Introducing the new AM4 Amp Modeler

First impressions after using my AM4 for a few hours tonight:

This is an absolutely fantastic piece of gear! The amp sims and the effects are, of course, brilliant—no surprises there. I really like the form factor (I also have the VP4), and the UI is nice and easy to use.

I love it!

I’m sure this will be a massive hit for Fractal Audio!
 
The AM4 is giving my FM3 a new perspective...
While I like processed sounds, I'm appreciating a lot trying to keep it "simple" by adding less blocks (following some AM4 videos).

The "raw" sound of the amps is great and avoiding continuous tweaking leaves more time for playing / enjoying.
A lot (and I really mean a lot) of times an AMP + CAB + DLY + REV is enough to cover any musical style
 
Riccardo Ros said:
The AM4 is giving my FM3 a new perspective...
While I like processed sounds, I'm appreciating a lot trying to keep it "simple" by adding less blocks (following some AM4 videos).

The "raw" sound of the amps is great and avoiding continuous tweaking leaves more time for playing / enjoying.
A lot (and I really mean a lot) of times an AMP + CAB + DLY + REV is enough to cover any musical style
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Really funny you say that, as it's exactly how I've been thinking recently too... stripping things back just to listen to the amps again. They sound SO good.

Too easy to get distracted and bung a ton of effects on everything, just because I can!
 
While the AM4 would make an incredible “first Fractal product” for anyone, describing it that way undersells what it truly is. It’s far more than just an “entry-level” Fractal product. Depending on their preferences, it could also be perfectly suited to current and former Fractal users. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, I personally think the AM4 might be close to a perfect product for me.

For the record, the AM4 is not my first Fractal product—I was an Ultra user in the late 2000s and upgraded to the II as soon as it became available in Europe. For various reasons, I didn’t buy the Axe-FX III, FM9, or FM3, but I’m now a very satisfied VP4 and AM4 owner.
 
Richard_G said:
While the AM4 would make an incredible “first Fractal product” for anyone, describing it that way undersells what it truly is. It’s far more than just an “entry-level” Fractal product. Depending on their preferences, it could also be perfectly suited to current and former Fractal users. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, I personally think the AM4 might be close to a perfect product for me.

For the record, the AM4 is not my first Fractal product—I was an Ultra user in the late 2000s and upgraded to the II as soon as it became available in Europe. For various reasons, I didn’t buy the Axe-FX III, FM9, or FM3, but I’m now a very satisfied VP4 and AM4 owner.
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100% in agreement I don’t think of it as entry level at all
 
But you could say that about the Helix and the Podgo. Same amps and effects in a limited package. We are a bit spoiled in that we have pro level gear, but remember the majority of players wouldn't spend $500+ on a modeler. If any of you follow the small $65 Valeton GP-5 pedal craze you would know how people are going crazy over it and building pedalboard around it. I keep thinking, geez, just buy a better piece of gear instead of spending all that money and effort to make it something it's not. My point is all of us have a different frame of reference on what we want out of gear. For Fractal I think their challenge is to help people understand their newer units are not as complicated as their older products. That held me back from going to Fractal from a Helix for years. I still miss the simpler UI. I am hoping Fractal will apply some of the user features of the AM4 to my FM9 where they can from a software standpoint. The basic vs expert edit on blocks on the AM4 can be applied to the FM9, as even the FM9s basic edit is not as intuitive as the AM4 is now.
 
guitarplayer1969 said:
If any of you follow the small $65 Valeton GP-5 pedal craze you would know how people are going crazy over it and building pedalboard around it. I keep thinking, geez, just buy a better piece of gear instead of spending all that money and effort to make it something it's not.
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When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
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(being mostly tongue-in-cheek here, use whatever you like and makes you happy)
 
For real though, the GP-50 is the form factor I wish Fractal had gone with for their compact Amp Modeler, but I'm still super stoked on the AM4
 
rossipedia said:
For real though, the GP-50 is the form factor I wish Fractal had gone with for their compact Amp Modeler, but I'm still super stoked on the AM4
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Yeah that would have been cool. Those small Valeton units do not have Delay tied to time subdivisions or tap tempo so in my mind they are not really useable for effects in a live situation.
 
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