Cabinet block question and observation.

[metalgarth]

I've been working on some recordings and am using both an FM3 and a Boss GT1000 because the Roland Jazz Chorus model of the Boss GT1000 is better than the FM3's version of it. What I tried to do was run the GT1000 into the input of the FM3 and use a preset that was just a cabinet block, but the end result was REALLY BAD. It was full of static and distorted in a really bad way. Is the Cabinet block of the FM3 designed to only "play nice" with a signal from an FM3 amp block or is there something I'm missing? The built in IRs of the Boss GT1000 are decent, but not up to Fractal standards.

 

[marshall2553]

It sounds like you may have been clipping the input of the FM3. You probably want to use Input 2 for this because Input 1 is for instrument level signals. I sometimes use the FM3 for IRs and effects with a real amp and load box, it works great.