FX8 Update

[cobbler]

Kook is just a nutty person. The disparaging racial term begins with a G.

Yeah, I blundered that one. Changed post...

We also used it in our surfing days to describe the newbies.

 

[LVC]

OK

My response .... is......

I am off this weekend (no gigs) and I am bored.


finished season 5 of "Vampire Diaries"
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@LVC Clearly you didn't comprehend my post and I am not going to waste any of my time to explain it to you other than it had nothing to do with your experience with the gear.

By the way, I am sure others as well as myself are waiting for your reply to this.

 

[Stratoblaster]

What is tone suck?

Hmm beer commercial guitar tones...???

 

[Stratoblaster]

I also agree with M@tt that it would be great to use an FX-8 in the EFX loop of an AX FX II to further boost your effects abilities for presets; you could do all your mono effects (pre the real amp) in series, and then using an AX FX II build some wild dual/amp cab combos with wet effects that otherwise could use up all your CPU if you tried to do all in AXE FX II.

Yea definitely a great option to augment the AFX if you need to run a ton of FX...and the FX8 is a very attractive solution for tube amp guys who want to consolidate/simplify their existing FX pedalboards and keep their traditional amplification system. A few players I know (with tube amp rigs) are expressing interest in the FX8 for that reason...

 

[HaloHat]

Happy for all who were hoping for this. They should sell really well and after some time with users around the world giving feedback plus Fractal's dedication to quality and value I am sure it will get even better.

I think for me, given the price and features, it makes the Axe Fx II/XL seem like an even better deal

Oh, for anyone wanting a blatant example of "tone suck" just hook up an Ibanez Screaming Demon wah between your guitar and amp. :encouragement:

 

[The Edge]

Excellent. This new floor multieffect FX-8 will be a perfect choice for all guitar players who don´t need the amp simulations becouse most guitar players have got a tube amplifiers. I hope that your next step will be the 1U rack version. I´m going to buy both. BUT YOU FORGOT TO VERY NECESSARY THING. WHERE IS THE POWER 9V AC OUTPUT FOR EXTERNAL DEVICES LIKE WAH PEDAL ... etc ? Your old foot controler MFC-101 has this kind of power output and your new FX-8 not? Why? Please, fix it.
Have you got the FX-8 the same quality of shimmering like Axe FXII ? Thanks for your response.

 

[chris]

Your old foot controler MFC-101 has this kind of power output

no it doesn't.

 

[The Edge]

Correct. The MFC-101 has 9V power input only when you don´t use phantom power the AXE FXII with 7-pin cable. I was looking on a small picture. Sorry. The new FX-8 has AC-DC transformer inside and it isn´t some problem add next secondary coil with 9VDC (100-200mV) power out for external devices. This is a very helpful thing for any guitar pedalboard. The 13 years old tc electronic G-System has four 9VDC power outputs. I hope that the new floor fractal´s system FX-8 will have one 9VDC out at least. Maybe two.

 

[iaresee]

I hope that the new floor fractal´s system FX-8 will have one 9VDC out at least. Maybe two.

Hopes dashed on the rocky shores of Cape You-can't-have-it-all-and-still-be-able-to-afford-it.

 

[MotherSea]

Will the FX8 feature the same "quieter" footswitches as the MFC-101 Mk III?

 

[cobbler]

Will the FX8 feature the same "quieter" footswitches as the MFC-101 Mk III?

I have not seen or played with one but I would think that is a valid assumption.

 

[taliababa]

I have not seen or played with one but I would think that is a valid assumption.

Will the FX8 feature the same "quieter" footswitches as the MFC-101 Mk III?

It says, in the product features, "Eleven quiet, durable solid state footswitches with no mechanical contacts to fail." The product description of the MFC mark 3 says, "Twenty-one quiet SOLID STATE SWITCHES".

 

[vangrieg]

While I'm waiting patiently for getting this new toy, I'm becoming totally impatient to know more about the dimensions and weight.

Please someone shed some light on this!

 

[dpavel]

Close to MFC 101

 

[Aslowasmyeyesbe]

Width:16.00"
Depth:10.26"
Front Height:1.86"
Rear Height:3.07"
Total Height Including Handle:3.96"

 

[pauliusmm]

Width:16.00"
Depth:10.26"
Front Height:1.86"
Rear Height:3.07"
Total Height Including Handle:3.96"

Where did you get this info?

 

[scottdh]

Where did you get this info?

+1. need confirmation.

 

[chrisjnyc]

Yea, I would have thought the FX8 would be bigger. I found the size of the Line 6 M13:

M13 Dimensions: 15.5" (L) x 12" (W) x 3.5" (H)

 

[Aslowasmyeyesbe]

Without putting anyone on blast, I received this information via email from the FAS Team.

 

[hoth]

If only this had come out during the days when I was just going into a Shiva or Mark V. It would have saved me thousands of dollars in pedals and so much time. But I have the AxeII now so I don't think I will be needing this. At least not right now... . If you could put up to five models in this thing, my wallet would have been out of my pants faster than at 50 cent wings night.