Ugly Bunny
Power User
Hey guys; I started playing bass in my band a year or so ago and had to switch from my FM3 to the HX Stomp for the reliability of the pitch shifting. The Fractal pitch shifter can't seem to do cleans or bass well. It's fine for overdriven guitar, but it's still really warbly on clean chords and even monophonic notes for bass.
Just wondering if anyone has any insight as to whether Cliff and the team are working on improving it for the III, FM9, and FM3. I ended up recently switching to the QC since both the Pitch Shifter and the Transpose funtions work brilliantly for clean guitar (even though technically, NDSP claims they're both monophonic algrithms) and bass.
The problem is, Fractal gear is superior in just about every way (except UI) but having a pitch shifter that's so far behind the mark is untenable.
Every update, I see news of deep amp improvements, but Fractal already has the best sounding/feeling amps - I really just need a pitch shifter that's up to current standards of tracking and latency, like those on the Helix and QC. Hell, even the original "Simple Pitch" that's been on the Helix since the beginning, sounds/feels better for bass than the pitch shifter on the Axe III (never mind the FM3...).
I promise I'm not here to bitch and moan - I genuinely think Fractal is the absolute best in EVERY OTHER way, but his one bugbear is preventing me from being able to use just my Fracal (I don't want any additional pedals, like the Drop, or to use the Stomp as my pitch shifter). I picked up the QC last week and for me, it's perfect, but for my guitarist, the QC isn't quite hitting the mark EXCEPT the pitch shifting is excellent. His FM9 Turbo sounds/feels better, but we play about a third of our set in some kind of drop tuning and we control presets, scenes, and pitch shifting via MIDI (through OnSong on our iPads transmitting via Bluetooth to MIDI dongles plugged into our various devices).
I'd just be stoked to know this is being worked on still. It's very possible I'm alone in this desire and everyone else is fine with it the way it is, but it's just not up to par with the other top units right now and I'd love to go back to my FM3 (or even move up to the FM9) - but I can't until the pitch shifting is improved.
Just wondering if anyone has any insight as to whether Cliff and the team are working on improving it for the III, FM9, and FM3. I ended up recently switching to the QC since both the Pitch Shifter and the Transpose funtions work brilliantly for clean guitar (even though technically, NDSP claims they're both monophonic algrithms) and bass.
The problem is, Fractal gear is superior in just about every way (except UI) but having a pitch shifter that's so far behind the mark is untenable.
Every update, I see news of deep amp improvements, but Fractal already has the best sounding/feeling amps - I really just need a pitch shifter that's up to current standards of tracking and latency, like those on the Helix and QC. Hell, even the original "Simple Pitch" that's been on the Helix since the beginning, sounds/feels better for bass than the pitch shifter on the Axe III (never mind the FM3...).
I promise I'm not here to bitch and moan - I genuinely think Fractal is the absolute best in EVERY OTHER way, but his one bugbear is preventing me from being able to use just my Fracal (I don't want any additional pedals, like the Drop, or to use the Stomp as my pitch shifter). I picked up the QC last week and for me, it's perfect, but for my guitarist, the QC isn't quite hitting the mark EXCEPT the pitch shifting is excellent. His FM9 Turbo sounds/feels better, but we play about a third of our set in some kind of drop tuning and we control presets, scenes, and pitch shifting via MIDI (through OnSong on our iPads transmitting via Bluetooth to MIDI dongles plugged into our various devices).
I'd just be stoked to know this is being worked on still. It's very possible I'm alone in this desire and everyone else is fine with it the way it is, but it's just not up to par with the other top units right now and I'd love to go back to my FM3 (or even move up to the FM9) - but I can't until the pitch shifting is improved.