Kemper Player is out, so pretty much all the competition now has a mini 3 button product… still no Fractal FM3 Lite???

[JiveTurkey]

The IR 200 is stealing the show for an amp in a box plus reverb and major EQ. You are not going to get a smaller form factor than an FM3. The only thing you would be getting is just a lower price if Fractal did this. You would be losing all the things that made Fractal great to begin with.
The IR 200 is a stripped down GT 1000. It is cheap and you would have to add thousands to a pedalboard to have all the effects the GT 1000 has.

If you are a kid with no money, I do get it. At least you can afford an amp and make some noise.

I actually could do a show in a crunch with the IR 200 and a delay pedal for a small gig if needed. I have a Tone X for pedalboard gigs and can have any amp live with that. Is good as it sounds, I hate it. It has cheap click switches and Leveling is buried and a pain to level. With a midi controller, why not use the FM 9. You have all these influencers on YouTube pushing stuff that is not necessary. They are not giving honest reviews because they are paid. Every new thing that comes out, they are pushing it, good or not.

It is good to have people demo products. It is not good when they overhype it. Musicians are gear whores.
I know, I am one of them. I hate buying stuff and then turn around and sell it because I don't like it.
I have lost hundreds buying and selling.

To me Fractal's best unit is the FM9 with the FC12 Controller. I would love to have the power of the Axe 3. This was the best buy I ever made. The Axe 3 is better for recording, but the FM9 is better live. It just needs the power of the Axe 3.

You must not have ever heard of the HX Stomp. The IR series is a Boss turd like the rest of the Boss turds. If you want to remove 97% of the amp models at your disposal and only use Boss originals because their legacy amps suck; have at it. The IR-1 makes some sense for emergency purposes but that's really about it.

 

[jdel77]

All jokes aside, I understand this is not fractal’s business model, and I’m not a big UA fan, but the success of their amp modeling pedals is undeniable. They’re getting $400 per amp model for their pedalboard-friendly stereo I/O pedals with no screens. There is a huge market of people who use pedals, but want to go direct in mono or stereo without fiddling with screens and IRs. HX Stomp is a middle ground and also a huge success, I see them on pedalboards every festival we play. The power supply only sucks if you’re using it standalone, which is an unusual use case.

Agree.

FM3 is heavy because it is meant to withstand the road. It is a well-built, capable unit that I don't have to baby. The HX Stomp feels like a toy in comparison. Plus, the weight ensures that it doesn't move around on stage when you hit the switches. I'm good.

No one puts the Stomp on a floor. It gets Velcro’d to a pedalboard.

Your "5 or 6 classic/must have" amps, effects, or cabs will be different from the next guy's "must haves".

With access to the FAS library.

 

[Cam Heiliger]

No one puts the Stomp on a floor. It gets Velcro’d to a pedalboard.

Okay. The FM3 doesn’t need a pedalboard because of its build quality and form. If you want to put in on one, great. I’m not seeing your point here relative to my original post.