Should I keep it?

[ejecta]

I'm going for the Suhr if I do anything. Letting the dust settle on the return first though

Good call. You never know until you try things. Good to know though that the TMP isn’t as bad as some of the demos. I trust your opinion over Youtubz

 

[la szum]

I just reset my ears and adjusted the input and output settings on the FM. I built a preset for next weeks gig using the 1987 Jumped amp and the Blues Driver. Sounds

 

[la szum]

Yeah, to the guys who took one for the team:

 

[jellodog]

I just reset my ears and adjusted the input and output settings on the FM. I built a preset for next weeks gig using the 1987 Jumped amp and the Blues Driver. Sounds

Great to have you back fam!

 

[SwirlyMaple]

It’s really too bad the Fractal spring reverb sounds like compared to TMP

This was the most surprising thing to me when I fired up my FM9 for the first time last night. How did that spring reverb model get into the unit when the rest of the modeling is generally high quality? Maybe it sounds like some generic spring verb in a studio, but it sounds nothing like a reverb tank in a Fender. Even the legacy spring verb in Helix is better, and the Hot Springs in Helix is miles better.

 

[la szum]

Yeah, it's awful.

 

[la szum]

You're going to make me get a Stomp or something, Swirly.

Please go see my non-existent wife for a further debriefing on the matter.

 

[SwirlyMaple]

You're going to make me get a Stomp or something, Swirly.

Please go see my non-existent wife for a further debriefing on the matter.

Honestly, if we’re comparing the overall package and not strictly just individual amp tones, Helix is very competitive against Fractal offerings IMO. I need more time to decide if the amp modeling differences tilt those scales significantly, but it certainly wasn’t an oh-my-sweet-baby-jeebs-what-have-I-been-missing moment upon first use

 

[la szum]

Diversity is healthy, isn't it? Thank goodness the world is not monochromatic.

 

[timbuck3]

This was the most surprising thing to me when I fired up my FM9 for the first time last night. How did that spring reverb model get into the unit when the rest of the modeling is generally high quality? Maybe it sounds like some generic spring verb in a studio, but it sounds nothing like a reverb tank in a Fender. Even the legacy spring verb in Helix is better, and the Hot Springs in Helix is miles better.

 

[Foxmeister]

This thread be like...

 

[FuzzyAce]

You're going to make me get a Stomp or something, Swirly.

Please go see my non-existent wife for a further debriefing on the matter.

Just to help... you liked my last challenge song, right? That was all in Helix Native.
I did use a real Vox tube pedal to boost the WhoWatt100 Helix amp though. But still.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I'm hearing drip.

 

[PBGas]

didnt he try you fm9t before buying the tmp?

Yup. He like that but wanted something with a touch screen and a bit easier to use without an editor.

 

[SwirlyMaple]

I'm hearing drip.

Yep. These new ones sound good. Really looking forward to them coming to the FM9.

 

[Stone]

Drip...new Buzz word of the week
When Listening to the Demos sounds more like a spring which makes a boing sound in a metallic chamber

 

[Mongillo19]

Drip...new Buzz word of the week
When Listening to the Demos sounds more like a spring which makes a boing sound in a metallic chamber

I swear drip has been used to describe spring reverb for some time now

 

[jellodog]

I swear drip has been used to describe spring reverb for some time now

Yep. Decades. For people that are into spring reverb and especially surf guitar, it's the standard adjective.

 

[TubeStack]

Yep. Decades. For people that are into spring reverb and especially surf guitar, it's the standard adjective.

I just can’t recall anyone else caring so much about it, prior to the TMP. Suddenly everyone just has to have it and loves it deeply.

 

[Frodebro]

I just can’t recall anyone else caring so much about it, prior to the TMP. Suddenly everyone just has to have it and loves it deeply.

You obviously weren’t on the Kemper forum some years back, when the KPA finally got its own spring reverb…