Fractal Audio Firmware Update Thread

[Mongillo19]

Trying it again mixed in with YA Mesa Mix 1 I get much better results. Set the db to about -11 and it adds a nice chunk to it.

Can I be back in the club now

 

[Orvillain]

Nah. Just clarifying the difference between a bona fide iconoclast, like Carlin, and someone who has a
penchant for tossing his stones around on the Internet and making girls cry when their most cherished
beliefs are crushed before their eyes, and by someone they don't know, and who may have below average
intelligence to begin with.

Oi!! I am right here you know!!!

 

[GTR37]

York Audio hasn't put out anything new in quite a while...
York Audio hasn't put out anything new in quite a while...

...just sayin'.

He and Cliff are also both posting
Test shots of mics
And someone said that IR is great will it be available in York pack
To which he replied

This cab will definitely be a product with all the bells and whistles, however, it isn’t the pre-Rola Marshall cab. That’s all I can say for now.

 

[eggpl@nt]

I have a sneaking suspicion that FAS may not be working alone it’s a wild guess at best , but will see

York has been really quiet….

Edit: I see others have had the same idea lol

 

[DrewJD82]

I’m also guessing this is being done with York, which is fine with me because those are the only IR’s I care about these days.

I actually just started messing with some room mics in my AxeFX for this week’s challenge, the IIC++ preset uses 4 IR’s and two of them being a room IR and a back of the cab IR. They’re barely mixed in but they do add a bit of body to the tone. Nothing anyone could pick out listening to it in a track but isolated they could probably hear it.

Contrary to what’s often said on forums from Fractal Camp survivors, Cliff isn’t exactly a hype machine and his baseline already contains “all the bells and whistles”, so if he’s talking about it like that I‘m assuming he’s pretty excited about it and it’s going to cover a lot of ground.

 

[GTR37]

I’m also guessing this is being done with York, which is fine with me because those are the only IR’s I care about these days.

I actually just started messing with some room mics in my AxeFX for this week’s challenge, the IIC++ preset uses 4 IR’s and two of them being a room IR and a back of the cab IR. They’re barely mixed in but they do add a bit of body to the tone. Nothing anyone could pick out listening to it in a track but isolated they could probably hear it.

Contrary to what’s often said on forums from Fractal Camp survivors, Cliff isn’t exactly a hype machine and his baseline already contains “all the bells and whistles”, so if he’s talking about it like that I‘m assuming he’s pretty excited about it and it’s going to cover a lot of ground.

I am thinking it going to be CabLab 4 kind of a Mikko on steroids
With impedance curves and matching , speakers cabs and mic models

 

[mikah912]

So anyone check out that new IR Cliff posted? If you did did it make you immediately want to
FAP in front of a picture of Fractal Headquarters?

I need to give it a listen. OS Mesa Cab so I am thinking paired with a Recto might be fun.

Where is it posted?

 

[Mongillo19]

Where is it posted?

Conference Championships Gift Of Tone

Here's a cab IR from something has been hinted about. This is a "mystery" mic that has become my favorite condenser type. The cab is a Mesa 4x12 OS. The mic is 3cm from the center.

forum.fractalaudio.com

 

[jellodog]

I note that "New Member" Stonetone, from Canada (with EVH avatar) has been active on that IR thread over at the FAS Forum.

It really is just a matter of time now, until @Stone rents a holiday cottage in Fastown. I'm counting the days!

 

[laxu]

So anyone check out that new IR Cliff posted? If you did did it make you immediately want to
FAP in front of a picture of Fractal Headquarters?

No fap, but it did sound really good!

I plugged my Heatley Tradition (LP style) into the Axe-Fx 3, loaded a preset with Plexi 100 Jumped set to a crunch tone that cleans up with picking, set up the IR in the cab block, a bit of room reverb...sounded pretty great. I'd say better than the 4x12 Pre-Rola GB 57 + 121 factory IRs I had been using in this preset.

If this is what the new cab block can deliver, I think it will be pretty awesome!

 

[JiveTurkey]

No fap, but it did sound really good!

I plugged my Heatley Tradition (LP style) into the Axe-Fx 3, loaded a preset with Plexi 100 Jumped set to a crunch tone that cleans up with picking, set up the IR in the cab block, a bit of room reverb...sounded pretty great. I'd say better than the 4x12 Pre-Rola GB 57 + 121 factory IRs I had been using in this preset.

If this is what the new cab block can deliver, I think it will be pretty awesome!

I'm going to give it a go this evening I think.

 

[Stone]

I note that "New Member" Stonetone, from Canada (with EVH avatar) has been active on that IR thread over at the FAS Forum.

It really is just a matter of time now, until @Stone rents a holiday cottage in Fastown. I'm counting the days!

hahahaha Yeah been a member there for a while most often I just Lurk ...

 

[Fireproof]

I note that "New Member" Stonetone, from Canada (with EVH avatar) has been active on that IR thread over at the FAS Forum.

It really is just a matter of time now, until @Stone rents a holiday cottage in Fastown. I'm counting the days!

Apparently I accidentally bought your FM3 out from under him.

Had I known - I would’ve let him have it so he can join the club.

 

[jellodog]

Apparently I accidentally bought your FM3 out from under him.

Nah, enjoy it, man. Stone is cool. I offered it to him privately before I put it out there on the open (TGF) market. Timing was wrong for him.

I'm sure there'll be other opportunities for our FAS-curious friend. I mean, knowing what I'm like... if he waits around long enough, he might snag a discounted FM9T from me some day!

And then @Mongillo19 put his FM3 up for sale afterwards. Also, @JiveTurkey still has his OG FM9 up for sale, I think?

 

[GTR37]

Nah, enjoy it, man. Stone is cool. I offered it to him privately before I put it out there on the open (TGF) market. Timing was wrong for him.

I'm sure there'll be other opportunities for our FAS-curious friend. I mean, knowing what I'm like... if he waits around long enough, he might snag a discounted FM9T from me some day!

Also, @JiveTurkey still has his OG FM9 up for sale, I think?

@Stone if you could swing JTs FM9
You will be in heaven , it probably ships with JT industries finest Irs
Too

 

[JiveTurkey]

@Stone if you could swing JTs FM9
You will be in heaven , it probably ships with JT industries finest Irs
Too

It's off the market. Unless someone local walks up with cash in hand. The last recording tones I got with it was to my ears.

 

[jellodog]

It warms my heart to hear such words from a man that has wandered all over this earth in search of the gear and tonez.

 

[mikah912]

It's off the market. Unless someone local walks up with cash in hand. The last recording tones I got with it was to my ears.

Yeah, I feel like a fool for spurning mine to give the QC a chance as long as I did. I just did a weekend getaway/music composing-recording sabbatical with my regular guys. FM9 was sooo freakin' clutch. Both for core tones across a ton of genres and more esoteric factory patches....saved us from having to plug in the analog synths a few times. All factory patches that I just tweaked by turning up presence or treble to taste for my pickups (Aside from the acoustic sim patch I made myself).

Ended up not touching a single @2112 or Gift of Tone preset - which are usually my jam - the entire time.

 

[GTR37]

It warms my heart to hear such words from a man that has wandered all over this earth in search of the gear and tonez.

In other news Gasp100 has picked up his 3rd Bogner 3534 and he is in love with it , it absolutely perfect
But he has a 4th PT15 on the way

 

[JiveTurkey]

Yeah, I feel like a fool for spurning mine to give the QC a chance as long as I did. I just did a weekend getaway/music composing-recording sabbatical with my regular guys. FM9 was sooo freakin' clutch. Both for core tones across a ton of genres and more esoteric factory patches....saved us from having to plug in the analog synths a few times. All factory patches that I just tweaked by turning up presence or treble to taste for my pickups (Aside from the acoustic sim patch I made myself).

Ended up not touching a single @2112 or Gift of Tone preset - which are usually my jam - the entire time.

It's super simple to get killer tones.

I just ordered a desk stand for it. I want to grab a footswitch cover of some sort but don't want anything from Ceba and not going to order from whatever AntarticaRigs FM kit or whatever that is 47000 miles away.