I bought my friends "old" Fractal FM3

[The other John Browne]

One of my best friends got himself a Quad Cortex and made me a stupid good deal on the FM3 he was using before. I've been messing with this thing for less than 30 minutes trying to create the sound of my Diezel Herbert and hooooly shit, this thing is good. I am pretty sure I am going to die of starvation infront of this thing tweaking parameters.
Digital has come along way since I sold my Kemper a few years back

 

[JiveTurkey]

Looks like one of you made the right choice

 

[la szum]

So you are saying you robbed your friend and he doesn't seem to know it yet??

 

[norminal]

 

[OrganicZed]

A used FM3 can be a very good value.

 

[AutomationBias]

I am pretty sure I am going to die of starvation infront of this thing tweaking parameters.

That's the Fractal Way™

 

[TubeStack]

Looks like one of you made the right choice

 

[JiveTurkey]

 

[Orvillain]

Genuinely, between Helix and Fractal.... no other modellers hold a candle!

I still stupidly fantasize about my Axe III and a Helix Rack, all in one 8U rack unit, with a Fryette LX poweramp. Part of me really wants to try going entirely digital !!! <shock horror!>

 

[AutomationBias]

Genuinely, between Helix and Fractal.... no other modellers hold a candle!

I still stupidly fantasize about my Axe III and a Helix Rack, all in one 8U rack unit, with a Fryette LX poweramp. Part of me really wants to try going entirely digital !!! <shock horror!>

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

I am pretty sure I am going to die of starvation in front of this thing tweaking parameters.

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[2dor]

...you got the better modeler, congrats!

 

[Metron]

Would love to see you do a couple of videos as a kind of digital addendum comparing the FM3 Herberts and Powerball to your real amps and some of the clips you did in the original comparison videos.

 

[mbenigni]

Looks like one of you made the right choice

mbenigni-bait. I'm probably going to put my FM3 up for sale in the next week or two. I just never feel compelled to turn it on.

 

[JiveTurkey]

mbenigni-bait. I'm probably going to put my FM3 up for sale in the next week or two. I just never feel compelled to turn it on.

If you don't use it; off it!

 

[mbenigni]

If you don't use it; off it!

All the better/worse, good choice/bad choice talk is just a bummer IMO. They're different products with different strengths and weaknesses.

OTOH, the friend who went QC must have splashed out close to a thousand dollars to change lanes...

 

[MirrorProfiles]

mbenigni-bait. I'm probably going to put my FM3 up for sale in the next week or two. I just never feel compelled to turn it on.

I had this recently, loved the tones from it but never found myself using it over other stuff. It just kind of sat in a weird inbetween use case.

I switched it for an Axe FX, and that’s doing so many different jobs in the studio that even if I’m not using the modelling, the routing and integration with other gear is so handy. And it takes up less space, less mess with cables, less faffing around as I can patch in in so many ways.

FM-3 is a great taster/foot in the door for Fractal, but IMO, the power of Fractal really comes alive when you have the insane possibilities of the axe fx iii. I don’t think the difference in price reflects the difference between what they offer, but maybe for a gigging/travelling musician the FM-3 would make more sense.

 

[JiveTurkey]

All the better/worse, good choice/bad choice talk is just a bummer IMO. They're different products with different strengths and weaknesses.

OTOH, the friend who went QC must have splashed out close to a thousand dollars to change lanes...

It's my schtick. I didn't mean for it to hit that way

 

[The other John Browne]

All the better/worse, good choice/bad choice talk is just a bummer IMO. They're different products with different strengths and weaknesses.

OTOH, the friend who went QC must have splashed out close to a thousand dollars to change lanes...

Not really. He works for a music store and gets benefits.

 

[mbenigni]

It's my schtick. I didn't mean for it to hit that way

No worries - I didn't mean to come off as super-serious either. :)