Walrus Audio: ACS1 MKI - Revisiting the Original (and it's great!) @BrettKingman

Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The original Walrus Audio ACS1. Still a great unit, especially with the newer firmware update. This one should have been demoed long ago but was one of the unfortunate lost-stomps lost in the house move nearly two years ago. So, better late than never, here it is.

Today's tools:

Guitar: 2025 Fender American Ultra Luxe '60s Stratocaster; 2025 Gibson CS '57 Goldtop Double Gold Reissue
Amp: Walrus Audio ACS1 MKI
Cables: Various
Strings: Factory 9-42
Mic: Audix USA A231 - audixusa.com/products/a231
Camera: Sony ZV-1M2 x 2
Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum 26x32
Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors - presonus.com
Monitor Control: SPL 2Control - https://spl.audio/en/spl-produkt/2control/
Headphones: Audix A152 - audixusa.com/products/a152
All Stands: Gravity Stands - gravitystands.com/en
Computer: 2025 Apple M3 Ultra.
All backing tracks courtesy of, written and recorded by Elevated Jam Tracks unless otherwise noted. See: youtube.com/elevatedjamtracks

Walrus Audio: ACS1 MKI - Revisiting the Original (and its great!)

Two notes Audio Engineering: RELOAD II Multi-Impedance Reactive Load Box & Active Attenuator

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$Bretts AC20: Axe-FX III FW 28.03 Preset #130 I shared this patch with the world only last week. I often do that as its good to give to the community and kind of therapeutic for me when Im creating them. But this week the new Axe presets were released for Firmware 28.03 and this one along with a couple of more of mine are burned into it. Thats quite an honour for me considering the famous names that appear in this 384-strong bunch of presets as well. Anyway, this one, Bretts AC20 is number 130 and this little jam (mistakes and all) is the sort of thing I was thinking of when I wrote it. Its 8 Scenes and a bunch of satellite effects that you can switch in/out with each Scene. Theyre all based on the mighty but petite Morgan AC20, which is a very cool twist on the classic AC30. You can see (and hear) the Scene changes in the editor window as Im playing. Ive kept the amp block window open so you can see the various AC20 permutation changes as I go. I think my favourite bits of this patch are the panning delay which I tend to ride a fair bit, and the fuzz face model. Thanks for watching. Theres another version of this video using a Strat (partscaster) with JJs 65 Set Pickups. You can see that one at https://youtu.be/oNXmIFNouqc FW 28.03 Presets: https://www.fractalaudio.com/downlo...8p0/Axe-Fx-III-Factory-Preset-Banks-28p03.zip FW 28.03: https://www.fractalaudio.com/downloads/firmware-presets/axe-fx-3/28p0/axefxiii_dsp_rel_28p03.zip Todays tools: Guitar: 2023 Rabid Dog Relic Tokai DC Junior with Dimarzio Vintage P90 pickup. Amp: Axe-FX III Turbo running Cygnus X-3 FW. 28.03. AC20 models. Cables: Various Strings: Ernie Ball Paradigm 10-46 Pick: Signature Honey Pick https://www.honey-picks.com/collections/all/brett-kingman Sony ZV-1M2 Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum 26x32 Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors - https://www.presonus.com Monitor Control: SPL 2Control - https://spl.audio/en/spl-produkt/2control/ Headphones: Audix A152 - https://audixusa.com/products/a152/ All Stands: Gravity Stands - https://www.gravitystands.com/en/ Computer: 2025 Apple M3 Ultra. Backing track by Tom at Elevated Jam Tracks$

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