So I’ve just discovered the speaker drive parameter!

[Lenster]

Been a Fractal user since 2018 (AX8), now FM3.
Holy crap, what a huge difference it makes..... slow to the party ....
That is all

 

[markc]

Been a Fractal user since 2018 (AX8), now FM3.
Holy crap, what a huge difference it makes..... slow to the party ....
That is all

I've had my FM3 a few weeks. Maybe it's time I discover the speaker drive parameter...

 

[Piing]

And that's not all. Wait for Cygnus to be implemented at the FM3, with the optimized Speaker Compression. The Holy Crap will raise to a higher level

 

[Shai`tan]

The Speaker Drive does what? ;p

 

[reclavea]

The Speaker Drive does what? ;p

Drives the speaker?

 

[mr_fender]

It simulates the speaker distortion you get from driving a cab really freaking hard. At low settings it can add a certain something to vintage low wattage speaker style tones. At higher settings it's a woofy, farty mess, unless you like the sound of playing through blown speakers.

 

[Necr0lancer]

The Speaker Drive does what? ;p

(Owners Manual) "This simulates distortion and gentle compression caused by pushing a speaker too far. It interacts with the Master which determines how hard the actual power amp is pushing. Don’t overlook this when striving for “vintage” tones as it helps make edge-of-breakup tones sound like an old, well-played amp."

 

[mikeyg]

It simulates the speaker distortion you get from driving a cab really freaking hard. At low settings it can add a certain something to vintage low wattage speaker style tones. At higher settings it's a woofy, farty mess, unless you like the sound of playing through blown speakers.

So theoretically this will let you get closer to a profile where you’re micing up a hard driven tube amp, cool

 

[Dale LeClaire]

I just started messing with this on my FM3 last night, it does add some really nice character with lighter distortion or pushed clean sounds.

 

[Nytron]

wiki.fractalaudio.com/wiki/index.php?title=Amp_block#SPEAKER_DRIVE

In for later

 

[fcs101]

"At higher settings it's a woofy, farty mess, unless you like the sound of playing through blown speakers."

It's a technique!

 

[unix-guy]

So theoretically this will let you get closer to a profile where you’re micing up a hard driven tube amp, cool

There's no profiles...

 

[Simon Godden]

Been a Fractal user since 2018 (AX8), now FM3.
Holy crap, what a huge difference it makes..... slow to the party ....
That is all

I'm just the same. Never really been a tweaker. Just turned speaker drive to 2 on a plexi preset I just made, and what a difference! Just smooths it out nicely.

I need to put some effort in - seems these paramters actually do stuff

 

[HG_Guitar]

I'm just the same. Never really been a tweaker. Just turned speaker drive to 2 on a plexi preset I just made, and what a difference! Just smooths it out nicely.

I need to put some effort in - seems these paramters actually do stuff

Yes, is crazy how fractal make me tweak things when before owning one i was always a plexi/800 guy that turned all on 10 no matter what haha