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I trust Met will get my joking.
He doesn't seem insufferably serious about his thrice annual Gear Churn.
He’s the “slow gasp”!
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He’s the “slow gasp”!
metropolis_4
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No one takes gear advice from you, Met. Sorry.
That’s wise, neither do I
I keed. You start working with the FM3 yet?
Nah, shipping got delayed; it’s supposed to be here Monday, so I’ve spent the week takin it back to the old school…
… cuz I’m an old fool who’s so cool
KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!
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Trade the Mark and Rec heads for rack mount versions and put it all in a 10 space rack
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Little bit of a tone tour using my Mark V and Axe3:
I'm working on a kitchen sink 4-cable-method preset for my Summerisle band.
I'm not entirely sure I will get a VP4 yknow. I've been thinking and reading and thinking some more, and it just makes sense for me to go all-in on the Axe3 and FC12. I have them already, they can do 99% of the effects that I want and need, and with the right rack case I could always add some additional pedals.
Connecting a laptop isn't really THAT arduous for the times when I need to edit. And once the songs are finalised, and the tones are set in stone, then there won't be much tweaking needed really. So over time, the laptop will be needed less and less.
Also, I don't think I'm actually doing anything particularly strenuous or difficult. It really is very straight forward for most things I need to do.
I'm using one of these for amp channel switching:
This pairing.... man.... I'm, in hog heaven. I think potentially my pedalboard is just FC12 and three expression pedals; volume, wah, and miscellaneous.
I'm working on a kitchen sink 4-cable-method preset for my Summerisle band.
I'm not entirely sure I will get a VP4 yknow. I've been thinking and reading and thinking some more, and it just makes sense for me to go all-in on the Axe3 and FC12. I have them already, they can do 99% of the effects that I want and need, and with the right rack case I could always add some additional pedals.
Connecting a laptop isn't really THAT arduous for the times when I need to edit. And once the songs are finalised, and the tones are set in stone, then there won't be much tweaking needed really. So over time, the laptop will be needed less and less.
Also, I don't think I'm actually doing anything particularly strenuous or difficult. It really is very straight forward for most things I need to do.
I'm using one of these for amp channel switching:
This pairing.... man.... I'm, in hog heaven. I think potentially my pedalboard is just FC12 and three expression pedals; volume, wah, and miscellaneous.
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metropolis_4
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FedEx got here early.
Hello Plexi 50w my old friend
Hello Plexi 50w my old friend
KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!
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If you haven't, check out the FAS Wreck, and FAS Express.
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The algorithms got even better (as usual) whilst you were away, so this should still seem like a new item of gear!
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Little bit of a tone tour using my Mark V and Axe3:
I'm working on a kitchen sink 4-cable-method preset for my Summerisle band.
I'm not entirely sure I will get a VP4 yknow. I've been thinking and reading and thinking some more, and it just makes sense for me to go all-in on the Axe3 and FC12. I have them already, they can do 99% of the effects that I want and need, and with the right rack case I could always add some additional pedals.
Connecting a laptop isn't really THAT arduous for the times when I need to edit. And once the songs are finalised, and the tones are set in stone, then there won't be much tweaking needed really. So over time, the laptop will be needed less and less.
Also, I don't think I'm actually doing anything particularly strenuous or difficult. It really is very straight forward for most things I need to do.
I'm using one of these for amp channel switching:
This pairing.... man.... I'm, in hog heaven. I think potentially my pedalboard is just FC12 and three expression pedals; volume, wah, and miscellaneous.
Waiting for the inevitable board to get added got this setup with your meris pedals because you can't do without them and a hx stomp for the adriatic and glitch delays.
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Remember when I said I was thinking lots of things.
One of them was selling the Meris pedals and just going whole hog into Fractal land.
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Remember when I said I was thinking lots of things.
One of them was selling the Meris pedals and just going whole hog into Fractal land.
Realistically if you can't get by with your awesome amp collection and an axe fx then you're looking for the moon on a stick.
However, you love your meris pedals and even if you only use them once a year they're worth keeping. The next time you use them they'll put a huge smile on your face. You'll only end up buying them again anyway and calling yourself an idiot for selling them.
You definitely did the right thing trading your strat and ESP for the mesa though. You never really bonded with them so it makes sense to move them on. Keep the meris though.
For what it's worth I'm having the same conversation with myself Re the stomp. I couldn't tell you the last time I used the amp modelling and I'm pretty sure I won't use it on my board after I get a VP4. I've got native if I want the Helix stuff. I'm having a pretty hard time telling myself to keep it at the mo.
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Go the whole hog into fractal land, it's probably the right choice for your work flow but keep the Meris for random bursts of inspiration.
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I was thinking I could add a Microcosm or something like that, to add some glitchy shit to the Fractal. At least until Cliff just drops a bombshell that they're adding a granular delay effect in a future firmware update!Realistically if you can't get by with your awesome amp collection and an axe fx then you're looking for the moon on a stick.
However, you love your meris pedals and even if you only use them once a year they're worth keeping. The next time you use them they'll put a huge smile on your face. You'll only end up buying them again anyway and calling yourself an idiot for selling them.
You definitely did the right thing trading your strat and ESP for the mesa though. You never really bonded with them so it makes sense to move them on. Keep the meris though.
For what it's worth I'm having the same conversation with myself Re the stomp. I couldn't tell you the last time I used the amp modelling and I'm pretty sure I won't use it on my board after I get a VP4. I've got native if I want the Helix stuff. I'm having a pretty hard time telling myself to keep it at the mo.
TLDR
Go the whole hog into fractal land, it's probably the right choice for your work flow but keep the Meris for random bursts of inspiration.
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I'd love a chance to play around with a microcosm, the videos I've seen look great.
Also fingers crossed more delays like that come to fractal land, the glitch delay, transistor tape, adriatic and euclidean delay are the only reasons I'm really using my stomp these days.
Does fractal have anything like Retro Reel? I use that too on a few of our tunes and need to keep that
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I'd be surprised if you couldn't do that. I'm just not sure what with, because it isn't really my thing.
Transistor Tape... on Fractal you've got Worn Tape, Dual Head Tape, Mono and Stereo Tape, and Lofi Tape. There is also Space Tape and Ambient Quad Tape, and Ambient Tape Delay in the Multitap Delay block.
Adriatic Delay you can get from the DM Two Delay and Graphite Copy Delay models in the delay block.
Glitch Delay and Euclidean Delay don't really have equivalents tbh.
James, what're your thoughts on Fractal vs L6? I believe you have a Fractal now?
On the big ambient reverbs, L6 isn't going to win any awards...weird because they have the YGG backing their efforts...you'd think they could do better.
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It doesn't really have a direct equivalent. The Retro Reel is a lot like the Strymon Deco. You could use Fractal's Tape Distortion drive to emulate the tape drive and use tape delay, chorus or flanger blocks for the rest.
One thing Fractal doesn't really do is "multifx blocks" emulating a specific pedal. Like sure, you have modulation in delays and reverbs, but that's about where it ends.
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