Out of character for me, but my band was on hiatus, and other than acoustic gigs, I had held off on updating to 11 from 10; but when I did make the jump, everything worked great.
I upgraded to 11.0 on a Thursday, before a gig on Friday. I am Win11-based and did it all via the editor and zero issues. I have my presets set to around 71-72% CPU, with no issues. I did notice my presets added about 0.2% CPU usage, so no issues. Keep that CPU below 80%, and it works like a charm. I didn't sense any huge jump in tone, but to be honest, the firmware upgrades are about bug fixes and added capabilities more to me than any "leap in tone" at this point. I didn't have to rebalance, EQ, or change anything in my presets - output volumes all remained relative to each other for what I do. I think we are years (and years and years!) beyond the "oh my goodness, it sounds so much more real" than we used to deal with. When you are improving at nth degrees rather than fully blown reworks, that's an indication of product maturity and the level this gear is at now - and has been for a long time - is still something to behold.
I have an original non-Turbo version FM9, and we are about to get back into it, gigging, rehearsing new material Monday, gig Friday/Saturday - and the FM9 is doing the thing.
As a historical reference, I've been playing directly with Fractal gear since 2007, and that's with zero regrets at any point. I run Direct-to-FOH (90% of what we do), work in a hybrid setup (with supplied backline), and run my acoustic through it for acoustic shows. (I do take some flack for having my big pedalboard out for acoustic shows, but it's all in good fun). Fractal is a workhorse for any level of home, semi-pro, or stadium-level performer, IMHO.
I upgraded to 11.0 on a Thursday, before a gig on Friday. I am Win11-based and did it all via the editor and zero issues. I have my presets set to around 71-72% CPU, with no issues. I did notice my presets added about 0.2% CPU usage, so no issues. Keep that CPU below 80%, and it works like a charm. I didn't sense any huge jump in tone, but to be honest, the firmware upgrades are about bug fixes and added capabilities more to me than any "leap in tone" at this point. I didn't have to rebalance, EQ, or change anything in my presets - output volumes all remained relative to each other for what I do. I think we are years (and years and years!) beyond the "oh my goodness, it sounds so much more real" than we used to deal with. When you are improving at nth degrees rather than fully blown reworks, that's an indication of product maturity and the level this gear is at now - and has been for a long time - is still something to behold.
I have an original non-Turbo version FM9, and we are about to get back into it, gigging, rehearsing new material Monday, gig Friday/Saturday - and the FM9 is doing the thing.
As a historical reference, I've been playing directly with Fractal gear since 2007, and that's with zero regrets at any point. I run Direct-to-FOH (90% of what we do), work in a hybrid setup (with supplied backline), and run my acoustic through it for acoustic shows. (I do take some flack for having my big pedalboard out for acoustic shows, but it's all in good fun). Fractal is a workhorse for any level of home, semi-pro, or stadium-level performer, IMHO.
