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Axe-Fx Standard and Ultra (legacy)
Axe-Fx Standard and Ultra
The first generation of the Axe-Fx consists of two models released by Fractal Audio Systems.
The original Axe-Fx (now commonly known as 'Axe-Fx Standard') was released in 2006. In 2008, Fractal released the 'Axe-Fx Ultra', which doubled the processing power, added memory and Ultra-only effects.
With the release of the Axe-Fx II in May 2011, Fractal has discontinued production of these two models. It continues to provide technical support.
Compatibility of Axe-Fx Standard/Ultra presets with Axe-Fx II
Presets created on the Standard and Ultra are not compatible with the Axe-Fx II. At the time of writing those presets can't be imported into Axe-Edit (when running in Axe-Fx II Config mode). You can however run multiple instances of Axe-Edit with different configs and compare settings. See Axe-Edit, the software editor.