Next Gen Fractal Speculation Thread

[Stone]

Well I love my FM 9 dont see any reason to change to anything else, Sure the new Helix is awesome and I'm sure it will be a big success for them
But Eric said it we focus on what our customers want, makes sense, Fractal users are usually more tone and tweaking oriented I can't be sure but I dont think the next gen Fractal will incorporate a Touch screen and def no capture technology.

 

[Jarick]

Biggest thing I want to see is a streamlined/simplified UI. I want to see key parameters for each effect on one screen as much as possible, and strive for 1:1 of key parameters with the amount of rotary knobs.

Helix Stadium increased the number of rotary knobs to eight, which allows for much quicker and easier editing of parameters. It's a little closer to the experience of a pedal. Fractal I would love to see have more knobs, and then make the primary screen more meaningful.

For instance with the stereo delay, the first five parameters make sense (time, tempo, feedback, mix, level). The next five do not (master time, master feedback, L/R time ratio, LFO rate, LFO depth). I'd love to see a tone knob here, maybe ducking control, maybe stereo width spread. Just quick access to parameters you'd want to use. That would get you a lot closer to the pedal experience.

Touchscreen to build and edit presets would be great too, for navigating the signal chain and selecting effect blocks, etc.

 

[ian_dissonance]

I want to see something from Fractal that can go on floor and not be the size of an economy car. When I finally had the opportunity to play around with an FM3 and an FM9 everything was impressive except they were both MASSIVE for what they offer footswitch-wise.

 

[KingsXJJ]

I think continuing to not have DC in the power amp modeling would be a no-brainer.

 

[Mikael Dez]

I think continuing to not have DC in the power amp modeling would be a no-brainer.

Way to jump on @MirrorProfiles’ work here lol - I think it’s excellent that L6 is looking into it - this ain’t a dig on L6