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Xhun Audio IronAxe - The Physical Modeled Electric Guitar - version 1.3
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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 2:00 am reply with quote
koalaboy wrote:
It would be nice to hear a solo with more legato - whilst I can hear it sometimes, often there seems a lot of attack/pluck on each note.

I don't doubt it can do effective hammer-on/pullof legato playing, I just haven't really heard much in the demos.


Hi,

yes, hammer-ons/pull-offs are settable via Performance Key F#1 and from Finger Sliding 'Range' parameter (IronAxe Sect.A), activable by velocity CC#.

Sorry, but at now I really don't have energy enough to make other audio/video demos... :)

By the way the Product Demo version will be available in 2 days.
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PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 2:16 pm reply with quote
Just released IronAxe and launched the Special Introductory Offer.

IronAxe development had been a long and hard work for me, I hope you will appreciate it and I hope it will be useful/helpful in your next productions.

About the Special Offer :

IronAxe has a MSRP of 149 EURO/€, but from May 7th to May 20th 2012, it can be purchased for a Special Introductory Price of 129 euro from our Online Shop.

Thank you for your attention,
bruno
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PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 2:23 pm reply with quote
lol i cant believe how damn awesome this thing sounds. this thing sounds better then some of the big name gear. how sad Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 11:19 pm reply with quote
Just tried it, much much better than Slayer 1/2 Smile
Cpu usage is very high though...
Great stuff, hope to see that cpu usage improved.

Cheers
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 12:04 am reply with quote
Hi AstralExistence, geoslake, thank you for your nice comments,

yes, at least a Dual-Core CPU is recommended for multi instances of IronAxe. It requires about the same CPU resources as the latest Analog Modeling synths at their best rendering option.
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 1:21 am reply with quote
It sounds really nice, but I can't work out how I'm meant to get legato playing going. I'm obviously missing something.

Also, the (obviously necessary) beep is maybe a bit too frequent - it's verging on water torture Wink

I'll have another go later on, and see if it becomes more obvious.
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 2:27 am reply with quote
koalaboy wrote:
It sounds really nice, but I can't work out how I'm meant to get legato playing going. I'm obviously missing something.

Also, the (obviously necessary) beep is maybe a bit too frequent - it's verging on water torture :wink:

I'll have another go later on, and see if it becomes more obvious.


Using a MIDI Keyboard, for legato technique (single string fingering) simply hold 'F1' note and play the guitar notes. You can add tapping (C#1), muting (C1) or MW, hammer-ons/offs (velocity and F#1) to your performance in real time.

I hope I had been helpful...
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 3:50 am reply with quote
Yes, demos sound amazing and I was ready to cough up immediately - until I saw that logo in the top right corner - apparently only for Windows.

What a letdown.

Developing such an advanced instrument without a sideways look to all the people switching over to Mac - well…

Bye.

Joachim
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 3:52 am reply with quote
the website says that a native OSX version is in development
looking forward to that-demos sound awesome!
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 4:19 am reply with quote
xhunaudio wrote:
I hope I had been helpful...


I think I have it now, but I can't use legato (F1) for more than 3 semi-tones about the current note ?
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 4:48 am reply with quote
koalaboy wrote:
xhunaudio wrote:
I hope I had been helpful...


I think I have it now, but I can't use legato (F1) for more than 3 semi-tones about the current note ?


Yes, it is because in MIDI Keyboard mode there's an automatic string-switching. In a real guitar real legato is possible only for each string. If you play the high-range notes you can perform legato in a 2 octave range.

If you use MIDI Guitar mode, legato is like in the real world, without simulating it through MIDI scripting engines. YRG is a fantastic tool for controlling it (but it works the same way with other MIDI Guitars/controllers).
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:28 am reply with quote
Spitfire31 wrote:
Yes, demos sound amazing and I was ready to cough up immediately - until I saw that logo in the top right corner - apparently only for Windows.

What a letdown.

Developing such an advanced instrument without a sideways look to all the people switching over to Mac - well…

Bye.

Joachim


Hi, OSX / Cross-Platform versions will follow and will be free updates/download for all registered customers.

If you don't want to wait and you want to try IronAxe demo on OSX today, follow this tutorial:

http://www.xhun-audio.com/site/xhun.php?page=osx_support
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 12:56 pm reply with quote
xhunaudio wrote:
Hi, OSX / Cross-Platform versions will follow and will be free updates/download for all registered customers.

If you don't want to wait and you want to try IronAxe demo on OSX today, follow this tutorial:

http://www.xhun-audio.com/site/xhun.php?page=osx_support

Thank you for the good and unexpected news!

I think I'll wait for the native Mac version…

/Joachim
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 2:05 am reply with quote
Hi,

to reply to a common asked question, future IronAxe updates/packages will include an additional VST effect plugin : the spinned-off FX/AmpCabinet Section as an independent VST effect plugin.
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 3:59 pm reply with quote
Interested in picking up this package right away.

Is it possible to get a copy of the midi file for "sum is greater.." for review and evaluation only of course? I just really need to see it to believe it. Sounds very impressive...

Thanks.
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