Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

[aerial7]

Unfortunately our shipping container is at the mercy of the International Longshoremen's Association.

Just saw that the strike is ending.

 

[[Nathan]]

Dockworkers union just came to agreement to suspend the strike ! Looks like product will be moving shortly

They saw this thread and it was painful enough to read that they all conceded.

 

[Sidler72]

 

[12tone]

Over 3600 posts and Electric Sex Pants is still leading the pack...

 

[unix-guy]

Has noone even looked at the entrails of a chicken to make certain what this thing will involve?

I started to but I just got hungry.

Chicken and waffles?

 

[unix-guy]

paddleboard

Autocorrect or going swimming?

 

[Sascha Franck]

But Tonex has captures, a smaller unit with a extremely competitive price and now more FXs witch further makes it a viable all in one unit.

And it has already beaten *anything* in terms of bad user experience when editing those "more FX".

 

[Sascha Franck]

I blame Tipper Gore.

No idea why, but it seems like a solid plan.

Bad experiences with the lady when tracking the latest BFD library?

 

[Sascha Franck]

If it had amps, it would have XLR outputs.

So, why wouldn't it as the last thing in a signal chain (which would perfectly describe a typical FX unit)?

 

[Sascha Franck]

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You simply cannot discuss about top modern modeling and come up with a stinking century old color palette. Show some dignity, ffs!

 

[Sascha Franck]

So, did anyone mention long IRs already?
Haven't seen it, so here we go: How about the unit would support long IRs (and proper ways to deal with them) as well?

(fwiw, in that case even I might be interested...)

 

[yek]

So, did anyone mention long IRs already?
Haven't seen it, so here we go: How about the unit would support long IRs (and proper ways to deal with them) as well?

(fwiw, in that case even I might be interested...)

Axe-Fx supports them and AFAIK nobody uses them.

 

[laxu]

Axe-Fx supports them and AFAIK nobody uses them.

Part of that is the lack of availability too. I tried using Fullres IRs for something out of York Audio packs but it just didn't seem worth the effort and CPU usage for cab sims at least.

 

[Orvillain]

Axe-Fx supports them and AFAIK nobody uses them.

Ultra-Res, no???

 

[jellodog]

Ultra-Res, no???

It supports both FullRes and UltraRes.

 

[Orvillain]

I don't even know what I've been using tbh!! I took my captures with my Axe3, so I'm guessing it'll be UltraRes. As long as they're not as short as Kemper, which I think are 256 and if your IR is longer it gets truncated and you lose definition and the frequency response is not as accurate.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Axe-Fx supports them and AFAIK nobody uses them.

I'm talking about IRs suitable for reverbs. I don't think the Axe FX supports them (or rather: I know it doesn't).

 

[yek]

I'm talking about IRs suitable for reverbs. I don't think the Axe FX supports them.

Short ones:

"Version 17 introduces FullResTM Impulse Response processing. FullRes processes IRs up to 64K points with zero latency using a novel technique. This provides up to 1.37 seconds of response time. Seasoned producers and engineers often mix in “Room Mics” during recording to increase the depth and liveliness of recordings. However, the typical live room has a reverb time of 500-700 milliseconds, well beyond the 20-40 ms afforded by typical IR processing. FullRes allows capturing the full response of a typical live room and even the response of small-to-medium halls and clubs. FullRes can also be used for convolution reverb applications for reverb times less than 1.37 seconds."

 

[Orvillain]

Right, gotcha.

Personally, I don't give a single solitary toss about IR's for reverbs. They sound cack. Algorithms are the bestestsestests.

 

[Sascha Franck]

"Version 17 introduces FullResTM Impulse Response processing. FullRes processes IRs up to 64K points with zero latency using a novel technique. This provides up to 1.37 seconds of response time. Seasoned producers and engineers often mix in “Room Mics” during recording to increase the depth and liveliness of recordings. However, the typical live room has a reverb time of 500-700 milliseconds, well beyond the 20-40 ms afforded by typical IR processing. FullRes allows capturing the full response of a typical live room and even the response of small-to-medium halls and clubs. FullRes can also be used for convolution reverb applications for reverb times less than 1.37 seconds."

That's all fine - but not sufficient for most reverb needs, let alone anything adventurous.