AxeFX III Basics Episode 9: Series VS Parallel Routing

Hi, I'm Rosh, I've programmed guitar rigs for Steve Vai, Def Leppard, Melissa Etheridge, Dweezil Zappa, A Perfect Circle, and more.

I'll be uploading a tutorial series on how to program an AxeFX III.

Contact me if you have any questions or need any one on one help.

[carminelombardi]

Fantastic demo, now I finally have a better handle on routing my effects.

[PhilWilliams]

Thanks Rosh, great video, so well explained.

[SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

Awesome video! Can you do a video on setting up the guitar mixed with violin patch that Dweezil uses?

[HenryMittnacht]

Your tips are gold! Now I have to go back to my presets to "correct" them, LOL, means running Rev and Dly in parallel. Should have thought about it right from the start! Thanks!

[danrao]

Thanks Rosh! This really helped me out.

[ookookook]

Wow. I feel Neo starting to see the matrix. Been reverbing my delays the entire time I've owned this thing.

[wyzyguy]

Hello Rosh... future topics I would be interested in seeing would be uses for the “USB IN” block & “Pitch” block regarding diatonic harmonies & custom scales.. enjoying the videos. Thanks

[cardp]

rosh, much thanks for this "series" pun intended. question for you. is there some benefit/drawback to having reverb and delay 1 above/1 below the dry signal vs having say, both of them adjacent to one another (no shunt connecting them other than to the dry signal)? hope this makes sense.

[Dandelion-]

Thanks a lot. I wouldn't have considdered not running the reverb and delay in series before. The three snakes (dry, rev, del) in parallel made for a nicely focused tone in this high gain scenario :-)

[shiresongs]

So very very helpful - especially to a 71 yr.old - i only had to watch this one 6 times to get it - but get it i did.
If you reduced your speech speed by 15% it would be helpful.
Thanks
Al Heimer!

[dominicgibson]

This is great but I do have a question...what do you need to check when you're trying parallel and thru fx layouts and you get really noticeable volume drops? Thanks.

[Matthew-pxnu]

How does the input gain as a scene controller play into this ?

[justinTime]

Regarding the volume increase… I always wanted a setup kind of where my amp is there, and I could just flip on effects as desired to experiment. Is there a way that I’m missing to be able to flip parallel effects on and off without a big variation in volume? Is it better to just have separate presets or scenes to accomplish this?

I’m a little new to this. I made it very far through my career going dry AF. I still do have an appreciation for dry in fact lol. I don’t want reverb on at all times, that’s for sure.

[erikhartley]

Can you run the delay and verb in series on a separate path? Personally I prefer my delays to be reverberated because it’s more natural IMO.

[billzaferatos]

this sounds awesome but where do you put a chorus bock without killing the volume

[erikhartley]

I’ve noticed that when I setup a Plex verb in the same manner (100% mix and input gain) there’s a noticeable volume drop when Plex verb is engaged. I can’t figure out why. Thanks.

[billzaferatos]

WHATS UP ROSH! GREAT If using say two delays in parallel, how would I get both assigned to the same switch on FC-12 to toggle both off and on at the same time?

[sean]

awesome man. thank you! just wondering, are there any work arounds for people with cheaper modelers that dont have parallel routing such as on the line 6 pod go?

[klanker]

What if i want to run verb and delay in parallel but without the dry signal shunt, should i use 50%mix +3db level on verb and 100%mix 100% input gain on delay to retain the same volume when bypassed?

Thanks for making this series btw, top quality educational content.

[josuemoraruiz]

I usually try to do this in most of my presets but in some of them when one of the two (reverb/delay) is bypassed i still get a boost in level, also when only one is bypassed. Any help?