FX....no fx but reverb on the tonex.
I thought about that but after profiling some of my AF3 sounds I figure this will come in more handy. Don't get me wrong, the AF3 IS the TONE machine.
I havent sang much in bands i played in. Can you tell me why the inclusion of the mic pre and antares is such a big win? Whats different about it than just bringing your own mic and vocal effects if needed?
Imo the difference is exactly that you don't have to bring your own vocal effects separately. Putting a Voicelive 3 or something next to a modeller takes a lot more floor space and can be unnecessary trouble to carry especially if you're not absolutely needing those vocal effects on stage. But with something like this, you anyway have that XLR input and those effects in the unit, so using them is then low threshold.
I would say that Headrush want this device to compete with everything at least at a hobbyist level. That's my take. The Helix has a mic input, this one has a mic input with Antares effects. It includes capturing (like many). A play along function (like Spark) It is includes a touch screen with bluetooth and wifi (like the QC). It's feature rich. As long as they keep their firmware updates frequent and add a desktop editor, it will find a market space somewhere.
I currently bring my own mic and vocal fx. If it were built into my FM9, it would be one less thing to set up (and buy). For those of you using a fractal product as an interface, you need to now bring your own mic pre. Something designed to record guitars should have a way to put a mic in front of a guitar. I own every current fractal modeler so obviously, this wasn’t a deal breaker for me. I’ll say this much, I wouldn’t use it as an interface though. The most basic interfaces have mic pres. You have great converters, solid hardware, flexible enough IO. Can’t connect a mic. My AxeFXIII serves well as a modeler. Personally I wish it didn’t even have interface capabilities and they allocated those resources back into the modeling duties.
). Pricing seems somewhat high. Why all the excitement about touch screen? - I don't fancy crawling around on the ground to tweak stuff in home use with no computer editor
When I read a description of an Amp modeler / effects processor, the first thing I want to see are details about those things... Not the screen.
I don't know, I do not enjoy bending over to program my FM9...Get used to it
That's a fact. I will only usually do very minor edits on the floor. Anything else I'm plugging the laptop in.I don't know, I do not enjoy bending over to program my FM9...
I certainly don't find that appealing to me as a user of a floor unit and assume I'm not the only one. But maybe I'm wrong.
