Hello all
I hope you are safe and healthy
I got the FM3 and there are many things I like about it. I do really like the layout of the AX8, more buttons, and of course the general knobs on top for bass, treble, etc
Before I return my FM3 I wanted to ask any of you who have made the switch from AX8 to FM3 if there are any tricks or things you learned on the FM3 to adjust not having all the buttons the AX8 has?
I am asking in case I missed something or didn't think of something. I don't want to return the FM3 and then a month or two later, discover some trick or thing I should have done and then I buy it again LOL
Part of me is baffled Fractal went this direction with only three buttons. I know it only takes holding a button to get to scenes, presets or whatever, but I really do like the AX8 layout and way it works. However, I see many people saying they love the FM3 more
Just looking for general feedback
Curt
I went from the AX8 to the FM3 and will never go back. I loved my AX8 but I have since sold it.
You can get 8 different sounds out of the FM3’s 3 buttons. PLUS you can switch layouts and get 8 more layouts, each with 8 different sounds.
I have my presets set up to primarily control via the scenes layout.
If you tap footswitch 1, you get scene 1. Tap it again and you get scene 2. It is set to toggle back and forth. If I hold footswitch 1, I get scene 3 upon release. I have the global hold function set to infinite so that I can time the patch change perfectly by my foot release.
I set up the middle foot switch just to toggle back and forth between scenes 4 and 5. The 3rd footswitch is set up like the first footswitch to yield scenes 6-8.
I left the middle footswitch hold button like stock so that I can navigate to different layouts.
I’m so happy with this set up that I might not even upgrade to add an FC-6 in the future. I haven’t gigged with the FM3 yet, given quarantine, but my preliminary testing is gold. With just the FM3 set up like this, I get the 8 switch control I got out of the AX8 at a smaller footprint. This makes carting around my rig much easier.
With the AX8, which by itself is pretty portable, I had it on a larger powered pedalboard with a wireless and a couple of other stomps. That made for a bit of a bear of a pedal board to haul around.
My new FM3 board is much more portable.