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However, the drives , modulation and delays pedals don’t sound as good as my pedalboard which is a problem . I’m spending ages at home tweaking a basic patch trying to emulate my pedalboard and it’s not working so far. Would the fm3 or possibly fm9 be that much better?
When it comes to sitting at home tweaking models to match pedals you will always notice slight differences. The same happens if you compare two tubescreamer pedals, particularly the older ones where components have aged, or were less consistent in the first place. The delays and modulation in the FM9 are very high quality, and there are lots of them. Whether you prefer a particular model to a particular pedal is personal choice.
the "front of amp" FX dont have the same impedances as real pedals, nor do they interreact with the guitars impedance as well. sonically there decent (if not up to the amp sims IMO) and work just fine in a Fractal only system - in fact Im ow primarily using ONE patch with some drives in cfront (I say primarily - because Im actually using two lol. One is celan amp - in a pedal platform way, and the other a driven amp with some selected boosts/OD to flavour and provide a lead sound - BUt Im using the first method 90% of the time).
Post amp FX - the modulation s - are really good. Even the "analogue" delays are decent...if not obviously analogue.
I am - after using Fractals almost exclusively since 2007, in the process of choosing an amp (1x12 combo) and will then build a pedalboard. Im NOT dong this because Im unhappy with my Fractal gear, or fed up, or ywant for real valves as such. Im doing it because my keys/synth rig is complete from what I can tell. Im happy with my guitars and AFX, and studio stuff. Im now 57 and I just want a top notch, hand built, point to point anmp with some selected analogue only pedals for pure indulgence. It will never be used live (in a band context) and only very occasionally in a jam type senario. Its just for my own pleasure.
I fully intend however, to test the front end FX - drives and compressor - from that analogue rig in front of the Fractal. Im quite intrigued to find out how much better they are than the digital emulations - and indeed if a hybrid analogue front end into modelling and digital back end is any better in reality to fully digital.
IMO, its pointless trying to exactly emulate a pedalboard into a real amp as you have all the impedance discrepancies, patch cable tone-loss, longer cable tone-loss and not all pedals sound the same...neither do the amp models or components etc.
4CM with FM9 is perfectly adequate and unless you have the hearing of a bat then in general there is not a massive difference..
I Thought the fm9 would do that. But if it's not going to replace / match my pedals it's not really worth it .
Be good if they released a new fx8 mk 3..
1. I use them together in a 4cm with cab sim disabled into a Harley benton poweramp into a 1x12 cab.
2. I make a mash up wet/dry with a similar to above but also to my Tone king imperial
Both sound great but no.2 is a faff.
I'd quite like to ditch the amps and go in ear but the rest of the band are hesitant.
I think that with a bit of time, you can get a great pedalboard feel with way more flexibility using the FM3
I took my time over this because I rarely play out ever, and love my FM3 to death for recording, and had a small pedal board which I was building up to use with the Bogner.
I was agonising over whether to go and get an FRFR, or power amp and Cab - knowing that I had decent ingredients already at home.
I thought that the method that Leons video demonstrates along with the example Presets he goes through was really helpful because it gives me the option of:
* Using Presets with the FM3 amp models as well as the effects and the Atma Power Amp and speaker for the volume
* Having Presets using the Atma preamp and FM3 effects, pre and post.
Both of these have easy control of levels using the top two little level knobs, and lots of control using the scenes in the usual way.
I had cables made up for the job and colour coded them and bunged them into a wrap to keep it tidy and simple to remember.
I had previously tried a very basic 4 cable method with another amp - but that set up was a lot less sophisticated and levels and balance were a nightmare.
As I say, I'm not a jobbing player, but this set up was really satisfying to sort out - the sounds are excellent and the set up and presets feel logical to my mind.
For someone like me at my level - I feel like I've got a really nice set up with lots of flexibility for the very scarce occasions I got out to play!
At the moment I'm looking for:
* Hamer Watson, SS2, Vintage S, T62.
* Music Man Luke 1, Luke II
Please drop me a message.