Postretro
Inspired
I am in my 60's. I have many hand-wired tube amps. I mod them extensively. I have very specific capacitor and resistor preferences that vary depending on the circuit and the place in the circuit. I have used LTSpice since the 90's to examine tube circuits -- for FFT results, Tone Circuit Contours, Slew Rates. I have always wanted to know, as objectively as possible, what it is that I like about certain circuit mods and designs. I have experimented with modelers before. But, I found it necessary to use parametric EQs to take out extraneous squeaks and whistles. And, I was also not very impressed by the amp models. Now, suddenly, I am quite happy with my FM3. I originally bought the FM3 for the convenience and quality of the IR's, reverbs and delays. Initially, I intended to use it as an effects/IR unit -- possibly even for a Quad Cortex (still waiting for that.) However, after exploring the amp and cab tweak options -- and after digging into the Fractal Amp-Block Wiki - I am seriously enjoying myself. I can even have subtle 50-cycle-modulated ghost-notes. It has been one month, so far. And now, I'm running the 3.03b firmware and loving the wide range of high-res IR's and the High-Quality, Transformer Mic-Preamp in the cab block and looking forward to the FM3 Cygnus models. The convenience of exploring and modifying so many complex, high-quality sounds, so quickly and easily, in the FM3, has won a very big and very solid place in my heart. I now prefer to use my FM3 CPU power for the amp and cab models over the effects -- and the effects are great. I really did not expect this. I will never completely abandon tube amps and analog pedals. But, I will certainly be using analog less and less often.
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