The Digital Doubt

dk_ace said:
I’ve got enough experience that I don’t have much I need to do last minute/second, and the things I might need to do that with are easily changed on an fm9 preset using the performance controls. I rarely need to use them though.

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Fwiw, it's not really about experience but about the kind of gig.
 
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mercifulfuzziness said:
When you fart it switches channel
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No way I’d try to fart with a butt plug midi controller. That would be a nightmare when it flies out.

It needs to be controlled with the muscles down there… you know. Pinch and hold, loosen a little, maybe a little hint of downward pressure. Such methods. Pull it a little in and out with muscles control… that kind of technique.
It’s also probably good training for that area.
I’ve read that “clinching” or holding in is good for the… thing… whatever it may be called. Endurance?
 
Orvillain said:
So wait, was this a 'Fractal Defense Force' thread all along????

<ducks>
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I think the convo immediately focuses on fractal because they have the most options available out of the field. I could have talked about helix instead, but there’s a lot less parameters there it’s just a tad more than the analog equivalent.

If you want to talk about option paralysis in digital vs analog, the conversation is inevitably going to focus on fractal immediately I think.

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I personally don't have such issues as "doubts". An I know sometimes there could be a choice paralysis from the number of available IRs or too many tweak parameters. I started my journey by trying to get my sound close to the records I like, but then with more gained experience and may be because of age & maturity I stopped bothering if it matches 99% or 45%. I discovered that recorded tones on a record are not necessarily that pleasant/good/exiting when isolated and in some cases when successfully matched to a referenced one - I stop and departure from it to something mine. And again no doubts if it is cool or not. I may record my own sound mixed and compare it to some records - if good then what should bother me at all?
 
dk_ace said:
I could have talked about helix instead, but there’s a lot less parameters there it’s just a tad more than the analog equivalent.
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well, it’s not only about the amount of parameters. It’s about the amount of things. And they way it is presented.

As far as I know Fractal has some kind of “easy” mode that doesn’t force the parameters on you. Helix does not. They give you a Pod Express, “here you have all you complainers about option paralysis”.

Not even the Pod Go makes things easier really. It makes things harder by presenting a ton of options and (as I recall) the same parameters, but you’re now forced by dsp.


I said earlier that I won’t complain about Helix. But the reasoning that Fractal is the worst… I don’t think so. A friendly user interface might in this case be the worse one, psychologically speaking.
 
the swede said:
No way I’d try to fart with a butt plug midi controller. That would be a nightmare when it flies out.

It needs to be controlled with the muscles down there… you know. Pinch and hold, loosen a little, maybe a little hint of downward pressure. Such methods. Pull it a little in and out with muscles control… that kind of technique.
It’s also probably good training for that area.
I’ve read that “clinching” or holding in is good for the… thing… whatever it may be called. Endurance?
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the swede said:
well, it’s not only about the amount of parameters. It’s about the amount of things. And they way it is presented.

As far as I know Fractal has some kind of “easy” mode that doesn’t force the parameters on you. Helix does not. They give you a Pod Express, “here you have all you complainers about option paralysis”.

Not even the Pod Go makes things easier really. It makes things harder by presenting a ton of options and (as I recall) the same parameters, but you’re now forced by dsp.


I said earlier that I won’t complain about Helix. But the reasoning that Fractal is the worst… I don’t think so. A friendly user interface might in this case be the worse one, psychologically speaking.
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Fractals “easy view” IS what you have to adjust in Helix lol. Ok that’s maybe not totally fair there are a few extra parameters in Helix but not nearly enough to warrant an easier view outside of a simpler product.

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Eagle said:
Except it’s actually nothing like that.
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It's every bit like that. I have slapped together a bunch of IRs that I usually enjoy more than any cab I owned. Just that it's not working for you (are you even playing live?) doesn't mean anything.
 
Sascha Franck said:
It's every bit like that. I have slapped together a bunch of IRs that I usually enjoy more than any cab I owned. Just that it's not working for you (are you even playing live?) doesn't mean anything.
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Not anymore. I have plenty of digital equipment including Axe 3 and Kemper, got rid of Helix because it wasn’t as good as the Axe 3 tried a lot of "FRFR" and play in studios with friends and many pro players often, (for our own pleasure). I still prefer tube gear but I like all of it .
 
Eagle said:
Not anymore. I have plenty of digital equipment including Axe 3 and Kemper, got rid of Helix because it wasn’t as good as the Axe 3 tried a lot of ""FRFR"" and play in studios with friends and many pro players often, (for our own pleasure). I still prefer tube gear but I like all of it .
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So there. Live playing is my job. And rest assured, I went through great lengths to make "FRFR" monitoring work for me. And in 95% of all cases it's working better than any real cab I ever owned.
 
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