I got the FM3 2 weeks ago and it had Firmware 1.06. Sound was incredible in my KRK E8 studio monitors. I downloaded some Artist Presets like Steve Stevens presets. I love how large and big they sound. His Atomic Playboy Crunch sound is MASSIVE in my book. So then I bought the Austin Presets and those are really nice also but for the rock that my band does live the Steve Steven sounds are tailor made. We do Journey, Heart, Stevie Nicks, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Guns & Roses, Van Halen, Bad Company, Queen etc............
Anyway we had an outdoor gig in a Big Ampitheatre Saturday Night with a sound system that could have been ready for all of the bands I mentioned above and of coarse lights were great.
So we set up and my band sees I got a different pedal. They are used to seeing me use a Line 6 POD HD 300. I made some big Marshall presets on the Line 6 that impressed a lot of people before I have to say. So when the sound guy at the console said ok lets hear the guitar I played a few big Power chords with the Steve Stevens Atomic Playboy. I told the sound guy please lets start out with flat EQ. So I hit a chord and everyone comes up to me from my band freakin out sayin that my sound was FU--N GIGANTIC . And I gotta say we were at Journey Concert volume with headroom to spare. I said its these presets that I love. The sound guy said I'm not gonna touch the EQ on those patches , they are so fu-cin big that I don't want to alter them.
The sound crew started talking with me telling me that a few of them also play guitar and 2 of the guys had Kempers. They told me that after hearing my FM3 they are gonna sell their Kemper for Fractals. Every single one of them said the sound they heard out of my FM3 with the Steve Stevens Presets was to die for.
Just thought I'd share that. I know there are more gigantic amp sounds available , but I needed to be able to do a whole show with a killer Power Crunch sound and Great solo sound with stereo delays. And I could tell when we were playin our show thru that humungous PA system that the guitar sound I had was without a doubt WorldClass Bigtime . So I'm a happy guy with this FM3. I ordered a FC-12 so I can make it even easier for myself to just put all my show sounds on scenes and have them right there to pick. The 3 button thing has me confused and I just want it laid out easy to pick what I want when I want. Great UNIT , love it. I did that show with Firmware 3.00. Actually put it in the same day as the show I did.
Anyway we had an outdoor gig in a Big Ampitheatre Saturday Night with a sound system that could have been ready for all of the bands I mentioned above and of coarse lights were great.
So we set up and my band sees I got a different pedal. They are used to seeing me use a Line 6 POD HD 300. I made some big Marshall presets on the Line 6 that impressed a lot of people before I have to say. So when the sound guy at the console said ok lets hear the guitar I played a few big Power chords with the Steve Stevens Atomic Playboy. I told the sound guy please lets start out with flat EQ. So I hit a chord and everyone comes up to me from my band freakin out sayin that my sound was FU--N GIGANTIC . And I gotta say we were at Journey Concert volume with headroom to spare. I said its these presets that I love. The sound guy said I'm not gonna touch the EQ on those patches , they are so fu-cin big that I don't want to alter them.
The sound crew started talking with me telling me that a few of them also play guitar and 2 of the guys had Kempers. They told me that after hearing my FM3 they are gonna sell their Kemper for Fractals. Every single one of them said the sound they heard out of my FM3 with the Steve Stevens Presets was to die for.
Just thought I'd share that. I know there are more gigantic amp sounds available , but I needed to be able to do a whole show with a killer Power Crunch sound and Great solo sound with stereo delays. And I could tell when we were playin our show thru that humungous PA system that the guitar sound I had was without a doubt WorldClass Bigtime . So I'm a happy guy with this FM3. I ordered a FC-12 so I can make it even easier for myself to just put all my show sounds on scenes and have them right there to pick. The 3 button thing has me confused and I just want it laid out easy to pick what I want when I want. Great UNIT , love it. I did that show with Firmware 3.00. Actually put it in the same day as the show I did.
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