Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

[laxu]

So if I'm reading the manual correctly I can have the VP4 send midi commands to my JVM when I change presets. That means I could ditch the jvm foot controller and control everything from the VP4.

Has anyone read the midi stuff and know if that's correct?

To me it's extremely vague about what it can do with MIDI PC. There seems to be no indications on what PC number it will send for preset changes.

To me the VP4 seems better suited to being the last MIDI controllable device in a chain as it does not transmit MIDI clock for example.

 

[Mongillo19]

Steve: “The post i show on TGP is from their official account. It's real

link is in description. Gear forum whatever it is”

Ooof.

Steve is going full YTer lately.....and not in a good way

 

[Orvillain]

To me it's extremely vague about what it can do with MIDI PC. There seems to be no indications on what PC number it will send for preset changes.

To me the VP4 seems better suited to being the last MIDI controllable device in a chain as it does not transmit MIDI clock for example.

It reads to me like it will transmit a PC according to the current preset; so preset 1 == PC00, preset 2 == PC01, etc etc.

Which for a JVM, is fine. Just program the JVM in accordance.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

To me it's extremely vague about what it can do with MIDI PC. There seems to be no indications on what PC number it will send for preset changes.

To me the VP4 seems better suited to being the last MIDI controllable device in a chain as it does not transmit MIDI clock for example.

I'll wait till the official release and then ask.

 

[spawnofthesith]

It can't transmit midi clock?

 

[holoholo]

I can’t wait for @JiveTurkey to buy one and post his gear pic with the entire fractal family

 

[johnny5]

 

[yeky83]

WAIT A MINUTE

SPDIFFFF CONNECTION

 

[quadgear]

4 reverbs

Only two reverbs per patch, right?

Odd that the the inputs cannot support a two or three button switch. Expression should have a TRS connector and this is a common setup.

Surprising that the Reverb is mono in, stereo out.

 

[Orvillain]

I can’t wait for @JiveTurkey to buy one and post his gear pic with the entire fractal family

I don't know why, but I'm picturing Goldmember's face where the pillow is. @Whizzinby please make that happen !!

 

[laxu]

It reads to me like it will transmit a PC according to the current preset; so preset 1 == PC00, preset 2 == PC01, etc etc.

Which for a JVM, is fine. Just program the JVM in accordance.

Yeah sounds like it. Seems like a real hassle though if you have lots of presets and need to accommodate that on the JVM as well.

 

[Orvillain]

Yeah sounds like it. Seems like a real hassle though if you have lots of presets and need to accommodate that on the JVM as well.

Amps are usually pretty easy to program. The JVM is a sort of 'set the amp up, send it the PC' type experience. Pretty quick to do.

I'd be more worried about upstream gear like other pedals and things.

 

[DrewJD82]

Amps are usually pretty easy to program. The JVM is a sort of 'set the amp up, send it the PC' type experience. Pretty quick to do.

I'd be more worried about upstream gear like other pedals and things.

Yeah, I was hoping to use this AS my MIDI controller to control a loop switcher/MIDI controlled amp channel switcher. I'll have to do some digging into which loop switcher I want to get my hands on to see how it handles MIDI/selecting loops, as well as whatever I get to switch amp channels with. I'd imagine CC's are going to be needed somewhere along the way. The VP4 will be taking the place of whatever MIDI-controlled pedals I initially had in mind to get (SDE-3000/2290p, etc) so I'm not worried about controlling other effects internally, just switching everything together.

I rag on NDSP for not being able to send PC's/CC's on Scene changes.........Cliff, I don't wanna plug some shit into it!

 

[Whizzinby]

Only two reverbs per patch, right?

Two active reverbs on at any one time, but each block of reverb has four channels, so you could technically have 8 unique reverbs selectable per preset.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I just gave him our love

 

[jellodog]

I just gave him our love

Waaaahhh?

 

[JiveTurkey]

Waaaahhh?

Tremonti. And a Bad Horsie.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Excellent product for those that want Fractal effects, but already has amp or an amp modeler or something. Great move fractal!

Or those that want to pair it with the soon to be announce VA-# amp-only pedal, connecting the two via SPDIF for no need to leave the digital realm. Right @FractalAudio ?

 

[Orvillain]

Waaaahhh?

Dry your eyes mate.... I know its hard to take but her mind's made up... plenty more fish in the sea.....

 

[Los-D]

I hope Cordy gives props to this thread.

“… there’s thousands of sh*tposts in there”