Fractal Audio Systems VP4 - Virtual Pedalboard

This was the test recording I did last night that I forgot to post. Using plex delay and now forgotten which reverb I used argh lol. Getting old sucks :P

Kiesel Zeus guitar with gk-5 hex pickup into boss vg-800 with a guitar p90 version and a PB bass mixed 50% lower in the mix but together for a thicker baritone/jazz like sound into the fractal vp4 and recorded stereo.

Geez it sounds so beautiful to me

Listen here - FRACTAL VP4 TEST
 
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This was the test recording I did last night that I forgot to post. Using plex delay and now forgotten which reverb I used argh lol. Getting old sucks :P

Kiesel Zeus guitar with gk-5 hex pickup into boss vg-800 with a guitar p90 version and a PB bass mixed 50% lower in the mix but together for a thicker baritone/jazz like sound into the fractal vp4 and recorded stereo.

Geez it sounds so beautiful to me

Listen here - FRACTAL VP4 TEST
That's gorgeous
 
I wanna apologize to @iaresee

I WAS WRONG. Not you lol.

After days with the VP4 and going back and forth with stock presets and twisting knobs and what not, they don't suck as I originally thought especially now that I am running it in stereo, makes things much better!

I was surprised when you said they suck. None of them are really my exact tastes, but there’s a lot of good stuff in there I think especially with regard to what it is capable of and sparking some ideas.

D
 
I was surprised when you said they suck. None of them are really my exact tastes, but there’s a lot of good stuff in there I think especially with regard to what it is capable of and sparking some ideas.

D

Well more or less was meaning the same thing as you as in "good stuff but not really my exact tastes" type thing. A few I liked a bit that show cased the more ambient stuff, but once I went back through them again and especially after setting my vp4 for stereo, it was a better outcome :D
 
Here's another one for you all and sharing my preset! It's called Spationaut (brockstar). Nothing fancy, no channels or scenes yet anyway.

Volume swell in 1st block, 2nd block has a MTD quad tap delay, 3rd block has a pitch block using crystal echoes which needs a expression pedal in pedal 1 to use. Expression pedal in the up position is a deep and wobbly echo type thing and Expression pedal in the down position results in some brighter and bouncy echoes, and 4th block is reverb using cloud, cirrocumulus.

DOWNLOAD PRESET - DOWNLOAD PRESET HERE or DOWNLOAD IT HERE TOO

Kiesel Zeus guitar with gk-5 hex pickup into boss vg-800 with a guitar p90 version and a PB bass mixed 50% lower in the mix but together for a thicker baritone/jazz like sound into the fractal vp4 and recorded stereo.

LISTEN HERE - Spationaut (brockstar)
 
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Is anyone using the VP4 with an amp that needs channel switching? It doesn't do amp switching without additional hardware right?

Was just thinking about how useful that could be, to have Fractal effects plus amp switching and do that with scenes. But would need another piece of hardware there...
 
Is anyone using the VP4 with an amp that needs channel switching? It doesn't do amp switching without additional hardware right?

Was just thinking about how useful that could be, to have Fractal effects plus amp switching and do that with scenes. But would need another piece of hardware there...

No room for the required ports.
 
Is anyone using the VP4 with an amp that needs channel switching? It doesn't do amp switching without additional hardware right?

Was just thinking about how useful that could be, to have Fractal effects plus amp switching and do that with scenes. But would need another piece of hardware there...

That's what I love about my MKVII, midi-controllable channel switching using the VP4 (as well as reverb and GEQ on/off). So cool and easy to set up, too.

But yes, the VP4 doesn't do old-school channel changing, unfortunately. Maybe that's something they'll add with a VP8...
 
Hendrix's mastery of doing things that no one else did is a big reason why he is still relevant today. Saying "I like" is a lot different than saying "you should" or "you're wrong" unless you're trying to mimic a tone or technique as closely as possible. As stated above, this is just my opinion.

YMMV
I LOVED seeing Hendrix on Dick Cavett, and Jimi replying to his question re whether he read music. "No, not at all." :chef
 

It happened!

  • NEW BLOCK MOVE FEATURE
    On the home page in FX Mode, select the desired block, hold the ENTER button, and turn SELECT to move.
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Thats one hell of an update. Awesome. (y)

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