New Fractal product coming!!

I know this likely won't happen. But man, a UAD style interface with all the onboard Fractal effects available would be amazing.

I've been using my dedicated audio interface to send and receive S/PDIF to the Axe Fx III in real time. Mic into the interface, rout the input to and from the AFX. Tube pre, a couple compressors (1176 style to clip off occasional peaks and a slower optical to do more general compression), a Parametric eq, and the Multiband as a Deeser makes for a really pleasing, enhanced, vocal sound. Maybe I should try the cab block with a Null IR and the preamp emulation. I'm liking it so much, maybe one day I'll grab an apollo twin. But I'd rather a fractal. I'll have to grab an external preamp, so I can plug in directly to my Axe Fx, avoiding some latency.

Edit: I'll also say that while mixing an album, I was searching through my (hoarder status) stash of plugins for a great chorus effect on a few tracks. Ended up printing through the Axe-Fx III because it just delivers.
 
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SinglecutGuy said:
What are the flaws with the Suhr?

I'd like to see an X-Load with Dynacabs also, and I'd REALLY like for it to be in a rack mount format. That's my only complaint with my Suhr RLIR
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I bought the Suhr RL IR and found it made a lot of my IRs sound really bad. IDK exactly why, could be the 20ms truncation, but either way it made all my IRs, even ones I made myself, sound terrible. Having said that, I absolutely love the old Suhr RL, non IR version. I think it's a great load box with a wonderful impedance curve.

I never had a problem getting my IRs to sound correct in the FM9, FM3, or the Torpedo Captor X, but the Suhr RL IR was problematic at best, for me at least.
 
unix-guy said:
Based on how Fractal modeling works, I don't think that would work well with Fractal modeling.

My guess based on requiring firmware and not replacing an existing product would be a current generation version of the FX8, effects only (as stated earlier).
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How long ago was the fx8? I wonder how compact a modern take could be. Maybe small enough like a FM3 or a 1u rack that would integrate easily into the axe?
 
unix-guy said:
My guess based on requiring firmware and not replacing an existing product would be a current generation version of the FX8, effects only (as stated earlier).
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Given this not so old statement from Cliff, might not be that likely
FractalAudio said:
The FX8 was the best analog path I'd ever designed but the product, unfortunately, did not sell well. I took that design, tweaked it a bit and used it in the Axe-Fx III.
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Bertotti said:
How long ago was the fx8? I wonder how compact a modern take could be. Maybe small enough like a FM3 or a 1u rack that would integrate easily into the axe?
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If it were to happen, I don't think it would be small. I would imagine it would be the same chassis as the FM9.

It's been about 6-7 years since the FX8...
 
flitz said:
My guess is that it could really be a Synthesizer like Boss Synth or similar. We‘ll see, soon...
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I remember being told years ago by FAS that they would never get into the synth business, when I inquired about it. I would love to see it, because that market really needs some innovation, but I'm not putting my chips on that one.
 
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