HX Stomp + Pedals or FM3

[wharf rat]

I have an HX Stomp, H90, Meris LVX, Mercury X, and an overdrive.

I’m within the return window for the Meris pedals, and could sell the HX Stomp, H90 and overdrive and more than cover the cost of an FM3.

Can the FM3 do what my current setup does? I’m getting tired of the power requirements, cables, etc.

 

[spawnofthesith]

What are you using for power? I just got a Cioks DC7 wired up yesterday and its awesome. Every output is 650mA. For my stomp I just use a current doubler and the adaptor tip they make for the stomp. those were like $4 each

 

[wharf rat]

What are you using for power? I just got a Cioks DC7 wired up yesterday and its awesome. Every output is 650mA. For my stomp I just use a current doubler and the adaptor tip they make for the stomp. those were like $4 each

It’s less about the requirements and more about the cables and wires going everywhere. I’m a home player and this is a monster setup, but I just think and all-in-one solution would be better.

The Stomp is great, but can get limiting, particularly with big reverbs and delays, which is why I added the H90. Then I added the Meris stuff, and then I stumbled into a dual overdrive which is awesome. All this stuff, though just makes my office messy as hell haha.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Are you using the stomp for modeling at all or just FX? If only FX may want to wait until the new 4 button FX unit Fractal is dropping officially drops before making a decision

 

[wharf rat]

I’d add that the all 3x pedals have different editors, different cables to access the editors, etc.

 

[wharf rat]

Are you using the stomp for modeling at all or just FX? If only FX may want to wait until the new 4 button FX unit Fractal is dropping officially drops before making a decision

I’m basically using the Stomp for the amps, and the pedals for everything else.

 

[gonzoknife]

IMHO it's about the user experience you want.

I'm using a stomp + pedals right now. The stomp is my Swiss Army knife. I'll sometimes use it with amp sims and sometimes into an amp (no amp model). Effects wise, I keep it mainly to reverbs and things like tremolo when needed. It's there to cover effects I don't use all the time but may need on occasion and don't want to dedicate a pedal to.

I like it because I like twisting knobs on pedals and dedicated footswitches. If I get to gig again, I'll probably use my FM9 for simplicity because I know which songs I'll be playing. Even then I'll probably need to use the stomp for piezo acoustic sounds.

Fractal is great. I had an FM3 for a while. The downsides are it's big for what it is and there are only 3 switches.

So it depends if you need programability (just switching between patches) or if you want the ability to turn effects on and off at will. Former = FM3. Latter = Stomp + pedals.

FM3 + pedals? It's a great sounding solution but for me the FM3 was too big. I would have needed a much larger board and didn't want to do that.

 

[Orvillain]

The Meris pedals have a lot of unique sounds in them. Fractal gets very close, but they do sound different and push you in different directions. I'm actually tussling with a similar question.... sell my Meris pedals and get the Fractal VP4..... or just keep them and save up for a few months to get the VP4.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

The Meris pedals have a lot of unique sounds in them. Fractal gets very close, but they do sound different and push you in different directions. I'm actually tussling with a similar question.... sell my Meris pedals and get the Fractal VP4..... or just keep them and save up for a few months to get the VP4.

The second option... especially with incoming midi clock update.....moar betterer...is, well ...moar betterer.

 

[paisleywookiee]

The Stomp and H90, plus returning the Meris pedals, will nearly get you to an FM9.

 

[Someoldqueenorother]

The Meris pedals have a lot of unique sounds in them. Fractal gets very close, but they do sound different and push you in different directions. I'm actually tussling with a similar question.... sell my Meris pedals and get the Fractal VP4..... or just keep them and save up for a few months to get the VP4.

If you sell the Meris pedals to buy the VP4, then you will have a dream at some point where you're using those pedals with the VP4 and they sound fucking awesome and you will wake up and realise you don't have those pedals and you will cry and you will be sad THE END.

The LVX especially. That thing really does sound incredible from everything I've heard it do.

 

[Orvillain]

If you sell the Meris pedals to buy the VP4, then you will have a dream at some point where you're using those pedals with the VP4 and they sound fucking awesome and you will wake up and realise you don't have those pedals and you will cry and you will be sad THE END.

The LVX especially. That thing really does sound incredible from everything I've heard it do.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

 

[SillyOctpuss]

The Meris pedals have a lot of unique sounds in them. Fractal gets very close, but they do sound different and push you in different directions. I'm actually tussling with a similar question.... sell my Meris pedals and get the Fractal VP4..... or just keep them and save up for a few months to get the VP4.

You do love the meris pedals and have a comprehensive history of selling and rebuying every pedal you love... At least twice.

Why not break the habit, keep the meris, get the VP4 later and have a private reverb and delay threesome after you've got them all?

If you don't you'll sell them, get the VP4, love it, miss the meris pedals, eventually rebuy them and finally have your reverb/delay threesome two years after you originally could have had it.

 

[DrewJD82]

You do love the meris pedals and have a comprehensive history of selling and rebuying every pedal you love... At least twice.

Why not break the habit, keep the meris, get the VP4 later and have a private reverb and delay threesome after you've got them all?

If you don't you'll sell them, get the VP4, love it, miss the meris pedals, eventually rebuy them and finally have your reverb/delay threesome two years after you originally could have had it.

This was exactly what ran through my head when reading his post!

 

[wharf rat]

The Stomp and H90, plus returning the Meris pedals, will nearly get you to an FM9.

Yea the Meris duo was ~$1100 and I think I could reliably sell the Stomp for $500 and the H90 for $700.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Yea the Meris duo was ~$1100 and I think I could reliably sell the Stomp for $500 and the H90 for $700.

You know what to do. Glad I could help.

 

[Tito83]

I’m basically using the Stomp for the amps, and the pedals for everything else.

If that's the case I'd go for UA amp models. You'd get the best amp models currently IMO and the effects you like.

That said, live I personally use the HX Stomp. But I use for effects and a clean amp model and use external overdrive/distortion pedals.

 

[Mongillo19]

You'd get the best amp models currently IMO

 

[Tito83]

IMO? Having tried every top tier modeler currently, I have to say yes, I am very much sure.