Fractal Audio Firmware Update Thread

Stone said:
yes I've tried it does not really work I followed it to the Tee all, the settings
set to a control switch and also my expression pedal

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Huh, that sux……..worked great here.
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Noicee


It's official! We're thrilled to welcome Dave Murray of IRON MAIDEN, a legendary symbol of pure METAL power, to the esteemed list of artists using Fractal Audio Systems products. Dave has already thundered through over a dozen shows using the Axe-Fx for amp modeling, cab sims, and effects -- plus a cool tap for live cabs on stage. Dave and his tech Colin (and legions of fans) are thrilled with the results.
On top of this, Dave is also rocking an FC-12 and some seriously cool pedalboard "candy" from our friends @ZenRigs.

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Orvillain said:
I tell you what... the more I use this device.... the more I look at all my other pedals and switchers and amps and think to myself.... "why the f**k do I even have these???"

Even my G3, which I only just bought a month or two ago.... why the f**k do I have it??! Should've either got an FM9, or an FC12 to control my Axe3.
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Probably a dumb question but is that a Gig Rig G3? If so and you are set on selling let me know what you would like to get for it.
 
TSJMajesty said:
No, I meant like an "always on" meter, like on the Axe itself.
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You can leave the tuner window on at the FC, but it is not a "mini-meter" that is always there like on the FX and FM unit windows, it takes up the whole FC screen. It is my understanding that there are actually two different tuners on the FX and FM units. One is a simulated strobe tuner (accessed by going to the tuner function) and the "mini-tuner" which is something other than a strobe tuner and I believe a simulation of this is the one that shows on the FC screen (strobe simulated tuner always looks like a strobe wheel AFIK and only shows on Axe screen). Here are some quotes from Cliff off of the Fractal forum regarding the tuners (but not the FC functionality):

https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/which-tuner-is-right.150396/post-1787988
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The strobe tuner and bar tuner use different algorithms. The bar tuner measures the average period of the waveform. The strobe tuner works like, well, a strobe tuner. It "demodulates" the signal with a quadrature oscillator. This effectively measures the fundamental ONLY. The frequency of the fundamental will not necessarily match that of the overall waveform.

So it's like having two tuners, a traditional tuner and a strobe tuner running simultaneously and, just as with separate physical tuners, the results may not necessarily be the same.

A guitar string is not perfect. The resonances of the overtones aren't always perfect integer multiples of the fundamental. This is exacerbated by the pickups which pull on the strings and cause the overtones to be off (in extreme cases causing the dreaded "stratitis").

Which measurement is correct? That's up to you decide. Some people prefer the sound of the strings being tuned to the frequency of the overall waveform. Others prefer the results of a strobe tuner.
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https://forum.fractalaudio.com/thre...-tuner-why-doesnt-it-work.179794/post-2195484
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The needle is a correlation tuner. The strobe tuner downconverts the signal to baseband and then displays the I/Q vectors as a strobe tuner simulation. Zero-crossing tuners are inaccurate.

If your strings are old the needle tuner will differ from the strobe tuner because the strobe tuner only displays the fundamental. When your strings get old the harmonics become out-of-tune with the fundamental.
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To me there is benefit for third party Dyna-Cabs with several factors that are more fundamental than indivisible and mix IRs:
  • The overall cab, speaker, and mic selection
  • The room's tone
  • The cab's placement in the room, which will weigh heavily in the final capture
  • The acoustic treatment of the room overall, which reflects the creator's knowledge and choices
  • The mitigation, or lack thereof, of reflections around the cab and mic
  • Which single speaker on a multi speaker cab the engineer chooses by ear
  • Which mic the creator chooses, since different mics of the same model can sound different
  • The mic pre used in the capture. Cliff wrote that he tried two different ones, but settled on (I think) his Neve, which had less mids.
  • The creator's cables, which will affect the tone of the cab overall
  • The power of the studio, which notably had an effect on how tube amps act in different rooms, and will affect where the engineer thinks the cab sounds best.
There may be other factors too that are not coming to mind, but I do think the craft of the person creating the IR does matter, even with DynaCabs. What I've listed above includes factors of active decision making by the engineer as well as just the effect of the gear itself, each part of which will affect the tone, including the power. And I think of the gear itself as a reflection of the knowledge, experience, and taste of the engineer.

Not to mention, two cabs of the same model might sound different, and it was the engineer's choice of which one sounded best that led finally to the capture.

I really do hope that for all DynaCab packs that a matching IR and a disclosure of the overall cab wattage (for calculating Speaker Thump) will be included.
 
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