Fractal Audio Systems VP4 - Virtual Pedalboard

I always thought the FM3 was still large but I guess googling the dimensions, it's only like a foot wide by 10 inch long and around 4 inches height wise etc. So not really big at all but the pictures always made it look bigger lol.

I am just wondering if the original FM3 is still worth it or the mark II which seems harder to get? And what is the differences between the two... guess I need more googling!
 
I am just wondering if the original FM3 is still worth it or the mark II which seems harder to get? And what is the differences between the two... guess I need more googling!
If it has Turbo after the name it has more CPU. OG FM3s don't have a headphone out. This is located right below the input jack so be sure to check that out. The Mark II have bigger display text.
 
I have an OLD AF OG FM3 and it's great. More CPU is fine but I can run my gigging presets on it quite nicely. If you are mainly wanting amps and cabs and don't want something totally pedalboard engulfing; the OG is fine imo.
 
I have an OLD AF OG FM3 and it's great. More CPU is fine but I can run my gigging presets on it quite nicely. If you are mainly wanting amps and cabs and don't want something totally pedalboard engulfing; the OG is fine imo.

Yeah that is what I was going to write next is I'd just be using it for amps and cabs and if i needed an occasional extra effect or something in the path etc.. but I'll have vp4 hooked up with it. My next question is though, are the amps and cabs the same between the OG and II?
 
What I'm trying to figure out is, looking at the fm3 manual it doesn't seem to have 1/4th outputs like my helix floor has? Looks like XLR outputs only? So I would have to get xlr cables to use with my JBL monitors. And the fm3 looks like 2 fx loops right? So one for my vp4 and another for my boss vg-800/gm-800 rig.... But then none for my synth stuff argh lol. I could just then use helix floor for my synth rig!
 
What I'm trying to figure out is, looking at the fm3 manual it doesn't seem to have 1/4th outputs like my helix floor has? Looks like XLR outputs only? So I would have to get xlr cables to use with my JBL monitors. And the fm3 looks like 2 fx loops right? So one for my vp4 and another for my boss vg-800/gm-800 rig.... But then none for my synth stuff argh lol. I could just then use helix floor for my synth rig!
It has 1/4 outs.
 
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