Hi all! Glad to be here. I just recently ordered a FM3 and I'm super excited! It hasn't arrived yet but I'm trying to stave off my impatience by getting some other things in order before it gets here. Without further ado, here are a few questions/clarifications I've had, in no particular order...
1. Expression/VP pedals. I'm super used to using a volume pedal in just about all of my rigs - this will likely be the primary use for any expression/VP I use. And I'm most familiar with the feel/sweep of the Ernie Ball VP Jr. I've already swapped in a 25k pot for mine, though if I understand correctly it's likely log taper whereas expression is typically linear. But I guess I'm wondering - if it's primarily going to be used as a volume pedal (as it already is), will this be particularly noticeable? I'm also assuming I'd need to use a TRS to dual-TS Y-cable, correct?
2. I'm probably planning on adding a 2-button switch as well. Does anyone know how they're wired up? I'm sure I've got all the parts laying around. I know Strymon switches usually use resistors between switch/jack, if I recall correctly Eventide used diodes between, and some just wire the switches directly to the jack...My assumption is the latter but thought I ought to double check.
3. Speaking of 2-button aux switches - how many are using a "dumb" switch like this vs a midi switcher? I'm curious if anyone's started with a 2-button switch and felt they needed to move to a full midi switch (FC6 or otherwise) OR vice versa - if anyone's started out with a midi switch and realized they'd get by okay with a simpler switch.
4. Separate Pedals and/or Tuners: Ideally I'd like to run the FM3 as an all-in-one and prefer to not have to supplement it with anything else. My current signal chain: Thorpy Fat General, Hudson Broadcast, Browne Protein, Barber Gain Changer, Chase Tone Secret Preamp, Walrus Audio M1, Strymon El Capistan, Strymon Timeline, Strymon Bigsky. I do occasionally "stack" delays and I know there's a one-reverb block limit (but that's fine as I only ever run one reverb at a time anyways), but is there anything you think that I'd find to be lacking and/or needing to be "supplemented" in the FM3 from that batch? I notice a lot of folks using a standalone tuner. Why is that - something they don't like about the built-in tuner? Always-on monitoring? Free up a button rather than have one reserved for tuner access?
I'm sure I will have many more questions in the coming days/weeks but that's all for the moment. I've learned a lot just from lurking around and reading a bunch of threads here already, but I sure do feel like there's still quite a bit left for me to learn, too!
1. Expression/VP pedals. I'm super used to using a volume pedal in just about all of my rigs - this will likely be the primary use for any expression/VP I use. And I'm most familiar with the feel/sweep of the Ernie Ball VP Jr. I've already swapped in a 25k pot for mine, though if I understand correctly it's likely log taper whereas expression is typically linear. But I guess I'm wondering - if it's primarily going to be used as a volume pedal (as it already is), will this be particularly noticeable? I'm also assuming I'd need to use a TRS to dual-TS Y-cable, correct?
2. I'm probably planning on adding a 2-button switch as well. Does anyone know how they're wired up? I'm sure I've got all the parts laying around. I know Strymon switches usually use resistors between switch/jack, if I recall correctly Eventide used diodes between, and some just wire the switches directly to the jack...My assumption is the latter but thought I ought to double check.
3. Speaking of 2-button aux switches - how many are using a "dumb" switch like this vs a midi switcher? I'm curious if anyone's started with a 2-button switch and felt they needed to move to a full midi switch (FC6 or otherwise) OR vice versa - if anyone's started out with a midi switch and realized they'd get by okay with a simpler switch.
4. Separate Pedals and/or Tuners: Ideally I'd like to run the FM3 as an all-in-one and prefer to not have to supplement it with anything else. My current signal chain: Thorpy Fat General, Hudson Broadcast, Browne Protein, Barber Gain Changer, Chase Tone Secret Preamp, Walrus Audio M1, Strymon El Capistan, Strymon Timeline, Strymon Bigsky. I do occasionally "stack" delays and I know there's a one-reverb block limit (but that's fine as I only ever run one reverb at a time anyways), but is there anything you think that I'd find to be lacking and/or needing to be "supplemented" in the FM3 from that batch? I notice a lot of folks using a standalone tuner. Why is that - something they don't like about the built-in tuner? Always-on monitoring? Free up a button rather than have one reserved for tuner access?
I'm sure I will have many more questions in the coming days/weeks but that's all for the moment. I've learned a lot just from lurking around and reading a bunch of threads here already, but I sure do feel like there's still quite a bit left for me to learn, too!