HEY CHRIS, awesome name, there are a lot of Chris on this site, including the famous
@chris who is an Axe Master, so def ask him any question you might have, very knowledgeable dude
Actually, I’m curious since you just joined, WELCOME BTW, and we’ve had so much activity lately with the holidays, where in France are you Chris, Cuz I have a buddy in France actually. Hes an American named Adam Howard..do you know him?
He plays metal gigs In Paris, a lot at Le Black Dog....have you been there?
I am gonna reach out to him if you would like to see the axe in person and what not.... He bought an iphone from me because his broke so we could facetime free instead of international calls but , and i havent been able to call him otherwise ill email him or something, but hell def be helpful if you want to see the Axe in person....
did you want me to ask Adam if he is going to be at a gig or something so you can check it out in person? He just bought one (from here i think?)
Anyway, very interested to hear from you Chris...is that short for Christopher or Christian?
Chris is famous so it gets confusing... Just so we dont get you confused with all the other ones lol
Ah, but look at the "future cellphones" in I, Robot. They were TINY!
Trajectories sometimes shift in unpredictable ways....
For sure Joe, look at EMG: fishman pounded the shit out of them with the fluence line: so they started releasing passives and passive hybrid actives in order to pivot!
But I really mean it as a tip of the hat to cliff.....
I mean it in this way as a compliment: I dont think ANYONE, not ONE DAMN company out there, not even Kemper, with an arguably equally incredible capture system STILL it cant compete, (Sorry kemper boys but you know its true and thats why your lurkin lol) with FAS...
Now the FAS is going Mobile+ (meaning the AX8 was a great product to start, but the FM3 looks like they REALLY REALLY know what they are doing at this point) so were witnessing the pair
this is like the first iphone 7 and iPad Pro, the pro is a game changer, if though it doesn’t seem so, it is
The FM3 is a mini Axe3, [one thing i keep forgetting is if it HAS a USB interface for daw but knowing cliff it must] so if they are going to be maintained basically together, I mean we are literally getting two products for optimiziation , with one launching just in 2020 and one only having 1.5 full years of market prescence
FAS is going to completely dominate the entire guitar amplifiying world
FELLOW AXE BROTHERS (especially those who REALLY know me like Fred, Joe, and Ian) NOTHING IS GONNA TOUCH AXE for A DECADE AND HERES WHY:
By the time, every single other silly stupid little fuckin foot pedal company drops a modeler interface, every time someone releases new plug ins, every time something else comes out, its DYING against the gold standard - that benchmark being Axe 3
So with that in mind, and the FAS putting the Pressure on the industry by CORNERING ALL aspects of the market, meaning they have an all in one studio (axe 3), all in one mobile all one one studio (fm3_) and I dont mean to imply i know something or specuilation but come on, do you really think if the entire market is trying to remain relative and relevant by becoming unique, niche, super ultra Uber boutique bullshit they cant.....in order to compte with FAS now, they are going to have to ditch physical modeling completely because they will all DIE with the FM3 and Ax3 on the shelf at the same time
ON TOP Of that, look at FAS.....they literally never stop, and they have the best sound engineering coders in the business working together with cliff at the helm, so do you honestly think FAS isnt prepared for this SUPER ULTRA DIGITAL movement, in that i mean the modelers are already starting to get competition to lower priced plug ins and what not.....so do you think FAS isnt ready for that bullshit
I dont mean to sound too harsh, if I’m too harsh
@chris lmk, but seriously, if those shit companies are doing all digital, do you think cliff cant just pivot to crush em.....he knows WTF hes doing I’m telling you, i see the grand vision of FAS now, and I hope what i see is clear.....by the time modelers(physicals) are outdated, which very well may happen under 10 years, then the FM3 and Axe 3 will be what does this - it will become the one and only ultra all in one undisputed BEST amp on earth (in mini/portable form and studio form), but whats gonna knock the shit outta all these weasels and nonsense pedals, is what they got up their sleeve in the coding department
Now, im obviousyl an amateur when it comes to using the axe...i literally did coopers class, and I still ask basic questions like I did the other day (like i said, shortcuts are useful when needed, but you dont always need to use em)..... so WTF do i know?
Is this speculation? WTF do i care? I think its possible and probable, but MOST important I say that because:
other companies will literally die if they try to make any hardware to compete with Axe, if they havent started it already (meaning the Helix and Kemper are the only companies that have a shot at remaining alive IF they can come up with something big, something cheap, something new, and something quick!) but they’ll be dead in 3-4 years MAX
What;s left boys? Def not the analog....ALL digital? So that means all the plug in with re amping DI to your interface>DAW....it wont be feasible to create physical modelers after this FM3 release, so this is meant to be an industry stomper [ownership lol] the way the axe 3 was the biggest game changer to amps since MEsa boogie.
So thats why i think: THIS IS THE LAST GREATEST PIECE OF FULL ON HARDWARE WELL EVER SEE!
I think the only thing that could negate this trajectory is if Cliff‘s Axe 4 IS itself a full on studio w/fully integrated OS, browser, programs/apps......thats what I see, and I can see buying that: in 2030, i would definitely by
the MacBookPro - Axe Fx IV edition =
AxebookPro4
(^ Cliff if you like this idea, HMU, we can talk about other things I see ; get that schmoneyyyy tugeva kiiiiddddd)
And the best part is, FAS is all on the up and up....straight balanced company, between excellent support, excellent service, excellent everything, and i bet the next thing is price, [as we see with the 999 MSRP of the FM3, i think it was anyway]
Just 2 cents
FractalAudio: "
The Axe-Fx III hasn't even been in production for two years. This industry is not like cellphones and cameras. We strive to get at least five years out of a product."
Link
EXACTLY, i think i said something like almost the same but I didn’t even read that! Weird, Thanks for the link so i can read the article