J-V
Inspired
Tomorrow will be a week since the elusive UPS dude delivered my FM3. I say elusive, because apparently they don’t call anymore, just show up and after waiting the bare minimum just take off. I had to chase the guy, but it was worth it.
Anyway, I’ve never had, or even tried a Fractal device before this one. I’ve owned a few modelers by different companies, yes, but I never really loved using any of them for different reasons. Having spent a couple of weeks leading up to getting the unit watching YT videos about Fractal gear in general, and reading the manual, certainly helped, but the learning curve is still obviously somewhat steep. Not as steep as I originally thought, though. Operating the unit and building presets seems fairly intuitive after a short while, or really once I stopped thinking in terms of how the previous modeler I had used to do things. I’ve yet to connect the FM3 to my computer because I wanted to get the hang of the unit by itself first, and go from there. I thought about transferring my IRs to the unit, but I think I’m good for the time being with the 2200+ ones on there…
I think going into detail about the sound will be somewhat redundant, as I don’t think there’s a lot of disagreement here that it does sound excellent. I’ve heard many times that nowadays any good modeler can be dialed in to sound just like the others, and while that may be true I can’t place a high enough value on getting where I want to go as quickly as possible. Even if I'm not entirely sure myself where that is at any given time. The FM3 does this, in spades. The deep editing functions are really just gravy, as there are amazing sounds to be had right out of the gate. And yes, in my opinion better sounds than with any of the competitors I’ve personally used. I’m kind of bummed (not really, though) that the unit came with Cygnus on it, as I would have liked to try Ares and then Cygnus to hear the differences, but at the same time I have to applaud G66 for their great service in sending the unit fully updated and ready to go. If someone from G66 reads this, thank you, you guys rock!
All in all I think the FM3 is an amazing unit. A unit I will spend hours upon hours monkeying around with, and more importantly a unit that inspires me to play, and find my sounds in ways others maybe haven’t. The past ~18 months have been a shit show in so many ways, and I only wish I would have gotten this thing a year ago. But better late than never.
Thank you team Fractal, thanks to everyone on the forum who have already answered questions I haven’t had time to think of, let alone ask and a big thank you to all of you who have made amazing videos about the device on YouTube. I've been told it’s always good to end on a strong quote, so here goes.
Anyway, I’ve never had, or even tried a Fractal device before this one. I’ve owned a few modelers by different companies, yes, but I never really loved using any of them for different reasons. Having spent a couple of weeks leading up to getting the unit watching YT videos about Fractal gear in general, and reading the manual, certainly helped, but the learning curve is still obviously somewhat steep. Not as steep as I originally thought, though. Operating the unit and building presets seems fairly intuitive after a short while, or really once I stopped thinking in terms of how the previous modeler I had used to do things. I’ve yet to connect the FM3 to my computer because I wanted to get the hang of the unit by itself first, and go from there. I thought about transferring my IRs to the unit, but I think I’m good for the time being with the 2200+ ones on there…
I think going into detail about the sound will be somewhat redundant, as I don’t think there’s a lot of disagreement here that it does sound excellent. I’ve heard many times that nowadays any good modeler can be dialed in to sound just like the others, and while that may be true I can’t place a high enough value on getting where I want to go as quickly as possible. Even if I'm not entirely sure myself where that is at any given time. The FM3 does this, in spades. The deep editing functions are really just gravy, as there are amazing sounds to be had right out of the gate. And yes, in my opinion better sounds than with any of the competitors I’ve personally used. I’m kind of bummed (not really, though) that the unit came with Cygnus on it, as I would have liked to try Ares and then Cygnus to hear the differences, but at the same time I have to applaud G66 for their great service in sending the unit fully updated and ready to go. If someone from G66 reads this, thank you, you guys rock!
All in all I think the FM3 is an amazing unit. A unit I will spend hours upon hours monkeying around with, and more importantly a unit that inspires me to play, and find my sounds in ways others maybe haven’t. The past ~18 months have been a shit show in so many ways, and I only wish I would have gotten this thing a year ago. But better late than never.
Thank you team Fractal, thanks to everyone on the forum who have already answered questions I haven’t had time to think of, let alone ask and a big thank you to all of you who have made amazing videos about the device on YouTube. I've been told it’s always good to end on a strong quote, so here goes.
"Sounds like rock ’n’ roll! This is… What we want."
- Leon Todd
- Leon Todd
