Lessons learned from Axe-FX

[Eric***]

Hi all,

Been doing some reading recently, and I was wondering what you think something like Axe-FX will do to amp modeling. It seems to receive almost universal praise from those who have one, most notably (on here, anyway) Plank. I'm very curious about the whole amp-modeling movement in general, and this seems to be a very large leap forward in the technology.

I don't own any high-end gear, so an $1800 modeler is obviously out of the question for me, but do you think some of the things implemented by Fractal Audio will be picked up by other manufacturers? What lessons do you think the industry learned as a whole? What is it that makes Axe-FX so much more effective than other modelers, anyway?

Curious for your input on the subject.