Fractal ICONS Plugin

I would be #3 I guess.

I don't know what number I am, but I almost exclusively play a range from clean to mid-gain...like lightly boosted cranked Plexi/70's EVH at the upper end.

I think more importantly for Fractal is the billions of bro country people I sometimes try to pretend don't exist, but dayem there are a lot of them judging by the concerts that come through and the crowds that show up. I figure that has to translate into a lot of people who play guitar with Fender style amp tones.
 
Yeah... this one REALLY feels like a personal gut-punch. Can only imagine how Cliff is feeling.

Just feel awful for them. Such a KILLER group of people.
WTH is going on , did you see a post somewhere ?
 
Small mercies...

They only released the Fenders. At least they can regroup and decide what to do next. I vote for...

-Gen 4 hardware.
-Include plugin control (no processing) from ICONS' framework.
-ADAT I/O (for studio use through existing interfaces)
 
WTH is going on , did you see a post somewhere ?
No... haven't seen it.

Good friend let me know. He's a cyber-security specialist. Guitar (and Fractal) fan. He's not the joking type... have known him since I was 8 y/o.

Not sure how widespread it is... but won't be long, I'd assume.

He's in Ireland... won't hear back from him until his morning.
 
Ummmm, for those reading something into my post, was just curious how the dude knew........... roll eyes.gif
 
Nah, I don't think anyone thought you wanted to know. Guess it may have seemed that way tho.

Is Cliff aware? Or at least should be made aware if your friend is correct
I posted in their forum. Saw Cliff and Matt cycling through the list. I'm sure they're aware.

My buddy (Alan) tried turning me onto Fractal over 10 years ago. I didn't listen until about five years ago. We were speaking on the phone about a week ago... we discussed ICONS. He had concerns about this. I'm a naive optimist. I thought it would be good for a while, at least.

I was out this evening. Got back to a message from him... "its k'd." No further details.

He'll probably be awake in a couple of hours.
 
If it is true this is no surprise, as far as I know there is no major audio software that hasn’t been cracked right? I would assume they knew this was going to happen.
Yeah... I guess companies just have to accept it. Trust there's enough good to outweigh the scum.

Hardware DSP (dongle essentially) seems the best bet. Similar to UAD-2 plugins on Apollos. Not sure how their native UADx has faired. I own every plugin they make. I use DSP exclusively across the board... except a very small number that are only available natively... recent releases that exceed SHARC capabilities.

Still a crying shame.
 
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