Did you pre-order the Helix Stadium?

[Mongillo19]

The thread is about getting amp/cab captures in Fractal gear, and just happened to be in the FM3 section.

I'll be curious to see how a touchscreen will look on a rack unit. Also curious to see how big the screen will be

 

[Rock Chalk]

I'll be curious to see how a touchscreen will look on a rack unit. Also curious to see how big the screen will be

Don't even know if he was talking about a rack unit or what........he not only edited his post, he's not answering questions about it either.

 

[paisleywookiee]

That’s was Nicolas being Nicolas

Nicolas definitely makes shit up.

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

I don't want to accuse him of having malicious intentions, but it is a little conspicuous how Cliff chooses the timing and content of his comments about the next generation of Fractal devices. In any case, he has already been successful with Deadpool.

#themodelerwars

 

[Lysander]

In any case, he has already been successful with Deadpool.

There were a lot of people talking about cancelled Stadium orders in that Fractal Forums thread, FWIW. I don't know if it was intentional or not but, either way, it's all fair play.

I have no doubt the 4th iteration of the AxeFX will be awesome, but the Osborne effect is a real thing...

 

[GTR37]

Looks like they got the stop
One guy shows shipping label created
But a return to sender notification
Ironically all the guys says it coming Tuesday probably in the end helped Line6 avoid a huge mess , because it looks like it was actually going out

 

[JiveTurkey]

Looks like they got the stop
One guy shows shipping label created
But a return to sender notification
Ironically all the guys says it coming Tuesday probably in the end helped Line6 avoid a huge mess , because it looks like it was actually going out

Spoiler

 

[banned]

I don't want to accuse him of having malicious intentions, but it is a little conspicuous how Cliff chooses the timing and content of his comments about the next generation of Fractal devices. In any case, he has already been successful with Deadpool.

#themodelerwars

He's a shrewd businessman. I don't think there's anything malicious - but he knows what he's doing.

 

[laxu]

I don't want to accuse him of having malicious intentions, but it is a little conspicuous how Cliff chooses the timing and content of his comments about the next generation of Fractal devices. In any case, he has already been successful with Deadpool.

Yeah the slow drip of info is going to keep the Fractalites waiting.

All we know about next gen Fractal is that it's going to be powerful and supports NAM. That's not a lot. You can slap a cheap Tonex One in a Fractal fx loop today if you must have captures on hardware, or just use NAM in a DAW for recording.

My guess is that mid to late 2026 is the earliest Fractal might launch a new product, and even then it's like going to be a year or more for a "FM4" or "FM10".

Line6 actually has a full product on show, with reasonably well known "what it does and doesn't do" at release.

 

[Lysander]

All we know about next gen Fractal is that it's going to be powerful and supports NAM. That's not a lot. You can slap a cheap Tonex One in a Fractal fx loop today if you must have captures on hardware, or just use NAM in a DAW for recording.

@FractalAudio also confirmed some serious Dyna-Cab revamping: 10-12 mics per cab and all underlying IRs being 170ms long, which effectively makes Ultra-Res cabs obsolete.

 

[mikah912]

Even if Cliff drops a new Axe-FX IV next fall/summer/whatever, I don't expect the full-fat floorboard version until 2027/2028 or so. But every "nugget" dropped thus far - with the exception of NAM, which doesn't move me in any way, shape or form - is just stuff I'd already expect.

Touchscreen doesn't automatically equal great, easy-to-use UI, unfortunately. I find the Headrush Prime UI, for example, to be a low-density chore.

 

[LP59]

I don't want to accuse him of having malicious intentions, but it is a little conspicuous how Cliff chooses the timing and content of his comments about the next generation of Fractal devices. In any case, he has already been successful with Deadpool.

#themodelerwars

The timing is obvious, but I wouldn't use the word "malicious". It does seem like it might be a little "jealous of the attention Line6 is getting" though, which is not a good look.

 

[paisleywookiee]

The timing is obvious, but I wouldn't use the word "malicious". It does seem like it might be a little "jealous of the attention Line6 is getting" though, which is not a good look.

He did this last time too, with the AX8. It's just the way things work. I doubt YGG is going to go "Oh no's, Fractal is coming out with something after the FM9!"

 

[eggpl@nt]

The timing is obvious, but I wouldn't use the word "malicious". It does seem like it might be a little "jealous of the attention Line6 is getting" though, which is not a good look.

Is it that, or is it that announcements from other companies prompt users on the Fractal foruk start to bringing up questions, wishlist items, ponderings, etc about a next-gen Fractal product, thus prompting comments from Cliff?

 

[Mikael Dez]

Ive never been able to differentiate reverb quality. I do really like fractal's but am looking forward to the ease of use for the stadium.

But even at default, fractal reverbs sound great!

Out of the effects I use, reverb is the one I'm least picky about. I would guess for me it's amp tone > drive > chorus > delay > reverb in order of how picky I get with it lol