nicolasrivera
Fractal Fanatic
I want to see the version that hosts IRs and FXs. Please!
True, but that's not the product "announced" in this thread.
It lets you run your favorite amp through the IR and effects of your choice without frying your gear.Thanks Rex, I know what a load box is for. I just don´t get this part:
ok, got it. I guess I am not used to old school amps and effects routing anymore ...although I´m tempted to try my Mojave Scorpion head with this thingy...collects dust since nobody wants to buy it.It lets you run your favorite amp through the IR and effects of your choice without frying your gear.
I'm still trying to figure out if this box also acts as an attenuator, or is just a means of obtaining a line level signal from an amp. The words "Reactive Load" and the presence of the large knob on the front is in-line with some attenuator designs that also feature a recording level output.
+1. I understand what a load box is, but they have been around for a long time. Wondering what this box has going for it that existing load boxes don't. I'm sure its good, but to be honest this does not seem very 'Fractally'. No digital magic. Guess I'm not in the target demographic as I don't see the value add over competing units with such a spartan feature set.Thanks Rex, I know what a load box is for. I just don´t get this part:
It has a novel, reactive load -- that's the really key thing in a load box to keep an amp happy. The static resistor load boxes aren't nearly as good as load boxes that do reactive loading. Cliff has obviously spent a lot of time over the last decade or more running amps through reactive loads to do model comparisons, so this is everything he's learned and honed in one box.+1. I understand what load box is, but they have been around for a long time. Wondering what this box has going for it that existing load boxes don't. I'm sure its good, but to be honest this does not seem very 'Fractally'. No digital magic. Guess I'm not in the target demographic as I don't see the value add over competing units with such a spartan feature set.
Of course. Completely understand the difference between a simple load and a reactive one... but there ARE other reactive load boxes that have been around forever. And Fractal has amazing IR tech. If I were in the market, I would have to wonder what this offers over two notes, for example...It has a novel, reactive load -- that's the really key thing in a load box to keep an amp happy. The static resistor load boxes aren't nearly as good as load boxes that do reactive loading. Cliff has obviously spent a lot of time over the last decade or more running amps through reactive loads to do model comparisons, so this is everything he's learned and honed in one box.
It's not what's on the outside that counts here.
Of course. Completely understand the difference between a simple load and a reactive one... but there ARE other reactive load boxes that have been around forever. And Fractal has amazing IR tech. If I were in the market, I would have to wonder what this offers over two notes, for example...
Again, I trust Fractal to make an excellent product but man, it strikes me as a tough sell.
This is meant to augment existing Fractal products, not replace them.Of course. Completely understand the difference between a simple load and a reactive one... but there ARE other reactive load boxes that have been around forever. And Fractal has amazing IR tech. If I were in the market, I would have to wonder what this offers over two notes, for example...
Again, I trust Fractal to make an excellent product but man, it strikes me as a tough sell.
probably 2 pair, one clean and one dirty, with an expansion slot for a high gain pairI think it's his lunch box. Either that or his over night bag.
Probably a toothbrush and some clean underwear in there.
If I recall correctly Cliff some time ago said there will be two versions, one with IR loading capabilities and much more and one passive with just the loadbox.. I suppose this is the little brotherOf course. Completely understand the difference between a simple load and a reactive one... but there ARE other reactive load boxes that have been around forever. And Fractal has amazing IR tech. If I were in the market, I would have to wonder what this offers over two notes, for example...
Again, I trust Fractal to make an excellent product but man, it strikes me as a tough sell.
If I remember correctly it was stated in the other thread that there would be two versions of this load box. One that is just a load box, and one that had built in DSP for it loading right in the box.
Perfect sync!If I recall correctly Cliff some time ago said there will be two versions, one with IR loading capabilities and much more and one passive with just the loadbox.. I suppose this is the little brother
OK so a likely signal chain might be tube amp -> load box -> Axe-FX (patch minus amp block) -> out to FRFR/board/DAW/yadda/yadda/yadda. I get it now.
you use this with any of our products that have cab modeling (Axe-Fx, AX-8, Cab-Lab).
You'd run it in the effects loop of the AX8, connected to a guitar amp. You'd still want a CAB block in your preset, but you wouldn't use an AMP block -- the real amp would replace that block.Huh? How would this be used with an AX8 or what would be the advantage of using this over using cab modeling into an FRFR?
Of course. Completely understand the difference between a simple load and a reactive one... but there ARE other reactive load boxes that have been around forever. And Fractal has amazing IR tech. If I were in the market, I would have to wonder what this offers over two notes, for example...
Again, I trust Fractal to make an excellent product but man, it strikes me as a tough sell.