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    Broken left hand recovery?

    I was playing -- very painfully -- within about two weeks after the break. Was mostly healed by six weeks.
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    FM9 Firmware Version 6.00

    Don't know if this is a bug from the new firmware or not but third from left stomp switch stopped working on any bank on my latest power up. Rebooting solved it but the fact it happened has me anticipating it occurring at a less opportune time.
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    Sound card takeover

    Thanks. I think this is why it gets switched. I sometimes need to free up a USB and unplug the USB that connects my mixer. I will just always unplug the AX from now. Much appreciated.
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    Sound card takeover

    PC, Windows 11. There are at least 3 places to change sound settings, so if there's a way to stop it from happening, I would prefer that.
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    Sound card takeover

    Most of the time, when my FM-9 is connected to my Windows 11 computer (which is connected through a mixer to studio monitors) it plays fine. But sometimes booting everything up changes my audio setting to the FM9 and then I hear nothing. I am old and stupid and usually forget where to find...
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    SOLVED. FM9 Edit not connecting over USB

    Try changing the In and Out ports and then reverting back. That solved it for me.
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    SOLVED. FM9 Edit not connecting over USB

    Here's another solution. I installed the driver first but FM-9 Edit still did not connect on my PC laptop. After trying several restarts and different sequences of plugging things in, I went to the Preferences menu on FM9 and de-selected and then re-selected the inputs. That solved it.
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    FM3 and windows audio. Help an idiot please.

    It was in the audio settings menu, which I accessed through the magnifying glass (not the icon on the lower right. That doesn't work.)
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    FM3 and windows audio. Help an idiot please.

    I appreciate all of your efforts to help. BTW, is there anyway to prevent the Fractal from automatically setting itself as the default audio device? That's what causes the issue.
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    FM3 and windows audio. Help an idiot please.

    Thanks for your help. I tried fixing this the way I used to with Windows 10 where I clicked the audio icon in the lower right and changed the playback device back to RealTek. That only allowed playback from one device or the other. I found there is the same setting option hidden in a deeper...
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    FM3 and windows audio. Help an idiot please.

    Thanks Chris. The computer goes into the mixer and I think the audio device setting does affect whether the computer audio plays through the mixer or not. Before I "upgraded" to Windows 11, this would happen sometimes whenI took the FM3 out to play a gig. When I put it back it would shift...
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    FM3 and windows audio. Help an idiot please.

    I am getting too old to deal with computers, their updates and issues. At home I play my FM3 through a mixer so I can have both the FM3 and whatever song I am learning to play on computer come out through my computer monitors. Been doing that with Fractal stuff for years. Today, after I had...
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    PC Windows 11 IT Help

    Thanks very much Toopy. That fixed it.
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    PC Windows 11 IT Help

    I know there are a lot of IT people on this forum so I thought I would ask here. I just noticed my Windows11 PC has a new almost invisible box. You can see it below just above the lower tool bar. My cursor times out in this and does not work. Could it be some kind of virus and if so how...
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    FM3 Firmware Version 5.01

    It's just joke. In this case, the original poster wrote some that wasn't intended as an insult but could be read that way.
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    FM3 Firmware Version 5.01

    I used 5.01 at a rehearsal yesterday and noticed 1) new fizz in cleaner patches, 2) fairly dramatic changes in patch to patch volume (more so than usual updates), and 3) it's going to sound really great when I get it dialed in again.
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    FM3 Firmware Version 5.01

    You're right and there was no reason for me to direct that at you in particular. There is a lot of other off topic stuff in this thread and yours was the last post I looked at. No offense meant.
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    FM3 Firmware Version 5.01

    That's all interesting and I am sure it affects you but maybe the lounge is a better place to talk about weather? Most people looking at this thread want to see what changed with the new firmware and that gets in the way.
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    Seriously impressed with Charvel...

    No, it was really fluid to play. I only noticed the discomfort when the tennis elbow kicked in. My mother had bone cancer, so I thought that's what the bump was when I went to the DR to check it out. When he told me tennis elbow, the guitar never even occurred to me. I put that together...
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    FM3 Firmware Version 5.01

    You can always roll back to prior firmware
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    Seriously impressed with Charvel...

    I got a San Dimas about 5 years ago. I loved it with the flat radius. I felt like I could definitely play faster runs on it than my Strat or PRS or Les Paul. However, either because I played the hell out of it or because of the flatter radius, I got pretty bad tendonitis in my fretting hand...
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    OMG-9m / FM-3 glitch

    Did those templates provide any insight?
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    OMG-9m / FM-3 glitch

    Thanks for spelling that out. I wouldn't have found it otherwise.
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    OMG-9m / FM-3 glitch

    Thanks. I missed that as an edit option. I can see "More" as the Hold function in layout 8 now. I don't think I am doing a Hold though (especially as this seems to happen when I use the Preset or Effects switch.) I exported the preset and attached the file here.
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    OMG-9m / FM-3 glitch

    I had a lot of difficulty figuring out how to set up per preset switches with FM-9 and FC-6 running OMG-9. That's mostly over, but somehow I introduced an error into a couple of presets and I can not see how to rectify it. What happens (and I think it's specific to only one or two presets)...
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    Las Vegas, Live music recommendations

    We caught a visiting blues band from California at a local bar that was pretty good. The Fremont Street Experience was a little canned but a band called Rock Steady had a killer older guitar player. He was playing some very tasty licks.
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    Blocks copy inconsistently?

    Thanks for the clarification. I was trying both ways: as saved blocks in the Library and by copying blocks (which I was mistakenly doing instead of channels).
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    Blocks copy inconsistently?

    Thanks. Note for anyone having similar issue. Pay attention to that new check box in the Blocks Library where you either copy entire block or current channel. You want to copy current channel only if you want to copy them across channels. And if you have any library blocks that pre-date...
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    Blocks copy inconsistently?

    Ok. Thanks. Somewhere I got the idea you could select say, Channel A on a block, select Channel C and then copy A into C. That apparently doesn't work and you need to put each one in the library.
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    Blocks copy inconsistently?

    After years of using Fractal with just presets and stompbox mode, I am finally using channels and scenes. There is a lot of copying involved in setting up presets to do this. Has anyone else noticed that the copy and paste function in the latest AxeEdit operates inconsistently? What's...
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    Pedal Steel?

    Sorry. I couldn't get those to sound very good so I just covered a different instrument in the song.
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    Las Vegas, Live music recommendations

    Thanks Steadystate! I was hoping you would weigh in as I know you play there.
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    Las Vegas, Live music recommendations

    Thanks for tips. I am also hoping someone who knows the local band scene has some suggestions on lesser known good local bands.
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    Las Vegas, Live music recommendations

    Just looking for recommendations on bands to check out or good venues to see live music in Vegas. I like rock, blues, funk, pop, R&B, some jazz and enjoy good cover bands or original tunes. Any tips would be appreciated. I am going next week and staying downtown. Thanks in advance.
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    Please help me understand how to program footswitches on FM3

    Mahalo for helping Chris. I hate to be dense but I don't see FC Edit on my screen. See attached screenshot. If I select Per-Preset FC, then I get to the screen of the 24 switch layouts. Since there are two units involved, I was not sure which button is number one. I did get to the...
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    Please help me understand how to program footswitches on FM3

    anyone? If you are using OMG with an FM3 and FC-6 or 12, I would really appreciate it.
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    Please help me understand how to program footswitches on FM3

    I programmed a FCB1000 for my Ultra and got along with the AX8 fine, but for some reason even after reading the user manual and footswitch guide, I can not wrap my head around how to program per preset footswitches on an FM3 using the OMG layout with an FC-6. Could someone please walk me...
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    Organ preset

    Anyone have a decent preset to cover an organ sound? I am looking for something to cover the keyboard solo in say, Good Loving or Evil Ways. Thanks in advance.
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    Which Guitarists Have You Discovered, Maybe Late In Their Career, That You Never Knew Were Badass?

    Plus Velvet Underground, Rock and Roll Animal live album
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    Some Tele twang

    Nice. Looks like that tele has a b-bender.
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    Computer monitor on top of a rack with the axe is bad?

    I don't know. At the worst, I would think it might cause interference either with the monitor or the audio. If so, you could move it.
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    Black Pumas "Colors" theory question

    Now that makes sense. I forgot about the chameleon nature of diminished chords.
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    Black Pumas "Colors" theory question

    Thanks for all the great information and explanations.
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    Black Pumas "Colors" theory question

    Just trying to follow a friend's advice and learn the Nashville numbers for every song we are playing. This one has me stumped. The chords are F#minor, A maj, E maj, F diminished, repeat. I though diminished was usually a 7 chord. I looked online where it says that this tune is in the...
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    Classes The Complete FM3 Master Class with Cooper Carter - NOW STREAMING!

    Not much, just one lesson I think. Most of the editing is done on computer. And old rocker man, I am with you there. You will benefit from viewing this but if you have more time than money, you can probably find a lot of it on other videos. Compared to some other Fractal user videos...
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    Bluechip Picks

    Sorry about that, Tonedeaf. My wife gave me a Bluechip pick for my birthday about 12 years ago. I used it for about a year before it started showing wear. One thing I will say is that pick enabled me to be able to pick faster than I had been able to before. Maybe 10 or 15% faster. And the...
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    Question about High and Low cut in the Bloc Cab

    That seems logical, but I get too much thump and woofiness unless I low cut almost all presets up to at least around 80Hz. I can't hear the high cut as well, but I take that down to around 9,000. I am going to try 5,000 based on your question and see if that sounds better.
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    FM3 Firmware Version 4.00 beta 1

    Thanks Baracus, this solved my problem with soft resets restoring everthing to neutral
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    FM3 Firmware Version 4.00 beta 1

    Soft resets are not working on my Windows 10 computer with latest AxeEdit software since this download. Everything goes to 5. Anyone else experience this?
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    FM3-Edit 1.04.00

    Thanks for the tip. Switching to Chrome solved the problem for me. Mahalo!
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    FM3-Edit 1.04.00

    I am having the same error message, but when I click on see more, run anyway is not an option. I am on Windows 10 and McAfree Anti virus. I disabled the firewall but it still prevents me from downloading.
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    Just how loud are open back headphones anyway?

    I bought a pair of open back Gradios about 6 years ago. Much more comfortable than closed backs. If you crank it, the sound is about twice that of an unamplified strat. If you play at a normal volume, it's about the same as the strat. Eq'ing your FRFR with headphones is another matter. I...
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    OMG Idiot

    That or RTFM
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    OMG Idiot

    I have done this twice now. Anyone else? I use the FM-3 on my left and an FC-6 abutting it on the right with the OMG programming enabled. Last night, for the second time in about a year, I plugged my instrument cable into the FC-6 instead of the FM-3. (The jack is in exactly the same place)...
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    CLR owners, please help!

    Try the low cut and high cut knobs in the cab block. The CLR is covering a lot more frequency range than the guitar cabinet. Low cutting and high cutting puts it more in the cabinet range. I low cut almost everything to at least 80 and up to 200. High cut I can't hear as well but I drop it...
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    MATRIX 2x12 FRFR speaker cabinet passive

    The owner moved to LA a couple years ago and then went to Idaho I think when he got fed up with CA regulations.
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    Classes The Complete FM3 Master Class with Cooper Carter - NOW STREAMING!

    I am considering buying this because there is still a lot to learn. However, I usually hate the slower pace of information delivery in most videos compared to reading. That's not true of every video, explainers like Greg Summers or Leon Todd put out a lot of information with a few well chosen...
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    Software FracPad III - iOS/Android/Mac/Win Editor for the Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+, AX8/FX8, Axe-Fx III and FM3/FM9

    Thank you. That worked.
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    Software FracPad III - iOS/Android/Mac/Win Editor for the Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+, AX8/FX8, Axe-Fx III and FM3/FM9

    Windows 10 tablet, trying to connect to an FM-3. Tried Bluetooth but learned that is not supported on Windows 10. Tried the USB adapter that came with my tablet but that did not make a connection. Ordered the recommended adapter -- UGREEN Micro USB 2.0 OTG Cable On The Go Adapter Male Micro...
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    Software FracPad III - iOS/Android/Mac/Win Editor for the Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+, AX8/FX8, Axe-Fx III and FM3/FM9

    Thanks. When I rechecked the Wiki connection info I only saw IOS for the FM3. Can I connect to an FM3 with a Windows 10 tablet?
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    Software FracPad III - iOS/Android/Mac/Win Editor for the Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+, AX8/FX8, Axe-Fx III and FM3/FM9

    Has anyone gotten this to work with an FM3? I have a Windows 10 Tablet PC, the FM3 and a Yamaha MD-BT01. I was able to install the Fracpad software on the tablet despite Microsoft's best efforts to stop that. The Bluetooth has found the MD-BT01. But the Fracpad is hung up on "Not...
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    NOOB questions about Axe-Fx Ultra

    I started with an Ultra and ran that through a small Mackie mixer. I believe I ran a 1/4 instrument cable out from the Ultra’s out1 into a 1/4 inch input jack on the mixer. Paranoid is correct I recall lots of problems connecting. Use the wiki to make sure you get the right adapter
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    Software FracPad III - iOS/Android/Mac/Win Editor for the Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+, AX8/FX8, Axe-Fx III and FM3/FM9

    Thanks.
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    Software FracPad III - iOS/Android/Mac/Win Editor for the Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+, AX8/FX8, Axe-Fx III and FM3/FM9

    I am trying to connect an FM3 to an Amazon Fire 10 tablet using the Yamaha MD-BT01. I can't find the MD-BT01 in the tablet's BlueTooth settings. I also can not find the above Yamaha UD/MD utility in the USA (Android) app store. Any guidance?
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    Hey linguists. What's the funniest expression you know in a language?

    I speak passable Japanese and just learned that one way to say cross-eyed in Japanese is "Rompari" (sort of rhymes with Lombardi). What that literally means is "Rome/Paris," i.e. one eye looking at Rome, the other at Paris. That struck me as the funniest use of language I have heard but I am...
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    Liquid Foot Forum

    I liked my Liquid Foot Pro. The company had major communications problems though.
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    Not a Bug Preset Leveling

    On my Win 10 PC running latest FM 3 Edit and FM-3 firmware, I can only use the Level Preset tool on one preset. On the next preset it does not register any input. Restarting FM3 Edit resolves this.
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    Organ preset?

    Thanks Pauly, I was hoping to find one already FM-3 compatible. I am not great with great with computers.
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    Organ preset?

    Does anyone have a good facsimile of an organ solo preset they would be willing to share? Something like the organ solo on Evil Ways or similar.
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    I made a thing

    That's pretty cool. Thanks, Eric!
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    How about we pool knowledge and understand the Compressor block options better?

    What a great tip. Thanks!
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    FM3 Firmware Release Version 1.06

    For what it's worth, I have been getting a time out trying to install this update, too. I am using the USB cable Fractal recommended a couple of years ago and keep getting a "No response" timeout, even after rebooting both devices. I tried plugging into a different USB port on my computer...
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    Jim the Pigeon

    Enjoy. I have these Java finches that hang out on my lanai and the windows above my music room. When I play heavy riffs kind of loud, sometimes they pop their heads up and look down at me with their red, beady eyes.
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    Riff Station alternative?

    Thanks Glenn. I have Studio One but I just found it much easier to do this in Riff Station than in the DAW. That's why I am looking for a replacement.
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    Riff Station alternative?

    This question has been asked before, but I find that many of the recommendations do not work or no longer work on a Windows 10 PC. Any recommendations on a program that can change pitch and slow down mp3s? I would much rather use this on my PC than my iPhone. Seems like most of the programs...
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    FM3 Firmware Release Version 1.05

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    FM3 Firmware Release Version 1.05

    Yes. 1.05.
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    FM3 Firmware Release Version 1.05

    Trying to update to 5.0 (corrected to 1.05) but I am having communications errors with Fractal Bot. Worked before (I updated to 04 and rolled back to 03 about a week ago). Could it be because I installed the latest AxEdit first from a prompt on FM3-Edit? Right now when I hit the button to...
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    FM3 Firmware Release Version 1.05

    Well, some of the blocks that I put in my presets under 1.04 don't work with the rollback to 1.03. So I get an error message every time I open FM3 Edit. Erasing and reinstalling the block doesn't stop the error. The other one is when switching to scenes on the FM3, the FC-6 shows both scenes...
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    FM3 Firmware Release Version 1.05

    I still seem to have some lingering bugs from updating to 1.04 and then back to 1.03 with the OMG-9 so I am wondering if it is working better in this release.
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    FM3 Firmware Release Version 1.05

    Has anyone using a FC-6 with OMG-9 updated to 1.05?
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    First 24hrs

    Congrats. I saw the FM-3 as a modest improvement over my prior AX8 for the first four weeks I had it during the pandemic. Then I took it to our first opening back up rehearsal. Whole different breast. Really sounds great at volume. I can't describe the difference, but my band mates all...
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    Wish I had known that at the time.

    Wish I had known that at the time.
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    That was a long time ago, Rob. I think I had to take one end off a speaker cable and put a...

    That was a long time ago, Rob. I think I had to take one end off a speaker cable and put a banana plug on it to go into the Art. Hope that helps.
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    OMG-9 Dimmed lights for bypassed effects?

    Thanks. I couldn't see how to change it in the Editor, but working directly on the unit in EZ edit, I could see how to do it.
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    OMG-9 Dimmed lights for bypassed effects?

    you are always the first to answer, Chris. Thanks. Actually, I guess the bypassed are all dim, but since the effects are all different colors -- yellow, purple, blue, red, etc -- that difference is much more visible than the dimming. A better question would have been how do I make all the...
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    OMG-9 Dimmed lights for bypassed effects?

    Has anyone set up an OMG-9 rig so that when you are using the Effects layout, bypassed effects show up with dimmed lights on the FC-6? Unlike some world leaders, I can read, so I don't really need a red light or blue light or green light to tell me the difference between a scene, effect of...
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    OMG9 Switching Issues

    Thanks. I found it a different way, in the menu. It works after I moved my presets below number 49. I think I am going to name them with bank numbers (e.g. 2.1 Fender Clean, 2.2 Fender Crunch... and 3.1 Mesa Clean, 3.2 Mesa Crunch...) to make navigation a little easier until I get used to it.
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    OMG9 Switching Issues

    I did in the order of the instructions, so I changed bank to 6 first and then loaded the layouts. I am still having an issue even after changing the "wrap" parameter. (Incidentally that is very deep in the editing. Need to do on the unit and drill down into the Presets layout to see the...
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    OMG9 Switching Issues

    Thanks Dan
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    OMG9 Switching Issues

    I had some unexpected switching issues at rehearsal yesterday using OMG9. My presets are in the user bank, up around number 380. In Preset Mode if I tried to go bank right or left, the unit would skip the next set of presets and instead revert to around preset number 10. This made the mode...
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    OMG-9, Effects for idiots?

    Thanks Chris, Your written explanation above solved the problem for me. That and the layouts did not seem to fully load when I first installed the OMG9 file. Reinstalling it got them populated, which helped a lot. Appreciate it.
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    OMG-9, Effects for idiots?

    Sorry Chris, I was off the computer last night. Any chance of doing this today or tomorrow? I think we are both in the same time zone.
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    OMG-9, Effects for idiots?

    This may be because I installed the OMG9 software update, but when I get to a layout page with effects on it, number 3 in my case, it just shows the effects as unassigned. When I click on a switch, it does not give an option to add an effect. My options are copy switch, clear switch, copy...
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    OMG-9, Effects for idiots?

    Mahalo nui loa, Chris. I will try that.
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    OMG-9, Effects for idiots?

    Thanks. I checked out your video and when I went to clear the layout, I got error messages that did not show up in your video so I did not proceed. On the Axe8 this was so easy. You just dragged effects from the layout on to the footswitches. I have spent a good three or four hours trying to...
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    OMG-9, Effects for idiots?

    Thanks Chris. I will check your video out. Mahalo for the quick reply.
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    OMG-9, Effects for idiots?

    I have been on the Fractal ride since the Ultra but can not wrap my head around footswitches and layouts on the FM3. I have read the manual, the footswitch manual, watched Carter's videos, but I don't get it. What I want to do is add a Null Filter and EQ boost switch to most of my presets...
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    Assign boost to a foot switch

    I had the Ultra, II and still have an AX8 but I am having a hard time wrapping my head around how the footswitches work in the FM3. I like to switch using effects and have changed several factory presets to include a null filter as a boost. However, in the Effects menu, the Filter does not...
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    Low Cut and Ares

    Mostly not. I am modifying the stock presets in the FM3, but not changing IRs that much yet.
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