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I have an EQ question for you experts. I was recently watching a YT video of a AXE3 demo/jam with a power amp and cab. In one of the screenshots I snapped, I saw this EQ curve. Can you tell me what this curve is doing and if you ever use similar curves? I have been replicating it as closely as I can and I have to say I am enjoying it so far but still making adjustments here and there. Thanks!
 
Question , does anyone have a setting for the octave divider or an Octavia pedal
I was using the NDSP poly octave just on a rough track draft and it worked , tried yesterday on the FM9 no luck
Tried fuzz and octave blocks separate, I just could not get the tracking , it flubbed out
Would a whammy octave down be better ?
 
The Octave Distortion works great for the upper octave thing. No need for an additional fuzz. Note that, like the real pedal, you need to play on the neck pickup around the 12th fret.

For an octave down, use Pitch > Octave Divider (synth sub), or the Ring Modulator in Tracking mode with FREQ MULTIPLIER set at 0.500.
 
yek said:
The Octave Distortion works great for the upper octave thing. No need for an additional fuzz. Note that, like the real pedal, you need to play on the neck pickup around the 12th fret.

For an octave down, use Pitch > Octave Divider (synth sub), or the Ring Modulator in Tracking mode with FREQ MULTIPLIER set at 0.500.
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This.

The new Super Fuzz model will do the octave up thing if you want a different character to the Octave Distortion too.
 
2112 said:
This.

The new Super Fuzz model will do the octave up thing if you want a different character to the Octave Distortion too.
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Hearing about the Super Fuzz really takes me back.

The Super Fuzz was the second distortion pedal that I ever owned and I gigged with it during the early '70s. Apparently there were a few different versions of it. Mine looked like this.

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My first fuzz was a Vox Distortion Booster.

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It's been a while since I've been in Fractal Land (Ultra for about 2 years after initial release) but I've been watching the updates, especially once gapless switching, scenes and channels were implemented. I've tried searching on the Fractal forum, but I haven't found a reply that answers my overall question.

So with all of the recent firmware updates and coding efficiency by Cliff, I don't know what the key differences are between the FM3 and FM9, other than the obvious items below: I rarely run a kitchen sink type of preset - even back in my Ultra days.

I think these are the primary differences.

FM3:
Fixed 1M input Z vs variable/auto-z
6 less foot switches
No dual amps
No dual cabs
1 reverb only?
SPDIF out only

I don't gig anymore, and I have the full Helix so I really don't need a larger unit taking up more floor space but just making sure I'm not thinking from a FOMO perspective on features since I've previously purchased the flagship units which usually ended up being a little overkill.
 
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mavrick102000 said:
It's been a while since I've been in Fractal Land (Ultra for about 2 years after initial release) but I've been watching the updates, especially once gapless switching, scenes and channels were implemented.

So with all of the recent firmware updates and coding efficiency by Cliff, I don't know what the key differences are between the FM3 and FM9, other than the obvious items below: I rarely run a kitchen sink type of preset - even back in my Ultra days.

I think these are the primary differences.

FM3:
Fixed 1M input Z vs variable/auto-z
6 less foot switches
No dual amps
No dual cabs
1 reverb only?
SPDIF out only

I don't gig anymore, and I have the full Helix so I really don't need a larger unit taking up more floor space but just making sure I'm not thinking from a FOMO perspective on features since I've previously purchased the flagship units which usually ended up being a little overkill.
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Something to also consider if recording with the FM3 as your interface: https://forum.fractalaudio.com/thre...ording-usb-latency-issues.206690/post-2578419
 
mavrick102000 said:
It's been a while since I've been in Fractal Land (Ultra for about 2 years after initial release) but I've been watching the updates, especially once gapless switching, scenes and channels were implemented. I've tried searching on the Fractal forum, but I haven't found a reply that answers my overall question.

So with all of the recent firmware updates and coding efficiency by Cliff, I don't know what the key differences are between the FM3 and FM9, other than the obvious items below: I rarely run a kitchen sink type of preset - even back in my Ultra days.

I think these are the primary differences.

FM3:
Fixed 1M input Z vs variable/auto-z
6 less foot switches
No dual amps
No dual cabs
1 reverb only?
SPDIF out only

I don't gig anymore, and I have the full Helix so I really don't need a larger unit taking up more floor space but just making sure I'm not thinking from a FOMO perspective on features since I've previously purchased the flagship units which usually ended up being a little overkill.
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Add to that some reverb models not updated cuz they couldn't run on the fm3 (new spring and plate algos), and also some features in the amp block like tremolo.
 
I’m getting lots of weird glitchy behavior on my fm3 lately. I am on the 9.02 beta

  • When changing screens, changing presets, and saving, the screen sometimes flickers really fast for a second.
  • In footswitch assignments, some block names don’t appear. They can be selected, but it’s blank - no name is displayed
  • My scene MIDI block in one preset sometimes reverts to the settings in a different preset. Or maybe it’s keeping the settings from the block in the previous preset when I switch to a new preset.
  • Yesterday one of my control switches kept being turned on when I recalled the preset even though I saved the preset with it off. This was intermittent
  • I don’t know if I could even reproduce this, but I was trying to set up two 2-button footswitches and a MIDI out message via the scene MIDI block and sometimes setting one would cause one of the others to stop working. I struggled to get all three working at the same time.
 
metropolis_4 said:
I’m getting lots of weird glitchy behavior on my fm3 lately. I am on the 9.02 beta

  • When changing screens, changing presets, and saving, the screen sometimes flickers really fast for a second.
  • In footswitch assignments, some block names don’t appear. They can be selected, but it’s blank - no name is displayed
  • My scene MIDI block in one preset sometimes reverts to the settings in a different preset. Or maybe it’s keeping the settings from the block in the previous preset when I switch to a new preset.
  • Yesterday one of my control switches kept being turned on when I recalled the preset even though I saved the preset with it off. This was intermittent
  • I don’t know if I could even reproduce this, but I was trying to set up two 2-button footswitches and a MIDI out message via the scene MIDI block and sometimes setting one would cause one of the others to stop working. I struggled to get all three working at the same time.
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Are you running anywhere close to the CPU limits?

That's a lot of bugs and while it's a beta firmware...I wish Fractal would have gotten rid of this sort of thing.
 
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