Fractal Talk

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

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

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.

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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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 😅
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.
 
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.
You don't know till you know. Pull the trigger.
 
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?

Do a little YouTube surfing regarding Fractal layouts. What you’re describing is a very basic layout, you can do way more than that.
 
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.
YES OBVIOUSLY
 
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?

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.
 
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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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.
Do it! They do have a return policy if you don't like it
 
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