FM3 Firmware Version 12.0

[Jamie383]

Killer sound and feel throughout my presets. Love the new citrus and drives and new surround delay as well. Fractal Audio Systems has done it again!

 

[fcs101]

*FractalBot

Fixed it and rewrote the steps to include "prepping" the unit due to reduced User cabs.

 

[coldforged]

The virtual capo is ON POINT right now IMO. I'm in the process of a gear culling and this update may add my pitch shifter to the sell pile. Very grateful to the FAS team!

This is truth. My full step down patch is better than ever. The tonal difference between on and bypassed for the same chord is negligible (please do note my self-admitted tin ears and take this with a grain of salt). Thanks FAS!

 

[Justboy]

Compared to FW 11, the CPU load on my FM3 is lower with FW 12. Great!

 

[nicolasrivera]

Last night, I was jamming along to some songs that are in half step tuning. I used the virtual capo and completely forgot it was on, it felt so natural and seamless. Great job, Fractal.

 

[steveforward]

1. Prep the FM3 User Cabs, if needed (*see comment below). This is only required if you assign anything to slots above 512.
2. Upgrade FM-3 Edit.
3. Back everything up, presets, cabs, settings.
4. Upgrade the FW using FracBot found in FM3 Edit.
5. You'll probably want to upgrade factory presets. I believe they've been updated since 9.01 (double check that).
6. To roll back just reinstall 9.01 (you'll need to have a copy) and restore the backup files.

*Take note of the reduced # of User IR slots available. Make note of any you're using above 512. They'll need to be moved and the associated cabs updated. See discussion above for how to generate a report to assist with this. Obviously do this before updating.

Are you using FM3 I or II? There could be significant changes to CPU loads.

EDIT: Here's link to v9.01, if needed: https://archive.axefx.fr/FM3/Firmwares/

thanks so much!
I have less than 60 IR's and have just moved them all here....

 

[steveforward]

Fixed it and rewrote the steps to include "prepping" the unit due to reduced User cabs.

thank you so much for the help - really appreciated!

 

[scottp]

Thank you Team FAS!!

 

[zosofeather]

Thanks FAS for reducing the IR spots that way i don't spend endless amounts of time creating ear fatigue and more time actually playing my guitars...you guys are my music therapist

 

[smj]

"Upgrade All Presets" doesn't work on the hardware unit.

Sean Meredith-Jones

 

[unix-guy]

"Upgrade All Presets" doesn't work on the hardware unit.

Sean Meredith-Jones

Reported several times...

 

[Rublalup]

Thanks to the FAS TEAM and beta testers for the hard and continuos work on this unit.

This is, without a doubt and with a huge advantage, the best guitar related piece of equipment I’ve eve owned.

 

[zebric21]

"Upgrade All Presets" doesn't work on the hardware unit.

Sean Meredith-Jones

It worked for me fine.

 

[stephanfm3]

It worked for me fine.

me too

 

[Maxcreed]

Very good update !

All the presets sound more natural.

Just a question (sorry if it was said before) : is it normal I need to store all the presets otherwise their numbers are greyed ?

Thank you !

 

[Paki]

Thank you for the great work you do

 

[danwei]

Very good update !

All the presets sound more natural.

Just a question (sorry if it was said before) : is it normal I need to store all the presets otherwise their numbers are greyed ?

Thank you !

Yes, it’s normal. Usually you can use the „upgrade all presets“ function on the unit under setup-utilities-preset.

 

[Maxcreed]

Thank you for your answer ! I will go to see that.

 

[Dutch]

Yes, it’s normal. Usually you can use the „upgrade all presets“ function on the unit under setup-utilities-preset.

On my FM3T that doesn't work. This time. It used to.

 

[stephanfm3]

haven't seen a greyed number after directly using "upgrade all presets"