Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

[dk_ace]

I'm starting to wonder if we are expecting too much from this new product

I wanted it to be a new website or something off brand from this thread (fractal headstock tuner?) just for fun. But the comments people shared here from Andy make it sound like it is probably something pretty interesting.

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[holoholo]

From fas guy who took the pic:

Footprint looks to be about the size of the FM3. I could be totally wrong so please do not take what I’m observing as what it will be lol. Just my observation.

 

[mbenigni]

I'm starting to wonder if we are expecting too much from this new product

And if we aren't... remind me to never play poker with Cliff Chase.

 

[Mongillo19]

From fas guy who took the pic:

Tbh I think he's totally wrong lol

 

[holoholo]

Tbh I think he's totally wrong lol

I really hope so

 

[mbenigni]

But the comments people shared here from Andy make it sound like it is probably something pretty interesting.

Those comments must have been somewhere in the 30 pages I missed between lunch and dinner yesterday.

 

[Baba]

Lol, I'm in here, so that must mean I'm in my, "new products from ANY mfg is interesting, and maybe THIS will be the product to get me into the Fractal camp", mode.

The waitlist will bring me back down to earth though

 

[DrewJD82]

From this past weekend, Andy walks up to the board and starts tuning before playing, hitting a few switches on it first.


He comes out around the 38 minute mark.

 

[Achilles]

I'm starting to wonder if we are expecting too much from this new product

"You're speaking my language brother!"

 

[Mongillo19]

From this past weekend, Andy walks up to the board and starts tuning before playing, hitting a few switches on it first.

Hmmm that does seem FM3 size....

 

[Mongillo19]

"You're speaking my language brother!"

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Needs to be your new profile pic

 

[holoholo]

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From this past weekend, Andy walks up to the board and starts tuning before playing, hitting a few switches on it first.


He comes out around the 38 minute mark.

So fm4 plus expression pedal on a metro board?

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Those comments must have been somewhere in the 30 pages I missed between lunch and dinner yesterday.

"I made delay and chorus presets for it. I'm an amp guy."

 

[saarangnarayan]

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From this past weekend, Andy walks up to the board and starts tuning before playing, hitting a few switches on it first.

That looks exactly like my Digitech RP350!

 

[laxu]

From the same video but with a bit better lighting.

4 footswitches, 5 knobs. The 4 knobs look like they are a bit closer together than the 5th but it could be just perspective. Might be a screen above the 4 knobs.

Hard to say if it's as tall or deep as the FM3, but the I/O looks more simplified for sure. Separate 1/4" stereo in and out maybe, with possibly a further input to the left?

PS. I had no idea Jared James Nichols was so huge. Dude looks like he could eat Thomas Blug for breakfast!

 

[DrewJD82]

Hahahahah I have a feeling it’s going to get announced quite soon as it’s going to be impossible to keep the cat in the bag much longer. There’s other pics out there, but I will not post them unless Cliff gives me the ok. They aren’t detailed shots and I know nothing of the specs, there’s only a little more detail that can’t be made out above.

 

[saarangnarayan]

Hmmm that does seem FM3 size....

That’s a Pedaltrain Metro board. (Looks like Metro 20?) Based on that I’d say it’s probably slightly smaller than the FM3. I may be wrong tho.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Is this the Zapruder footage?

 

[Southpaw-DD]

A Pedaltrain metro is 8" depth for reference.

 

[Mongillo19]

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From the same video but with a bit better lighting.

4 footswitches, 5 knobs. The 4 knobs look like they are a bit closer together than the 5th but it could be just perspective. Might be a screen above the 4 knobs.

Hard to say if it's as tall or deep as the FM3, but the I/O looks more simplified for sure.

PS. I had no idea Jared James Nichols was so huge. Dude looks like he could eat Thomas Blug for breakfast!

Maybe a bigger screen too that takes up that whole top half?