Fractal Talk

[eggpl@nt]

Hmmm that would be strange but it seems it's happening! I hope the scribble strips can just be a firmware update.

Wonder what other pros of the MKII there will be? The FM9 has been a weird launch cycle imo where availability has been sparse but there seems to now be 3 iterations. I can see why some may be annoyed.

I know it's not going to be a popular opinion here but the FM9 has been out 2 years and 5 months give or take and will have had 3 versions. That's a version a year (and yes I know the turbo was done out of chip necessity) but no other company does this so I can see why it can be frustrating because you know people will say "I just bought the FM9T and now this is out!" As if the FM9T is now a brick.

In Fractal Land “quite farther out” is ~6 months.

 

[deadpool_25]

When they ran out of stock worldwide and they went pretty silent, I was almost sure this was going to happen so I put myself on the waiting list (pretty sure all FM9 waitlist folks will be automatically shifted to the MkII).

Anyone wanna buy a Mk I??

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

I hope they announce the FM0 together with the FM9 Mk II.

 

[James Freeman]

Tagging is a better solution than color coding imo because easily discernible primary colors are limited.
For example I can tag [Fender], [Marshall], [Mesa] then search, organize, hide, etc. by tags.
Multiple tags per amp will allow even faster search if you want further organize things by gain, favorite, whatever, a Tag Manager and Search will be needed, things can get a little complicated.
On a second thought, we don't have thousands of models like captures so just one tag will be enough to display a shorter list without scrolling.

This is a purely Axe/FM Edit function, because entering letters on the hardware will take far longer than just scrolling through the entire model list.

 

[Stratzrus]

The FM9 has been a weird launch cycle imo where availability has been sparse but there seems to now be 3 iterations. I can see why some may be annoyed.

I know it's not going to be a popular opinion here but the FM9 has been out 2 years and 5 months give or take and will have had 3 versions. That's a version a year (and yes I know the turbo was done out of chip necessity) but no other company does this so I can see why it can be frustrating because you know people will say "I just bought the FM9T and now this is out!" As if the FM9T is now a brick.

I'm sure some people will feel that way but to me it's just silly.

I bought an original FM9 because I thought it was a great piece of gear and still do. The availability of other products doesn't change that.

The original FM9 has more capability than I'll ever use. It sounds great and lets me express myself more than any other effects device/modeler I've ever owned.

To me, that's all that matters.

 

[mikah912]

I'm sure some people will feel that way but to me it's just silly.

I bought an original FM9 because I thought it was a great piece of gear and still do. The availability of other products doesn't change that.

The original FM9 has more capability than I'll ever use. It sounds great and lets me express myself more than any other effects device/modeler I've ever owned.

To me, that's all that matters.

Yup. No regrets here. Got the OG, and I see the strips just fine and have never maxed out a preset.

 

[unix-guy]

I hope the scribble strips can just be a firmware update.

What, now?

Firmware can't change hardware...

 

[Elf]

Do these guys need all those elaborated boards to compensate for the complete lack of rock'n'roll, blues, funk, soul or any other dirty elements in their music?

A plague of angry locusts coming your way!

 

[timbuck3]

Ditto for today...

Fm9mk2?

 

[timbuck3]

Fractal FM9 Mk II Turbo

Was on the NAMM floor yesterday and happened to stumble upon one of these on the floor. The enlarged scribble strips look awesome. Posting this here so that if you are on the fence or looking to get an FM9… I’d probably wait a few days and keep your eyes on the fractal website.

www.thegearpage.net

 

[timbuck3]

On waitlist myself!!

 

[James Freeman]

Does that mean Fractal will have trouble clearing the current FM9 stock?

 

[Mongillo19]

Does that mean Fractal will have trouble clearing the current FM9 stock?

I don't think they have current FM9 stock hence the wait-list? I really think they were gearing up for the MKII so I can see the switch over being seamless

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Just added myself to the FM9 wait list. However, I wonder if the new version will bring another price increase for G66 customers?!

 

[DLC86]

Just added myself to the FM9 wait list. However, I wonder if the new version will bring another price increase for G66 customers?!

I wouldn't be surprised

 

[laxu]

Does that mean Fractal will have trouble clearing the current FM9 stock?

I expect they have sold all the current ones and anything made now is going to be with the larger displays.

I don't think any Mk1 owners need to feel any FOMO here though.

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

 

[Stone]

Def no FOMO

 

[Sascha Franck]

As long as you don't play live much (in that case the larger displays and additional CPU juice might be a nice thing), I don't think there's too many reasons in getting this over the old version. It's quite likely they would be supported as long, too.

 

[laxu]

As long as you don't play live much (in that case the larger displays and additional CPU juice might be a nice thing), I don't think there's too many reasons in getting this over the old version. It's quite likely they would be supported as long, too.

I don't think it will have any more CPU than the FM9 Turbo. Just the bigger displays. Obviously the larger displays are better, but the original ones are totally fine too so I wouldn't spend money to swap from FM9 Mk1 -> Mk2.