Fractal Audio Systems mystery product speculation

[norminal]

okay but how about updating the screen? Better resolution cleaner graphics?

Wasn’t the screen updated with the Axe-FX III Mark II?

 

[deadpool_25]

This thread effectively died on page 4 or 5 or whenever people stopped coming up with interesting speculation. Now it's just static until the thing is actually unveiled.

 

[sashimi]

This thread effectively died on page 4 or 5 or whenever people stopped coming up with interesting speculation. Now it's just static until the thing is actually unveiled.

Was that the page with the butt plugs?

 

[namathan_zirwir]

Did they say when it actually will be announced?

 

[norminal]

Did they say when it actually will be announced?

No.

 

[holoholo]

 

[timbuck3]

Everybody at TOP and the Fractal forums keep trying to will the Fractal ecosystem into being an iPad instead of what it is: a box that makes guitar noises. I'm typing this from a MacBook but I swear Apple has ruined peoples' expectations of what consumer products are supposed to be.

you guys talk like you dont want the fractal gear to evolve at all? lol..just stay as is..maybe diff colors? I mean comeon..

 

[DrewJD82]

So, you guys were right, my trip to New England wasn't about a vacation. I was picking up a USB stick with the new firmware for the FAS-DOG, it's so secret Cliff won't even put it on the internet, but I'm letting the dog out of the bag.

I won't give away all the details, but basically you let the dog chew your USB cable when it's plugged into your Fractal unit, then he'll know when to operate your FC's or any associated pedals plugged into the Fractal unit. It's pretty badass, IMO. He's actually operating the Whammy right now with head tilts.

Sorry, @FractalAudio. I couldn't keep it in any longer. But don't worry, no one has noticed the other thing in any of my pics/vids.

 

[DLC86]

Will there be a cat version as well?

 

[deadpool_25]

Will there be a cat version as well?

Depends. Do cats like waffles?

 

[DLC86]

Depends. Do cats like waffles?

As a scratching surface very likely

 

[Orvillain]

Was that the page with the butt plugs?

hahahahahahaha!! I'm howling!

 

[Orvillain]

Couldn’t agree more.

Sincerely,

Obnoxious Plugin Guy

I genuinely didn't even notice the UI. I only noticed her gooeyes.

 

[DrewJD82]

hahahahahahaha!! I'm howling!

I told you ya gotta ease it in like a gentlemen or you'd be screamin' like a banshee.

 

[Achilles]

Sidebar Fractal question:

Why do all the OEM guards I see have cutouts for the array(s) of level LEDs? Are they an interface in any way???

KILLER looking unit imo.

 

[sashimi]

So, you guys were right, my trip to New England wasn't about a vacation. I was picking up a USB stick with the new firmware for the FAS-DOG, it's so secret Cliff won't even put it on the internet, but I'm letting the dog out of the bag.

I won't give away all the details, but basically you let the dog chew your USB cable when it's plugged into your Fractal unit, then he'll know when to operate your FC's or any associated pedals plugged into the Fractal unit. It's pretty badass, IMO. He's actually operating the Whammy right now with head tilts.

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Sorry, @FractalAudio. I couldn't keep it in any longer. But don't worry, no one has noticed the other thing in any of my pics/vids.

Good boy

Can’t wait to see how much realer he gets with future updates

 

[Tanax]

I always read stuff like this and wonder if I'm neurodivergent or something. You fire the thing up, you go to the Layout page that has, wait for it, the layout that's basically a 1:1 graphical (in the sense of it being a graph, not skeuomorphic) reproduction of a real rig, and you use very-obviously labeled buttons to do stuff. Edit edits a block. Enter selects a parameter or a block to do something with it. Exit... exits. There are pages that you navigate with buttons labelled as such. I'm not a very smart guy and I find it astoundingly intuitive. Is it because I've been using Fractal stuff since 2010? For what it's worth I owned a Pod Go for a hot minute and thought that it was quite similar, just way more limited.

I think you miss the point.
It's not that it's difficult to learn. It just requires too many interactions to do very simple things.

An example is adding a simple block to your grid. With a touch screen you'd press where you want to add it. Done.
With current UX, you'd have to press arrow buttons X numbers of times to get to where you want to add it. Press enter. Done.

This is a simple example and some may say that saving 5 seconds and 7 button presses (or however many it required) is a small thing, but when you do it so often, those things add up. Not to mention it feels incredibly inefficient.

The whole industry of tech products strive towards making things faster for people to use by making the interface easy and fast, while still empowering them to do everything they want. It is certainly possible to have as much tweakability and settings as the Fractal stuff, while still making it easy to use. I honestly don't understand why people are so reluctant towards progress.

If it's easier to use, more people will buy their products, allowing them to spend more money on further development of everything Fractal.
Right now it's like you people (and I'm not pointing fingers at you specifically, more an observation based on comments earlier in this thread and other threads) are fine with "Fractals are only for professionals", implying you don't want them to succeed with other people, which is a very weird position IMO, but what do I know. I'm not a professional :)

And again, just to be clear, I'm not saying it has to have a touch screen - but it's a good example of a better UX than what is currently today.

 

[GTR37]

Sidebar Fractal question:

Why do all the OEM guards I see have cutouts for the array(s) of level LEDs? Are they an interface in any way???

KILLER looking unit imo.

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Thats one of Chads

Chad Boston from Washington

 

[GTR37]

So, you guys were right, my trip to New England wasn't about a vacation. I was picking up a USB stick with the new firmware for the FAS-DOG, it's so secret Cliff won't even put it on the internet, but I'm letting the dog out of the bag.

I won't give away all the details, but basically you let the dog chew your USB cable when it's plugged into your Fractal unit, then he'll know when to operate your FC's or any associated pedals plugged into the Fractal unit. It's pretty badass, IMO. He's actually operating the Whammy right now with head tilts.

View attachment 27137

Sorry, @FractalAudio. I couldn't keep it in any longer. But don't worry, no one has noticed the other thing in any of my pics/vids.

in true TB3 fashion

Is that a Timber Wolf?


*** beautiful dog BTW

 

[nicolasrivera]

Pretty cool AX8 graphics.

Loved the AX8, still my favorite Fractal formfactor