Fractal Talk

[aflynt]

you can also assign the bypass field to another controller like an expression pedal and this can be done for multiple blocks to the same controller.
you could use a volume pedal or a dedicated footswitch

For example if you don't want to use pitch and phaser at the same time, you could have them toggle at the same time.

Right clicking on the bottom right 'bypass' button reveals this:

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Neat. Thanks! Something to keep in mind while setting things up.

-Aaron

 

[Guitarplayer1969]

Fwiw, I got 81% of the taxed figure for my axe3+fc12. Went the fm9 route. That wasnt through reverb though. If you hold out long enough someone will take it at 20% off.

Coming back to the fm9, it's not the reverbs and delays that pose cpu concerns as they run on their own core. The plex, multiband comp and pitch blocks seem to be the big dogs for me. In a pinch a stereo chorus set to triangle -180 is good enough for a dual detune. Multiband comp is great but the input eq on the amp can fix some things too.
I can get stable results running over 80% as long as i dont have a lot of realtime modifiers doing too much on the fly. That's where I find things can get squirrely.

Me as well. Pitch is pretty much out of my kitchen sink preset now (Dual amps in stereo) because I can't use it due to the DSP load. Still have Plex Verb in my chain as I do alot of Ambient stuff, but have to be mindful. For Plex block, I always have all my scenes set to a lower CPU Plex effect, like Plex Delay, when I don't need it in that scene, and this does help with CPU load. Most of the rest of the Plex Delay effects are unuseable, as they shoot up the CPU for me over the danger zone. 82% is my limit before scene switching and bypass gets laggy. I wish they created more econo versions of Plex effects, like econo shimmer.

I know the solution is to make more song specific presets but I cycle through lot of songs that constntly change so not a good workflow for me.

 

[Jarick]

Is it just me or does doing a big kitchen sink preset not really work without a lot more than 8 scenes available? Or do people just use a layout with effects mode and turn blocks on and off manually with kitchen sinks?

-Aaron

I think kitchen sink things tend to work with 4-6 main tones and variations, and then if you need something off the wall you jump to a different preset. 8 scenes is about the most I'd want to work with anyway.

 

[iaresee]

Or do people just use a layout with effects mode and turn blocks on and off manually with kitchen sinks?

This and scenes is how I've rolled for years on a single preset every night.

 

[dk_ace]

Is it just me or does doing a big kitchen sink preset not really work without a lot more than 8 scenes available? Or do people just use a layout with effects mode and turn blocks on and off manually with kitchen sinks?

-Aaron

I use the scenes for the basic gain level (clean, crunch, more, high), and then footswitches for drive blocks and wet effects. That’s when I’m in freestyle mode. Most gigs I’ll then make copies of that preset for each song and the scenes will be for song parts. I have a different footswitch layout specific to that live song usage.

The point of the kitchen sink approach for me is to have a huge range of tones to cover, so there are 2 full footswitch layouts devoted to effects switching on/off. The scene switching in that approach is only on 2 of the 18 switches, the rest is all effects and I use the hold function on nearly every one of the 18.

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[iaresee]

I use scenes to get to combinations of things that would otherwise require me to press multiple switches. So if I want a consistent lead tone that changes the AMP block to a specific channel, maybe engages a drive block, engages my 6 dB boost, turns on a nice delay -- that's a scene.

Otherwise I just tap dance my way to things I want. But I also play very improvisational music, where I don't know ahead of time exactly what I'm going to want to bring to the performance.

 

[Jarick]

FM9 has landed. I was able to overload the CPU with the same kitchen sink preset but that's above what I'd normally do. If I kill the Plex Delay block it's about 60% or less.

Sounds awesome and really nice to have right next to me to adjust instead of across the room. I forgot about the 65 Bassman amp, that's an outstanding clean model.

 

[grafter.puzzler]

I use scenes to get to combinations of things that would otherwise require me to press multiple switches. So if I want a consistent lead tone that changes the AMP block to a specific channel, maybe engages a drive block, engages my 6 dB boost, turns on a nice delay -- that's a scene.

Otherwise I just tap dance my way to things I want. But I also play very improvisational music, where I don't know ahead of time exactly what I'm going to want to bring to the performance.

This is the way

 

[BROCKSTAR]

It depends on your use case. I rely mostly on an MC8 to disable multiple blocks at a time. I also use expression pedals to alter things like gain, mix level and such.

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Ha, another Nektar user! I have 6 of them on the floor and a Roland EV-5 down there too lol, and MC3 and FC-6 and 2 boss fs-5u switches. They all go to my axe-fx 3, am4, vp4, boss gm-800 / vg-800, zoia, polyend step and polyend mess etc. Also got a FM9 on desk too!

 

[dean701]

Ha, another Nektar user! I have 6 of them on the floor and a Roland EV-5 down there too lol, and MC3 and FC-6 and 2 boss fs-5u switches. They all go to my axe-fx 3, am4, vp4, boss gm-800 / vg-800, zoia, polyend step and polyend mess etc. Also got a FM9 on desk too!

When I saw the NX-P controllers going for $20, I bought a raft of them. Great value and I have yet to kill one.