FM3 Firmware Version 3.0

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Scott Peterson said:
I need to do a post on this but there is an easy fix to that per-preset that I've done for many years. Go to the input EQ block and do a high pass on just the input. I use 100Hz a lot on heavier amps as a starting point. Just depends on the guitar. You'll have all your low end but it'll be controlled and just sound better. Trust me. :D
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I'd be interested in learning more about this!
 
FractalAudio said:
I'm not even using much Reverb now. In fact today I played dry all day. Just amp -> cab.
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I’m the complete opposite now. Never really cared for reverb blocks and now I can’t play without it. I had to ditch two blocks for a reverb block working with minimum quality. It still sounds superb.

My favourite one atm is the London Plate: 100 % mix (parallel), -3-10 volume, 1,5 s time and 110 ms pre-delay. Every note sounds so huge and I honestly feel like I play much better with the reverb on...
 
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Scott Peterson said:
I need to do a post on this but there is an easy fix to that per-preset that I've done for many years. Go to the input EQ block and do a high pass on just the input. I use 100Hz a lot on heavier amps as a starting point. Just depends on the guitar. You'll have all your low end but it'll be controlled and just sound better. Trust me. :D
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Yeah, Scott, dish on this. I found the Input EQ on the Amp block but would be interested in more detail. Thanks.
 
So I updated to Firmware 3.00 from 2.00. I am reading a lot of posts saying that things on presets have changed from the original values such as compression defaulting to 69.9. I am new to the Fractal world. I am guessing that these changes defaulting are not what we want. Is there going to be an update to put tings back to where they were or should I go back to Firmware 2.00 and upload my presets from 2.00??

Or is it ok to leave it the way it is. I don't want to go into every amp I use a lot and start looking for things that changed and put them back to their normal values. What do you think I should do. Or better, what is everyone who updated to 3.00 going to do?
 
Royalty said:
So I updated to Firmware 3.00 from 2.00. I am reading a lot of posts saying that things on presets have changed from the original values such as compression defaulting to 69.9. I am new to the Fractal world. I am guessing that these changes defaulting are not what we want. Is there going to be an update to put tings back to where they were or should I go back to Firmware 2.00 and upload my presets from 2.00??

Or is it ok to leave it the way it is. I don't want to go into every amp I use a lot and start looking for things that changed and put them back to their normal values. What do you think I should do. Or better, what is everyone who updated to 3.00 going to do?
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If it sounds good it is good
 
Royalty said:
So I updated to Firmware 3.00 from 2.00. I am reading a lot of posts saying that things on presets have changed from the original values such as compression defaulting to 69.9. I am new to the Fractal world. I am guessing that these changes defaulting are not what we want. Is there going to be an update to put tings back to where they were or should I go back to Firmware 2.00 and upload my presets from 2.00??

Or is it ok to leave it the way it is. I don't want to go into every amp I use a lot and start looking for things that changed and put them back to their normal values. What do you think I should do. Or better, what is everyone who updated to 3.00 going to do?
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I haven't felt the need to change anything yet. I'd wait a bit as they'll probably come out with an update that fixes this soon.
 
Yeah, But did it sound better before some of those things changed such as "CATHODE FOLLOWERS " on Mesa Amps, Compression defaulting to 69.9 on almost every amp?
 
Phil M said:
Yeah, Scott, dish on this. I found the Input EQ on the Amp block but would be interested in more detail. Thanks.
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What more did you want to know? You found the Input EQ. And you set the high pass (Low Cut) to 100 Hz, right? That's pretty much it.
 
AlGrenadine said:
If it sounds good it is good
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This. Also listen with your eyes as well as your ears. For example, I noticed that I was maxing out the headroom on my presets. I can't remember if it was like that pre 3.0, but I went in and made a few minor tweaks there. I did adjust the compression on my Mesa presets, but that's it. Everything else was great as is...better than ever.
 
Here's how I'm enjoying the the new firmware. I loaded my favorite preset I made, a 5F8 High Power Tweed Twin set to Bonamassa settings and went to the Type page and tested out different amps keeping with non master amps. I found the amps sound better than when I normally do this and I didn't feel the need to go back and change the tone controls despite the extreme settings as much. Also, and I know this doesn't make sense, there was less variance in volumes going from one amp to another than I remember.
 
Randalljax said:
Is anyone else finding 3.0 super bassy
also on some amps like the Archon bright, DZL VH the treble control does not really seem to do a lot to brighten it up , presence to Is very subtle through the range
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Did not try on speakers but had this same thought on headphones.
 
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