Fractal Talk

[JiveTurkey]

FM9 is awesome as an all in one. It's big if you are integrating other pedals but as a standalone; it's as goldilocks as it comes for gigging purposes.

 

[Orvillain]

You just defined "passive-aggressive:" make an inappropriate, offensive comment and then pretend it was "innocent humor" ("sarcasm") when someone else takes offense and/or corrects you.

Yeah? Well I'm taller!

 

[Orvillain]

Yeah that's where my head's at and why I picked up an FM9. I inevitably always come back to Fractal gear. I can dabble in whatever else but I like to keep everything self contained and Fractal tends to have the best overall effects, amps, features, etc.

I had snagged an Axe 3 before the FM3 was announced and enjoyed that despite the form factor. Moved to the FM3 for a while but came back to Axe 3 after downsizing a lot of stuff. Now jumping over to FM9 it feels much less like a compromise than the FM3 which did sacrifice a lot of power, switching, and some functionality. I think the only thing I'm really giving up is the ability to shoot IR's and tone match which I never really use.

I'm a pretty simple person...I generally run all my effects in series and have a single amp and cab. I tend to like one good IR mix for everything. FM9 to me seems like it's more than enough and the form factor is really nice.

I've been looking at new Macs now so I think I'll list my Axe 3 and FC-12 for sale to raise some money for one. Maybe ditch the Fender TMP too...we'll see. Makes more sense than racking up more debt.

Just looking over the blocks guide for the FM9.... the only limitation that I would give a shit about is having 2 delay blocks versus 4 on the Axe3.... other than that... couldn't give a shit about not having the RTA or vocoder blocks!

 

[Southpaw-DD]

I only upgraded to an Axe III / rack because of my room layout and keeping the I/O connections off the floor. I'm using the software editor only for the most part. Otherwise, the FM9 was great for my needs as far as horsepower and sound.

I'm at the point where I'm thinking Fractal only for hardware-based and then plug-ins for when I want to try something else. I kinda wish the Neural stuff was a little easier to mix/match in plug-ins or they would add the capture features.

 

[James Freeman]

I would not import 100 IRs into anything, let alone 1000.

 

[James Freeman]

Grab it while it's hot.

BOSS CE-2W - Block Preset

As close as as I can get to the CE-2W by measurement. Delay Time and Filtering are the important parameters. Rate 1.8Hz equals to 12:00 on the real pedal and 3.5Hz equals to maximum. Depth at 50% and 100% sound the same as the real pedal. Block Preset is attached, or you can set it manually...

forum.fractalaudio.com

 

[Blix]

Tracked some guitars for a friend today, used the AC30 Brilliant, 1959SLP, CAE3+ Clean and FAS Stealth Blue. What a brilliant machine!

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

An addendum to that definition would be your response here; following up hours after just to reignite the flames. I think possibly mine is the actual addendum, and yours is the definition. But happy to let you win that one if you really want to.

I think it's a tie.

 

[2112]

Tracked some guitars for a friend today, used the AC30 Brilliant, 1959SLP, CAE3+ Clean and FAS Stealth Blue. What a brilliant machine!

Immaculate taste

 

[KFF]

Just so happens I recently got a black pickguard for my OG MIM Strat I need to re-fret.

Did you finish that beauty... or are things going VERY well at work these days...

Little extra to spend?

David Gilmour’s Black Strat is the world’s most expensive guitar again - selling for a staggering $14,550,000

Selling for over $14 million, the Pink Floyd man’s most iconic guitar is a record breaker again.

guitar.com

 

[DrewJD82]

Did you finish that beauty... or are things going VERY well at work these days...

Little extra to spend?

David Gilmour’s Black Strat is the world’s most expensive guitar again - selling for a staggering $14,550,000

Selling for over $14 million, the Pink Floyd man’s most iconic guitar is a record breaker again.

guitar.com

Hahaha while a large part of me is eye rolling at that amount of money, the other part of me is like “Fuckin’ a right Gilmour’s Strat is the most expensive guitar on the planet….again”

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Is something off with the Fractal Klon? Any fans of it?

I noticed the Fullerton plugin Klon behaving very weird (ripply frequency response) so I thought I'd dive deeper.

I have a J Rockett Archer and a DIY Klon with the original diodes. Both measure very close, and the Helix model also measures just as similarly (all at comparable settings).

The Fractal one can't really match these ones at any settings (and the behaviour of the AxeFX Klon doesn't seem broken in the way the Fullerton ones does). For the nerds

FWIW, this is what Fullerton looks like:

 

[Mongillo19]

Is something off with the Fractal Klon? Any fans of it?

I noticed the Fullerton plugin Klon behaving very weird

Did they fix the drive aliasing issue for the fractal plug yet? Could that cause it?

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Did they fix the drive aliasing issue for the fractal plug yet? Could that cause it?

It doesn't look like aliasing to me, plus the other drives dont seem to do it (and the drive on the Klon is all the way down)

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Pretty sure there’s a delay compensation error in the Fullerton Klon when it’s blending the overdriven sound with the clean sound in the circuit. It’s fine with drive maxed (and matches the axe fx) but when you lower it it gets comb filtery.

 

[grafter.puzzler]

I also noticed that something seems off with the Fractal (FM9) Klon when compared to my Archer Ikon as well other digital models like Helix or NDSP.

 

[James Freeman]

It's not really a "bug". The bright cap is fixed at 220pF and not adjustable in that model. You'll notice that adjusting the Bright Cap parameter has no effect.

I can look into making it adjustable.

Thank you.
So it will be just the normal 1Meg pot without the fixed 330k divider resistor and fixed bright cap?
I think when people use the Normal channel for Bryan May tone for example they expect the standard Normal channel of the old 60s JMI amps not the Treble version of the Normal channel like Vox did in their pre-2026 Handwired amps.

 

[BROCKSTAR]

Axe-Fx III Firmware 32.03 Beta

https://www.fractalaudio.com/downloads/firmware-presets/axe-fx-3/32p0/axefxiii_dsp_rel_32p03_beta1.zip Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Notes 32.03 Improved Chorus block. Remastered the Japan CE-2 model. Added EQ controls to some models. Added the following models: Japan CE-1 Chorus. Based on a...

forum.fractalaudio.com

Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Notes

32.03

Improved Chorus block. Remastered the Japan CE-2 model. Added EQ controls to some models. Added the following models:

• Japan CE-1 Chorus. Based on a Boss CE-1 in chorus mode.
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• Japan CE-1 Vibrato. Based on a Boss CE-1 in vibrato mode.
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• Japan CH-1. Based on a Boss CH-1.
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• MX234. Based on an MXR M234 Analog Chorus.
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• Small Copy. Based on an EXH Small Clone.
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• Japan CE-2 Bass. Based on a Boss CE-2B.
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• Vibrato. A generic vibrato effect.

Fixed Input EQ in Amp block not working if Definition is 0.0.

Fixed excessive blocking distortion in Supertweed model.

 

[GTR37]

Axe-Fx III Firmware 32.03 Beta

https://www.fractalaudio.com/downloads/firmware-presets/axe-fx-3/32p0/axefxiii_dsp_rel_32p03_beta1.zip Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Notes 32.03 Improved Chorus block. Remastered the Japan CE-2 model. Added EQ controls to some models. Added the following models: Japan CE-1 Chorus. Based on a...

forum.fractalaudio.com

Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Notes

32.03

Improved Chorus block. Remastered the Japan CE-2 model. Added EQ controls to some models. Added the following models:

• Japan CE-1 Chorus. Based on a Boss CE-1 in chorus mode.
• 
  
• Japan CE-1 Vibrato. Based on a Boss CE-1 in vibrato mode.
• 
  
• Japan CH-1. Based on a Boss CH-1.
• 
  
• MX234. Based on an MXR M234 Analog Chorus.
• 
  
• Small Copy. Based on an EXH Small Clone.
• 
  
• Japan CE-2 Bass. Based on a Boss CE-2B.
• 
  
• Vibrato. A generic vibrato effect.

Fixed Input EQ in Amp block not working if Definition is 0.0.

Fixed excessive blocking distortion in Supertweed model.

Does James Freeman work for Fractal now

 

[James Freeman]

Does James Freeman work for Fractal now

Nope. I had nothing to do with it.
I think the old BOSS chorus models were too far off to leave them as is, but I didn't think it will be a matter of days.