The Gear Forum POTD (post of the day) Thread!

[TSJMajesty]

I'm Just Curious..., How Many Here Own a Fractal, and Who Doesn't?

almost..does that count

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"As if laxu could post such a curt reply that merely expresses his feeling about the UI without the corresponding wall of text explaining all the fucked up ways he would "improve" it."

 

[holoholo]

Still one of my favorite TGF posts:

A work in progress, but a TGF receptiveness flow chart in the making…

Positive

• Fractal
• Line 6 (Minus JCM800)
• Mesa
• Marshall (Minus pricing in the states)
• Friedman (Minus La Szum)
• Synergy
• ENGL
• Strymon

Rage

• Neural DSP
• GearTuber’s not named Leon Todd or John Cordy
• Meris pedals with the bubble menus
• Chase Bliss
• Fender digital products
• Universal Audio pedals

Meh

• Anything by Boss that is not a 30 year old stomp box
• Everything else that is not covered above

 

[TSJMajesty]

Maybe people are finding modelers are "losing their luster" because they spend more time analyzing the position of pixels on a screen than listening to the glorious tones these things make out of your hands, to your guitars and through your speakers?

Fractal Talk

I found the QC touchscreen to work well enough. Not as good as the best smartphones, but not enough to be a problem for me. Same. Certainly not enough to list it as a legitimate gripe. If we're gonna get that anal then each of these platforms will end up with a LONG list of issues.

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