Fractal Talk

[iaresee]

On a real amp with an effects loop, when you place an effect in that loop, it is effectively being placed between the preamp and poweramp portions of the circuit, right?

Right

Does this change the way things sound, being able to do it IRL slightly different than in the modelling environment?

Maybe. Depends. It's very unlikely effects in an amp loop are driving the power amp in any significant way so their loop vs. post-power amp placement is going to be linear in terms of the transfer function and not make a difference in how it sounds.

Bet 99.999% of people out there couldn't tell the difference.

 

[metropolis_4]

Anyone ever do any drive pedal modding in Fractal?

My old rig pics reminded me how much I used to love grabbing cheap old SD-1 and DS-1 pedals and modding them. I was just trying some of the mods I used to do in Fractal and preliminary results are very good!

Doing things like swapping the clipping diodes behaves much how I would expect.

A DS-1 with LEDs as diodes and a few slight EQ tweaks can sound very jcm800-ish

 

[Stone]

UltraRes IRs are shown in violet. Non-UltraRes IRs are shown in green.

Impulse responses (IR) - Fractal Audio Wiki

wiki.fractalaudio.com

Thank you, did not know cause never really looked at or used the IR's
Always Dynacabs and before Dynacabs LT Tv mixes

 

[ᛗᛜᛜᚺDᛜᎶ Ꮤᛨᚳᚴ]

Anyone ever do any drive pedal modding in Fractal?

My old rig pics reminded me how much I used to love grabbing cheap old SD-1 and DS-1 pedals and modding them. I was just trying some of the mods I used to do in Fractal and preliminary results are very good!

Doing things like swapping the clipping diodes behaves much how I would expect.

A DS-1 with LEDs as diodes and a few slight EQ tweaks can sound very jcm800-ish

I just recently started playing with the diodes in my FXIII Turbo and I love it. I love it as much as I love swapping the tubes in the amp/preamp sections. It's like each amp (or drive pedal) has dozens of other variations when you play with this stuff! Never did any of this on real pedals, but have certainly been enjoying the flavors it offers in the latest FW updates ;~))

 

[Stone]

Found this Pre Rola Beauty, works just right in this instance where i could not coax anything out of the Dynacabs

 

[holoholo]

Is it just me but I’m finding the speaker page and dialing in the lf and hf resonance way more gratifying than TMB?

 

[Whizzinby]

Found this Pre Rola Beauty, works just right in this instance where i could not coax anything out of the Dynacabs

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The new AxeEdit is slick. Just updated mine. Bring the bling!

 

[OrganicZed]

Found this Pre Rola Beauty, works just right in this instance where i could not coax anything out of the Dynacabs

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Pardon my ignorance, but why do you run two of the same IR panned hard L/R?

 

[Stone]

Pardon my ignorance, but why do you run two of the same IR panned hard L/R?

ahh no will be different Mic for the 2nd, as mentioned I usually use Dynacabs in stereo with different mics and or cabinets
I run 2 Powercabs Left and Right, sometimes same cabinets different microphones, sometimes different cabs and mics depends

 

[Stone]

The new AxeEdit is slick. Just updated mine. Bring the bling!

Yes the Beeta may as well be final version its super stable