Korg AX100G

Pour ceux dont c'est la 1ere multi-effet, c'est chaud de tout comprendre au debut, mais cela vient vite et l'on s'apercoit que l'AX100G est tres simple a utiliser.

Je possede une Ibanez RG7420 et un fender 100W. Le son est assez bon si on est pas exigeant a part que Big Fuzz est a chier, on dirait plus un moteur.Les effets sont sympa et d'assez bonne qualite.Le feedback est assez rigolo.

Je joue surtout du metal, mais j'ai du mal a avoir le gros son, c'est dommage. Mais elle est tres bien pour commencer les multi-effets car elle est facile a programmer et pas chere pour une qualite tout de meme superieur a laquelle laisse croire le prix.

If you are the typical male and don't read the manual, you will have some trouble getting around. Overall pretty straight-forward. Really like the edit function where you will always know where the saved patch valve is when the "org" for original flashes on the screen. Line6 should really have this function on the POD, once you touch the preset values, there is no reference point to try tweaking saved presets.

This thing rocks. I mostly dial in the higher gain settings such as the US HI gain or the British Stack. If you are into 80's and 90's metal such as Maiden, Judas Priest, Scorpions, Dokken, Van Halen then this is the unit. If you like the hi-gain sound with layers of delay and top it off with a slight chorus of flanger then this unit will do it.

Had it for a month and use it in a home studio setting where it will not be abused

I bought this on a whim after viewing the Korg website and listening to the MP3 files and product demo video. I have been through almost every amp/preamp/guitar combination known to man and I still cannot get that "tone". I currently own a POD 2.3 and needless to say I just wasn't happy with my tone everytime I used it. Out of frustration I bought the AX100G. My first initial impression was this thing was just a cheap processor with crummy presets and a bunch of useless features. I have to admit that I didn't like the sound but with a little tweaking of the original presets and after I read the manual I found I could get a good 80's or 90's metal tone. I really realized that I liked this unit when I turned on the Rhythm Section. I found myself playing for hours and feeling good that for once I sounded good. With the POD I found myself tweaking myself to death! The rythem section really adds a whole different factor into the mix which I feel really makes you want to play more. Personally I feel that this is more of a toy than a professional effects processor/preamp but what the hell not everyone has to play through a Boogie or Bogner to sound good, especially if you play a bedroom levels.

Its very easy to use, the loop is ok once I got the hang of it and now it sounds great! I can do my own bass lines and tap a button when I want to do a lead break. kick ass. I haven't used the manual yet so I dunno what its like (thats how easy the pedal is to use)

I use either a '96 strat and a 75 watt session amp or the same guitar with a 15 watt fender practice amp. It sounds great on both of them and always sounds how I want it exept then I use the ring function (what the hell is the point of it?)
I can always get the right sound (Jimi Hendrix or Dandy Warhols or The Stones or my very own sound)
My favorite effect has to be Da'Fuzz, I liked it so much I renamed it to "Beefy" in second is Funky, the rest are all cool as well apart from the ring one.

Sure, I can depend on it and definately I'd use it at a gig w/o back up.

Haven't asked them about anything....

I like to play rock and blues, it sorts them out and gets the right sound.
I've been playing for about 6-7 years and only own a strat, westone, 75 watt amp and a 15 watt amp. I'm thinking of buying a tascam. If it was lost or stolen I would't buy a new one, I'd kill the man that took it (thats how good it is)
I love it all
I wish it had a longer recording time.
It helps me play funky beats a lot.

This is the easiest pedal board Ive used in my 20 years of playing. It is incredibly easy to get many different sounds from it. Patch editing is so easy. I just love how it automatically goes in to edit mode once you turn any of the knobs. And whats cool, is that of course nothing gets stored until you confirm to store it. So awsome!!
I tell you the truth, the only one time I used the manual since I got the unit was to see how I would reset the whole thing in case I wanted it back to new specs. I really love the Carlos Santana sound patch, it rocks big time! I even tweaked it more and created like four different types for different types of songs. Its that easy!!! I really love the fact that my inspiration keeps flowing and flowing with out any technical mumbo jumbo getting in the way. This stuff was definitely made by musicians for musicians. You have to use it to believe it. I went to Guitar center here in LA and I tweaked the one that they had as a floor sample and while I was rocking away with the santana patch, like three people bought it right away, after seeing how easy it was for me to tweak the patches and hear how good it sounded. I even told the salesman to do that more often himself and he would rake in more sales. Last I called GC they were out of stock. Im glad they are selling them cause they are very nice folks.

Im using a 1980 Fender Strat Made in the USA. Original pickups and all. The sound is so clear and crisp, I just recorded some leads this past weekend in my Vs 1680, and the sound was prestine and the Santa patch roared through the mix. No added noise whatsoever. The Chorus is so cool, specially when you use it with the pedal. The distortions are all very sweet. Full sound here man. Specially with the cool cabs. Im not using any amps with it. I record directly to My Roland Vs1680 or my Sony headphones. I definitely get my Santana lead sound and better. Its hard to put in words. You have to get one. No questions asked. Like I said, the distortins are super sweet. and the chorus and filter effects are nothing but awsome!!! This is the sweetest setup I ever had. Get it!!!

At first I was going to buy the digitechs for their metal casing and all, but when I played with my korg ax100g, it was love at fist touch. Personally I take care of my stuff. I use it in the studio all of the time so I cant speak for someone who might gig with it. I personally think its made really sturdy. The pedal is nice and tight and its just perfect. You dont have to literally fall forward to get the sound you want when your playing standing. Its just right. I would definitely gig with out a backup. Its really reliable, and the cool thing is that it uses battery. I use to gig and I hated my old pedal board cause one time my fellow base player accidentally unpluged my board in the stage and I was screwed. Big time! If I was in stage with this puppy, if my plug got unplugged for any reason, my battery would take over and bingo! the show would go on.. Is this awsome or what!!! All I can say, is that Korg really did it with this effect board. They scored big time!!!

Thats how good the ax100g is. No need to call the custome support. I believe that companies who really put time in to making an awsome product from day one, really save money and keep customer loyalty because of the quality, dependability and ease of use they put into their products. You definitely will find this with the ax100g. Ive called korg CS before and they took the time to answer me with patience and with real answers.

I play everything from rock to ballads. This is the best match I ever dreamed of finding. Ive been playing for 20 years. I currently own a Korg Trinity V3 Full options, Korg I30HD, and of course my awsome Korg ax100g. Im a korg loyal big time. Korg has the reputation of making the best of the best. So guys dont settle for less. I really recommend this board. For the price, its a no Brainer!!! If it was stolen or lost I would replace it in no time. I cant see myself making a recording with out this awesome tool. I really love the ease of use and programming. But most of all, the cool sound quality you get. Oh, by the way, I got the hang of using the harmonizer. WoW, it sounds like a dream!! IF you are serious about making music, and not spend days learning a manual, if you want to let your inspiration flow, then this is it for you. The manual is there, I guess, for reference only, but here you will not need the manual to get this puppy going. I hope this review will help many of you, cause before I bought mine on ebay, new in the box, I came here to see what other people though about it, and it really helped me in my decision. So to give something back, I wrote my feeling here, and hope they will help you see what I feel about this beautiful gadget. I thank God and pray for those engineers and designers at Korg, who really made something so Good. Take care guys.

Cheers,
Armando

Fairly easy to tweak while playing around but has a lot of buttons to push. If you start out expecting to be able to program in the exact sounds you want without tinkering around first you will be disappointed. Easy enough to get the hang of though if you have used any sort of multi-effect before.
The Manual is not as in depth as it probably should be but it gives you the basics of how to cvhange the sounds...just doesn't tell you much about what the different settings will do to the sound.

Ok, I will be blunt. As with all multi-effects processors you will not get the clean change over or the pure sounds you will get with individual pedals. Still, that could have something to do with the fact you will pay the same for one top of the range pedal as you would for an entire array of effects in this system. People who write reviews on gear like this and compeltely bag out the sounds you get are not in this reality! If you want top of the range, sounds with seamless cross-over between effects and the best tone you can get then don't buy something this cheap. For what I payed it is fantastic. It has some really good, usefull pre-set sounds and is changeable enough to create almost any sound you are looking for. I play anything from hard rock to melodic, gentle songs and this covers everything.

I am using this with a Laney amp (65W) and a Samick guitar. Neither the best you can buy and I understand this when I get less than the best sounds out of it. But I don't hear any excessive noise through the ear-phones and there is only minimal noise when the distortions are in effect. Clean sounds like chorus and flange have virtualy no background hiss at all.

It already comes with a series of so-called artist sounds such as Satch, Van Halen, NIN, and Kid Rock. But it should be possible to at least somewhat copy any sound you want.

I can't for the life of me understand how you would use the bels sound as it is just hideous and doesn't have any tune to it, maybe you could use it to do an intro for some computer meltdown or something, because that's what it sounds like. However, it does come with all the normal sounds you would want like flange, distortions galore, Delay etc. The delay's have plenty of alteration to them and you can get a slight echo right up to over a seconds delay time. Even the wah is useable in small doses which is surprising - but then again we get back to quality over quantity...if you want a proper wah then buy yourself a Jim Dunlop or something! There is one cool effect that is a kind of reverse sound. It is a delay attack and builds the sound up - sort like a crying whale sound. Handy for those more atmospheric sounds.

I am very easy on any equipment I buy as I figure it is better than having to buy new stuff every couple of months cause I broke it. It is plastic so it probably wont stand up to a pantera fan jumping up and down on it for hours on end but it seems solid enough and the expression pedal is quite solid, and more stiff than many other plastic ones I have tried. I am only going to use it for the odd gig and the rest of the time it will be in my house hooked up to my recording setup so it should last a while.

I have'nt had anything go wrong with it yet so I don't know...sorry!

For value for money this is definately one to try out. I got it while it was on sale from 149 pounds down to 85...so it was even better for me :)
I like the versatility on this machine and after owning a series of separate pedals, i find this so much easier to have around the house. I have also had a Zoom 505 in the past and it was also good for the money but the korg beats it hands down. I did try a series of other effects boxes before i bought this and the range of sounds and quality of both the unit and the sound was far beyond the price. 40 programmable slots means that you can have everything you could hope to have for any type of music you play, and be able to update if your style of interests change.
If this got lost or stolen....mmm...if I could afford it or I was seriously getting a lot of payed gigs then I would consider buying something a lot more up-market...but for the time being I couldn't thinkof a much better unit for my needs! I will also be willing to answer any questions you want on this unit to help you make you mind up on this item.

The unit is generally easy to use, unless ya new to effects processor,
for newbies, the manual will surely makes confusion, bad manual....

Should know nothing 's perfect.....especially in such price...
its actually worth to buy....if u r thinkin of the best sound.....pay for the best price!!!!
Distortion 10 - Sound like some expensive amps almost 80%, furthermore with assist of cabinet simulator....sounds big n cool!!

acoustic 3 - annoying "hiss" ...sound digital....dissappointed....

modulator - good chorus flanger...blaablaa....but some crap....useless like slow attack...

ambience 9 - fairly good

pedal 8 - wah is fairly good but not as crybaby, volume ctrl is very useful, the pitch shifter sucks...

noise reduction 8 - great...but too much will suck off output, which causes less sustain....

Plastic case......be gentle

i check out the tones from korg.com b4 buying it.....
so far never dealt with them..

again its a worthy unit for those who wanna sound big....

This was my first effect/simulation device, and I had it 90% figured out within 30 minutes, and picked up the rest with the manual in my lap. "East of use" is a non-issue with the AX100G.

I'm using this with a Peavey Special 212 and a Fender Telecaster Thinline, usually played clean with a touch of reverb and sometimes a factory built-in "vintage" setting.

This Korg unit sounds great to me! It's fun to sit down on the floor with it and just see what combinations of effects you can work up - combined with your guitar/pickup settings and the settings on your amp. The possibilities are about endless. The only complaint I have is that the Korg seems heavily biased in favor of harsh distortion stuff - metal, thrash, etc. There's just ONE "Jazz" and "Blues" setting, and that's really about it. Everything else is for the mutiple-face-piercings crowd. I'm not saying it sounds bad, but some more "clean" type settings and simulations would be great to have.

The one thing on this unit that doesn't sound good is the rhythm generator. It has 50 different rhythm tracks to play and practice with, but it sounds WAY too thin and tinny. They really need to deepen it out. I even tried playing it through my high-end stereo system - no dice. You get real, real tired of this, where instead of a deep "thump-boomp, thump-boomp..." percussion, you get this annoying "thwack-CLACK, thwack-CLACK..." It's usable, but just barely. I'm rating it a "6" for the limitations on smoother/cleaner sound options, and the cheapo rhythm sound.

No problem here. You could certainly gig with it unless you're a real physical band that's always jumping around the stage and stomping on stuff. The AX100's plastic case wouldn't hold up to that.

Haven't needed them yet.

I think I'd buy it again if it were lost or stolen, but I'd find another source of rhythm - maybe a drum machine or keyboard. I love how easy it is to control and change programs, and to save your own. The main thing that annoys me besides the sound of the "whack-CLACK" rhythm is turning it on and off. If it's on batteries, plugging in the amp/guitar turns it on. If it's on the AC adapter (NOT included, and be SURE you get the right kind!!!) , it comes on when you plug in the adapter. This is a real pain, having to get down on the floor and fiddle with disconnecting and reconnecting all the plugs on the back of the unit, JUST to turn it on and off. Jeez, would it KILL these guys to simply have an on/off switch???

The knobs on this unit are a godsend, you can dial up sounds instantly without pushing stupid knobs.The manual on this thing ain't much help but once you learn how to use this thing you won't really need it.The only complaint I have is that you cant change patches while you are in effects mode, but I used to have a Boss ME8, and I use this thing a whole lot more, simply cause I dont have to fiddle around so much trying to dial a good sound.

I use this pedal with an Epiphone SG running into a crate GX65 amp, and so far I am getting good results.I really like the cab simulator, it makes my amp sound bigger than it is and as I really only use basic effects like chorus and delay I think this unit does its job well.I tried plugging it into my yamaha 4-track, but that yielded alot of noise and I had to turn the gain right down.I find the noise reduction alters your sound if you use to much modulation, but for dry tones it is perfect.I play a lot of 90's alternative, RHCP,Nirvana,Foo Fighters etc and you can pretty much nail those tones easily.The U-S high gain is awesome for playing punk Etc and the Brit stack Is good for those 70's kind of tones, if not just that little bit to dark.The are a few amps I'll probably never use like the big muff and the heavy metal amps, and maybe korg could have included a couple of more clean amps.I would definetely use this thing live, as I know some of the sounds on this thing would turn peoples heads.The feedbacker effect on this is particulary surprising,and sounds 100times better than the pitiful feedbacker effect on my old ME8.Yeah the wah sux, but I think you already know that.I mean for the price I paid(399.00)Australian,you absolutely cannot go wrong.

I usually bash my gear around a bit, and even though it's made of plastic it seems like it would be alright.I don't think it would withstand long term stage abuse, but as long as it's just me stepping on it then I don't care.I would use this thing without a backup, I'd just load It up with batteries beforehand so If the cable get's knocked out you can still have your tone.I like the fact that this thing runs on batteries.Maybe if I was doing better gigs I'd get a rack system and use this as a backup, but this thing rules for beginner guitar players who like effects.

Ive only had this thing a few weeks,so I haven't had to deal with them, and hopefully I won't have to in the future

This unit will help you get good tones, and thats what I like about It.I mean having played units by boss,DOD(yuk) and zoom, I mean it's just no competition.I really bought this cause it had an expression pedal, a cab sim, and an amp sim, and it does those things really well.I mean i never really thought of Korg for a multi - effects, but in it's price range this is the best little package i've seen.If it were stolen I'd probably cry and then look around for another one(used).The rythym function is handy,and there are some very usable rythyms, but perhaps korg could have included basslines in there as well, as on the PX3.I used to be very wary of multi effects units, but I find this is the easiest one I've used.I've used this thing more in 6 weeks than I ever used my Boss ME8 and I think that says alot about this thing.

well its pretty easy to use comapared to ax1g but the graph makes you a little confuse. also the layout of the buttons is not very neat on the front. plastic looks a little rough but looks sturdy. In all pretty ok.

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i play a lot of 80's pop metal-van halen -toto-def leppard-mattalica!!!
well the chours,flange and phaser do have a lot of paramters to control now!! korg keep it up! the distortions also sound quite warm.
the reverb is also quite nice. but i have heard better wet delays on zoom gfx707. harmonizer-it is a harmonizer allright but only the maj-min 3d are usefull. you cant set the pitch up and down on the 4th, 5th and major 6th. you can some good harmonized effects for mettalica's-unforgiven lead. Chorus is absolutely shimmering. wah-now again korg sucks--no parameter to control. if there could be processar that was a cross between zoom gfx 707 and korg ax100g it would have been the best on the planet on this price range. but the distortions are pretty diif. new effects feedbacker-cool. who wants to buy an 1000g now.wouldnt give line6 or lexicon on the run. just use this with a stereo solid state amp setup. each amp for some different frequency range. then it will really shine. but korg did a good job this time..at least better than ax1g and ax1000g effects.

yes..certainly can rely dont wear an iron boot!!

use a korg px3 for backup :-)

never dealt!

Very easy to use. Matrix style controls plus five knobs (level, gain, bass, treble, mid), expression pedal plus two footswitches. There is also a knob for selecting the amp simulation (drive amp in Korg's terminology). The manual is pretty good, although it doesn't have a complete listing of the parameters of the presets. 40 presets (which lean heavily toward high gain or metal) and 40 user settings which are initally duplicates of the oresets. However, each setting has two "channels" so you can switch between clean and distorted during the middle of a song with a footswitch. A second footswitch can turn effects on or off, and the exoression pedal can control many different parameters. This is one of the main reasons I gor this pedal. It is spectacularly well suited for live use (except that it's plastic). In addition to the channel switching, the amp simulation knob has an OFF setting - you can use this box strictly for effects if you like. Even the top of the line AX1500G doesn't have this feature. It also allows you to name patches rather than just have a two digit number.

I use solid state and tube amps, as well as a little Fender Mini Twin. I play a lot of guitars, but the ones I play the most are a Parker, a Strat Plus Deluxe, a Les Paul, and a Route 101 Solimar Custom. The amp simulation are pretty good, although there are certainly boxes with more or more varied models. I like the classic comp and tube od settings a lot, as well as the top boost. The acoustic setting is not great - both my Johnoon J-Station and Zoom 504 do acoustic better. However, playing my Parker's piezo pickup through this box gives a fairly good acoustic sound. My other complaint is that the compressor is an amp setting rather than an effect which could be used with any setting. I will have to get a compressor pedal, as I use compression a lot. There is very effective noise reduction built in.

It is plastic, not the solid metal casing of the higher end Korgs. I would never use it without a backup, but my backup is very small and lightweight - a Korg Pandora PX3. The box seems sturdy enough, and I don't generally do damage to my gear.

Don't know. Haven't needed to deal with them.

In addition to everything else, there are 50 rhythm patterns built in (great for practice) and the box can be powered by either AC (wish they had included the adapter, but it's nothing special) or batteries. A box of this power which can run off batteries is very unusual. This and my Fender Amp Can make a super portable battery powered setup. It makes a nice live box, and an excellent headphone amp for practice as well. At rhe price I paid (new on eBay), it's a steal.