Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

[Boudoir Guitar]

Nah, I'm saying nice things about Fractal. They actually design their own gear on their own terms. Nothing but love for 'em.

We know you have nice things to say about Fractal. We know you have nothin' but love for them. My post had nothing to do with your interjections.

 

[Achilles]

I've never had someone walk up to me while I'm wearing my Helix signal flow shirt and asked "Hey is that a Fractal shirt?" But I've been asked "Hey, is that a Quad Cortex shirt?" on three separate occasions by three different strangers.

I included Fractal to make a general point.
- Black background - makes sense for the eyes
- Fundamental colors so they pop
- Shaped icons to represent an amp/effect/cab/ etc.
- Lines to represent shunts.
- An INPUT and an OUTPUT

After that we get down to 'how much corner radius do they use on their squares' type of stuff which is pretty ridiculous to make arguments about - even though there's plenty that have been had!

At the basic level they are all (by necessity) flow charts.

Maybe Fractal's putting off a true GUI cause no matter what they did the sling with arrows would come out as to what's derivative of what.
Unless of course they destroy all previous paradigms......

 

[Elric]

I included Fractal to make a general point.
- Black background - makes sense for the eyes
- Fundamental colors so they pop
- Shaped icons to represent an amp/effect/cab/ etc.
- Lines to represent shunts.
- An INPUT and an OUTPUT

Wouldn't it be awesome if every UI was completely different from every other one, so that when we switch devices, it is like learning an entirely different, completely alien, system; where none of our existing experience translates? And then, we have to pore over the manual for several weeks just to get any kind of traction as a user; but in the end, we all feel much more emotionally satisfied because we're no longer deeply concerned someone may have cribbed a good idea and propagated it?

That would rule.

 

[norminal]

I just want to know why the signal flow direction with modelers is completely backwards (left to right) from the signal flow of pedal boards (right to left).

 

[Mongillo19]

Wouldn't it be awesome if every UI was completely different from every other one, so that when we switch devices, it is like learning an entirely different, completely alien, system; where none of our existing experience translates? And then, we have to pore over the manual for several weeks just to get any kind of traction as a user; but in the end, we all feel much more emotionally satisfied because we're no longer deeply concerned someone may have cribbed a good idea and propagated it?

That would rule.

My favorite is with video game controllers that mostly have all the same buttons but in different places just for the sake of being different

 

[OrganicZed]

I just want to know why the signal flow direction with modelers is completely backwards (left to right) from the signal flow of pedal boards (right to left).

Left to right is the direction that text is read.

 

[Achilles]

I just want to know why the signal flow direction with modelers is completely backwards (left to right) from the signal flow of pedal boards (right to left).

Best guess.

The first modelers came from the USA where we read left to right.
First pedals came from Japan where they read top to bottom and then right to left.

 

[sashimi]

But don’t the input and output jacks on modelers still usually still go right to left?

Doesn’t this have more to do with the location of the output jack on a right handed guitar than the direction of text?

 

[the swede]

I just want to know why the signal flow direction with modelers is completely backwards (left to right) from the signal flow of pedal boards (right to left).

Best guess.

The first modelers came from the USA where we read left to right.
First pedals came from Japan where they read top to bottom and then right to left.

And zoom has right->left in their Multistomp pedals, wich kinda makes sense. But they also include the option to change to left->right…
That was kinda hard to write even

 

[DLC86]

On the contrary!

@FractalAudio please add more fuel to the fire to keep this thread going!

Mine was attempt to push him reveal what this is... But another clue would be good too

 

[Los-D]

I mean, it could be worse. They could’ve mistaken your product for a butt plug.

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[DLC86]

I mean, it could be worse. They could’ve mistaken your product for a butt plug.

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Too many buttplugs in this thread!

 

[SeeD]

Wouldn't it be awesome if every UI was completely different from every other one, so that when we switch devices, it is like learning an entirely different, completely alien, system; where none of our existing experience translates? And then, we have to pore over the manual for several weeks just to get any kind of traction as a user; but in the end, we all feel much more emotionally satisfied because we're no longer deeply concerned someone may have cribbed a good idea and propagated it?

That would rule.

This!
Take cars, making it hard for folks to change cars would be stupid, or make it hard for the Helix user to go with Quad Cortex. This would also be stupid.
I will say that the UI menu in the QC is not the same.
When I had a Axe Fx Ultra and Axe Fx II it was `hard` to get used to the UI, I had to menu dive a lot to get to things. One week Cliff made this an option, and the later on he took it away, and made a new option, then 2 more, and then took some away, and new things got last in the menu UI and some moved from AMP block to Cab, so it was a lot of here, there. were??
What, Ok.... It sounded good all the time.
I remember there were a guy that worked at FAS, and I think he quit couse he got tired of making changes all the time, It was some time ago.
I hope the next gen Axe Fx is a lot better and easy to use on the unit. Not `needing` a Edit program but it is also nice to have

 

[Warmart]

Too many buttplugs in this thread!

Heh, reminds me of when I wrote software for the State of MD and was giving a demo of a system that would roll out to facilities. Tehehehe.

One of the test records was for "ACME Buttplugs". And I had forgot it was lurking, deep down in the "rear" of the system.

The shocker? Nobody noticed, lmao.

 

[SeeD]

Does any Fractal users use FULLRES cabs ?

 

[Achilles]

That was kinda hard to write even

I got 2 granddaughters. One is left handed while the other is a right.

Bit of a trip to watch when they sit side by side coloring or drawing!

 

[0XI0]

Does any Fractal users use FULLRES cabs ?

for reverb oh yeah

 

[norminal]

Does any Fractal users use FULLRES cabs ?

I haven’t used IR’s since DynaCabs were added.

 

[the swede]

Too many buttplugs in this thread!

We are the buttplugs. Everyone of us!

 

[Digital Igloo]

I included Fractal to make a general point.
- Black background - makes sense for the eyes
- Fundamental colors so they pop
- Shaped icons to represent an amp/effect/cab/ etc.
- Lines to represent shunts.
- An INPUT and an OUTPUT

Any company on the planet would organically come up with a dark background, some use of color, graphic elements representing amps and pedals, some type of lines to represent connecting them, and input/outputs.

Design is not the things, it's how you implement those things...

...and when there are 1000 legit, equally elegant, equally easy-to-grok methods of or approaches to designing/implementing various elements/features, happening to choose method #797 for element A, #922 for element B, #208 for element C, #644 for element D, #101 for element E, #555 for element F, and #434 for element G years after someone else already chose #797 for element A, #922 for element B, #208 for element C, #644 for element D, #101 for element E, #555 for element F, and #434 for element G is... fine I suppose, as long as you're not incessantly claiming design innovation.