Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

[Hapless]

Maybe this one is a bit clearer

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If that's not a scribble strip above that footswitch, I'll eat the hat I've been saving for TB3's FM9 purchase.

 

[DLC86]

I see a small lit screen down by the footswitches but the larger reflective area on the upper section is dark.

Imho that's just a led, otherwise they should be lit for all 4 switches... and I don't think there's room for displays there

 

[Orvillain]

Rough size estimation based on this pic: 20x16 cm

Hmmm, I think it is probably a bit deeper.

I see a small lit screen down by the footswitches but the larger reflective area on the upper section is dark.

At this point those Neural tease videos were a heck of a lot more fun that all this B.S. photo analytics...

Harrrrd disagree!!! This is actually fun! Completely idiotic! But fun!

 

[Orvillain]

I hesitate to type this.... and I'm not even sure if I really mean it.... but assuming this is an FX4, with no significant blockers in terms of using it as an effects platform..... I might flog my Axe3 and FC12 and get one. Cue the laughter but it is true!! Most of what I use my Axe FX III for is effects related. Certainly I don't need my FC12 once the perfect and not to be knocked FX4 arrives.

<ducks>

ENGINEER OF DA HYPE!

 

[Mongillo19]

I hesitate to type this.... and I'm not even sure if I really mean it.... but assuming this is an FX4, with no significant blockers in terms of using it as an effects platform..... I might flog my Axe3 and FC12 and get one. Cue the laughter but it is true!! Most of what I use my Axe FX III for is effects related. Certainly I don't need my FC12 once the perfect and not to be knocked FX4 arrives.

<ducks>

ENGINEER OF DA HYPE!

HES GONE FULL QC

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I hesitate to type this.... and I'm not even sure if I really mean it.... but assuming this is an FX4, with no significant blockers in terms of using it as an effects platform..... I might flog my Axe3 and FC12 and get one. Cue the laughter but it is true!! Most of what I use my Axe FX III for is effects related. Certainly I don't need my FC12 once the perfect and not to be knocked FX4 arrives.

<ducks>

ENGINEER OF DA HYPE!

AS LONG AS WE CAN ALL AGREE YOU WOULDN'T KICK AN FM3 OUTTA BED FOR IT, @mbenigni CAN SLEEP IN PEACE

 

[Orvillain]

AS LONG AS WE CAN ALL AGREE YOU WOULDN'T KICK AN FM3 OUTTA BED FOR IT, @mbenigni CAN SLEEP IN PEACE

I'D KICK MBEGGINGKNEE OUT OF BED FOR A POD 2.0 !!!

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

If that's not a scribble strip above that footswitch, I'll eat the hat I've been saving for TB3's FM9 purchase.

"They complained about the tap tempo on the Axe Fx III? MAKE IT BRIGHTER!!!!"

 

[jellodog]

but assuming this is an FX4, with no significant blockers in terms of using it as an effects platform..... I might flog my Axe3 and FC12 and get one.

ENGINEER OF DA HYPE!

It may not offer the very high resolution settings for reverbs and delays that your AF3 has, though. We have yet to learn how much processing power it has. So it might be a downgrade in terms of the FX that you want to keep using?

 

[DLC86]

Hmmm, I think it is probably a bit deeper.

If the expression pedal on that board is a Fractal EV2 (and it definitely looks like it) it is 19 cm long, and the mysterious unit looks to be 2-3 cm shorter

 

[Orvillain]

It may not offer the very high resolution settings for reverbs and delays that your AF3 has, though. We have yet to learn how much processing power it has. So it might be a downgrade in terms of the FX that you want to keep using?

I hesitate to get too stuck into this imagineering. You could be right, but also... the Axe3 reverbs even on 'normal' quality are pretty stellar. You can get those sounds where you pluck one note, and you have a whole atmosphere that rings off for 40 seconds. That's the stuff I love from the Axe3. Your basic "give me 5 seconds of plate reverb on my lead line please" type stuff.... Axe3 obviously does well, but so does QC, so does my MXR Reverb, so does the MercuryX, etc etc etc.

 

[Joshual-L]

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Fractal looking for someone who can make mobile apps.

Finally!!!

 

[GTR37]

"I'll take your FM0 and raise you 3 separate boxes, 9 additional footswitches, and a power nightmare"

It ANYONE can wire that it JT industry

 

[Karl Houseknecht]

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A better image it looks like. That screen looks to be the same as the one on the Axe3 isn't it?

Interesting to see what's on the rest of the board there. Some drives, a wah or expression perhaps. That does lend some cred to the idea that it's an effects unit.

 

[JiveTurkey]

It ANYONE can wire that it JT industry

 

[holoholo]

I hesitate to type this.... and I'm not even sure if I really mean it.... but assuming this is an FX4, with no significant blockers in terms of using it as an effects platform..... I might flog my Axe3 and FC12 and get one. Cue the laughter but it is true!! Most of what I use my Axe FX III for is effects related. Certainly I don't need my FC12 once the perfect and not to be knocked FX4 arrives.

<ducks>

ENGINEER OF DA HYPE!

Upgrade AXE3 + FC12 to FX4?

 

[quadgear]

Maybe this one is a bit clearer

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Is that a scribble strip?

 

[deadpool_25]

Looks like about 7" deep to me. Pedaltrain Metro is 8" deep and it's clearly slightly shallower than that.

 

[holoholo]

What in the actual crackhead is going on in this thread. People going from we don't need a new FX8 to I want a FX4, preferring neural videos to this, wanting to change from AX3/FC12 to FX4, examining the height of 1 uneven switch.

 

[Mongillo19]

What in the actual crackhead is going on in this thread. People going from we don't need a new FX8 to I want a FX4, preferring neural videos to this, wanting to change from AX3/FC12 to FX4, examining the height of 1 uneven switch.

You know what could solve this all