Fractal Talk

jellodog said:
Fractal Wiki: "With amp models that have no preamp gain, such as Plexis, saturation has no effect."
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That seems like a bad paraphrasing since multiple quotes from Cliff below mention "little effect" not "no effect":

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blandified said:
Does anyone have experience with these XR IRs in the FM9?
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Seem to be "snake oil," which doesn't mean they will sound bad... Like any IRs, you may prefer them in some situations.

" New IR Tech that sounds like an Amp " ...... what's the thinking on this ?

Hi all ! Video speaks for itself:- What's going on here "technically" (?) Ben
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AFAIK, OwnHammer too used extra "tricks" and EQ on some/most of his IRs...?
Doesn't mean they are bad either. They have been loved/hyped in the past, and some probably still are.

If you do like to spend some extra, it's fun to read in the long York Audio threads and get gas for some IRs of his.
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IRs - York Audio Master Thread - Newest Cab Pack: KW 412 M25-SH

To make it easier to find what you're looking for, click on the links below to jump to the introductory posts about these York Audio Cab Packs. KW 412 M25-SH MRSH 412 MV30-Dual FTWN 212 D120 VH+ 412 P50E VLUX 210 P10R YORK 212 M65 Cream YORK 212 DV77 PRNC 110 OX Lite 5153 412 VH20 MTCH...
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He clearly has passion and knowledge to do this as well/"real" as possible without using extra EQ to hype things up. Maybe "due to circumstances" and the Dyna Cabs the hype seems to have died down now though, but some people still prefer these and I'd still love to get into them myself someday.

Justin York also made some of the factory IRs and a Dyna Cabs pack.
 
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blandified said:
Makes sense thank you!! Yeah I’ll mess with the stock stuff before buying anything. Do you have recommendations on maybe like 3 cabs I should use to get started? I usually play fender deluxe, matchless, dumble style stuff in P&W style. I just don’t want to spend a whole week testing out all 2000 cabs 😅
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Not really my cup of tea, but for similar tones I really dig the factory AC-20 IRs (I have a favourite among those but don't recall the exact number at the moment) and also the 1x10 metro blues dynacab
 
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Yes it’s time to ask this question again… Should a happy HX stomp user spend $1k on an FM3 just to see what all the fuss is about? I have wanted to try one for years now but the $1k price point is just over where it gets really hard for me to pry open the wallet 😂

I figure even if this sale is short lived, it will come again for black friday, so I can continue to procrastinate on this but eventually I think I’m going to have to try one.

If they came out with a amp and cab only thing I could put in the loop of the stomp I’d buy it instantly. Because I am pretty married to helix effects and ui workflow right now. That’s what I was hoping the VP4 was going to be.
 
sashimi said:
Yes it’s time to ask this question again… Should a happy HX stomp user spend $1k on an FM3 just to see what all the fuss is about? I have wanted to try one for years now but the $1k price point is just over where it gets really hard for me to pry open the wallet 😂

I figure even if this sale is short lived, it will come again for black friday, so I can continue to procrastinate on this but eventually I think I’m going to have to try one.

If they came out with a amp and cab only thing I could put in the loop of the stomp I’d buy it instantly. Because I am pretty married to helix effects and ui workflow right now. That’s what I was hoping the VP4 was going to be.
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You don't know till you know. Pull the trigger.
 
blandified said:
I have another question on layouts for yall. Can I set up the FM9 to do this:

Switch 1 - scene 1
LONG press switch 1 - scene 2

Switch 2 - scene 3
LONG press switch 2 - scene 4

Switches 3-9 - various effects
LONG press switches 3-9 - different effects

I’m sort of a kitchen sink preset type of person. Not sure if I even have enough DSP to do this though.

Maybe instead of using scenes, different presets?
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Do a little YouTube surfing regarding Fractal layouts. What you’re describing is a very basic layout, you can do way more than that.
 
sashimi said:
Yes it’s time to ask this question again… Should a happy HX stomp user spend $1k on an FM3 just to see what all the fuss is about? I have wanted to try one for years now but the $1k price point is just over where it gets really hard for me to pry open the wallet 😂

I figure even if this sale is short lived, it will come again for black friday, so I can continue to procrastinate on this but eventually I think I’m going to have to try one.

If they came out with a amp and cab only thing I could put in the loop of the stomp I’d buy it instantly. Because I am pretty married to helix effects and ui workflow right now. That’s what I was hoping the VP4 was going to be.
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YES OBVIOUSLY
 
Frodebro said:
Do a little YouTube surfing regarding Fractal layouts. What you’re describing is a very basic layout, you can do way more than that.
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Instead of Switches 1-2 being Scenes 1-4.... do you think I would be able to save on DSP by making them Presets 1-4 instead of Scenes?
 
blandified said:
Instead of Switches 1-2 being Scenes 1-4.... do you think I would be able to save on DSP by making them Presets 1-4 instead of Scenes?
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The switching layouts have no impact on DSP in that regard. I have dedicated layouts for presets, scenes, and effects. From the preset layout I have one switch to access the scene layout. From the scene layout I have one switch to select the primary effects layout. From the primary effects layout I have one switch to access a second effects layout, but also use the hold function on the front six switches to access the first six scenes. The second effects layout controls most post amp effects (delay, reverb, chorus, tremolo, rotary, and the hold functions for each switch cycles through the block channels for each of those effects. Some bounce between two channels, some cycle through all four.

This is all for my band kitchen sink preset, which I use most of the time.
 
Frodebro said:
The switching layouts have no impact on DSP in that regard. I have dedicated layouts for presets, scenes, and effects. From the preset layout I have one switch to access the scene layout. From the scene layout I have one switch to select the primary effects layout. From the primary effects layout I have one switch to access a second effects layout, but also use the hold function on the front six switches to access the first six scenes. The second effects layout controls most post amp effects (delay, reverb, chorus, tremolo, rotary, and the hold functions for each switch cycles through the block channels for each of those effects. Some bounce between two channels, some cycle through all four.

This is all for my band kitchen sink preset, which I use most of the time.
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sashimi said:
Yes it’s time to ask this question again… Should a happy HX stomp user spend $1k on an FM3 just to see what all the fuss is about? I have wanted to try one for years now but the $1k price point is just over where it gets really hard for me to pry open the wallet 😂

I figure even if this sale is short lived, it will come again for black friday, so I can continue to procrastinate on this but eventually I think I’m going to have to try one.

If they came out with a amp and cab only thing I could put in the loop of the stomp I’d buy it instantly. Because I am pretty married to helix effects and ui workflow right now. That’s what I was hoping the VP4 was going to be.
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Do it! They do have a return policy if you don't like it
 
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