Fractal Talk

"Fractalverse" makes me want to throat punch a complete stranger.

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I've been back in this thread, reading about @BROCKSTAR and his Rollercoaster ride into the Fractalverse. It's been getting me curious again.

I can't help thinking about form factor though. I'm not into the big rack form but I don't want the brains on the floor. I don't really care about running two amps at once so a rational thought was controlling an FM3 with my Paint Audio MIDI Captain. Then came all the comments about FOMO for the bigger, more powerful units and how the FM3 was a gateway to them.

So, at 1:30am I stumbled upon a used Axe FX III on GC's website for a pretty good price and jumped with a 45 day return window to figure out if I want to keep it.

I've been a good boy, this is my first gear purchase of 2025 and I've wanted to try a FAS device since I heard about them over 10 years ago.

By buying used I hope I've saved enough money to purchase more hours in the day.
Nice! I think you'll really enjoy it, and make some cool tunes with it.
 
Having one of these on the floor is wonderful. The multi-function footswitches make the possibilities seem endless.

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I have fc-6 coming but i just know myself, i'll end up with the fc-12 sometime I am sure for the floor and then complain that my little midget legs can't reach them but i want it anyway lol
 
I have fc-6 coming but i just know myself, i'll end up with the fc-12 sometime I am sure for the floor and then complain that my little midget legs can't reach them but i want it anyway lol
I used the FC-6 exclusively for four years. I added four external stand in switches and three EV-1 expression pedals. I offloaded functions like tap tempo, tuner, master layout selection, and view increment to the external switches since I wanted access to those functions at all times. It was totally functional and very flexible, but I still pined after the FC-12.

I snagged a mint condition used FC-12 mark 1 for a steal last year and I have been enjoying it. Having 12 buttons available at all times (no need to change views) and having every button labeled is a massive luxury. I had to drop down to two expression pedals to get everything to fit on my board, but I rarely used all three anyway.
 
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