Axe Fx III - Custom Scales - Tutorial

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[jimforce]

This is something I thought was impossible. There are many harmony leads that are not just a certain interval straight through. Now I really want one of these!

Thank you for all the great videos.

[rockostiffredi]

"Boys are back in Town" is one of the most iconic use of harmonised scales for rock guitar.

Who needs a second guitarist in this day and age.

[binface]

Nice to see the Deluxe getting an appearance

[scottpeters]

Hey Leon....I got my FM3 this morning...after a 15 month wait....it was worth every day of it....I am amazed at the sound of this thing...It’s one of those pieces of gear that just blows you away and changes everything....I dialed up the Atomica and a Plexi, and with a couple of tweaks, played for 4 hours straight....Love this thing...

[toneninja]

Hey Leon....
See if you can get all the Hotel California harmonies. Both verse and solo part.

[jonbigg]

I've mentioned before how much I love the Shine outro riff, but I love that chorus riff just as much! Great video Leon. I hadn't idea that custom scale capability existed.

[RalphMercuroMusic]

Thanks Leon! I just used this tutorial to program the harmony for Your Love by The Outfield...

[oldman]

It think one of the coolest features is assigning expression pedals to distortion and other things that don’t have that option. I use this feature a lot thx for you videos you have taught me so much. And you have encouraged me to explore

[ChrisMuellerMusic]

Wow! I never thought about custom scales that way. Awesome! Thanks Leon!

[Fallingoverbackwards]

At 9:00 that made my jaw drop how good it sounds. This is why the axe fx iii is about what you can’t typically do with an amp or even most amp modelers.

[abcnech]

Thanks Leon for this amazing tutorial. It answered a lot of questions I had for a long time not answered. Custom scales solved in my sound !

[mathmars]

Very very awesome leon, i want this all harmonized... very very Awesome

[chrissoares]

This was awesome Leon. Thanks for putting this all together and sharing it with us. The depth of knowledge I've gained on the Axe FX I owe to your vids. And dude, that electric thunder chello thing was amazing.

[stevenmgyori]

Thank you Leon! Wanting this for awhile! Well done Brother!
Be Well All!

[brandonproctor]

Everytime I see/hear you do something new like this with the Axe Fx III it makes me want this thing even more. But this takes the gold man! Right along with the custom Wah sweep tweaker. Also, I loved the new intro music! Great video

[jackmeginniss]

I am still exploring my new FM3. I am absolutely amazed at how much it sounds like my axe FXIII. I know that it has the same architecture, but still... I downloaded and installed your presets and they all sound great. Thanks again for those BTW. Furthermore, that was a very painless procedure. Where I had a slight challenge was setting iup the FM3 to use the Fractal FC. The FM3 manual seems to focus on it’s use as a stand-alone unit, so I had to recall how to set that up. Easy enough though; use FC Controller 1, 2, etc.in setup as opposed to the suggested Expression 1, 2 or other numerous options.

[jimberry]

Wow Leon, that was very cool and interesting. Still haven't gotten an AE3 due to it's high price point, but I didn't know it could be utilized in this fashion. Thank you for sharing this information. Now thinking about finaly getting one. Keep up the good work on your channel!

[picksalot]

Very cool sounds. I think displaying the harmonized note "pitch name" along with it's semitone interval number would make programming custom scales a lot easier. Another option could be to program the interval by its name and direction in relation to the played note, e.g. +m7, -M3, +5, -11, etc. To me, semitones seems to be the most difficult method, particularly on wide intervals. Thanks

[jackmeginniss]

Another great tutorial as usual. Thanks.

[titinc]

Hi Leon, great video as usual.
This one motivated me and already spend about 3 hours to set a preset for The Trooper with scales. The problem is that everytime the FM3 resets the Mix value to 50%, no matter if i saved the preset...