Fractal Audio Firmware Update Thread

While I still prefer the old way of experiencing an album; getting it on release day and listening to it in it’s entirety with headphones or a great system, the only time I buy physical CD’s are when a band is selling them at a live show. And even then, they all ended up in a bin and the only thing I can stick a CD into now is my Macbook.

I definitely miss the days of reading the liner notes and all the Thank You’s (used to be the only way to get insight into the gear used unless the guitarists was in a guitar mag discussing it!) and artwork. Artwork I especially miss; I’d stare at the Floyd CD booklets for hours because so much creativity went into them.
Agreed! Ahh…nostalgia. I guess we are getting old. But those album and cd release parties were awesome.

It was a strange day when I sold all my CDs in a garage sale. What else am I going to do with them? My MacBook and iMac don’t even have CD slots anymore, LOL.
 
@JiveTurkey I'm really excited for you - that FM9 firmware 4.0 update is just so gooood 😍

So much to enjoy there.
Agreed I don’t know what magic he did , I have never loved just jamming through monitors But it sounds great
There are certain things that my tube amps do that I look for
My biggest complaint was the low end attack and clarity , now it punchy and still full with great string separation and clarity

Number 2 is the harmonics natural
Pinch and tapped , I have always felt these are a bit restrained or choked and don’t ring out or sustain as like with real amps
With this firmware it’s impressive
You can do the EVH tap hold a note on 4th fret and tap and bend on the 16th and it just sings

The last one was the volume roll off which as mentioned even that area is vastly improved

For me personally 21 or 4 for the FM9 is probably the most satisfying one to date
 
Have you tried the new (ish) PVH 6160 Block? I love it.
Oh ya it great too nice crunch channel Honestly I will have to go through all the amps again now as it so easy to dial in , just simple settings on the authentic page and good to go
One thing I learned and do now is lower the Pres a lot , York Audio recently did a test with his 5150 and the model pres on 1 was equal to the real amp on 6 or something like that , so I have backed the pres way down and I still get bite but it’s not overbearing
 
it is in the style of Carlton
Season 2 Dancing GIF by The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
 
So it’s the final Gift of tone until after Christmas
What are we thinking is it Metallica
Mayer , Satriani? Bets
 
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