FM9 CPU Comparisons to FM3 & Axe III turbo etc

EricGlass

EricGlass

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I know the FM9 is 4 core compared to the FM3's 2 cores and the Axe-III is two 1.25 GHz DSPs.

Is there any data on the comparative CPU power of each?
 
Dave Merrill said:
It's not as simple as raw CPU horsepower.
The units allocate blocks to CPU cores differently, so presets with different combinations of blocks will hit core limits differently.
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Exactly.
Therefore, it is impossible to directly compare these devices. And it is impossible to say how many "percent" a preset will take on a given device.
 
If you have a preset to compare someone could check. I have been able to use my full preset from my Axe 3 without issue Ultra settings on blocks so it sounds identical. I did have to make a couple adjustments to a violin preset to drop the Reverb quality and remove some shunts but it works as good. I was just messing with adding an amp block and cab block to my preset to try having 8 variations and minimize the number of presets. Works like a champ on the Axe 3 but to make it work on the FM9 I had to drop 1 cab. Still have the amps but the extra cab was too much.

In>pitch>wah>flanger>rotary>amp>cab>chorus>delay>reverb>looper>output

This is my preset template for reference on the block count and type.
 
Correction. I have a Drive block added too. The main page shows a chart but as people have mentioned the chips are allocated a little differently.

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