Best way to bulk transfer presets and cabs when moving to FM3

[Delirious_FIN]

I just received my non-headphone option and got word the in a weeks I might receive the with-headphone model invite email! Super excited about this.

However, I am wondering how people have made the transition from gear to another and moved their user cabs and presets neatly and easily to the new gear??

I have AX8 and I would say 50-100 user cabs spread across the user slots and then about 75 great presets that I would like to take to the FM3 in any case. But I am worried that I might have to re-select the cabs for every presets if the user slot number changes when I bulk move the cabs to the FM3..(?) Of course there are some user cabs that I don't use and in best scenario and on the other hand some great presets that use stock cabs, which would change slightly sonic-wise in FM3 I guess. Is there a way to export the presets that I would like to move in a way that it includes the cab also and the I could just import those ones to FM3 and select good user cab slots.

I would love to hear how you have gone about this?

 

[Rex]

You can move presets from the AX8 to the FM3 using @AlGrenadine 's FracTool. They will almost certainly sound different, largely because of the changes in amp modeling between 2nd-generation and 3rd-generation Fractal modelers.

You can put your user cabs anywhere you like on the FM3, using the Manage Cabs tool in FM3-Edit. That works just the same as the Axe-Manage Cabs tool in AX8-Edit.

The FM3 includes all the factory cabs in the AX8. You might have to edit the cabs in those presets to point to the Legacy cab bank in the FM3.

 

[Delirious_FIN]

You mean that when both are connected I can move those in bulks/banks? I noticed that in fractool there is a cab listing based on presets that I can export as csv for safekeeping the preset+cab links that I am using.

In putting the cabs there is quite possible a different slot number since I am planning on getting the Austin Buddys collection once it comes and that overrules quite a bit of the user slots I imagine, so perhaps I should wait for that and only after start placing my user cabs to those slots that are still free and the manually check the presets through which I can bulk transfer with the fractool.

 

[Delirious_FIN]

Just watched a YouTube video about fractool taking in a bank file and converting that into a new bank file but with a conversion to a e.g. fx3, and after that fracbot can be used to bulk import that new bank file with presets in them. This might came handy for me and save some time

 

[Rex]

You mean that when both are connected I can move those in bulks/banks?

When the AX8 is connected, FracTool can convert your AX8 presets into Ax-Fx III presets. You can load Axe-Fx III presets into the FM3 in the same way that you would load AX8 presets into the AX8.

In putting the cabs there is quite possible a different slot number since I am planning on getting the Austin Buddys collection once it comes and that overrules quite a bit of the user slots I imagine...

@austinbuddy 's presets make heavy use of the stock factory cabs, so there might be less juggling around than you think.

 

[Delirious_FIN]

Thanks for explaining, now I got it! Having austinbuddy's and fremen's pack plus individual stuff flying around the user cab listing a mess as keeping it organized is not that efficient. This is a good way to "start over".