Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

[holoholo]

is the entire manual out? I just saw some pages that were "leaked"

It was. On the official fractal website.

 

[FuzzyAce]

FAS hype feels more organic, grass-rootsy... compared to something like a mini-film filled with gobbledygook.

 

[hehasthejazzhands]

Hype. Yeah. Lots of people already slagging and criticizing it of course

Given how old and grumpy a lot of us people on gear forums and groups can be, that just comes with the territory.

FAS hype feels more organic, grass-rootsy... compared to something like a mini-film filled with gobbledygook.

Don't forget about the copious amounts of 3d-rendered B-roll.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Neural Will Always Suck TM

 

[FuzzyAce]

 

[DrewJD82]

is the entire manual out? I just saw some pages that were "leaked"

I don't believe it was leaked, someone probably just snooped for it and was able to figure out the address for it. A bunch of people downloaded it, I believe the majority of features have been posted now, the rest of the manual is instruction-based so there's not a whole lot left to find out about it at this point, it's just not compiled in one place officially yet. That makes the treasure hunt all the more fun!

 

[GTR37]

Y’all are some real journalists. The inside scoop that TGF has produced on this product launch is impressive. Well done lads!

It was a TGF exclusive from FAS
We have also seen exclusives here from DI and line6
Now if we could just get a Doug Castro exclusive circle would be complete

 

[DrewJD82]

It was a TGF exclusive from FAS
We have also seen exclusives here from DI and line6
Now if we could just get a Doug Castro exclusive circle would be complete

We were supposed to get the exclusive on the 3rd Power Dragon amp, too, but @jonhurleyguitar bailed on that one.

 

[PorcinePicker]

 

[Los-D]

I’View attachment 30640

It has channels and scenes (plus gapless preset switching), so you could have a bunch of settings per preset (from what I read)

 

[nicolasrivera]

It's really unfortunate it can't host IRs. Just 4 fx?.....OK.

So unless its cheaper than the NanoCortex or Tonex Pedal, what's the point?

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

 

[DrewJD82]

Every few pages someone should ask what the point is so we can all post our use cases for it 100 more times.

 

[Orvillain]

 

[GTR37]

It's really unfortunate it can't host IRs. Just 4 fx?.....OK.

So unless its cheaper than the NanoCortex or Tonex Pedal, what's the point?

It still a pretty good product w the touchscreen and phone app though

 

[BenIfin]

This is written without any specific knowledge about this unit other than what I've read so far .. but that has never stopped me before

=> it looks like this unit has a Variable Input Impedance [very excellent !!]
=> it looks like it cannot Receive -and- Send Midi CC (?) [not good]

Other than the L6 HXFX having a fixed 1M ohm Input, Line 6 HXFX seems to have and do way more (?) .... plus it has 9 Blocks, scribble scripts, more FSW's, full Midi spec, hosts full spec IR's, has the full suite of the full Helix efx ... etc....

I'm really struggling to see [given the current very limited info] why a potential buyer would pick the VP4 over the Line 6 HXFX (?)

 

[DLC86]

I quickly read the whole manual and there seems to be quite a few UI and usability improvements compared to Axe/FMs, I wish some of these will be ported to those as well, like the easy mode and this stuff down here:

 

[Whizzinby]

 

[DrewJD82]

This is written without any specific knowledge about this unit other than what I've read so far .. but that has never stopped me before

=> it looks like this unit has a Variable Input Impedance [very excellent !!]
=> it looks like it cannot Receive -and- Send Midi CC (?) [not good]

Other than the L6 HXFX having a fixed 1M ohm Input, Line 6 HXFX seems to have and do way more (?) .... plus it has 9 Blocks, scribble scripts, more FSW's, full Midi spec, hosts full spec IR's, has the full suite of the full Helix efx ... etc....

I'm really struggling to see [given the current very limited info] why a potential buyer would pick the VP4 over the Line 6 HXFX (?)

Because I want Fractal's effects.

 

[Blix]

I'm really struggling to see [given the current very limited info] why a potential buyer would pick the VP4 over the Line 6 HXFX (?)

I'd rather have 4 top notch effects than 8 I don't care for.