TheAnalogKid
Inspired
Fractal approved FRFR would be nice.
Not only that, but it’s actually impossible to react to a new product. It takes years to develop and release a technical product. You can’t just say, “Fender just released a new product. Let’s release one of our own.”If I’ve learned anything, it’s that FAS doesn’t “react” to every new product that hits the shelves.
I've watched jut about every demo of the Fender product. About the only thing it has over the FM9, is arguably the on device interface. I was impressed with that. But, it is just lacking everywhere else. One demo showed the only way to have one output to a non FRFR power amp and CAB, and one to FOH, is to set up the preset with dual paths, one output with CAB sims turned off.I watched Leon's demo vid on the Fender modler and wasn't very impressed with what I heard. Every driven sim sounded somewhat the same, maybe with later firmware updates that might get better. The cleans sounded pretty good IDK it seems like there are enough modlers in the marketplace already.
Judging by your picture...you have a thing about matches.They match to the beat of their own drum.
I say we skip the IV and go straight to XI
That would be the greatest news of all timeAXE FX Native?
I think aliens will land on the White House lawn soon and blow magic fairy dust up all our asses so we will be able to fart technicolor rainbows.
1.21 jiggawatts!I want a flux capazitor. Playing with negative latency must be shocking.
I would love to see that although I consider it highly unlikely.AXE FX Native?
would love this too, but I remember Cliff saying NO.That would be the greatest news of all time
Which also kinda makes sense. Since Fractal has the most advanced modeling methods and algorhythms in the business it doesn't make sense to separate it from the proprietary hardware - there might be limitations to that, too but I'm not an engineer to be able to determine that.would love this too, but I remember Cliff saying NO.
Agreed with about everything you have posted!Axe 3 already does a ton more than anything else on the market and with better connectivity but the updates have gone quiet (by FAS standards) so I agree. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Axe 4. I would expect it will only really see a new interface probably with touch screen on essentially a otherwise similar product with more memory and DSP available.( Once again I think the interface is easy to navigate and as simple and intuitive as it could be to do all the things it does already ). I personally hope not but there is a product cycle here and you can predict this fairly easily.
Original product; Mark 2 (the same with a tiny upgrade), XL Turbo mega (same thing with added memory CPU) firmware goes quiet and then out comes the next one.
I hope this is not the case because axe3 is easily king of all digital solutions by a large margin and if it did come out soon it would be detrimental to the FM9 as it would be part of the older generation and therefore seen by many as old tech even though it's the best floor unit by a mile.
The trouble for FAS is a great flagship product stops you spending money when you have bought and FAS is a business. What I really want to see is a dedicated FR FR system with software support and a "control" that can ensure constancy across presets from one user to the next.