Greg Ferguson
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IRs are music-style agnostic, just as cabinets are. They’re basically the information how the cabinet reacts to different frequencies over a short period of time. Audition the factory cabs with your favorite sounding amp with your eyes closed and you’ll be surprised by the ones you like.
Other modelers come with lousy IRs so people scramble to find replacements. Then they switch to Fractal and drag that attitude with them. I have a bunch of packs I bought when I was using Helix, so I have thousands of various cabs, but Fractal’s factory cabs are good enough I almost never use the 3rd party ones. I’ve been very happy with what I’ve found. You do need to have the volume up to hear the differences sometimes. The Fletcher-Munson Effect is always going to affect what you hear.
In my opinion, in a full band context, none. There’s too much going on to hear the subtleties. In a solo instrument context then you might hear a bit of difference in the openness, I think that’s what I noticed but it’s been a while since I tested it. I think it’s tied to the mix and complexity of the sound, the more going on the less likely you can focus on the difference between the two.
OUT and IN.
See the Block guide and the manual p.37.
Then adjust them?Question 5. Less of a question and more a request, which I know has been raised. When a footswitch is off, I'd like the light to be off, when a footswitch is on, I'd like it to be on. There is absolutely no reason for having it 'dim'The GE300 was the same too and Mooer seemed to have given up on the updates or even answering emails.
There’s great reasons for having them dim… people like them that way, just like some like them all the way off. I find the stock settings work for me when the stage gets dark because I can still see where the switches are, and whether something is assigned to them.
There are many types and everyone has different tastes in what they want. Search Amazon and Sweetwater.
There’s been discussions about whether they contribute to the switches catching and not registering presses because of the toppers. My FM9 is on a Temple Audio Duo 24, which raised the unit about an inch. I found one night that the switches were catching repeatedly when I pressed them with my heel on the floor and they worked consistently with my foot completely raised and pressing straight down. I had two different types of toppers across my FM3, FM9, FC6 and FC12, and all had the same problem, and removed them all and the switches are registering almost all the time with my foot in either position now. I suspect it’s the added height of the topper plus the board that affects the angle of the switch press.
Use USB adapters from the phone to end up with a USB-B connector, which will fit the FM9. USB channels 1 and 2 route directly to OUT 1 left and right without processing on all the modelers.
See ch. 3 in the manual.
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