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  1. lauke-lux

    What amplification do you use with your FM9 when playing live?

    Exact, does concern 2290 delai that phase inverses 180°. With L/R speaker in the same box it's at least a nice lesson of physics.
  2. lauke-lux

    What amplification do you use with your FM9 when playing live?

    I used a stereoTraynor K4 frfr amp before and experienced phase cancelling issues with the TC2290 delay blocks of my Axe Fx 2 by the time. This was due to the common speaker compartment . A stereo cab would work correct only if it has a physically separated and rigid compartment for each...
  3. lauke-lux

    External “Soft” Switch Recommendation

    Same as Hotone except if you want to see Leds I guess you'll have to power it
  4. lauke-lux

    Grounding strategy in guitar wiring

    Do it as you want but nothing will beat well shielded body cavities and scratch plate as a basic hypothesis. All interconnected as indicated earlier here and except for common mode phenomena on your FOH you can work.
  5. lauke-lux

    Presets Marco Fanton Fractal Presets and Live Stream Tutorial Q&A

    For FM3 I hope Marco ? Will try to participate (but a lot of works going on at home..). Looking forward to your advice on new compressor blocks
  6. lauke-lux

    Tips for using Fm3 as effects only into an amp

    I occasionally use my fm3 at home with two standard xlr to mono jack cables on two Fender Junior amps equid with G12H30 respectively G12M25. Works like a charm, put off ampsims and speaker sims and appreciate. Just compression and a few standard "pedalboard" effect blocks in my case.
  7. lauke-lux

    External “Soft” Switch Recommendation

    Actually it comes with a TRS cable that will enable you to use both switches on a single pedal input. The other way round would be to invest in one of these https://www.pandamidi.com/4control (accepts TRS also, 69€ at Musicstore Germany) and enter your exp or dual switches over midi.
  8. lauke-lux

    External “Soft” Switch Recommendation

    If it's really only switches you search, indestructible, never failed on me and affordable : https://www.thomann.fr/hotone_fs_1_ampero_switch.htm
  9. lauke-lux

    FM3 - video on public beta Firmware 10.0

    Thanks for the video. Good to see that amp sound evolution is subtle, a bit more "meaty" I'd say from my headphone.
  10. lauke-lux

    Help with new compressors

    Maybe it's automated in the block, in case it would be great ti be able to deactivate it
  11. lauke-lux

    Help with new compressors

    Did not yet look at the new compressor blocks but just a guess : do you use a "make up" setting ? This setting does compensate volume loss due to the compression and consequently tends to amplify your sound.
  12. lauke-lux

    How to smooth out the harsh highs from stainless steel frets on my Strat?

    Reread the original article and actually saw you added a photograph, nice guitar BTW. Maple neck and SSS PU naturally tend to clear up the sound. Supposing you're on 010 gauge strings like most guitarists, do you think you can handle 011 gauge strings ? That definitely would fatten up sound on a...
  13. lauke-lux

    How to smooth out the harsh highs from stainless steel frets on my Strat?

    Not totally agreed. I've got a fender III trem system on my main guitar (japan 1985 and a PITA to maintain) that is not floating, just dives. No sound problem whatsoever and a sustain close to infinite. On my other 2 stratlike guitars, one japanese squier equiped with a fender standard 6 screw...
  14. lauke-lux

    FM3 Firmware Version 10.0 public beta

    I made a major backup of my FW9.0 version, so to be able to go back as is. Well noted for the dynacabs that were my maun concern.
  15. lauke-lux

    Expression Pedals will not reach 10 at toe down position

    Add : and not more than 100kOhm in any case.
  16. lauke-lux

    Expression Pedals will not reach 10 at toe down position

    No. I never had a fractal exp pedal and works flawless. I suggest to check your impedance range and impedance at low position. Be sure that at low position you are at 0 Ohm and at full range at least 10kOhm or impedance at low position plus 10kOhm.
  17. lauke-lux

    FM3 Firmware Version 10.0 public beta

    Thanks, it's not a subject of rolling back for sound quality reasons, just that I won't have time and possibilities for retweaking and adapting other impacts (compressor blocks, exp input behavior) at band level until end of August and cannot for that same reason redo any patches in case of CPU...
  18. lauke-lux

    FM3 Firmware Version 10.0 public beta

    Thanks. Is it easy to get back to 9.0 after having installed FW10? I would like to test this new FW but want to keep 9.0 for this summer's gigs afterwards.
  19. lauke-lux

    How to smooth out the harsh highs from stainless steel frets on my Strat?

    I met that kind of musicians also, never bothered with losing time on audiophile's stories like : "My mp3 player sounds better with this 300€ USB cable (1cm diameter...) than with a standard 10€USB cable, the sound is soo much more open". Anyway will see on next refretting job as I'm sick of...
  20. lauke-lux

    How to smooth out the harsh highs from stainless steel frets on my Strat?

    I noticed that also that changing the vibrato can alter sound in quite an important way. For resonating vibrato springs the best solution I found is some spongeous material fixed under it between spring and body. Encountered that with a Fender III vibrato that would sing loudly when playing...
  21. lauke-lux

    How to smooth out the harsh highs from stainless steel frets on my Strat?

    Oops, never heard that kind of comments about stainless frets and am or was considering them for future refretting of my guitars. Would be interested I other users comments on this.
  22. lauke-lux

    Axe FX 4

    And you can't even slide in a CD!?
  23. lauke-lux

    What aftermarket MIDI controller are you using?

    It also permitted to program timer sequences controlling the synths of the axe fx permitting to have like an independent keyboard. Infinite qty length of song lists, infinite patch qty, infinite about everything. I never managed to get to it's limits. Over USB it also could send/receive DAW...
  24. lauke-lux

    What aftermarket MIDI controller are you using?

    Still have a Gordius LG2 lying around that I used with rack units, and will use again when I'll get my hands on a FX III. Not on the market anymore but the best and most complete serially produced midi controller ever. Unbeatable, but you need to be used to program a bit. If not check Voes MX...
  25. lauke-lux

    Wish Lock all the switches, buttons / knobs (turtle mode)

    Well explained, this happens very occasionally on my FM3, always managed to press the exit button while playing but blocking everything but the foot switches would be a great option.
  26. lauke-lux

    Redsound MF.10

    Totally agree, had one a few years ago, at low volume they tend to color a bit too mid-range, when playing at band level it really opened up with great rock sounds.
  27. lauke-lux

    I find Hendrix easier to learn than GNR.. How many people agree with me?

    Actually it's a French abbreviation for Gazole Non Routier, it's a fuel for engines not used on the road. It works perfectly for any diesel motor but forbidden for that as it's less taxed. Environment environment.. Just kidding, IMHO the difficulty of Hendrix vs 'GNR' is not the main riffs of...
  28. lauke-lux

    The "Modelers Don't Clean Up with the Volume Knob" Myth

    If your band plays at a bit "sturdy" level, the wah trick will do it all the time. It's what I use and always works out delicately.
  29. lauke-lux

    Gig ready lead time

    Limit the number of presets you use with your band and tweak at intermediate level to start with, ideally do this with a band/cover mix without guitar (moise app is great for that), to feel how your guitar fits in the mix. Hence: Use level settings tool to check that at lead levels you're not...
  30. lauke-lux

    Single coil crunch recommendations?

    FAS Brootalz Amp with a 4x12 TV cab /R121 mic should get you there.
  31. lauke-lux

    Wish Song Tempo for Set Lists

    Got that thanks, so you parameter a song list in the disaster that sends a PC plus a midi tempo signal (and eventually a CC for an additional scene command)? Will get me the manual of that little guy. Seems a nice solution.
  32. lauke-lux

    Wish Song Tempo for Set Lists

    How does this work, for my perusal?
  33. lauke-lux

    FM3 Firmware Version 9.02 public beta (3)

    I hope he has better weather than in my place...raining again 😂.
  34. lauke-lux

    Selling/Renting Presets for Musical Theater

    Ask them 1000$ and leave it there, and precise carefully your setup. Any other player doing that show will be using another guitar and will have to retweak it anyway.
  35. lauke-lux

    I've Lost The Thump

    Proximity parameter in cab block
  36. lauke-lux

    Guitar cable causing microphonic behavior

    Walk on the cable : ( just for info). I mainly play small bars where we are 4-5 and all the gear on 10m2. S o I'll roll up and scratch my 6m cable, (with the Neutrik switched angled jack), and leave about 2,5m free for moving around. Still it happens to walk on it.
  37. lauke-lux

    Guitar cable causing microphonic behavior

    Nice article on these phenomena, for high gaines amps I'd include also mechanical noise translated to the guitar amps and PU from cable pulling on your axe. Using a buffer like a HF transmitter and a good gate should limit this type of noise. Anyway, if you walked for long years on a cable, at...
  38. lauke-lux

    Guitar cable causing microphonic behavior

    If the cable has been walked over for 20 years+ also, consider throwing it away and change everything
  39. lauke-lux

    Guitar cable causing microphonic behavior

    Happens as the switch gets old with oxydation on contact surfaces making it high impedance. Just change the plug for a new one (Neutrik have a similar product).
  40. lauke-lux

    The Fletcher Munson effect?

    If you play live, always tweak your patches at live level. Otherwise you'll experience a tidal wave of bass and high frequency on live volume. It's a common problem for those using Amp simulators live, too often tweaked and used at low levels for rehearsals or at home. At least during...
  41. lauke-lux

    Hotone Ampero Control Long Press for switching scenes.

    That's a pretty good description of what or does. My main problem with the unit is the absence of LEDS on each switch to ha a visual status of where you are but that dated from the time we had not yet the big characters on FM3. The other flaw was effectively the bank change on double press, with...
  42. lauke-lux

    IEM price point and sound quality

    The band I play in is quite loud (a bit too much sometimes, it's the drummer and bass that rise quite high in volume). As I agree that these IEM do isolate and also I'd need a floor monitor anyway for getting a nice controlled feedback, I actually am seriously considering just flat curve ear...
  43. lauke-lux

    Potential Move to Germany! 🇩🇪

    Stuttgart region should be a good place to live. Hence all depends what side you will be working. Sure that the countryside will be less expensive regarding rent, but the weekends might be long. Quite close to Strassbourg and the black forest region and even Switzerland and Italy lake region are...
  44. lauke-lux

    Potential Move to Germany! 🇩🇪

    And where would you be living? North south middle, eastern part? I lived 3 years in Frankfurt and actually found a great cover band scene over there. Lots of contests in medium size venues. But that was 20 years ago.
  45. lauke-lux

    Potential Move to Germany! 🇩🇪

    This remembers me a famous phrase of one US president "ich bin ein Hamburger". It was before McDonald's came to Europe. (Joke : I think he actually said "Ich bin ein Berliner").
  46. lauke-lux

    Thinking of getting a Tele - which one, selling Gibson 335

  47. lauke-lux

    Hotone Ampero Control footcontroller Bank problem

    Wow, guess you can hit 3 buttons at a time with that size feet 😉. What I liked is that it is solid as a rock, but a bit too small for gigging to my experience. The problem I encountered is that even using just one bank with long or short press it quite often changed banks due to accidentally...
  48. lauke-lux

    Hotone Ampero Control footcontroller Bank problem

    My problem with that controller was that it switched banks as I accidentally touched a second switch. The controller clearly was too small for my feet and there's no LEDS that could help you. I just kicked it out it and sold it.
  49. lauke-lux

    Need advice for changing to MAC

    Thanks for your responses. As I'm not a IT ace who needs to run the latest version of every soft or hardware I'll wait a bit and go for a new or recent second hand portable PC. It's the hassle of changing habits and DAW (and having to find "vintage" software) after 35+ years of Windows that...
  50. lauke-lux

    Need advice for changing to MAC

    Hi all, My son offers me to get my hands on a second hand Apple device Macbook Air of 2019, for a very low cost (200-300€) from his office. My small portable PC ASUS is getting older and cannot handle occasional 8 track recordings connecting to a Mackie ProFX16 table with Cubase10, nor wirh...
  51. lauke-lux

    Possibly getting a VP4 to add to FM9…Question: Why not a FM3?

    I love my FM3 but when I look at all the cables in front of me on the floor I regret my fx2 sometimes. Just one midi controller with one 7pin midi cable and 2 exp pedals directly to the midi controller, clean stage.
  52. lauke-lux

    FM3 volume level - expression pedal and modifiers

    Look in the edit of my post
  53. lauke-lux

    FM3 volume level - expression pedal and modifiers

    BTW show us your patch as I never saw any patch that occupied all grid 😉
  54. lauke-lux

    FM3 volume level - expression pedal and modifiers

    That's the way it works yes. But you can use one volume block and use two different channels of that one. Should work, or else two vol blocks in parallel and activate either one or the other per scene Edit : or have the vol block active for some scenes and use the Amp volume or Cab volume for...
  55. lauke-lux

    Possibly getting a VP4 to add to FM9…Question: Why not a FM3?

    As you have already 2 Amp and cab blocks in FM9, the VP4 sounds like a more logic option, less parametering but both should definitely work. Personally I'd rather sell the FM9 and get a III.
  56. lauke-lux

    FM3 USB Latency Update

    XLR is OK If you use spdif you have to declare the FM3 as your 48kHz clock source instead of your Daw or soundcard.
  57. lauke-lux

    FM3 USB Latency Update

    I don't record a lot but as I remember the spdif output has no noticeable latency.
  58. lauke-lux

    [FIX] Very minor "bug" regarding gapless switching on AxeFX III

    Does this alter when activating "ignore redundant PC" option in the settings?
  59. lauke-lux

    [FIX] Very minor "bug" regarding gapless switching on AxeFX III

    I like that condensed format of the conclusion. Interesting thread BTW.
  60. lauke-lux

    FM3 to Fender FR-10 output settings help.

    It's a matter of taste. Personally I like anything called greenback. (G12H30, G12M25,...), guess V30s should be brighter. Take care to match speaker impedance curves.
  61. lauke-lux

    FM3 to Fender FR-10 output settings help.

    If you play mono, then rather going mono in your preset and fx blocks will exclude some phase issues. I don't know well the FM12 but as far as I understand it is not a totally transparent FRFR device. Check the cab block you use, changing a cab block and impedance curve may affect a lot your...
  62. lauke-lux

    How I know I'm still ROCK N ROLL

    And a bit punk also, take care with Château migraine.
  63. lauke-lux

    Did we forget to celebrate the 6-year anniversary of the Axe-Fx III in January?

    Thought it was a bit longer already. Hope to be able to get my hands on one end of this summer. Actually using FM3
  64. lauke-lux

    NEW! DynaCab Pack: 1x12 West Coast Classic (MojoTone West Coast + Scholz SugarCone Classic)

    Is there any place where to find an accurate description of how to implement this? -> can I install it directly on my FM3 -> has it to be used outside the unit to create a user cab IR to import on the FM-> how to test for creating the IR what sounds best to my ears in a bandmix Edit...
  65. lauke-lux

    Redsound RS-12 anyone using one??

    Never mind😉. Used to have a RS MF 12 years ago, earlier series. A bit too mid colored to my taste to take all range of electric to acoustic guitars. But at band level and with E-guitars it really sounded great. I sold it though to finance a CLR.
  66. lauke-lux

    Redsound RS-12 anyone using one??

    Why order in the US while Redsound are in Italy?
  67. lauke-lux

    Questions about the FM9 bomb

    Can you actually reproduce this? I crossed this phenomena on certain patch changes or fx on/off in the Ultra. Actually it sounded great like a rolling thunder, would love to be able to reproduce that on my FM3 haha.
  68. lauke-lux

    Will we see new products from Fractal in 2025?

    I hope we will see FM3 FW9.03 official release.
  69. lauke-lux

    FM3 Bee Boppity Boo Wah - Original Tune

    Wow, quite a track you drove there. Congrats for never having abandoned. As written, keep them coming it's really great. Yes I guessed the green screen was part of the video, just kidding but sounds like a technical complete installation you described there anyway 😉. Have a nice weekend and...
  70. lauke-lux

    FM3 VIOLIN - Survivor Destiny's Child

    Received thanks. At a second attempt it worked but hence didn't have time to DL. Will take care tomorrow. Thanks
  71. lauke-lux

    FM3 VIOLIN - Survivor Destiny's Child

    Hello, tried to order 2 presets via PayPal but after confirmation the screen gets blocked white and nothing ever happens. Best Regards
  72. lauke-lux

    FM3 Bee Boppity Boo Wah - Original Tune

    Great composition and smooth playing, thanks for the touristic and historic information also that came free with all this. Where is that place on the beach where they had a wall outlet for your Amp 😉. Thanks a lot for sharing, keep them coming!
  73. lauke-lux

    Legacy Blues & Soul Instrumental

    Nice! Whenever I get to retirement I hope I get deaf a little bit, just enough not to hear societal mess, and not too much to be able to play guitar through a cranked up Amp. And now as soon as I sent this post I open a beer at your health 😉. Have a nice evening Tony this recordingbis marvelous.
  74. lauke-lux

    Legacy Back To The City - Bluesrock

    Always good to see you play on here! Keep on rocking. First time I remember seeing you play a Rickenbacker.
  75. lauke-lux

    Bowie Heroes Tony Visconti e-bow sound

    I'd rather go for a frequout effect (synth with 13/19th harmonic) for what he's doing there.
  76. lauke-lux

    Do you use ethanol free gas in your snowblower?

    Bad fuel mix (due to storage from the former year) caused me engine seizure on two chainsaws. The best is to use fresh fuel.
  77. lauke-lux

    RESOLVED: Win 11 no ASIO

    Had a similar problem Cubase not identifying an ASIO4ALL driver in W11. Just downloaded the driver and install it worked for me.
  78. lauke-lux

    Music related relationship endings

    It's not very moral but another version of that is : The women that you didn't pay cost you most. That said : living since 1988 with one woman, married in 1992 and we leave one another at total peace, despite of some export jobs and lots of professional traveling. Where we live we have a lot...
  79. lauke-lux

    Axe-Fx 3 memory fails, I have lost all my song setlists, all my fc12 settings, and the unit ever starts with 000 preset, it doesn´t keep the last used

    Beyond making backups on FW evolutions, I tend to make a backup every 2-3 months or after having worked on patch changes. Sometimes you loose more than you thought when the intervals are longer between backups. It's 30 seconds of your life compared to hours of retweaking....
  80. lauke-lux

    Never saw something like that !

    In the eighties Fender Japan developed a system where you could adjust the vibrato string tension from the outside with a an Allen Key. It was possible to totally liberate your stringed vibrato (fender system 3). I actually revised mine a week ago and this video made me realize it might have...
  81. lauke-lux

    Request: Preset for Still Loving You , Scorpion

    On my FM3 I converted this one with a Brootalz amp (Fractal modern in the Axe II patch) and it works quite well. Howbeit, it's too long ago to remember how exactly it worked but this one might do the job with single coils or P90 PU. You might want to throw in a clean scene for the verses.
  82. lauke-lux

    What are doing to your Strat's bridge? Floating or just deck it?

    Stopped using floating position on a schecter route 66 standard strat (made in Indonesia). As I tend to use a lot of damping I remarked it made me play slightly out of tune sometimes. So put my bridge in fixed position.
  83. lauke-lux

    Looking for advice on Strat pickups

    Had a set of Lollar Blondes taken out of a Nash strat. These really sound fine.
  84. lauke-lux

    FM3 - had my first crash at a gig // the fix

    Effectively, for such CPU loads I only use 2 exp pedals for fx/volume all the same for all scenes. Over 3-4 parameters coupled to one and the same exp pedal made the unit very slow on scene changes. Often things can be done more simple and we have to take time on imagine how achieving that.
  85. lauke-lux

    FM3 - had my first crash at a gig // the fix

    Did you add EQ on the outputs of your unit before the gig? This adds "unidentified" CPU usage. Had that experience a few years ago with 2 presets that were a bit on the edge of CPU limits (80-82%). I added output EQ during the soundcheck on a quite low CPU patch and as soon as I switched to a...
  86. lauke-lux

    FM3 Acoustic Simulator, Fender Twin, Marshall Plexi in a singl preset

    Great patch as it sounds. The neck of that axe looks killer. Edit: what FW for that patch?
  87. lauke-lux

    Let's play together with my new free preset and free backing track

    Looks and surely sounds great, hope I'll be having a connection tomorrow as I'll be out of the house. Thanks a lot Marco.
  88. lauke-lux

    Dialing in when playing live: Lead Bump FOH vs. Stage

    This is related to having done your tweaking at too by low levels. You need to tweak your preset levels and EQ at rehearsal or during a longer sound check.
  89. lauke-lux

    Dialing in when playing live: Lead Bump FOH vs. Stage

    Are you going out mono or stereo to FOH and Monitoring?
  90. lauke-lux

    Wish FM3 Looper is a little buggy

    I see. Actually I do not use the looper live, just for fun and playing alone, but it's possible in my setup to free that button. Will look into that as I will need the looper live someday. Thanks
  91. lauke-lux

    Wish FM3 Looper is a little buggy

    Ah yess, don't use that and didn't know that also. But in that case the button cannot have a hold function does it?
  92. lauke-lux

    Wish FM3 Looper is a little buggy

    Well seen. On my FM3 the looper is parametered on a separate page and starts instantly on press. (BTW my difficulty is that if I don't press on record for stopping the recording, but on play, the looper will start playback as expected but also continue to record). As I remember the 'hold on...
  93. lauke-lux

    Wish: Random Tempo

    Or check Simeon' video on how to work with modifiers :
  94. lauke-lux

    Wish: Random Tempo

    You might want to try a slow lfo saw tooth (and a bit of offset) wave driving your tremolo frequency, you'd have to calculate the sawtooth period to halve times on the basis of your song's tempo.
  95. lauke-lux

    Wish: Random Tempo

    Hence not a random though, a burst is not a random signal, but a burst. A Random signal can be done; it's one of the lfo wave forms if I remember well. On axe fx II I used it trying to get a doubled guitar affect by randomly varying a delay on lfo basis between 10-20ms,....it didn't bring...
  96. lauke-lux

    Channels via Midi... values?

    This ^^^. Where else would this happen? This forum is a good place to be.
  97. lauke-lux

    Overthinking Dual Amps - Need the Pro Tip

    Modulation effects get thicker/fatter as far as I remember from using a digitech artist into 2 amps until 2011. Not sure if there was a real interest except for at home, as live I'd always use only one single amp and that was largely sufficient and sounded kickass. Also we could not get the...
  98. lauke-lux

    Where can I find these screws in Canada?

    Should work yes, and for only 11 box you can fix a thousand units!!!
  99. lauke-lux

    Where can I find these screws in Canada?

    Whosoever selected that screw during product development should burn in hell for eternity 🤣
  100. lauke-lux

    In praise of the Russian fuzz

    Thanks Dave, I think we have it on the new betaware for FM3. I love fuzz too warm up patches without killing the sound so this one seems a very good future option if only the final FM3 9.04 comes out as a non-beta FW
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