milan.pohancenik
Inspired
Hi there all. So I'm doing this the whole time, that I'm owning the FM3 and want to clarify it finally.
To me, all the amp models in the FM3 sound like they have way too much of the 1k mids! This makes the sound very soft and mid focused, but looses any aggressivity in the top end and doesn't have a proper low end. I tried to compare this to a real savage 60 amp a real 5150 head and a Marshall JCM800. Even the Peavey had way less of that midrange! This actually isn't really the mids you need in the guitar sound, as they mostly fight with the vocals. When I try and scoop out the 1k around 4dB with Q=4, then the sound becomes more real. Adding some 1-2dB in the 2k and 4k region and some 3dB in the 125Hz gives it the final shape of a real amp. I'm playing the FM3 over a Matrix GT1000Fx and a real 4x12 ENGL V30/V60 cabinet. No IR is active in the patch, it's just amp, drive pedal an a noise gate. I tried to play with the impedance curve of the speaker in the FM3, but it didn't help. Also I have the FM3 amp block in SS amp + cab setup. I just want to know what is the motivation behind? Even when recording a real amp through a loadbox and then applying the same IR, you can hear a massive difference!
You can also find tons of videos on YT where the axe III / FM3 can be easily recognized by just listening to the midrange... Even the Kemper doesn't have this strange feature.
To me, all the amp models in the FM3 sound like they have way too much of the 1k mids! This makes the sound very soft and mid focused, but looses any aggressivity in the top end and doesn't have a proper low end. I tried to compare this to a real savage 60 amp a real 5150 head and a Marshall JCM800. Even the Peavey had way less of that midrange! This actually isn't really the mids you need in the guitar sound, as they mostly fight with the vocals. When I try and scoop out the 1k around 4dB with Q=4, then the sound becomes more real. Adding some 1-2dB in the 2k and 4k region and some 3dB in the 125Hz gives it the final shape of a real amp. I'm playing the FM3 over a Matrix GT1000Fx and a real 4x12 ENGL V30/V60 cabinet. No IR is active in the patch, it's just amp, drive pedal an a noise gate. I tried to play with the impedance curve of the speaker in the FM3, but it didn't help. Also I have the FM3 amp block in SS amp + cab setup. I just want to know what is the motivation behind? Even when recording a real amp through a loadbox and then applying the same IR, you can hear a massive difference!
You can also find tons of videos on YT where the axe III / FM3 can be easily recognized by just listening to the midrange... Even the Kemper doesn't have this strange feature.