Douglas Costa
Inspired
I've been reading a lot of worries about Fractal's FM3 CPU Performance.
When I got mine, I was worried too, just because people talks like it's very limited.
So I decided to make a test bulding a real world rig example, and I choose David Gilmour's The Wall Live Pedalboard to replicate.
The site "https://www.gilmourish.com" have detailed Gilmour's rig along his albums, and I think The Wall is one of the most popular ones.
I choose David Gilmour because he is known for it's complex rigs, lets see if FM3 CPU Power can make it happen:
From Gilmourish Site:
Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (BC109)
Electro Harmonix Big Muff (Ram’s Head)
MXR Phase 90
Electro Harmonix Small Stone
Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress
Pete Cornish (ST-2) Treble and Bass Boost
Cry Baby wah wah
MXR Dynacomp
(send/return for additional effects)
Pete Cornish tone pedal
Pete Cornish volume pedal
(send/return for MXR DDL)
MXR Noise Gate/Line Driver"
Additional units
MXR Digital Delay System I
2 Boss CE-2 Chorus
Conn Strobo tuners
FM3 Pedalboard Replication:
As you see, the CPU Usage is perfectly fine, and still have some CPU power to spare!
With All The Effects enabled at once (turns into a mess) CPU usage goes to 77.9%
At 85-87% it gives a Warning, but keeps runing perfectly, so we still have some power to add other effects.
Notes:
Drive is using 2 Channels (FuzzFace and BigMuff)
Phaser is using 2 Channels (MXR Phase 90 and Electro Harmonix Small Stone)
PEQ simulates Pete Cornish ST2 (30hz Bass, 3000hz Treble +-15db)
GEQ simulates Pete Cornish Tone Pedal (couldn't find any additional info)
Rotary simulates Yamaha RA-200 revolving speaker cabinets
Delay is using Vintage Digital Type (I don't know if MXR Delay is modeled)
Reverb is is not listed, and David uses two Boss CE-2 Chorus for widening effects, if you ditch the Chorus, a Reverb and a Enhancer block can be added.
Amp Block is using Hiwatt Jumped
Cab Block is using 4x12 Starfound MIX
The preset is not fully dialed as I have to read how exactly David uses all this gear together, but I sketched 8 Scenes.
Conclusion
If Fractal Audio FM3 has plenty of power to run David Gilmour's pedalboard effects, it have enough power for the most of us.
And don't forget, Cygnus modeling for FM3 is just around the corner, a testament of it's capabilities.
Now you can stop complaining.
Just my 2 cents...
When I got mine, I was worried too, just because people talks like it's very limited.
So I decided to make a test bulding a real world rig example, and I choose David Gilmour's The Wall Live Pedalboard to replicate.
The site "https://www.gilmourish.com" have detailed Gilmour's rig along his albums, and I think The Wall is one of the most popular ones.
I choose David Gilmour because he is known for it's complex rigs, lets see if FM3 CPU Power can make it happen:
From Gilmourish Site:
"Pete Cornish pedal board and
additional effects 1980-81 live performances
Pedal board effects listed as in chainDallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (BC109)
Electro Harmonix Big Muff (Ram’s Head)
MXR Phase 90
Electro Harmonix Small Stone
Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress
Pete Cornish (ST-2) Treble and Bass Boost
Cry Baby wah wah
MXR Dynacomp
(send/return for additional effects)
Pete Cornish tone pedal
Pete Cornish volume pedal
(send/return for MXR DDL)
MXR Noise Gate/Line Driver"
Additional units
MXR Digital Delay System I
2 Boss CE-2 Chorus
Conn Strobo tuners
FM3 Pedalboard Replication:
As you see, the CPU Usage is perfectly fine, and still have some CPU power to spare!
With All The Effects enabled at once (turns into a mess) CPU usage goes to 77.9%
At 85-87% it gives a Warning, but keeps runing perfectly, so we still have some power to add other effects.
Notes:
Drive is using 2 Channels (FuzzFace and BigMuff)
Phaser is using 2 Channels (MXR Phase 90 and Electro Harmonix Small Stone)
PEQ simulates Pete Cornish ST2 (30hz Bass, 3000hz Treble +-15db)
GEQ simulates Pete Cornish Tone Pedal (couldn't find any additional info)
Rotary simulates Yamaha RA-200 revolving speaker cabinets
Delay is using Vintage Digital Type (I don't know if MXR Delay is modeled)
Reverb is is not listed, and David uses two Boss CE-2 Chorus for widening effects, if you ditch the Chorus, a Reverb and a Enhancer block can be added.
Amp Block is using Hiwatt Jumped
Cab Block is using 4x12 Starfound MIX
The preset is not fully dialed as I have to read how exactly David uses all this gear together, but I sketched 8 Scenes.
Conclusion
If Fractal Audio FM3 has plenty of power to run David Gilmour's pedalboard effects, it have enough power for the most of us.
And don't forget, Cygnus modeling for FM3 is just around the corner, a testament of it's capabilities.
Now you can stop complaining.
Just my 2 cents...
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