Fractal Talk

[TheTrueZoltan!]

[…] I'm basically doing the same thing aka turn on wet filthy Boogie tone and play D tier nu metal riffs through it […]

If that‘s what real amps make you play, I‘m not quite sure you should continue using them.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Yeah, Mesa Marks V/VII have so many channels and switches, they're almost modeler-like in their versatility. I think that's why people are really getting into the Synergy modules after that concept kinda floundered on the fringes in the Randall/Egnater days. People still love amps and pushing air, but they don't want their options to be limited by choice - or by volume. With MIDI and IR loading becoming increasingly widespread.....you can have it all, really.

The V feels like it should to me, with channels making sense across the board and not feeling like I wish this mode was here or there.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I've been playing amps for a few weeks now

My man.

 

[JiveTurkey]

What you don't like the new to 29.00 ear piercing brain lobotomizing high frequencies ?

I only stay current with the III. My FMs are both a few minor revisions behind at least for gig stability purposes.

 

[yek]

I hadn’t messed around with the 1987x model much after I got my Ceriatone but made a preset for it last night and man, I think I like it more than the Ceriatone! The Ceriatone definitely has more dirt on it, I’m assuming some of the ‘68 mods lend itself to that. I can get the VH1 thing out of the Treble channel 3/4’s the way up on the Ceriatone, the same dirt isn’t even available on the 87x dimed.

Gonna compare them more closely tonight. Something that cracked me up though; I dialed in the preset from scratch and about an hour in wanted to grab the DynaCab setting I was using for my load box and the head so I saved it as a Block and went back to the 87x preset to find that I dialed in the exact cab/mic spot for the 87x already.

One of my favorite 1987 sounds is the Lead scene in Larry Mitchell's 2022 Gift of Tone III preset: 1987 + dirty Klon.

Gift of Tone – Fractal Audio Systems

www.fractalaudio.com

 

[DrewJD82]

One of my favorite 1987 sounds is the Lead scene in Larry Mitchell's 2022 Gift of Tone III preset: 1987 + dirty Klon.

Gift of Tone – Fractal Audio Systems

www.fractalaudio.com

I’ll definitely load it up later! I loaded up that Greer Lightspeed (can’t remember the fake name) on one channel of the drive block and the Klone on the other as the Klone has been my go-to for almost every boost necessity since it was released, even the metal chugga tones, but I think I’m digging that Lightspeed more, at least with the 87X.

I added the SD-1 in a second drive block/3rd Scene and it’s pretty remarkable how both those pedals don’t totally screw the sound of the amp, but make it sound like a natural inclination of dirt. About 10x last night I said “THIS is MY Strat tone” because it’s not really ripping off my heroes for once.

I just want a band to be able to play these tones at gig volume with.

 

[unix-guy]

A lot of people just accept that whatever the factory presets sound like is how the unit should be defined. On that front, Fractal tends to offer presets with rolled-off highs, IMHO. I always want more presence and bite, but the performance page allows me to address that quickly and move on.

That's certainly an opinion...

I don't feel that way at all. I think it depends on the guitar, pickups and player. I rarely use factory presets and when I do often lowering the highs is a first step

But not all presets are created equally and maybe I'm using ones you're not?

Also a good reason to know how to create and adjust presets as factory presets don't get updated too often and will drift off over time with firmware changes.