Fractal Talk

[Rock Chalk]

People complain about it being built too well.....if it was made lighter, people would complain about that as well.

Bottom line is, if you want the absolute best foot controller for the Axe, the FC6/12 is it.

 

[Sascha Franck]

The fact you didn't list metal reveals your own lack of rock n roll.

Metal = the P&W of overdriven guitars.

 

[Orvillain]

Metal = the P&W of overdriven guitars.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Chad Boston , Chad Kroeger ??

Neither. There's only one Chad to rule them all.

 

[Orvillain]

Neither. There's only one Chad to rule them all.
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This is proof you're not 100% German.

 

[Sascha Franck]

I can't help it if you missed the most important part of my first statement. And besides, since when do real metal men play UNO? It's "Mau-Mau", ffs!

 

[JiveTurkey]

I can't help it if you missed the most important part of my first statement. And besides, since when do real metal men play UNO? It's "Mau-Mau", ffs!

 

[DLC86]

It's "Mau-Mau", ffs!

It's called "Dernier" here in Italy (and I assume in France as well, since we pronounce that word as if it was a french word)

 

[Stratzrus]

One thing that I seldom see mentioned is that if you have both an Axe FX III with a FC-12 and a FM9 for gigs you can also use the FC-12 with the FM9.

While some would consider that overkill and many don't have the space for it, the possibilities are almost endless with the two working together,

 

[Orvillain]

One thing that I seldom see mentioned is that if you have both an Axe FX III with a FC-12 and a FM9 for gigs you can also use the FC-12 with the FM9.

While some would consider that overkill and many don't have the space for it, the possibilities are almost endless with the two working together,

Yeah that could be quite cool.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

One thing that I seldom see mentioned is that if you have both an Axe FX III with a FC-12 and a FM9 for gigs you can also use the FC-12 with the FM9.

While some would consider that overkill and many don't have the space for it, the possibilities are almost endless with the two working together,

 

[Stone]

Mikey Likes his FM9

 

[Stratzrus]

Mikey Likes his FM9

 

[unix-guy]

A YouTube commenter on that video also mentioned that there's a gap in amp channel switching on the Axe-FX 3 that's not on the FM9.

No, that's not correct... And in fact, recent updates on the Axe Fx III added gapless switching of scenes, channels and presets.

No. The Axe-Fx 3 has about double the processing power of the FM9 so which core is used doesn't matter.

Yes, it does, actually.

There was recently a thread from someone who created a preset on the FM9 that was over 85% on the Axe Fx III.

Running 2 Reverb blocks at Ultra High quality is "free" on the FM9. On the Axe Fx III, that uses a lot of CPU.

The FM9 also runs Delays on a dedicated core so they also don't count against your CPU.

 

[Orvillain]

just a quick little tone match with my 5150 and axe FX model. I suspect a different SIC would get the low end and sizzle a little closer. Bias at 40%

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These sound really good. I think I might even prefer the Axe III a smidge!

 

[jellodog]

FWIW I like Bradford. Dude gives good beard.

 

[Sascha Franck]

FWIW I like Bradford. Dude gives good beard.

Someone charging you 5.99 for a single preset should at least have a decent pirate beard.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Totally agree. It's not like I am having a constant churn of gear in and out like some people do where they lose a bunch of money on shipping alone.

This is exactly why we spend time on forums:

"Aaaahhh, my wasteful spending is SOOOOOOOOOOO much more responsible than the wasteful spending of these other dudes."

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Apologies for the time-released impact of this post.

 

[Orvillain]

So I have been a nerd.

Across the three main albums that Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster has, I have 53 unique combinations of amp channel and range of pedals/effects.

This means I would need 53 presets in Fractal land, if I wanted to just make a preset for each one and make use of the gapless switching to switch between them.

If I drop 3 of the least important ones, then I can get away with just having 5 banks on my FC-12 controller.... 10 preset switches for each one.... and then tuner and tap tempo on the last two switches. Otherwise it is 5 full banks, and a 6th partial bank.