to buy or something. It’s awesome. I’ve been looking for a live solution for a while. I have a FM9 but I can look for a workaround for the tone matching thing

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

Just copy my settings❤

@chronicnarnia Ай бұрын

⁠@@LordofTheRigsTrue but the tone match is doing a lot to help get it spot on vs. copying the amp settings and adding a cab block or IR. I don’t know what percentage of tone is actually amp vs. cab mathematically, but I’d say speaker makes a lot more of the final tone than the amp does.

@finchman7654 Ай бұрын

Great vid. Question, why not just split the same signal chain to power amp with no impulse response? Saves on dsp i guess. Great tone!!!

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

I want the tone match to be in it's original state "album quality". The 2nd I can manipulate to sound great through a cab exclusively.

@user-ij5ny6uc9f 16 күн бұрын

I have a Spawn Head, Mesa 4ch. Roadster Head, Marshall JCM2000 and a Synergy 50watt head with about 4 amp inserts. I have a Kemper Rack mount amplified version. I really would like to get the AXE-FX III but is the company going to upgrade it to something like AxE-Fx 4 soon or will they just keep upgrading it via software? What's your opinion since you have connections at Fractal?

@HeavyKevy-eg3ej Ай бұрын

KEN bring back the weeklys

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

Trying. 😂🎉

@chronicnarnia Ай бұрын

@@LordofTheRigsWeekly tones to sound like “XYZ” band/album 🤘

@jimwinters3986 Ай бұрын

Gotta wonder how many Sam Black Church shirts are still fitting out there. What's up, Ken? Been more than a minute.

@voicustoian 20 күн бұрын

great tone! what tonematch do you use? can you share your preset? thank you

@TheGr33k13 Ай бұрын

Any chance this will end up on the fractal axechange? Tones were spot on

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Not the direct but just take the settings from my amp tone. All on screen

@Team512 Ай бұрын

Hey Ken, any chance you can get that preset up in Axexchange?

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

It's all here for you to copy except the shadows tone

@jconner3891 Ай бұрын

I’ve had the helix couple times. Can’t get any tones I like. Having the same problem with the fm3. It’s me not the gear. I just can’t get it. I’m just using it with studio monitors

@pj666kemperprofiles Ай бұрын

In fact I prefer the tone with the amp+cab, nastier in a good way.

@JavierPwns Ай бұрын

AxeFX goated

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@granthelas4468 Ай бұрын

Bart knows a good deal about getting good sound to and from the stage like what you're talking about.

@Danvezina Ай бұрын

Sounds good. I prefer the quad cortex however.

@xKYLAFORNIAx Ай бұрын

axe 3 thru a marshall el34 100/100 is the balls! thru diezel 2x12 and marshall tv 4x12 ;) my true stereo rig

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Great sounds for sure!

@nicks824 Ай бұрын

Hey Ken do you not need a cab sim with that tone match block? Cheers

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

You do not!

@nicks824 Ай бұрын

@@TheKensusi that's rad, sounds great!

@BrianSteinman Ай бұрын

Would you ever put out rig packs with these tones?

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

Of course

@Jbeland1 5 күн бұрын

So eq instead of a cab block?

@mattvdh 19 күн бұрын

is your last name Georgian? nice tones

@greggallagher3144 Ай бұрын

Gotta go with a Fryette power amp for the live rig. Best power amps out there.

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

I know! Too rare and too heavy❤

@greggallagher3144 Ай бұрын

@@LordofTheRigs The LXii is pretty sweet, single rack space, sounds huge with my synergy module. Keep up the awesome content!!

@chronicnarnia Ай бұрын

@@LordofTheRigsI recommend a Power Station due to its multiple uses.

@LordofTheRigs Ай бұрын

Hell yeah,good unit. The get to a good power amp is a robust transformer. The 1U stuff does the job, but there's nothing like a 2150

@greggallagher3144 Ай бұрын

If I could only find a 2150 for a decent price… always on the hunt for one.

@kmalienko Ай бұрын

Last update had Rev Amps though!

@sheldonswan45 Ай бұрын

The Krank Revolution?

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Krank Rev1

@Mat_NTL Ай бұрын

You should share your presets :D

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

It's all on the screen for you to copy

@sunnibird Ай бұрын

Is this question rhetorical?

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Kinda. Lol😊

@kylemcpherson3437 Ай бұрын

What’s the riff at 10:30?

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Meaning in tragedy

@Chugg.Norris Ай бұрын

No more synergy and evh stuff eh??

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Love synergy and still use them

@jesterraj Ай бұрын

WEll i never played thru an tube amp...caribbean guy here...

@Dobis86 Ай бұрын

So wild to read that

@jesterraj Ай бұрын

@@Dobis86 lol.....i mean some ppl do have tube amps.....very few...saw a jvm sellin by me 7k in TT dollars

@AAAA-lt9hq Ай бұрын

Metallica uses them. Enough said.

@spacefx1340 Ай бұрын

These riffs and music hasn't stood the test of time for sure.

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

Thanks

@Dobis86 Ай бұрын

it's peak metalcore.

@benburnett8109 Ай бұрын

You should ask The most successful touring act in the World: Metallica. They've used Fractal for at least 3 years. Digital is far superior to Analog tube amp(s) in every capacity. Every Capacity. How this conversation: "are fractals good for live use and touring versus real amps" is even a question in 2024 is staggering to me. There are no redeeming qualities for analog amps at this point. Digital is superior. End of story.

@sunnibird Ай бұрын

Meshuggah and Garbage toured with the old Pod Pro racks well before Metallica started using Fractal stuff. Meshuggah later used the Line6 Vetta amps as well.

@5150forevermore Ай бұрын

I have some holy grail amps but I am planning on making the shift to Axe FX eventually. Ive never used one but yea it seems like a no brainer at this point.

@TheKensusi Ай бұрын

They are both really great. You can't beat a ream amp, but digital has come a long way. Both are great

@jorgerst Ай бұрын

Do you think Metallica will use digital instead of tube amps to record their studio albums?

@karterestill Ай бұрын

While there is nothing like pushing air with a tube amp. , I honestly will never change back from my kemper. Only regret that I have is that I didn't profile my rig before. I sold everything but being able to automate that thing. Go direct to front of house and in ear Monitors is absolutely A. Game changer, I'll never look back