Speaking of the drip; Axe III incoming.

[paisleywookiee]

My take on the Fractals for live use-

FM9 if using w/ no outboard pedals. The footprint is big enough with a couple expression pedals that anything else is going to be taking up some stage room. I ultimately decided to leave my FM9 rig as it is, I might throw a Freqout on the board, but the pedalboard I built for it is 32” long and there’s maybe an inch of wiggle room. A 3’ board isn’t always going to be stage friendly and stacking things UP would be more logical….and then you’re looking at stepping on pedals 8” off the ground and above the FM9. No taints.

AxeFX if using outboard gear, because it can all sit in a rack offstage with an FC6 at the front of a stage.

I don’t gig anymore, so the FM9T with additional stuff doesn’t bother. I’m going to do a satellite board with an FC6+ and a couple pedals, and expression pedal.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Oh lord does this mufukka DRIP

 

[Blix]

Oh lord does this mufukka DRIP

Load two of them in parallel, pan them out and set a 20-30ms predelay on one of them for ridiculous stereo drip.

 

[SwirlyMaple]

Oh lord does this mufukka DRIP

GEE DANGIT TURKEY I DON'T HAVE THE DRIP YET AND I BOUGHT MINE FIRST

 

[JiveTurkey]

GEE DANGIT TURKEY I DON'T HAVE THE DRIP YET AND I BOUGHT MINE FIRST

I shouldn't even care about the drip when there's all these Boogies on deck. But JFC

 

[SwirlyMaple]

I shouldn't even care about the drip when there's all these Boogies on deck. But JFC

*sobs while angrily plugging FM9 output into Helix input just for Hot Springs*

 

[JiveTurkey]

*sobs while angrily plugging FM9 output into Helix input just for Hot Springs*

 

[JiveTurkey]

This FC12 MKII with the big scribbles is great for us borderline blind old folks

 

[SwirlyMaple]

This FC12 MKII with the big scribbles is great for us borderline blind old folks

I hope you washed all the Turd Master off your feet before stepping on that pristine new box!

 

[JiveTurkey]

I hope you washed all the Turd Master off your feet before stepping on that pristine new box!

Damn right I did!

 

[dk_ace]

I’m getting impatient, I need the 23 goodies to make it to the fm9 and I need the mk2 to drop… Maybe I should just get the 3 even though I swore I would never ever use a rack again…

D

 

[James Freeman]

Congratulations!
You should call the first preset "DO NOT FLIP !!!" just as a reminder when you turn on the unit.

 

[GTR37]

This FC12 MKII with the big scribbles is great for us borderline blind old folks

Woah You really went all in
Enjoy it man

 

[James Freeman]

I've noticed everyone's buying Fractal's the past month, what's going on here?

 

[JiveTurkey]

Congratulations!
You should call the first preset "DO NOT FLIP !!!" just as a reminder when you turn on the unit.

I'm clearing out everything but my Boogie presets

 

[James Freeman]

Is it common practice to clear the unit from everything?
I've read that it boots faster without all factory presets.

 

[SwirlyMaple]

I've noticed everyone's buying Fractal's the past month, what's going on here?

 

[James Freeman]

My body is so ready for the Boogies.
Fractal is about the only way to try a Mesa Mark amp (and many others) in my neck of the woods.

 

[JiveTurkey]

My body is so ready for the Boogies.
Fractal is about the only way to try a Mesa Mark amp (and many others) in my neck of the woods.

So so good. So good

 

[dk_ace]

I've noticed everyone's buying Fractal's the past month, what's going on here?

My story:

Cliff does the impossible and introduces gapless switching.

I almost went to an FM9 a year or so ago, I have a penchant for pushing digital hardware to its absolute limits and the processing power was appealing plus I missed the fractal reverbs. Doing some homework, I discovered that due to the switching gaps even across “channels” I wouldn’t be able to use the unit as I was used to using the helix for live work. I decided to stick with the helix and snapshots.

Then, gapless switching, that fixes the reason I didn’t switch last time. So I start playing with the ideas that I would use the fm9 for inside helix, namely making different amp sounds and switching between them. It’s way more fun and inspiring than I thought, but the helix has way too little dsp for me to be 100% happy with it for that kind of usage (Even with outboard reverb).

So, I’m anxiously awaiting an FM9 mk2….

I left out the subplot about better spring reverbs being introduced as I was second guessing the fm9 over lousy spring sounds.

D