FM9 Firmware Version 5.00 public beta (1)

[shawnfitz1222]

Thinking of trying this beta update today. What do I need to know and is there anything that I need to be cautious of? How will it affect my current presets?

 

[BCy2k]

Thinking of trying this beta update today. What do I need to know and is there anything that I need to be cautious of? How will it affect my current presets?

I gigged it twice this past weekend and it worked just fine for me. I haven't had anything happen that's a red flag so far. It is a beta though, so proceed accordingly. YMMV

 

[shawnfitz1222]

I gigged it twice this past weekend and it worked just fine for me. I haven't had anything happen that's a red flag so far. It is a beta though, so proceed accordingly. YMMV

Thank you! Just wondering if you needed to tweak any of your settings? Trying to wrap my head around this update, including DynaCab.

 

[unix-guy]

QUESTION: does that move from 5.0b1 back to 4.01 remove the DynaCab data?

I don't think so... But it's useless without the updated firmware.

 

[unix-guy]

Thank you! Just wondering if you needed to tweak any of your settings? Trying to wrap my head around this update, including DynaCab.

There's very little change aside from aging Dyna-Cabs.

There's nothing you need to adjust.

 

[macfly]

I don't think so... But it's useless without the updated firmware.

Understood and thanks. I figure I'm gonna go back when the final release happens, so I'd guess it's no biggie either way.

 

[Charry]

Ok so, a little update. I went back to the latest firmware and everything went back to normal, so it's definately something related to the beta. The presets I tweaked where not using dyna-cabs by the way...

 

[Greg Ferguson]

QUESTION: does that move from 5.0b1 back to 4.01 remove the DynaCab data?

No. They’re in a separate section of memory that doesn’t get affected, similar to the factory cabs.

 

[macfly]

No. They’re in a separate section of memory that doesn’t get affected, similar to the factory cabs.

Thanks!

 

[JTI]

Will my FM yell at me if I do this update??!?!?!?!?!?

 

[BCy2k]

Thank you! Just wondering if you needed to tweak any of your settings? Trying to wrap my head around this update, including DynaCab.

No tweaking for me. Mostly I made sure my gigging presets behaved as I expected, then experimented with the dyna cabs.

 

[shawnfitz1222]

No tweaking for me. Mostly I made sure my gigging presets behaved as I expected, then experimented with the dyna cabs.

Update went in with no problem, and sounds great, as expected. I'll have to dive into dyna-cab next.

 

[geetarplayer]

Will my FM yell at me if I do this update??!?!?!?!?!?

This is a good question, and I'd think we would have heard about it by now if it were happening. I plan to do variations of preset switching, power down, power up, scenes, etc... lots of exercise before I take it on stage. I'm hoping it was some strange corner case specific to the FM3.

 

[Dirty145]

Not sure if anyone else experienced this, but I was updating some presets with Dynacabs and all of a sudden, FM9 Edit disconnected from my unit. I can’t get a connection back. Downloaded the latest Windows driver just to make sure. Connected to Fractal Bot and got all green check marks, cause I thought maybe my cable just randomly went bad. It just swirls on trying to connect and pops up this message. Any ideas??

 

[unix-guy]

Not sure if anyone else experienced this, but I was updating some presets with Dynacabs and all of a sudden, FM9 Edit disconnected from my unit. I can’t get a connection back. Downloaded the latest Windows driver just to make sure. Connected to Fractal Bot and got all green check marks, cause I thought maybe my cable just randomly went bad. It just swirls on trying to connect and pops up this message. Any ideas??

Did you check the selected ports as it says?

Also, refer to this thread:

https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/usb-connection-issues-with-the-editor-help-is-here.194108/

It still could be USB cable or port.

 

[Dirty145]

Did you check the selected ports as it says?

Also, refer to this thread:

https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/usb-connection-issues-with-the-editor-help-is-here.194108/

It still could be USB cable or port.

Not sure why I didn’t try rebooting the FM9 prior to posting, but that seemed to clear the issue. Thanks for chiming in @unix-guy

 

[phillyred79]

Anyone else experiencing any ground loop buzz with this beta? I reverted back to 4.01 and it was gone. Dyna cab FW was also loaded with update to 5.0b(1). I can't recall if I had the dyna cab turned on or off in that preset, but the presets were stock fractal ones.

 

[unix-guy]

Anyone else experiencing any ground loop buzz with this beta? I reverted back to 4.01 and it was gone. Dyna cab FW was also loaded with update to 5.0b(1). I can't recall if I had the dyna cab turned on or off in that preset, but the presets were stock fractal ones.

That seems pretty odd...

Maybe try again and if it happens again reset system settings?

 

[phillyred79]

That seems pretty odd...

Maybe try again and if it happens again reset system settings?

The reinstall of 5.0b(1) fixed it. Thank you!

 

[Musiclover]

Since experiencing the Dyna-Cab feature update, I’ve had my hopes confirmed that the FM9 is the best alternative to a great tube amp (currently a Friedman Little Sister with a Tone King Iron Man II) with a pedalboard. Today I will take delivery of a Milkman “The Amp Stereo” and see how that fits in.

Great work FAS team!!!