Fractal Talk

[JiveTurkey]

FM9T Black Friday and Bed Bath Beyond inbound

Sorry JT

I didn't do that. congrats!

 

[jellodog]

FM9T Black Friday and Bed Bath Beyond inbound

Makes sense. Pamper yourself.

 

[DrewJD82]

Wow, I think at some point soon our member-to-Fractal-owner ratio is going to be equal or higher than the FAS forum.

 

[SwirlyMaple]

Makes sense. Pamper yourself.

Nothing pampers quite like a nice warm fluffy towel on the ol' frankenbeans with the soft glow of an FM9 flickering nearby in the candlelight.

 

[Mongillo19]

Wow, I think at some point soon our member-to-Fractal-owner ratio is going to be equal or higher than the FAS forum.

I already have a III

 

[SwirlyMaple]

Wow, I think at some point soon our member-to-Fractal-owner ratio is going to be equal or higher than the FAS forum.

I still think it's partly a whiplash effect from the TMP. People were waiting for some new-gen supermodeler, even though the existing stuff was still great. The TMP raised everyone's expectations and then deflated almost as fast, leaving people with new gear blueballs. So I bought an FM9 and JT bought the full Axe III

 

[Frodebro]

Wow, I think at some point soon our member-to-Fractal-owner ratio is going to be equal or higher than the FAS forum.

What’s sad is that I remember back around 2008 or so, TOP was effectively the Fractal Forum on its own. Scott Peterson was even a very early Fractal owner, and he used to rave about it. Now it takes some effort to find a Fractal thread over there, it seems there was a mass exodus to greener pastures by the Fractal owners.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Watched Brett's demo, very nice, I was surprised I really liked the the Fender 6G4 Brown Face with Nobels ODR-1 & The Gauss Drive




" Cliff at Fractal Audio proves to his customers why Fractal Audio IS the greatest modelling solution available"

Brett is awesome at the stuff he puts together!

 

[Mongillo19]

I still think it's partly a whiplash effect from the TMP. People were waiting for some new-gen supermodeler, even though the existing stuff was still great. The TMP raised everyone's expectations and then deflated almost as fast, leaving people with new gear blueballs. So I bought an FM9 and JT bought the full Axe III

I considered branching out as I was looking for a floor device that was easier to carry. I know the FM9 is a big guy but I might snag a helix backpack as I heard it's a great bag and can store cables and such.

Anyway, I'm really enjoying everything about the III so why mess with it, right?

 

[DrewJD82]

What’s sad is that I remember back around 2008 or so, TOP was effectively the Fractal Forum on its own. Scott Peterson was even a very early Fractal owner, and he used to rave about it. Now it takes some effort to find a Fractal thread over there, it seems there was a mass exodus to greener pastures by the Fractal owners.

It was made aware we were no longer welcome.

What’s funny is that I started posting there during the pandemic, probably the Summer of 2020, it was very much Helix-dominant at the time, but I kept seeing people saying things like “Well this has always been the unofficial Fractal forum” and it never made sense to me until I learned more about it’s history.

And really, I’m only half-joking about it being made aware we were no longer welcome and I think there’s both some merit and some stereotypical TOP behavior in that. There have been plenty of times I’ve shaken my head at a Fractal owner shitting on something over there because it didn’t have the features a Fractal unit did, I mean, this thread wasn’t always called “Fractal Talk”, it was “Fractal Users” because of those types. So from that perspective, I can totally understand people being sick of seeing stuff like that.

But that bled into people trying to have a discussion about specs, without the -/+ or snark and it would be construed as “Well Fractal does it better so this is stupid” when someone is just trying to find out how a unit functions, just like is going on with the TMP now. That pretty much became the standard by the time I was an active poster there, if someone mentions Fractal in a comparative way, someone else is going to perceive it as “You just said my thing isn’t as good as your Fractal”

And uh….while you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to program a Fractal unit, you also can’t be a complete fucking moron and if you are a complete fucking moron, trying to operate a Fractal unit might be like looking directly in a Complete Fucking Moron Mirror™. These wonderchild’s make up the Fractal Camp Survivors.

 

[duzie]

@DrewJD82
Moron here using a Fractal

 

[jellodog]

Moron here using a Fractal
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Spank that monkey! Spank it good!

 

[State of Epicicity]

@DrewJD82
Moron here using a Fractal
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That's how I feel on the inside when I'm covering Slayer songs.

 

[JiveTurkey]

That's how I feel on the inside when I'm covering Slayer songs.

THAT GODDAMN ANGEL OF DEATH WALKDOWN RIFF

 

[Mongillo19]

Does anyone use the Helix Backpack for the FM9? I wanted to snag the PT Metro 24 deluxe bad but the good one seems to be discontinued

 

[TubeStack]

Does anyone use the Helix Backpack for the FM9?

That just seems wrong.

 

[Mongillo19]

That just seems wrong.

Hey I tried to go for the Pedaltrain Metro 24 deluxe case

 

[Stone]

@DrewJD82
Moron here using a Fractal
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Cheech you are the furthest thing from being a Moron

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

Nothing pampers quite like a nice warm fluffy towel on the ol' frankenbeans with the soft glow of an FM9 flickering nearby in the candlelight.

 

[laxu]

What’s sad is that I remember back around 2008 or so, TOP was effectively the Fractal Forum on its own. Scott Peterson was even a very early Fractal owner, and he used to rave about it. Now it takes some effort to find a Fractal thread over there, it seems there was a mass exodus to greener pastures by the Fractal owners.

Banning FractalAudio from TOP was the turning point. That was a really shitty move.

And uh….while you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to program a Fractal unit, you also can’t be a complete fucking moron and if you are a complete fucking moron, trying to operate a Fractal unit might be like looking directly in a Complete Fucking Moron Mirror™. These wonderchild’s make up the Fractal Camp Survivors.

The first complex modeler is always the hardest and the next one is easier because you know the base concepts.

It's a lot of work for anyone to go from "turn amp loud, amp makes good noise" to "ok, you need to set this cab sim like you are micing a cab in a studio, then you might want to make sure your input and output levels are right and then make sure you use appropriate output devices" when all they wanted was "turn amp loud, amp makes good noise - digital edition!"

I've seen some people who are deliberately choosing to NOT read manuals and then complaining when they don't get results they want. That's "why does it keep hurting everytime I shoot myself in the foot?" level stupid.