Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

[holoholo]

Ui again?

 

[mbenigni]

Ui again?

Considering that everyone here loves everything about the way FAS products sound already, is there really anything else to talk about?

 

[Mongillo19]

The power supply that came with my QC is even better. On/off switch, lights, and it'll run the QC for about 20 hours... in a blackout!

Do you have it on a board?

 

[yeky83]

I mean, there's obviously no short answer to this question. We'd have to start by asking a few questions: What product are we trying to improve? Are we talking about firmware improvements to an existing product, or hardware and firmware changes for a future product? What are our budgetary restrictions? Etc.

A very, very short answer based on my own personal preferences would be: See QC as a point of reference. It's not perfect, but in broad strokes it's mostly what I'd recommend. (I know you hate touchscreens; some folks do for whatever reason. IMO there's no way to present as much information and as much context-sensitive interactivity in such a small footprint.)

This doesn't mean that I'd dumb down an FMx to make it suit the QC UI exactly as-is. You could, for instance, present a full FM-style grid on a touchscreen rather than the QC/HX-style 4x lanes. (Some creativity would be required to devise a way for the use to select and shunt between blocks.)

I could go on and on about streamlining menus, eliminating or renaming physical controls that are ambiguous vs. other physical controls, optimizing positioning of physical controls, etc. But I've done a lot of that already - probably in this very thread.

AKA everyone loves Axe-Edit, make it portable. AKA FracPad but built-in.

 

[Jarick]

That's entirely possible. This could be Fractal's answer to the big box Strymons, Meris LVX & Mercury X and Eventide H90, rather than competing with the HX Effects.

And I'm all for that, it sucks that Strymon is making separate Bigsky, Timeline and Mobius MX that are overkill for most users instead of putting all those into one box as a dual algorithm pedal.

Fracfecta would be amazing.

With the new leaked pics it makes sense to have DC power. It kinda looks like pass through power?

Glad to hear there’s a loop.

Will be interested to see if they have amp and/or cab modeling.

 

[Orvillain]

Crazy, but if no hints had been dropped, no scuttlebutt, no Fractal artist teases, etc., and everyone just woke up tomorrow
to a 100% surprise announcement that FAS just introduced a 4 button multi-FX floor/desk unit to compete at the same price
point as the large box FX offerings from Keeley, Wampler, Strymon, Meris, Walrus, etc., every single Fractal fan on this board
would have to change their shorts as soon as their hyperventilating died down.



me too!

I'm rutting in it tbh, and having fun.

 

[Orvillain]

AKA FracPad but built-in.

Fractal can do way better than that IMO.

 

[mbenigni]

Do you have it on a board?

I did for a while, then took it off to make the footprint a little smaller for my desk. I'll probably be rebuilding this board with the new QC that just arrived, though:

 

[yeky83]

I did for a while, then took it off to make the footprint a little smaller for my desk. I'll probably be rebuilding this board with the new QC that just arrived, though:

Wireless MIDI & Input?

 

[Gtrsolo]

Had an FM3 then upgraded to FM9. Hope its not something in between those two... I'd probably still stick the FM9. Just love the extra footswitches.
Can't believe I went through 20 pages of this thread this morning lol. Motivated me to finally register here after lurking for the last year.

 

[deadpool_25]

Considering that everyone here loves everything about the way FAS products sound already, is there really anything else to talk about?

At this point I'd take silence.

 

[Mongillo19]

At this point I'd take silence.

At this point I'd take a product announcement

 

[timbuck3]

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pretty much...maybe gen 2 of this though

 

[mbenigni]

Wireless MIDI & Input?

Yes, sir! :)

The only hint of a problem is that it's still too pretty to step on. In fact, the wireless MIDI is mainly for another foot controller with another expression pedal hooked up to it.

Somebody get @timbuck3 in here - I'm being redundant again.

 

[mbenigni]

At this point I'd take silence.

There should be a small "X" icon at the top right corner of your browser...

 

[norminal]

At this point I'd take silence.

https://thegearforum.com/threads/fractal-audio-systems-mystery-product-speculation.6102/watch

 

[Joshual-L]

AKA everyone loves Axe-Edit, make it portable. AKA FracPad but built-in.

This

 

[paisleywookiee]

https://thegearforum.com/threads/fractal-audio-systems-mystery-product-speculation.6102/watch

Doh! You almost tricked me into clicking that. I ain't missin' this shit.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Doh! You almost tricked me into clicking that. I ain't missin' this shit.

I did click it. Twice. I thought I'd missed the link on my mobile and had hit the wrong bit of the screen. I was really surprised the second time when the same thing happened. Took me another minute to work out what was going on.

 

[Orvillain]

Me three