Fractal Audio Firmware Update Thread

[FuzzyAce]

Quick noodle with the AC30TB with everything on 7. Just riding the guitar controls.

Loving that crunch sound.

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

Good lord. Updated to 27.99 bazillion or whatever. This presence knob and these goddamn 5150s are fucking NUTS

I don't think the amp changed, just the taper on the presence pot. Although there was a tweak to something that he said made a bigger difference to the cleaner/EOB amps.

 

[DrewJD82]

Quick noodle with the AC30TB with everything on 7. Just riding the guitar controls.

 

[GTR37]

sometimes its interesting reading the comments after updates .
people that will say , its way to bright or dark now was much better before , I honestly think to myself did you try to turn down the treble or turn up the pres, before you posted this

 

[GTR37]

Good lord. Updated to 27.99 bazillion or whatever. This presence knob and these goddamn 5150s are fucking NUTS

so since you have the actual Stealth IRL , how close are the models ?

 

[JiveTurkey]

so since you have the actual Stealth IRL , how close are the models ?

The 100 is in the box. And it's glorious. The one that actually really surprised me was the 5150 block lead. Jesus christ. Not that there was any doubt prior but

 

[Whizzinby]

Go f*ck yourself, idealized controls.

Well done Cliff.

 

[Whizzinby]

Good grief the Fractal (well, Cliff) pace is impressive. The fullblown Axe-FX, gah it’s tempting…

One more update Swirly…

 

[SwirlyMaple]

Go f*ck yourself, idealized controls.

Well done Cliff.

It was the right choice. Everyone who didn’t think so will come to their senses eventually.

 

[SwirlyMaple]

Quick noodle with the AC30TB with everything on 7. Just riding the guitar controls.

Sweet sassy molassy that sounds AUTHENTIC

 

[James Freeman]

Go f*ck yourself, idealized controls.

Well done Cliff.

100%.
Fuck the idealized Mark GEQ too.
Preserving timeless classics outweighs pandering to inexperience.

 

[Whizzinby]

100%.
Fuck the idealized Mark GEQ too.
Preserving timeless classics outweighs pandering to inexperience.

I still haven’t made my way to Marks yet.

What else have you found?

 

[James Freeman]

What else have you found?

I found that the 100W Plexi models ALL used a weird all Log tonestack, this was fixed in 23.03.
What is weirder is nobody noticed... for years.

I never played a real Plexi either but the tonestack was too fucked to not notice something is way wrong with it.
Says a lot about the user base.

 

[SwirlyMaple]

I found that the 100W Plexi models ALL used a weird all Log tonestack, this was fixed in 23.03.
What is weirder is nobody noticed... for years.

I never played a real Plexi either but the tonestack was too fucked to not notice something is way wrong with it.
Says a lot about the user base.

 

[Mongillo19]

I found that the 100W Plexi models ALL used a weird all Log tonestack, this was fixed in 23.03.
What is weirder is nobody noticed... for years.

I never played a real Plexi either but the tonestack was too fucked to not notice something is way wrong with it.
Says a lot about the user base.

To be fair someone may notice something is off but idk if many would be able to come to the conclusion it was a Log tone stack

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

@James Freeman They should offer you a job.

 

[SwirlyMaple]

@James Freeman
I’d be really curious to hear your opinions on its technical accuracy vs. Helix. Not in terms of tonal accuracy (e.g. the nuances of distortion texture/realism), but in terms of how the knobs and such behave.

 

[holoholo]

I found that the 100W Plexi models ALL used a weird all Log tonestack, this was fixed in 23.03.
What is weirder is nobody noticed... for years.

I never played a real Plexi either but the tonestack was too fucked to not notice something is way wrong with it.
Says a lot about the user base.

 

[metropolis_4]

Quick noodle with the AC30TB with everything on 7. Just riding the guitar controls.

Hmm… this one has me a little apprehensive about the updates. I haven’t played it for myself yet, but I remember when Cygnus first came out it messed up the Vox models and they all had a weird congested response in the low mids. I hear something similar going on here that doesn’t sound right to me…

 

[Mongillo19]

Hmm… this one has me a little apprehensive about the updates. I haven’t played it for myself yet, but I remember when Cygnus first came out it messed up the Vox models and they all had a weird congested response in the low mids. I hear something similar going on here that doesn’t sound right to me…

If the Vox models sound congested, I send it back