Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

[Blix]

> if you put a NC or Tonex in the VP4 Loop ... does it use up one of the 4 available Blocks ?

Nope!

is it clear from the manual leaks so far if it does Send Midi CC ?

Not a word about it, so I would assume it doesn't.

 

[Desertdweller]

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

/thread

We needed a device like this IMO, from this company specifically.

 

[Aleksi]

I think I'll hook up the FM3 to my synth rig and see how it works out before I buy the VP4 and end up single. I could sell the H90 but I'd end up needing two things to replace it... I could basically use the Mercury X as a delay/reverb (modulation even) for one synth and run this with another. Maybe even build a convoluted switching rig.. Hmmmmmm.... I'm going to end up single

 

[HotRats]

Too many pages already!

I'll take the time to keep up with the news, in the the meantime all I can say is
1. is good that Fractal went for this kind of simplified product
2. 4 footswitches seems a bit limiting for a virtual pedalboard

 

[timbuck3]

499.99

 

[SillyOctpuss]

499.99

HX effects is $650 at guitar center. There's no way will a fractal product come in under that.

 

[Piing]

666

 

[jellodog]

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?

The point is this: You're clearly not the target market.

 

[nicolasrivera]

The point is this: You're clearly not the target market.

Unless it’s around $599. That and the NanoCortex in the Loop and it’s a massive win!

 

[the swede]

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Hey Steve… I’m sorry if you read here that the Swede doesn’t like you anymore. I promise I will subscribe again if you drop your drama queen thumbnail shit “that’s why i quit X brand” “that’s why i gig X brand” “that’s why im still using X brand”. Go back to the old Steve please…

Well, if it makes you happy!

You are basically here for our amusement. You’re a meme… a symbol, something for us to laugh at. And we love you for that. You and “30 guitars not buying shit” Timmy boy.

499.99

To expensive Tim. You ain’t paying that.

 

[the swede]

As I can’t contribute with anything but my excitement for everyone else’s sake. I give you.

Banana and corn cracker (cheese flava), coffee, snus, heatpump porn magazine

 

[HotRats]

As I can’t contribute with anything but my excitement for everyone else’s sake. I give you.

Banana and corn cracker (cheese flava), coffee, snus, heatpump porn magazine
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SNUS!!!!!

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

[…] Banana and corn cracker (cheese flava), coffee, snus, heatpump porn magazine
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What? No Surströmming for breakfast?
How dare you not fulfill my expectations of a stereotypical Swede?

 

[timbuck3]

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[Orvillain]

Axe-FX by Fractal Audio review (new high end guitar modeler/effects unit) - Gearspace

Originally Posted by Spid Hi Jeremy... Just chill out man, I haven't said I own the Axe-FX! I even said it might be a good product, (damn it, read what

gearspace.com

I love finding gems like this:

Yes, the company is young. And we're a bit overwhelmed right now and trying to learn the whole marketing thing. I (as in my fault) didn't predict that the product would be so well received and now we're caught trying to meet demand. We don't outsource the manufacturing but many of the parts are built by CM's as is the case with most small-to-medium companies. Even most large companies now outsource their board production as it simply isn't cost-effective to maintain a surface-mount fab if you don't have the volume.

I started the company a few years ago after getting fed up with corporate America. I created all these cool products for this small sonar company in NH and the company took off, sales went up tenfold in five years. The company then got bought out by a large corporation and in thanks for everything I'd done they took away my bonus, eliminated my pension, froze my pay, reduced my benefits, made me punch a time-clock and cut my office in half.

So I quit, took my life savings and bought a bunch of test equipment, computers, software and various vintage amplifiers and set out to create the best modeler / effects unit I could because I thought the time was right and the tech was ready to do it right. I averaged over 100 hours a week for 3 1/2 years developing the Axe-Fx. I developed tendonitis from writing so much code. The unit has nearly 50,000 lines of software and countless hours of analysis that have gone into it. The modeling was done with painstaking detail.

If a unit needs service we would do that in-house. Once we get a dealer network that might change. Many distributors do repairs themselves.

The MSRP is $1495. Considering what you get, that's a deal. And that's really what we need to be charging based on our costs. We don't make thousands at a time so we don't get the volume discounts. And all the manufacturing is done domestically. If we had them made in China we could surely charge less. It's not a mass-market product. If it were it wouldn't sound as good because the accountants would be pressuring to reduce costs. We use top-of-the-line converters. Why? Because they sound better. The op-amps cost 10x what other companies would use. But they sound good.

I do it because I love it. I'm not in it to make a killing and then disappear. My fiance' and I live a very modest lifestyle and aren't into the whole material possesions thing. Fractal Audio is a way for me to do what I love and make a modest living. For me happiness is creating something and witnessing the Satisfaction others derive from it. I simply don't want to compete with the big guys because that means selling an inferior product. The Axe-Fx is what I as a guitarist have always wanted. I use it in my crappy little cover band and I have a blast with it and get tons of compliments on my tone.

I hope this has answered your questions.

CC

Mad props. That is an awesome origin story!

 

[DLC86]

Not a word about it, so I would assume it doesn't.

The answer is right here:

 

[Orvillain]

Because I want Fractal's effects.

This is it.

And I'm manufacturer agnostic (almost) - I want some TC effects, I want some Line6 effects, I want some Fractal effects, I want some Boss effects, I want some Wampler pedals, I want some XYZ, etc etc etc.

This product makes perfect sense for the pedalboard + amp crowd, which I would guess is still a significant majority of the market.

@FractalAudio - any inter-operability between the Axe3 and the VP4? Can you use block presets made in one on the other for example? Could the Axe3/Axe Edit III eventually import and export VP4 presets???

 

[the swede]

This is it.

And I'm manufacturer agnostic (almost) - I want some TC effects, I want some Line6 effects, I want some Fractal effects, I want some Boss effects, I want some Wampler pedals, I want some XYZ, etc etc etc.

This product makes perfect sense for the pedalboard + amp crowd, which I would guess is still a significant majority of the market.

@FractalAudio - any inter-operability between the Axe3 and the VP4? Can you use block presets made in one on the other for example? Could the Axe3/Axe Edit III eventually import and export VP4 presets???

I think TC should make a single button Plethora to. The 3 is attractive, the 5 is better but it’s to big. They’re great though.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Axe-FX by Fractal Audio review (new high end guitar modeler/effects unit) - Gearspace

Originally Posted by Spid Hi Jeremy... Just chill out man, I haven't said I own the Axe-FX! I even said it might be a good product, (damn it, read what

gearspace.com

I love finding gems like this:


Mad props. That is an awesome origin story!

I was put off fractal originally by the fan boys. When I first looked into fractal a lot of the fanboys were obnoxious, the high price in the UK vs US without the ability to try one didn't help either. I also didn't know anyone who had a fractal.

This site has helped a lot with that, mostly because Cliff's posts here are excellent and while some of you lot are fractal fanboys, you're also fanboys for a load of other products so the praise and criticism is often more balanced than most other forums.

The post above, however, absolutely makes me want to buy into a product from them. The ethos in Cliff's post is something I want to get behind.

 

[Orvillain]

You get dick-wagons in most fandom. The trick is to not join them!