Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

[PBGas]

Looking forward to this! Hopefully officially released soon.

 

[GTR37]

“I don’t have a use case for this, therefore I don’t understand how anyone would”

“will this be compatible with Cablab4 ?

 

[marshall2553]

No looper?

 

[nicolasrivera]

No looper?

Right!

 

[dk_ace]

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 (?)

As someone who has both a floor and an FM9, it mainly comes down to the quality of some effects.

The reverbs in fractal are God tier. There’s nothing in HX gear that comes close to what it can do on that front.

The multidelay and plex delay blocks… ditto.

I find the modulation stuff generally better too, and you have a lot more “roll your own” capability with fractal stuff if the main types aren’t giving you what you want.

As far as FSWs, that’s a toss up. Some will want more and some will want less. Considering the power this unit has, I think they made a great call on form factor. This appears to be small enough to me non-problematic on most pedalboards while still having enough power and footswitches to allow you to do a lot.

This things is gonna be killer for people who can function live with a small selection of scenes or presets or people with a switching system.

D

 

[paisleywookiee]

I guess now the big thing will be will it be able to topple the mighty QC Nano

Probably would be cool to use with the Nano. Put the Nano in the loop of it, have captures+Fractal effects. Not my cup of tea, but capture fans might dig it.

 

[Piing]

 

[paisleywookiee]

I have a suspicion about this.....this is an alt.....of another......who may or may not.....have a certain weak spot near their heel.

Nah, just

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Nah, just

Swhatimsayin.....but ....alrighty then.

 

[holoholo]

I tell you what. This is right up gasp’s alley. Every piece of gear is. But this especially considering how much he likes the h90. That’s already like 10 product buys right there.

 

[norminal]

Dammmnnn… I leave for a few hours and 15 pages already?

Here’s my summary:

1. Congrats @FractalAudio and team. This looks like a winner!

2. Steve Sterlacci sucks a sweaty taint. Fuck him and his bottom-feeding, clickbate YouTube channel. Hi Steve!

3. Never trust a word @nicolasrivera says. He’s lost his credibility… yet again.

3. @timbuck3 has gone full-troll. It’s not even funny anymore. Thus, not even worth responding to.

4. Glad to see you made it through the storm @DrewJD82!

Did I miss anything?

 

[nicolasrivera]

Dammmnnn… I leave for a few hours and 15 pages already?

Here’s my summary:

1. Congrats @FractalAudio and team. This looks like a winner!

2. Steve Sterlacci sucks a sweaty taint. Fuck him and his bottom-feeding, clickbate YouTube channel. Hi Steve!

3. Never trust a word @nicolasrivera says. He’s lost his credibility… yet again.

3. @timbuck3 has gone full-troll. It’s not even funny anymore. Thus, not even worth responding to.

4. Glad to see you made it through the storm @DrewJD82!

Did I miss anything?

Thank you Nominal.

 

[norminal]

Thank you Nominal.

 

[nicolasrivera]

Probably would be cool to use with the Nano. Put the Nano in the loop of it, have captures+Fractal effects. Not my cup of tea, but capture fans might dig it.

Captures are amazing!

 

[quadgear]

Now that Fractal has a new form factor, maybe an FM4 can come out of this ....

 

[Whizzinby]

I'm not completely sold on onboard editing of blocks yet, I'll have to see how it actually works as the manual kind of glosses over this part.

Yeah no picture in the manual for what the screen looks like editing or viewing parameters in a block. Curious about that.

Seems fairly straightforward in the manual though to edit. Turn the select knob to highlight a block, press Enter to edit the block, turn the corresponding A-D knob to adjust value, page arrow to get to other pages.

I’m cautiously optimistic this will be pretty simple for basic on-device tweaks.

 

[Sidler72]

I’m ready for a Leon Todd video showing what this thing can do.

 

[FuzzyAce]

No looper?

Right!

No voice command either!! WTF man!!

No deal!

 

[Piing]

 

[OrganicZed]

No voice command either!! WTF man!!

No deal!

I can see where that could be a letdown to some. The FX-8 had a looper that you didn't even need to add to a preset (it was always available). I like that feature.

That said, not even the Axe-FX III has a full featured looper. It has a basic looper that is great for dialing in presets and for noodling around with, but serious looper users will not be satisfied and should invest in a fully featured standalone looper device IMO.