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    Poll: Second unit for home use and backup

    Personally, I see no need to own a backup. Your use case may be different than mine, but I would get a guitar instead.
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    FM3 waitlist.

    Out of stock means out of stock invitation link or otherwise. The invitation does not, and never has, meant that they were holding one for you to purchase. I received the FM3 Turbo invitation, sat on it, and they sold out in the mean time. When they are back in stock, my invitation is still...
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    FM3 waitlist.

    I have a valid invitation and have been checking the website nearly every day. Just checked again. I’m still getting the message that it’s waitlisted with no option to buy. It looks like we’re still waiting on that late August shipment.
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    FM3 Firmware Version 7.00 beta 3

    He said amp FAS 6160, turn the bass knob and the FM3 "hanged on" by which I assume he means freezes, or gets hung up. I'm guessing English is not his first language. So, he did give a starting point, but yes, a preset would be more helpful.
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    FM3 waitlist.

    I got on the list 7/10 at 9:44 PM Eastern. Nothing yet but I'm in no hurry.
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    From Fm9 to Fm3....crazy?

    That's a lose-lose situation.
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    From Fm9 to Fm3....crazy?

    I'm contemplating the same. I went from the FM3 to the FM9, but I have found that the way I use the device does not warrant the extra CPU power or switches.
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    FM9 - Volume pedal - use the block at the beginning of the grid, in the middle, or at the end?

    Always after the amp and before delay/reverb/ambient FX for me. I don't want to cut off those ambient FX going when doing volume swells and I'll use my guitar volume control if I want to lower the volume in front of the amp to impact the gain.
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    Tuner default at boot

    I have mine set for the tuner to activate when the volume pedal is bypassed. It doesn't boot up into the tuner, but all I have to do is move the volume pedal to heel-down to go to the tuner.
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    Can the Extra 10% DSP Improve Virtual Capo?

    Yes, reverb is on its own dedicated chip with both the FM9 and the Turbo version.
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    Talk me off the ledge

    Yeah, with Tweed amps there is a sweet spot on the edge of breakup that I really enjoy. Push it past that and the low end falls apart with the cathode biased Tweeds. I don't care for that sound. The fixed bias amps hold together a bit better. And I'm a single coil guy, so that's not pushing the...
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    Talk me off the ledge

    Amp wise, I have used a variety through the years. Right now my main amp is a RedPlate Blues Machine 66 head with an open back 1x12 cabinet. I just sold a '62 Deluxe to a friend who wanted it (probably should have kept it), and I'm looking at picking up a Tone King Imperial MKII or a Mesa...
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    Talk me off the ledge

    Been discussed 1000 times... I don't care. Amps sound and feel better to me and I am no longer gigging so that is irrelevant to me. I'm playing at home and jamming with friends. I would NEVER use a modeler for that and I have seriously tried to make it work for me. I have owned several FRFR...
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    Can I change the FM9 homepage display format?

    This type of thing was requested very early in the FM3 development and never implemented. It seems obvious that a performance based floor unit should take better advantage of the screen. See this request: https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/list-display-zoom.160772/
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    Talk me off the ledge

    You can disable the power amp modeling in the amp block to use the amp block as a preamp. If I'm understanding you correctly, you would put the amp block after the send/return so it's going into your amps power amp in. Then just use the amp on or off in different scenes. I think that might do...
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