Fractal ICONS Plugin

[MirrorProfiles]

It's not important for people who already own FAS devices.

Demoing to hear what it sounds like certainly isn’t important for people familiar with Fractal products, but I’m not going to just blindly assume that a company not primarily focussed on plugins is automatically going to release stable software on my particular rig. And when the asking price is £300 or so without a demo, then it’s quite a gamble.

Knowing that the software actually runs without issues is pretty important before I part with my cash.

 

[Whizzinby]

Demoing to hear what it sounds like certainly isn’t important for people familiar with Fractal products, but I’m not going to just blindly assume that a company not primarily focussed on plugins is automatically going to release stable software on my particular rig. And when the asking price is £300 or so without a demo, then it’s quite a gamble.

Knowing that the software actually runs without issues is pretty important before I part with my cash.

Totally.

It has some issues overloading when swapping artist presets with an active track playing. I can say with relative confidence that is not my setup, because I can live audition presets with other sims on projects that have a ton of other active plugs running without issue.

I haven’t had any issues once I’ve landed on a preset or am actually preset building.

I’d imagine they’ll end up optimizing the plug over time.

I’m going to try to stress test it this evening on a couple existing projects with a bunch of sims and see how it holds up. I only got up to two active instances yesterday.

 

[Tanax]

Probably not a product for me since I generally want to get away from being reliant on my PC, i.e. a hardware modeler is more for me.
That said, congrats to Fractal, this looks like a really cool release. Even more so, I really like the direction they're going. VP/AM4 was great and this takes the interface even further with the pseudo skeuomorphic design. Amazing. Makes me very optimistic about the next-gen hardware!

 

[Elf]

If you’ve ever once wished FAS would make a plugin, and you’d now consider using a cracked version once they actually did…

They know it will happen :/

 

[dean701]

Demoing to hear what it sounds like certainly isn’t important for people familiar with Fractal products, but I’m not going to just blindly assume that a company not primarily focussed on plugins is automatically going to release stable software on my particular rig. And when the asking price is £300 or so without a demo, then it’s quite a gamble.

Knowing that the software actually runs without issues is pretty important before I part with my cash.

It's also interesting to know that the effects blocks (including reverb) don't encompass all of the algorithms that folks with the hardware are accustomed to.

 

[JiveTurkey]

 

[Mongillo19]

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Inb4 "THE PLUGIN DELUXE REVERB SOUNDS DIFFERENT THAN MY III DELUXE REVERB"

 

[Chocol8]

Inb4 "THE PLUGIN DELUXE REVERB SOUNDS DIFFERENT THAN MY III DELUXE REVERB"

I want to see boot times and LUFS scores from null tests, preferably only against other models and not including any real Deluxe Reverbs.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

I want to see boot times and LUFS scores from null tests, preferably only against other models and not including any real Deluxe Reverbs.

(incorrect) aliasing and latency graphs incoming

 

[BROCKSTAR]

“Everything you need to create truly iconic tones”: Fractal goes up against Neural DSP and IK Multimedia with ICONS – its first-ever plugin

ICONS is the first of a series of plugins, and offers 36 Fender-style amps and a load of effects lifted from Axe-Fx

www.guitarworld.com

 

[FuzzyAce]

(incorrect) aliasing and latency graphs incoming

 

[BROCKSTAR]

Keep checking back here for all sorts of info related to ICONS and plugins - https://wiki.fractalaudio.com/wiki/index.php?title=ICONS_plugin

 

[KFF]

“I currently own 3 FAS devices and have been using FAS for 15 years. Without a demo I’ll have no idea what it sounds like”

Just to echo what a couple of others said...

Its Fractal. I'd say the sound is the LAST thing anyone that wants to demo is concerned about. Anyway...

Mildly surprised meetings with iLok about demos didn't take place in advance, but hey-ho...

Here we go.

 

[paisleywookiee]

I want to see boot times and LUFS scores from null tests, preferably only against other models and not including any real Deluxe Reverbs.

Only if there's an AI voiced intro.

 

[Whizzinby]

Just to echo what a couple of others said...

Its Fractal. I'd say the sound is the LAST thing anyone that wants to demo is concerned about. Anyway...

Mildly surprised meetings with iLok about demos didn't take place in advance, but hey-ho...

Here we go.

I yolo’d out of sheer euphoria.

 

[0XI0]

If you’ve ever once wished FAS would make a plugin, and you’d now consider using a cracked version when they actually did…

hopefully they crack a fx loop between pre and power amp while they're at at

 

[KFF]

I yolo’d out of sheer euphoria.

Who can blame you!?!

I'm in the middle of a massive reno. Everything (mostly) boxed and stored off-site. I bought the AM4 out of the same euphoria. Its my reno-rig (perfect)!

I'm just going to choose restraint for now on ICONS. I'm a few months out before I'll have anything resembling where I will put it to use. Hopefully a few more families have shown up... and how they all integrate will be clearer.

Certainly enjoying hearing your thoughts/experiences.

Stay euphoric, my friend.

 

[Orvillain]

I yolo’d out of sheer euphoria.

 

[KFF]

 

[MTB1973]