There's no hard drive... It isn't about size but most likely cost.I know processing power is not the same as storage space. I was speaking more from a marketing and sku positioning perspective. Seems like the FM9 is the Goldilocks of the fractal line and more preset storage would fit in there nicely.
Also if you are talking about physical space - the FM9 is like twice as big as the FM3 correct? So it is reasonable that it could be housing a slightly bigger hard drive.
And doesn’t the FM9 cost more than the FM3?
I’m not asking for it to match the size or price of the flagship AxeIII. I’m simply saying in comparison to the FM3 - the bigger size, the bigger price, the bigger DSP, etc, would suggest that more preset space would be very logical and appropriate. NOT as much as the III. But another bank to set it apart from the FM3.
Not trying to claim to be any kind of expert, just trying to ask a fricking question. I misread Greg’s comment about “smaller space.” In hindsight, right, of course there’s no hard drive in these. I thought he was saying something about “physical space” in the FM3 limiting the size of components. Now that I re-read it, I see that’s not the case. My bad.I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest you may not know a lot about computer components, am I right?
"Good" is subjective, but I believe I answered this already. To reiterate: the Axe-FX/FM* device is a poor place to store hundreds of presets.You guys can give me a hard time all you want. But no one has yet answered with any GOOD reason why the FM9 doesn’t 640 or 768 preset slots to be in between the FM3‘s 512 and the AxeIII’s 1024.
Yeah but they’ve already broken that line of thinking with 1024 slots in the III."Good" is subjective, but I believe I answered this already. To reiterate: the Axe-FX/FM* device is a poor place to store hundreds of presets.
Sure, but that would be a bad reason, not a good one .Yeah but they’ve already broken that line of thinking with 1024 slots in the III.
Actually, I did but you thought I was joking: it's because the available storage supports that many. There is a finite, predefined amount of space allocated for them out of the total physical storage in the unit.You guys can give me a hard time all you want. But no one has yet answered with any GOOD reason why the FM9 doesn’t 640 or 768 preset slots to be in between the FM3‘s 512 and the AxeIII’s 1024.
And I’m totally cool with “Cliff just decided to do it that way.” Which is totally a valid answer. But you don’t have to act like it’s such a stupid idea or question.
Take a closer look at your FM9 .There’s also a USB port that’s not doing anything. Could be made to allow external preset storage.
No, there isn't... That's the FM3 only.There’s also a USB port that’s not doing anything. Could be made to allow external preset storage.
?a slightly bigger hard drive.
You guys can give me a hard time all you want. But no one has yet answered with any GOOD reason why the FM9 doesn’t 640 or 768 preset slots to be in between the FM3‘s 512 and the AxeIII’s 1024.
And I’m totally cool with “Cliff just decided to do it that way.” Which is totally a valid answer. But you don’t have to act like it’s such a stupid idea or question.
That’s right. I have both the FM3 and the FM9. I forgot that they both don’t have a USB A slot.No, there isn't... That's the FM3 only.
The USB B port is for peripheral devices to connect to a host, so that's not useful to attach storage (because the FM9 is a peripheral).
Plus, the III was released with 512 slots. I still have a 512 slots unitThe “GOOD” reason is that your storage capacity calculation is based on the difference in DSP power between the different units.
Processing power and storage capacity are 2 different things.
See - that is what I was thinking. And according to the below from the wiki, FM9 has twice the power than the FM3. So isn’t reasonable to think that there IS room to allocate a bit more storage to presets in the FM9 than the FM3?The “GOOD” reason is that your storage capacity calculation is based on the difference in DSP power between the different units.
Processing power and storage capacity are 2 different things.
I think I remember reading that - and the change was from AxIII Mark 1 to Mark 2, right?Plus, the III was released with 512 slots. I still have a 512 slots unit