jetdriver1775
Experienced
I just can’t get over how awesome the FM9 is. I’ve had it for almost 2 years now, and I’m still in the honeymoon phase.
I had one last cable to wire up, connecting that expression knob. It’s big, and made to control with your foot. For now, I’m using it to control the mix of a room reverb, from 0 to about 30%. Useful at home jamming alone, and then turn it off probably, with a band or live. Then the expression pedal is always a wah (auto on/off) and in one instance controls the trem speed.
I have a jack on the side for an additional express expression pedal (EV-1) I can use for a dedicated whammy or just tweak the patch to use the onboard one. I like the option to use either. That got me thinking of all the pedals that I have available in one preset, and what that would look like if it was a traditional pedalboard. It would be huge, heavy and very expensive lol. And probably need 3 power supplies. I made a list of all the effects I have on tap. And that’s just in one preset. There are literally hundreds of effects and amps available. It’s pretty nuts. But I use it in a fairly traditional way. I live on one amp in a preset, even tho I could use 2 amp blocks with 4 channels each (8 amps!) I just use one and vary the gain with scene controllers, and/or bring in dirt pedals (real and modeled) to change things up. Even the outboard effects I've chosen aren't really necessary - Fractal has them built in as well... I just like making pedalboards LOL
I used to have a huge board with a GigRig G2 switcher, 2 big Strymons, Eventide H9Max, plus drives, a wah, etc etc. Even that would only be half the size of what this would be IRL. Not to mention the tube amps I sold as well.
Anyway… sorry I’m just geeking out about all of it. I don’t have anyone to talk gear with, so I feel like I’m gonna burst
Effects that the FM9 replaced, available on the fly in one preset (not including external effects shown):
Chorus
Flanger
FreqOut
Multiple Delays
Multiple Drives
Octave Divider
OctaFuzz
Phaser
POG
Multiple Reverbs
Trem
Tuner (backup)
Univibe
Whammy
Wah
I had one last cable to wire up, connecting that expression knob. It’s big, and made to control with your foot. For now, I’m using it to control the mix of a room reverb, from 0 to about 30%. Useful at home jamming alone, and then turn it off probably, with a band or live. Then the expression pedal is always a wah (auto on/off) and in one instance controls the trem speed.
I have a jack on the side for an additional express expression pedal (EV-1) I can use for a dedicated whammy or just tweak the patch to use the onboard one. I like the option to use either. That got me thinking of all the pedals that I have available in one preset, and what that would look like if it was a traditional pedalboard. It would be huge, heavy and very expensive lol. And probably need 3 power supplies. I made a list of all the effects I have on tap. And that’s just in one preset. There are literally hundreds of effects and amps available. It’s pretty nuts. But I use it in a fairly traditional way. I live on one amp in a preset, even tho I could use 2 amp blocks with 4 channels each (8 amps!) I just use one and vary the gain with scene controllers, and/or bring in dirt pedals (real and modeled) to change things up. Even the outboard effects I've chosen aren't really necessary - Fractal has them built in as well... I just like making pedalboards LOL
I used to have a huge board with a GigRig G2 switcher, 2 big Strymons, Eventide H9Max, plus drives, a wah, etc etc. Even that would only be half the size of what this would be IRL. Not to mention the tube amps I sold as well.
Anyway… sorry I’m just geeking out about all of it. I don’t have anyone to talk gear with, so I feel like I’m gonna burst
Effects that the FM9 replaced, available on the fly in one preset (not including external effects shown):
Chorus
Flanger
FreqOut
Multiple Delays
Multiple Drives
Octave Divider
OctaFuzz
Phaser
POG
Multiple Reverbs
Trem
Tuner (backup)
Univibe
Whammy
Wah
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