Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

[the swede]

I assumed he was using a Friedman IR-X/IR-D in the video?

Or any Friedman pedal? I don’t remember if he (or cap) specifically said IRX/D. I remember someone of them saying “preamp”.

 

[Orvillain]

Why would he say he is an amp guy if it’s just an effects unit?

Because it implies that if it were an amp modelling product, then he wouldn't be using it, because he is a real amps kinda guy.

 

[GTR37]

Amp guys use effects though so saying it sounds good and he is an amp guy tells me it also has amp models on it

Except in that video all his amp sounds are coming from a Freidman IRX

 

[Piing]

Why would he say he is an amp guy if it’s just an effects unit?

A snob disclaimer. "Hey, even though you saw me with a modeler thing, I am an amp guy"

 

[laxu]

Except in that video all his amp sounds are coming from a Freidman IRX

In today's news:

"Guitar player does mental gymnastics about their authentic tube tones by having a bunch of solid state pedals in front of a clean tube amp."

Or in this case, "Guitar player does mental gymnastics by using a tube preamp with digital poweramp and cab simulation."

 

[Achilles]

It implies that he prefers to use real amps, but the gadgets on the floor sounds really good.

We have a winner!

 

[paisleywookiee]

Credit where due, this place owes its very existence to those mods. Fist bump to TOP mods for making TGF such a great place.

Sometimes the hero lives long enough to become the villain.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

 

[JCW308]

I think it will be this week.

 

[Aleksi]

I hope it's not what I hope it is so I don't have to once again explain to my partner why I need another thing that does the same thing as all my other things even though I'm not a professional musician and no one wants to hear my music anyway.

 

[Achilles]

I hope it's not what I hope it is so I don't have to once again explain to my partner why I need another thing that does the same thing as all my other things even though I'm not a professional musician and no one wants to hear my music anyway.

 

[Los-D]

Correction. 129 pages and we know:

• It has firmware
• It doesn't "replace" a current Fractal product
• It has presets
• It has chorus and delay effects
• Some units are in people's hands (for developing presets and/or testing)

It pretty likely, but not guaranteed:

• to live on the floor and/or pedalboard
• to have amp (modeling)
• hopefully to be launched "soon ... perhaps later this month" which I assume would be October

It's likely, but speculative at best

• to be smaller than current fractal devices (guess from the Andy Wood video)
• to have more than effects (that is have amps), but based upon statements from Fractal about the FX8
• to use newer SHARC chips
• It's not any type of waffle

No sex pants?

 

[GTR37]

they recently did a poll of top amps and it was funny to see where the votes went
Even if this box has 20 models I think that would be enough
If there was the Vox brilliant
2203 , deluxe , Stealth , SLO
59plex , Band commander
Etc Or just all FAS models w effects

 

[the swede]

I hope it's not what I hope it is so I don't have to once again explain to my partner why I need another thing that does the same thing as all my other things even though I'm not a professional musician and no one wants to hear my music anyway.

Weird… it feels like i said exactly that myself… it felt like reading my own mind when i read it. Who the hell are you! Are you…. Did you… give me two pills to choose from???

 

[deadpool_25]

Won't have 4CM capabilities I'll wager.

Assumptions - Andy was using Wampler and Friedman drives and didn't bring them up when discussing the Fractal.
He also talked about his compressor before getting to the unnamed box.

If it did have 4CM and pre type devices why would he tease only with post type FX tags?

I was thinking that too but he helped develop the comp and wampler iirc so it may not be a true indicator.

 

[deadpool_25]

We'll all be pretty disappointed when we find out that it's just a digital delay pedal.

I wouldn't be too disappointed. Fractal's delays are amazing.

 

[deadpool_25]

I've got two FM9s in my house right now. Both are on pedalboards.

They definitely fit and I've had both the FM3 and FM9 on boards but they're fairly large setups. Awesome setups, but on the larger side.

Regardless, hyperbole aside, they (we) just want a smaller sized unit.

 

[deadpool_25]

I don't even know what this thing is but I know it makes some post effects sounds at the least. I think demand will be higher than anticipated so I'm gonna take the under on them having enough units to avoid a waitlist.

 

[laxu]

they recently did a poll of top amps and it was funny to see where the votes went
Even if this box has 20 models I think that would be enough
If there was the Vox brilliant
2203 , deluxe , Stealth , SLO
59plex , Band commander
Etc Or just all FAS models w effects

The results are interesting, and should be a decent indicator for what people actually use, what is e.g featured on a YT channel like Leon Todd's and what is "that one guy wanted it" stuff.

Mesa Subway Blues at the very bottom, and things like a Blues Jr or clean channels of high gain amps aren't doing well either. Not surprising because why would you bother with the compromise clean channel of some high gain amp when an amp built for clean tones probably sounds/feels better?

You can add your own votes here as the poll is not closed: https://strawpoll.com/3RnYXpj6Aye

Even picking what I actually used regularly, it ended up being only about 10 amp models out of 327.

 

[paisleywookiee]

They definitely fit and I've had both the FM3 and FM9 on boards but they're fairly large setups. Awesome setups, but on the larger side.

Regardless, hyperbole aside, they (we) just want a smaller sized unit.

I’m probably going to mount mine on a pedalboard, but unlike a lot I see, I won’t be doing an angled board. I’d rather do something like a flat board with rolling case.