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    Atomic CLR Neo speaker

    I actually had to reattach the dust caps on one of my neo clr speakers because it came loose and caused a high frequency buzzing sound. While I was working on it, I noticed that the neo speaker that they use looks to be modified. It was originally build with a much larger dust cap that would...
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    EQ curve preset that mimics regular guitar cabs for FRFR users?

    I cut a lot more highs that I do lows. Mostly because my patched for the band are built around the Marshall 1959 100w Plexi. I can cover country, R&B, funk and good ol' rock-n-roll and more this that amp - that goes for the real amp too! In the context of the band I have, I generally cut the...
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    EQ curve preset that mimics regular guitar cabs for FRFR users?

    I set up my #2 performance page with the dials for the Output-1 EQ and the Output-2 EQ so I can quickly cut off the bottom and the top of my signal depending upon the room we are playing. It is great for getting up and playing with the tones I like. While there are general guidelines for low and...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 23.02 Release

    I cannot seem to locate the smoothing parameter in the cab block when using the dyna cabs. Can someone please post a picture of where it is at? Appreciate it and thanks!
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    Dyna Cab issues?

    For what it's worth, when I installed the Dyna Cabs onto my Axe-III, FM9 and FM3 the first sound that I had on all three was fizzy like the cab block was bypassed or no IR was loaded. I was not impressed and moved the mic positions around to try and improve it and all it did was get darker. So I...
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    What's a Matrix Q12a worth?

    Where are you located?
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    Is the Matrix Amplification Q12a outdated?

    I still use my Q12a. I have two passive (Q12) that I use as PA monitors in my music room. I have three powered (Q12a) as well as three CLR neo wedges and one of the original CLR powered cubes. The CLR seems to be the reference for me, but I would not say it's the final frontier. The Q12a can...
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    Announcing FM9 Turbo

    A little off topic but now that the FM3 is on sale, I wonder if a turbo version of that unit is on the way.
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    FM9 Firmware Version 4.00 public beta 1

    The sound and CPU savings have me thinking I will take my FM9 instead of my AX3 to my upcoming December gigs. Well played Fractal Team!
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    FM9 Firmware Version 4.00 public beta 1

    My CPU usage dropped by about 10% or more. Was that to be expected? Loving this update!
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    Help with a CLR repair

    The design should just be sold to someone that can produce and support it. Great product but there are other options that have become available since its introduction.
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    performance page as default on display

    Seems like it not too much to ask for and would be easy to do. People that don't need it can just ignore it.
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    Announcing FM9 Turbo

    +1 Nice update and I applaud navigating the messed up global supply chain. Not enough for me to upgrade and I'll wait for something more substantial - like an Axe-III Mkii Turbo on the floor!
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    FM9 startup hanging with beta 2.0?

    Only happened once in hundreds of start ups. Although, I don't think is a "hang". It went through the entire boot process and displayed a normal screen, but there was no sound but the input level meter was seeing my guitar - just no output. Power cycled and all was good. Hasn't happened again.
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    performance page as default on display

    And this is why we can't have nice things... ;-)
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    performance page as default on display

    But is would be nice to have a user selectable option in the utilities somewhere that allowed the used to select a start up screen.
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    Powering an FRFR Cab with Celestion FX12-200 Speakers

    They are not available new anymore, but I have five Matrix Q12A 1x12 powered speakers. I always loved the form factor and the sound. However, I installed the FX12 into three of them and they really sound good to me. The Tri-stack arrangement on a stage takes up very little floor space and acts...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 19.02

    Played 19.2 tonight with the rest of the band. I am really wondering why I am holding onto my room full of vintage Marshalls...
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    Anyone here go back to Fm3 after using the Fm9?

    I have both and the FC-6. The added processing power of the FM-9 was what I needed.
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    F12-x200 - thiele or celestion design? Who's tried both?

    I have a pair of 1x12 Forte 3D cabs from Avatar with F12 speakers in both. Not exactly Thiele cabs but I have no complaints at all. Very guitar cab like but let the different IRs sound distinguishable from one another. Also responds well to tweaks from the global EQ.
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    Difference in Modeling coming from Ares to Cygnus

    At every generation of the AxeFX starting with the Ultra, I was always really satisfied with the state of the art of digital modeling of the period. With that said, I tweaked constantly to try to achieve that AITR sound that I would hear with my real amp/caps. With Cygnus, I never go into any...
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    Programming FM9 with FC-12

    I don't think I could deal with 21 different things to think about at my toes during a gig ;-)
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    Studio Slip for FM9

    Got my Studio Slips bag yesterday. I could see where the OP would consider it thin on padding. It's not like it has 1" of dense foam all the way around, but I think that it is adequate for what I need it for. It is a snug fit with just enough padding for me. I am not checking it with my luggage...
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    JCM800 2203x halfstack vs AXE FIII w/poweramp and cab

    One thing that I left out about volume on my 2203x (and all my big iron Marshalls) is that I cheat on the volume thing. While they were still easy to get, I bought a bunch of the TAC tube adaptors from Bob Smicz. They are a tube adaptor that lets you run a 1 watt 6AK6 tube in your push/pull...
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    How are you guys using the new fullres IRs?

    I am not sure of the application of FullRes for me because I really have not tried them yet. I (like a few others) am certainly not going to go on record and give Cliff and the Fractal crew a "meh" about anything that they do. Fractal has gone far above any other corporate music company with...
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    JCM800 2203x halfstack vs AXE FIII w/poweramp and cab

    I have both. A 2203x with mint full stack of 1982 JCM800 cabs. I use my retired AX8 in a 4CM config for FX routing. It is a glorious rig that way - but it stays at home for obvious reasons. I rehearse using my AXE-III and I gig with my FM9 now since I just received that. If I could only have...
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    Considering trying Fractal again - FM9

    Back when I cycling through tube amps I recall that I would constantly be tweaking my Mess MkIV to find that great tone just to come back to it the next day to discover my excellent tones from the night before sounded like compressed a$$ to me the next day. So it not just a modeler thing...
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    How are you guys using the new fullres IRs?

    Ah, I need to go download the beta then. I did not read the updates carefully enough and did not know that I could load them into a Mk-1 preset cab block in slots 3&4 and they would stay there. I'll get it a try. Thanks a lot!
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    How are you guys using the new fullres IRs?

    Those of you with a Mk-I, how are you getting it to run the FullRes IRs? Are you loading them into the sketch pad and then just losing them if you power down?
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    Considering trying Fractal again - FM9

    I feel you pain because I have been there as well. I have been using Fractal products since the Ultra days. I was always doing a deep dive and tweaking things because while the sound was good, something always seemed a little off. I currently have an FM3, FM9 and Axe-III. Still have a bunch of...
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    Pedals and FM3/FM9 your opinion

    I currently have the FM3, Axe-III and just got the FM9 last week. The FM9 is perfect for me because I always used the FC6 with the FM3 anyway. The FM3 is good but the extra power of the FM9 is pretty liberating. I always have the FM3 on the edge of it's CPU. I will stop dragging out my Axe-III...
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    FM9 sounds different than FM3?

    I understand it as an impedance matching between the axe and what is being input into it. Maybe someone else with more credible knowledge can hijack the thread - I'm only a mechanical engineer - Clif?
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    FM9 sounds different than FM3?

    That's what I was thinking. I have not played different guitars through it to see what I think of different pickup designs and outputs. To be honest, I really have not adjusted much of anything because I don't want to dig the rabbit hole of "can I find better". I am a bit of an old school player...
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    FM9 sounds different than FM3?

    Something seems to be different about the input between the FM9 and FM3.
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    FM9 sounds different than FM3?

    Yeah, I was thinking about that but I was auditioning the 50W Plexi patch and check the cab block. They were on standard res and reverb was standard as well. I also killed the stereo split so I could compare mono to mono. FM9 feels and sounds subtly better. I am sure it is NGD syndrome - which...
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    FM9 sounds different than FM3?

    I just received my FM9 this morning and was playing it for a bit this afternoon. I was thinking the very same thing. It seems to feel different in a better way and when comparing stock patches, the FM9 sounds sweeter to me. Not that the FM3 is bad in any way. I just seem to prefer the FM9. It's...
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    Waitlist Email

    Received my unit at 9:50AM this morning. Of course it sounds excellent through my CLR cube and I like seeing that patch that was running at 80% on my FM3 now running at 57% on my FM9. Excellent product that has been a long time coming!
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    Waitlist Email

    Yes. I have been through this before with Fractal purchases and know that overnight is really only overnight once UPS gets control of it. But I also know that overnight with UPS can be sketchy these days. That's why I go with the guaranteed delivery before 10:30AM. I am on the west coast and...
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    Waitlist Email

    I ordered mine on 10/5 just before 2PM EST (40 min after invite). Got confirmation on the order within minutes. Got a shipping confirmation on 10/6 just before 1PM EST. Later in the day on 10/6 got UPS update saying it will be delivered to my house on 10/7 just before 10:30AM PST - I am on the...
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    AX8 to FM9

    Just the new generation foot switching layout option is worth the change alone. For me, the difference in amp modeling was like going from an Ultra to the Axe-III. It's a "no-brainer"!
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    Waitlist Email

    You will see an update tomorrow. So realistically, paying for next day is ready two days.
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    Waitlist Email

    It is October now. Maybe that next shipment landed.
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    Yeah, It's Your Honeymoon

    I have been a user of all of the Fractal products since the Ultra days. This has been the most cleanly executed wait list roll outs of their products that I have experienced. Congrats to a well run and growing business Fractal!
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    Waitlist Email

    Wait List confirmation 9/27 @ 1:48PM EST Purchase Link received 10/5 @ 1:15PM EST Purchased and overnighted!
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    Waitlist Email

    As someone else pointed out, the addition of performance pages makes that a non-issue. I gig mine in a small rack case on top of a pair of 1x12 stacked. It is no different than turning around and tweaking a knob on your tube amp. In addition, you can customize it with up to 24 parameters from...
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    “Jesus, is there anything you people don’t bitch about”

    Much like the rest of the world as well.
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    Waitlist Email

    I often wonder how amusing all of these threads are to Fractal if/when the take time to read through all the speculation and theories. That probably cannot buy marketing data like this with regards our demographic...
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    Waitlist Email

    They are all probably sitting in a container on a cargo ship sitting off the coast of CA...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 17.00 Public Beta

    I would be willing to lose User2 on my Mk1. I only ever use a couple of IR anyway and focus on other things - like playing.
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    Waitlist Email

    Relax, you can get the MkII
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    Celestion F12-X200

    Did you get a chance to try it?
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    Celestion F12-X200

    The Matrix GM50 amp plugs to the Matrix passive crossover. Just disconnect the two Low Frequency wires and the two High Frequency wires coming from the passive crossover and use electrical tape to insulate the ends. Wrap them up tuck them away so they are safe and won't contact anything. Then...
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    Celestion F12-X200

    This is very interesting. I had an mbritt that I really liked. Also have a few CLR and Matrix Q12A. All very good. I swapped an F12 into the mbritt and ran it straight through on the raw setting. I actually liked it much more. Ended up selling it and stuck the F12 into my Q12A. It really works...
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    Avatar 3D 112 FORTE REPLICA

    I really enjoy the pair that I have with the F12. I have never tried the Celestion spec'd cab but I am sure it sounds great too. The only thing that I think I would probably change would be to switch to a grill cloth that lets the high come through a little clearer at rehearsal volumes around...
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    Celestion F12-X200

    As far as I understand it, the Matrix GM series amps are no longer produced. Too bad because I really like the three that I have.
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    Unboxing most powerful floor modeler in the UNIVERSE

    Have had beer spilled on my old school pedal board, but only after the patron drank a lot of it and stumbled around the dance floor for 20 minutes just to puke it up all over my pedal board and the singers shoes. Talk about a buzz kill for a gig...
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    Axe III via Studio Monitor v.s. Tube Combo at the Same Volume

    I can relate to the point that you are making. I eventually just got tired of trying to solve the very nuanced issue that I notice yet some other don't. I have an Axe-III, an FM-3 and an AX-8 and would never get rid of them because they solve a lot of issues in the various ways that I use them...
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    Getting a lot of noise (hiss/white noise?) when in 4CM, anyone have experience/suggestions?

    I have the same issue with the USB noise. On my 4CM AX-8 I just leave it unplugged until I need to make some changes. On my AXE-III I have to get a USB isolator to kill the noise since I need to have that plugged in most of the time.
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    Celestion F12-X200 speaker

    I just run my Avatar Forte cabs "as-built". As far as I can see, the internal flaps are not adjustable. From what I hear, I have never been inspired to change anything about them.
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    Getting a lot of noise (hiss/white noise?) when in 4CM, anyone have experience/suggestions?

    I don't use my FM3 in a 4CM setup but I did retire my AX-8 to a 4CM setup with my 2203x. I experience some of the strange high frequency white noise in that setup. It is worse if I don't set up the gain staging correctly to optimize it. I had read that Cliff said that the AX-8 was designed for...
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    Don't sleep on the Celestion FX12-200 if you use IRs for live / rehearsal

    The forte cabs are chunky. Even though they do some weight reduction techniques on the construction, the are still not light weight cabs. I love the pair that I have but I always go for stacked instead of horizontal or wade pan stereo just become a pair of stacked 2x12 seem to have a better...
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    Don't sleep on the Celestion FX12-200 if you use IRs for live / rehearsal

    I am with you on the F12 in a 1x12 forte cab. I use two of them stacked. Once I did, I stopped spending money on this subject and went back to focusing on playing. All of the points you make are exactly what I experienced. I use both of my CLR for vocal monitors now and sold my xitone. I even...
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    Which Matrix Power Amp Do You All Recommend?

    If I remember correctly when the GT1000FX was rolled out, Matrix tweaked the input impedance or something like that to work better with the output coming from modelers - but you would want to research that with Matrix. I have never seen a post where someone was dissatisfied with the GT800FX.
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    FM3-Edit 1.03.00 (supports fw 3.02 public beta)

    That fixed it - much thanks!
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    FM3-Edit 1.03.00 (supports fw 3.02 public beta)

    The links for the FM-edit beta downloads don't seem to be working. If I click on any of them, it just takes me back to this page. All of the other FW and Edit links work. Any ideas?
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    Why still a Drive pedal and so many Amp models? (it’s not about the nr of Amp or Drive models)

    My short answer would be "because you can". I grew up old school when you scrimped and saved to get a 2203 JCM800 that did not have the insane gain the a lot of amp builders offer today - but it was a lot of gain in the late 70s early 80s. Then you user a peddle to find your tone - and there...
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    Will Performance Pages be added?

    I don't care if it breaks other things - I'll take it now! Cone on already!
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    How are you using your CLR?

    I use the two that I have for stage monitors for our two singers. I have moved on to other stuff to hear just my guitar.
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    Anyone sell all their tube amps?

    I still have a couple Marshalls that I like but I am recently wondering why I still have them. A '69 Chevelle is a cool car, but by today's standards, they really don't drive all that well. I will never not have digital amp technical. It is just so much nicer to work with. And I am one of those...
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    FM3 Firmware Version 3.0

    Wow! I can honestly say that my FM3 has caught up to my Axe-III - and the Axe-III just got better! All I want for Christmas now is a performance page 😋
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    Cons to running Axe-Fx through traditional cab?

    The F12x200 has a tweeter and designed to be used with IRs. I have a pair of 1x12 Forte 3D cabs that I stack. It's a great setup and I don't bother with my CLR or XiTone much anymore.
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    FM3 Int repair

    Walk away...
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    Just installed Celestion F12-X200 into my Genz Benz GFlex 2x12 and ...

    I have only used Matrix SS power amps - the GT1000 and the GM50. No problems at all but I do make sure I have the proper gain staging so there is not risk of clipping in the amp. Others seem to have varying issues depending on the cabinet they use, but it's hard to tell what is going on with...
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    XiTone arrived today...shoot out against my DXR10

    Ah! How do I do that? I am forum challenged...
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    XiTone arrived today...shoot out against my DXR10

    It would be nice to know exactly what the modes are on the mbritt with the removable back panel. I have seen about three different references in various threads but cannot determine who is correct. Can Mick jump in and clarify? Thanks!
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    Just installed Celestion F12-X200 into my Genz Benz GFlex 2x12 and ...

    True that! I have one one each in a pair of Forte 3D 1x12 cabs. They perform very well and sound huge. The are 22"x19"x14". The I have one in an old matrix Q12A powered cab that in 19"x16"x12". It has two front ports and does sound smaller but still sounds good to me when I boost 125hz and...
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    Just installed Celestion F12-X200 into my Genz Benz GFlex 2x12 and ...

    I am glad that you were able to benefit from the discussion Neale. I jumped when I thought you might be wanted to get another one and pair them up. I didn't think it would be a good investment at this time. If I could get away with just a backline and some decent stage volume, I would probably...
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    Just installed Celestion F12-X200 into my Genz Benz GFlex 2x12 and ...

    I get your point - I really do. I have put a lot of time and money into solving the very same frustrations when trying to replicate what I hear from my JCM800 and 4x12 1982 cab with original G12-80 speakers. It's the voice of God in my opinion - but only at an unrealistic volume that I don't get...
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    Just installed Celestion F12-X200 into my Genz Benz GFlex 2x12 and ...

    Well, that is a good question. My experience and been that it can get pretty damn close given the very same cabinets are being used. They won't be exact because they physically are not exact. But I have found that the F12 plays and responds more to my expectations of a guitar speaker because of...
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    Just installed Celestion F12-X200 into my Genz Benz GFlex 2x12 and ...

    One of the main reasons I switched over to the F12-X200 in a guitar cabinet was because as hard as I tried to like FRFR setups, all of them where still just a PA speaker with a proprietary EQ curve applied by the maker of the cabinet. I still have two CLR that just do stage monitor duty for the...
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    Just installed Celestion F12-X200 into my Genz Benz GFlex 2x12 and ...

    I use a Matrix GT1000FX for the two 1x12 Forte style 1x12 cabinets. The other two speakers are in a pair of 1x12 Matrix Q12a cabinets that use the Matrix GM50 power module. I get what I need our of all the setups with modest tweaks to the global EQ. I wonder if you are over driving the input...
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    Just installed Celestion F12-X200 into my Genz Benz GFlex 2x12 and ...

    I don't think getting a second one will help you. I have four of them all in different 1x12 cabinets that I use in different places. I did not have a difficult time getting a good usable sound out of any of them. I tweak my global EQ a little depending on the room or tone that I am working with...
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    FM3 Status Update

    Performance Page Please 😁
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    Powered cab users: What are you using?

    I have two of the Neo CLR and two of the Matrix Q12a. I like them all. However, recently picked up a Xitone Mbritt cab. I like it very much!
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    Share Your Favorite Tips for an SS Power Amp w/ Real Cab Setup

    Speaker compression was the parameter that made a big difference for me turning up a real cabinet on stage. Feels more amp like at higher SPL. I do have to clarify that I use a pair of stacked 1x12 forte style 3D cabinets sold by Avatar. I ended up pulling the guitar style speakers and...
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    Celestion F12-X200

    I have mine loaded into a pair of 1x12 Forte 3D cabs made by Avatar. I stack them - never really thought that stereo guitar live on stage was really very effective. Anyway, I think they translate just fine to front of house sound and in-ears. I just use the Out-2 EQ to tweak the highs and lows...
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    Celestion F12-X200

    Does anyone know what the crossover frequency is for the FX12-200?
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    Will Performance Pages be added?

    Any updates on when we can have this feature?
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    Wish Performance Page as Home Page

    It would be great to have an option in the setup to check a box that allows the screen to start up on the page.
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    Celestion F12-X200

    For me, I stuck one in an Avatar 1x12 3D cab - the Forte design. The IR through the PA is Ok but it is never a tone that really inspires me - and I have a nice PA. I like a guitar speaker on a stage. However, I was always finding something that I was trying to EQ into or out of every guitar...
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    Celestion F12-X200 with Axe-Fx 3

    I put the F12-x200 in one my Avatar Forte 3D cabinets (1x12) and I am very satisfied with the results. It will be staying in there. I run my AxeFX-III though a Matrix GT-1000 into it.
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    QSC K12 Loudspeaker

    I tried s K12 years ago. Ended up getting a K10 and liked it for a while. In the end I felt that the QSC stuff had a hyped and bloated low end that I could never get rid of. When I would apply a low cut, it would just not quite sound right to me. Then there was that annoying plastic sounding...
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    Will Performance Pages be added?

    I know it's nit-picky, but it would be great if when the performance page is added, you could select it as the default page that the screen wakes up to. Again, I know it's nit-picky since I could just reach down to push one button to get to it, but...
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    FC-6 always starts up to same view as FM3

    I hope that is the case! That is exactly what I was hoping to do with my FM3 and FC-6. What Fractal did with the workflow to maximize the function of three buttons is very clever. For my use on a stage, I have never really ever wanted have to page through things. Really don't need all that...
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    FC-6 always starts up to same view as FM3

    After a little more exploring, I just figured out that Fractal already thought about providing the loop trim functions on the A and E knobs on the FM3. I should not have doubted their genius! Thanks for the help! BA
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    FC-6 always starts up to same view as FM3

    Ooooooh! I think I get it now. Thanks for that insight!
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    FC-6 always starts up to same view as FM3

    I think this is the real issue for me - no "Startup" view that I can set independently between the FM3 and the FC-6. In addition to that, then you have the limitations in how the FM3 groups the views. I cannot seem to get my looper controls on the bottom three switches of the FC-6. Oh well...
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    FC-6 always starts up to same view as FM3

    I does not stay.
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    FC-6 always starts up to same view as FM3

    Yes, tried that and all other permutations. The Devices button on the FC Controllers page of the FM3 Edit allows you to select the current view as 1,2,3 or 4 for the FC-6 based on the four groups of three switches that are shown on the FC Controller page of FM3 edit. I just cannot get all of...
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    FC-6 always starts up to same view as FM3

    Hey there Fractal community! Can anyone tell me how to get my FC-6 to start up showing view-4 when connected to the FM3? The FC-6 always starts up mirroring the same view-1 that I have the FM3 starting up on. I save my preset with the FC-6 set to the current view that I prefer (in this case it...
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