Remove the plug and the unit switches to the rear input. Inserting a plug into the front input jack automatically switches the unit to front input operation. The Axe-Fx III features two instrument inputs: one on the front and one on the back with auto-switching capability. Vastly expanded input and output resources provide for ultimate flexibility. The standard DSP module runs at 2×1.0 GHz. *2×1.25 GHz is the speed of the optional Turbo DSP module. The stunning color display is controlled by a dedicated graphics processor while USB traffic and user interface tasks are handled by a 500 MHz, 16-core microcontroller providing smooth operation and robust USB performance. To feed these advanced processors we coupled 4Gb of blazing fast PC1600 DDR3 memory, hundreds of Mb of FLASH memory, a proprietary FPGA and a rich set of peripherals. These processors are the most powerful DSPs available delivering over twice the performance of the DSPs used in our previous generation products.

Two 1.25 GHz, floating-point “Keystone” Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) comprise the main audio engine*. Continuing the legacy of this philosophy the Axe-Fx III harnesses the power of no fewer than four separate processors. The Axe-Fx II expanded on this concept by putting two of those same DSPs to work. Leveraging the power of this DSP allowed detail and realism that no other product had previously achieved. The original Axe-Fx upended the industry by being the first device for musicians to put a military/industrial-grade DSP into a consumer product.

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