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  1. ChristThePhone

    FM9-Edit 1.01.04 (to support fw 4.00 public beta 2)

    @Michael Pickens Those links are not using https. Please make sure to use secure protocols. Thank you !
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    Question about stereo vs mono effects live

    No sense feeding two identical mono signals into the same end device. Would make sense to send one to the PA and the 2nd to your stage monitor if needed.
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    Famous FM9 Users?

    check out the news thread and the FAS artist roaster
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    My Favorite Marshall (as of FW 4) What's yours?

    great thread, macfly. still holding off myself on upgrading to 4.x as I'm stuck in option paralysis on 3.1 but maybe I should move on 🙄
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    How many people here who have AX8's still kept their tube amps and pedalboards?

    There are a lot of players that prefer a simple setup with just a guitar, a combo, a drive pedal, and a cable. A wall of full stacks ? Probably no more. Tube amps will continue to play an important role in studios, but probably no 100W+ monsters anymore. At this point in time modelling is still...
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    The wickedess AX8 demo I ever saw. Check it out!

    maybe turned off PMs ?
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    FM9 Firmware Version 3.01

    Depends on the industry and the segment, Greg.
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    FM9 Firmware Version 3.01

    Ah, new news to me. Thanks, Greg.
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    The wickedess AX8 demo I ever saw. Check it out!

    this ^^^
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    FM9 Firmware Version 3.01

    @Admin M@ @m_brown A minor finding : the README contains a link to the FractalBot download site (https://www.fractalaudio.com/fm9-downloads) but the page referenced doesn't contain a link to FractalBot (https://www.fractalaudio.com/fractal-bot/)
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    The wickedess AX8 demo I ever saw. Check it out!

    Well, he offers mixing services so maybe you can bribe him into teaching you :cool:. Wouldn't hurt reading up on George Lynch's playing technique in the meantime.
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    The wickedess AX8 demo I ever saw. Check it out!

    not that I'm aware of, Rocco has moved on to the AxeFx3 in the meantime. Just drop him a PM
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    For all you gigging with your AX8's!

    The bluetooth receiver is connected to our PA mixer. From there any band member can choose his own monitor mix and the sound man will deal with the PA mix
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    For all you gigging with your AX8's!

    How about just using your smartphone to playback backing tracks? We use that in our rehearsal space connected to the PA via a bluetooth receiver.
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    The wickedess AX8 demo I ever saw. Check it out!

    https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/first-notes-on-the-ax8-patch-download.127314/
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    The wickedess AX8 demo I ever saw. Check it out!

    Rocco is a legend on this forum. check out his covers he did on YT - absolutely top notch. not so sure about stock presets, though.
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    AX8 Issue

    you never know what happened to the boxes before so anything can happen and don't forget it's just a small fraction of users having issues but those will very likely come here to ask questions
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    AX8 Issue

    they're buying them used
  19. ChristThePhone

    For all you gigging with your AX8's!

    You can address this problem by putting up a mic towards the crowd and feed it into your IEMs or using semi-isolating IEMs.
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    For all you gigging with your AX8's!

    We use IEMs all the time. I takes time getting used to it and takes you even farther away from the amp-in-the-room feel. For me it's a necessary evil when the stage is too small to put up monitors but that's just me. From the bottom of my heart I'm a rocker and nothing beats two full stacks that...
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    For all you gigging with your AX8's!

    Gigging with the AX8 is a lot less for me to carry since we'll have to bring the PA anyway. You should compare apples to apples. So one AC10 vs one AX8+one HR108. The 2nd HR, the stands, the mixer, etc etc is bonus.
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    Artemis 1 Final Countdown

    Watched the take off (in awe) and still am amazed at how smooth the journey went so far. What an incredible team work all around the globe. Time to start dreaming again ...
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    For all you gigging with your AX8's!

    Cover band here, using the looper during one song for a harmonized solo sequence. Legal stuff is very much dependent on the country you're in.
  24. ChristThePhone

    FM9 Turbo Pitch Block

    more is more, said Yngwie, and who are we to challenge that 🙄
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    FM9 Turbo Pitch Block

    put on headphones and crank the volume to make sure you don't hear the acoustic sound of your guitar. how does that sound ?
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    AX8 Main out TRS not working

    you can configure the AX8 to copy out 1 to out 2. As long as you don't use the FX block it would do what you need it to do, however, out 2 is not a symetric output but Humbuster
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    AX8 Main out TRS not working

    You might want to ask FAS support but I doubt they're going to disclose any schematic. Anyway, the resistor and capacitor values should be identical for left/right/tip/ring so you could derive them from the ones still alive
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    Flattening the Headrush Curve for Legacy Products (Especially AX8)

    woohoo ! 🤘🤘
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    Flattening the Headrush Curve for Legacy Products (Especially AX8)

    so it's without cab sim ? Just delete that block unless you want to run out 2 into a real amp
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    Flattening the Headrush Curve for Legacy Products (Especially AX8)

    do Edo's presets use an FX send/return block ? That could explain why Out 2 is different from Out 1.
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    Flattening the Headrush Curve for Legacy Products (Especially AX8)

    no, a DI box is supposed to be neutral. I'm not in front of my AX8 right now but didn't it have 2 separate global EQs for out 1&2 ? If not and you don't want to change your presets you'll need an external EQ between the AX8 and your HRs. Feeding the HR signal to PA would not solve your...
  32. ChristThePhone

    FracTool - for power users only

    will try, thanks Alex. Didn't mean to be a pain in the rear.
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    FracTool - for power users only

    It would help if the basic block structure and wiring could be migrated, I know I would need to adjust block parameters. You might want to disable AX8 preset conversion beyond the AxFx2 entirely.
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    FracTool - for power users only

    In how far has preset conversion been tested ? I'm currently trying to convert my AX8 presets to FM9. While FracTool has no problems doing so the imported presets on the FM9 are basically empty. Is that route supported at all ?
  35. ChristThePhone

    A few of my Favorite factory presets

    digging 376 Mark Day's Recto preset
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    BRAD WHITFORD and TOM HAMILTON of AEROSMITH : Fractal Audio Artists!

    A model of the Crowther Audio Prunes & Custard Harmonic Generator Intermodulator and Akai SB1 Deep Impact would be a nice addition.
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    Global Blocks on FM9 is so needed

    Speaking strictly for myself I can say that I would be willing to reduce the number of presets by 64 and dedicate the memory saved to global blocks. Would be nice if the number of global blocks was configurable.
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    FracTool - for power users only

    ah, thx.
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    Does the AX8 have an Ebow and Slide Ring effect?

    One could try using the looper block to achieve the same. In essence it's capturing a sound sample and keep replaying it until stopped.
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    Does the AX8 have an Ebow and Slide Ring effect?

    He's using a multi delay block type band delay changing the input gain and master feedback via an external controller to generate what sounds like an endless sustain. The modifier curves are pretty advanced stuff, I have to admit.
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    FracTool - for power users only

    Alex, I downloaded the most recent version 3.75. For some reason I cannot select the Sysex Sniffer tab. Any idea why ?
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    Global Blocks on FM9 is so needed

    I always thought it was a business decision and not really a technical debate but who knows ...
  43. ChristThePhone

    Getting error message "Insufficient CPU"

    Did you try reducing the reverb echo density ? Attaching monitors doesn't have any influence on the CPU load, playing guitar does, running AX8-Edit while playing does as well.
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    Global Blocks on FM9 is so needed

    Well, they're considering storing the song tempo in the set list so there must be some space left. Whether it's enough or not no one knows.
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    Getting error message "Insufficient CPU"

    Try to stay around 80% max CPU usage to be on the safe side. Turn down the reverb echo density to 2. Spillover doesn't matter, adding and removing blocks does. Amp, reverb, and drive blocks consume the most CPU power. Changing the global EQ doesn't matter. Running AX8-Edit does add to the bill...
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    Does the AX8 have an Ebow and Slide Ring effect?

    Could be a matter of the input gate setting
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    Does the AX8 have an Ebow and Slide Ring effect?

    The AX8 has a pitch block to approximate a capo (fixed pitch), but is suffers a noticeable latency (the AX8 is slow) and it would kill all natural feedback.
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    Does the AX8 have an Ebow and Slide Ring effect?

    actually @fremen put out an AX8 preset pack that includes an e-bow preset back at fw 2.03 times. I just loaded it, still works. Edit: the up-to-date version can be obtained here : https://fremenpresets.com/downloads/fremens-picks-ax-8/
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    Does the AX8 have an Ebow and Slide Ring effect?

    What exactly do you mean when saying you're trying to simulate a slide ? The move of the slide itself generates a sound that you cannot replicate with any effect. The sound of the increased pitch could be approximated by a pitch block type whammy or advanced whammy and attaching a pedal or an...
  50. ChristThePhone

    Cooper Carter's FM9 Masterclass

    thank you very much
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    Cooper Carter's FM9 Masterclass

    That would be great for us folks from far far away land, maybe include a way to ask questions offline. Attending 12+ hours course in a different time zone would be tough.
  52. ChristThePhone

    AX8 to FM9 transition

    There are AX8 presets that simply don't exist on the FM9. I'm not going to keep my AX8 once I got the FM9 to where I need it to be and I'm certainly not going to gig with both of them at the same time.
  53. ChristThePhone

    Welcome MATT BELLAMY of MUSE to the Fractal Audio Artist Roster

    I created one for the AX8 but the shaky pitch tracking was a pain in the rear. Worked best with the neck PU and the tone pot at 0.
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    For all you gigging with your AX8's!

    you're sure this is caused by your AX8 ? very unlikely to have two of them producing the same noise while apparently nobody else has the same problem
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    For all you gigging with your AX8's!

    never happened to me
  56. ChristThePhone

    FM9 Firmware Version 3.00

    didn't the FM3 have a USB-A that never got activated to even power external devices?
  57. ChristThePhone

    For all you gigging with your AX8's!

    Just the AX8 into the PA. I'm not editing anything on site. I used to bring a tablet + USB adapter with FracTool installed for some time to be on the safe side but never had to use it.
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    Please critique this one song Vertigo... I'm really having trouble with settings and noises.

    changing monitors is like changing a cab IR. it can make a huge difference. but it's not easy to find the right one. there are tons of threads on which monitor is the best.
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    How to connect a real guitar amp to FM9 as a stomp box - NOT 4CM

    This is 4CM. the only difference is that you're using a load box.
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    Anyone tried the S/PDIF input yet ?

    So in order to recreate my most important AX8 patches on he FM9 I used the 4CM to put the AX8 into the FM9 loop but instead of going the analog route I wanted to use the S/PDIF connection (AX8 out-> FM9 in - FM9 out -> Audio interface). I noticed that the signal input coming from the AX8 seems...
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    Please critique this one song Vertigo... I'm really having trouble with settings and noises.

    Sounds ok to me. If it's good for you it is good. But what has the monitor volume got to do with your directly recorded sound ? The gain on the Scarlett should not color the sound either but it might so it could be a matter of gain staging here.
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    AX8 and Mixer

    If you have a good preset then it usually needs only minor tweaking, either on the PA mixer side or using the AX8 global EQ to adjust to the room and PA system. Do you run your AX8 directly into your own monitor or do you depend on the venues monitors ? In the latter case don't spend to much...
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    Please critique this one song Vertigo... I'm really having trouble with settings and noises.

    In that case I wouldn't bother to much about trying to replicate the exact sounds of the original but develop a workable preset on my own. That said I suggest you simply dial back treble and presence of your preset and/or experiment with different cab block IRs until you've found something you...
  64. ChristThePhone

    FM9: G66 availability & waitlist

    wrong thread ? this is the European g66 wait list thread.
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    Please critique this one song Vertigo... I'm really having trouble with settings and noises.

    Actually I'm proposing to use position 5 for the rock part. Edge played it on a Tele with the bridge pickup only. The sound you achieve through your pedals has way less high end than your AX8 preset. That's why you hear more noise caused by your frettung hand. Have you tried playing this song in...
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    Please critique this one song Vertigo... I'm really having trouble with settings and noises.

    Further you better switch to the bridge pickup and use the tone pot to tame the high-end
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    Please critique this one song Vertigo... I'm really having trouble with settings and noises.

    I suggest you put it into context with a backing track. With a full band you won't notice any noise but you will learn how to tweak the sound to cut through the mix.
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    FM9 monitoring

    Behringer has a personal monitoring system that gives you even more control which gets a lot of usage in P&W where silent stages are imperative around here.
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    Van Halen - Why can't this be love

    Spent some time porting Admin M@'s WhyCan'tThisBSynthM@ preset from the AX8 to FM9. Boy, this was tricky to get the envelope follower triggered LFO to sit at the right spot and it's still not quite the same. Chapeau to Matt for his great work on the AX8. Feedback and suggestions on how to...
  70. ChristThePhone

    NOT A Bug: LFO cannot control Flanger manual dial (please ignore this thread)

    Trying to have an LFO control the flanger block's manual dial turns out to be broken. I can control the manual dial via an external pedal without issues but it doesn't respond to an LFO. Edit: Of course, I'm on FW 3.0 Edit: Please ignore, it does in fact react to the LFO, there's something...
  71. ChristThePhone

    Envelope follower problem

    I'm currently trying to migrate a preset from my AX8 to the FM9 and noticed the envelope follower does not provide the full swing like the AX8 does. It somehow never gets beyond about 50%. Any idea why ?
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    Recording directly off the AX8 into computer and avoiding CERTAIN TYPES OF NOISE

    I recommend dialing back the tone pot on your guitar a bit, maybe reducing the presets treble setting (sounds a lot brighter to me than the original). Using a humbucker guitar helps as well. Then make sure to move your fret hand at the exact moment when hitting with your other hand.
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    Recording directly off the AX8 into computer and avoiding CERTAIN TYPES OF NOISE

    Gain can be easily adjusted using the controls on the AX8 but changes only one preset/scene. Reverb requires an external pedal or pot controlling the reverb level if you want to avoid diving into menues. The same approach could be used for gain as well. EQ would be the global EQ setting to...
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    Recording directly off the AX8 into computer and avoiding CERTAIN TYPES OF NOISE

    Not necessarily for each and every venue. First of all playing at loud venues needs less gain in my personal experience, it also helps cleaning out the mud. Depending on the venue you also might want to adjust reverb levels and tweak the global EQ to get the best possible results.
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    Recording directly off the AX8 into computer and avoiding CERTAIN TYPES OF NOISE

    I have the same problem with a lot of presets that were apparently dialed in at bedroom level or for studio purposes. They tend to have way too much gain for live situations and produce nothing but feedback. There's basically not a single preset I grabbed from AxeChange that didn't need tweaking...
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    WISH: Alternative to global blocks

    I was referring to your statement My guess is that Global blocks add some complexity that rules out their implementation on the less powerful units. Bottom line is we have zero knowledge as to why global blocks were never implemented on any floor unit so all we can do is an uneducated guess...
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    WISH: Alternative to global blocks

    don't know, the flagship always had its own set of extra items. I don't have the specs but isn't the FM9 more powerful than the AceFx2 which has global blocks?
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    Recording directly off the AX8 into computer and avoiding CERTAIN TYPES OF NOISE

    How about reducing the gain and adjusting the tone stack / EQ ?
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    Recording directly off the AX8 into computer and avoiding CERTAIN TYPES OF NOISE

    If you record the AX8->Audio Box signal in your DAW then yes, that's going direct. If you just route the AX8 signal to your monitors and record the SM58->Audio Box signal in your DAW then that's not direct recording but micing a cabinet (even if the cabinet is a monitor).
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    Boston Preset

    Well, that preset really needs 3 pedals attached or else everything will be drowned in reverb and delay.
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    Backing tracks (minus lead guitar)

    Yeah, it takes time but I really love the production challenge behind it to get it to sound like the original. Teaches me a lot about compression, EQing and drum sounds.
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    Backing tracks (minus lead guitar)

    I like pulling songs from Songsterr, converting them to MIDI using TuxGuitar, then import them into my DAW and mess with plug-ins to create the backing tracks. And in a lot of cases I can find an isolated vocal track on YouTube.
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    Boston Preset

    no attachement :oops:
  84. ChristThePhone

    Traveling with the FM9: A Caution.

    For all non-US citizens there's the additional hurdle of the immigration officers. The guys and ladies can be total jerks and there's nothing you can do against it, no way to file a complaint. If they have a bad day a don't like you they send you home on your own expense.
  85. ChristThePhone

    I'm Dreaming About An FM9. Literally!

    Doc Bob says : Typical side effect of watching too much gear porn. Followed by the guitarist's morning glory (the urge to grab a guitar and rock off at 130db) :cool: Go get a shower.
  86. ChristThePhone

    Compact pedal sized stereo power amp for FM9?

    I'm not. Todays SS power amps are bread & butter technology, nothing were FAS could shine in particular.
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    FM9 FM9 - Eye in the sky

    what makes it harder for you to create live presets, @Marco Fanton ?
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    Audio crashes (Using headphones, FM9Edit, Spotify)

    Have hit a few issues on my Windows 10 system as well, not exactly the same, though. I'm suspecting the USB device driver is causing issues when there are multiple USB audio devices (and therefore drivers) active. Powering off the FM9 fixed it every time for me.
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    Traveling with the FM9: A Caution.

    try something like that today and you're more likely going to wake up in Guantanamo Bay 🙄
  90. ChristThePhone

    Effects switch question

    Looks like I got it all wrong. Will keep my mouth shut 🤐
  91. ChristThePhone

    FC Per Preset import

    @Greg Ferguson Greg, I don't agree. The AX8 has shown it's doable and stable. As I view it FAS tried to integrate an FC6+FM3 into the FM9 from a UI perspective. While architecturely this might make a lot of sense from a firmware design perspective I just don't think this is the best possible...
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    Effects switch question

    Ok, coming from the AX8 I have to admit I'm a bit biased. I agree it's great to have the flexibility to chose which way to use foot switches (global vs per preset) and if the majority wants global assignments then it should be the default. What I don't understand is why there's apparently no way...
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    Effects switch question

    Looks like the AX8 is still ahead in the usability department. Wonder how this slipped through.
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    Input lights blink briefly after FM9 is shut down

    could be related to hardware initialization, firmware setting up AD/DA converters and such. Same during power off, at a certain voltage level the hardware will enter a halt state to prevent data corruption and code going havoc. Nothing to worry about.
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    FM9 FM9 - Eye in the sky

    you seem to be using a lot more distortion live than what I'm using in my own presets. Is that a conscious decision or did you just happen to like it more than a clean sound ? I'm using a Princeton amp, compressor and chorus plus a TS808 for the lead part.
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    FM9 FM9 - Eye in the sky

    So great to here it together with the Sirius intro. Fantastico, Marco !
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    Can anyone recommend an AX-FX III / FM9 / FM3 preset that most closely replicates the Rockman X100 Clean 1 and Clean 2 settings?

    thx a lot for the great wiki link ! that ROCKMEON preset name didn't trigger the right clues on my end, maybe that's due to the fact that I'm not a native speaker. Anyways, thanks again for the good info
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    Can anyone recommend an AX-FX III / FM9 / FM3 preset that most closely replicates the Rockman X100 Clean 1 and Clean 2 settings?

    tbh, I'm totally overwhelmed by the huge number of factory presets. their names don't give away a lot of info as to what to expect. maybe some food for thought
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    CPU Usage Ratio: FM9 to FM3

    That's Axe3-Edit, no idea in how far those concepts apply to FM9-Edit. If they do it would probably be even easier to port that part to FM9-Edit.
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    Cooper Carter's FM9 Masterclass

    It's not for free so it's valid to express expectations. Both sides have to agree on a deal to make it happen. No agreement, no deal, no problem as I view it.
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