Tremonti
Fractal Fanatic
Can't beat the sizeNah I have an AX3 and FM3 and the Stomp gets used, Size, ease of use, quick adjustments, 4 cable method with a great head...it’s a very useful tool.
Can't beat the sizeNah I have an AX3 and FM3 and the Stomp gets used, Size, ease of use, quick adjustments, 4 cable method with a great head...it’s a very useful tool.
FM9 Turbo!Quite some time ago I let a friend of mine know about the Fractal products as he had bought a Helix and wasn't completely happy with it. It wasn't that it was particularly bad, and in fact he quite enjoyed it, but he just felt there was something missing. Hence he bought into the Fractal family and at this time owns both an FX3 and also a FM3 and feels like nothing is now missing.
Agreed.For us in the UK and AxeFx3 with an FC12 is nearly 3 times the price of a Helix Rack and Board, plus you get excellent deals throughout the year, this has a massive impact when going Fractal here no matter how much better the Fractal stuff is
Move that kemper before that IK plugin drops. That can’t be good for profiler resale prices. Good luck.Agreed.
I must say I'm shifting my kemper to claw some money back that I spent on the 3.
But then again I had the kemper 8 years and reckon il get 1400 back with the foot controller.
I think I paid 1600 all told and ive had it 8 years.
Damn good investment but the tech is too old and slow now.
I'd get the 3 anyway. Resale value is good.
I will get the 4 if and when it comes out.
I'm saving already.
Interesting - I would say that the effects sound just as good as anything on Helix - especially the reverb - so much more lush and realistic IMO.Hello, after hearing so many good comments, I decided to pull the trigger and buy the FM9. The sound of the amps and cabs is definitely better, however I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but the Helix effects seem much better (reverbs, delays, etc) (v3.15). any advice?, I thought to sell my Helix after receiving the FM9 but I'm not so sure anymore, I also use it with my Marshall JVM (4CM) using only the effects.
Describe “seems much better” and we can help you better.Hello, after hearing so many good comments, I decided to pull the trigger and buy the FM9. The sound of the amps and cabs is definitely better, however I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but the Helix effects seem much better (reverbs, delays, etc) (v3.15). any advice?, I thought to sell my Helix after receiving the FM9 but I'm not so sure anymore, I also use it with my Marshall JVM (4CM) using only the effects.
Describe “seems much better” and we can help you better.
Sounds like you are just having normal "growing pains" of adjusting to a new system.Hello, I was able to improve the sound of the delays and revebs, in the FM9 it seems that it is necessary to increase the mix (80 - 90%) and compensate with the level, I still miss some effects such as multipass delay and univibe of the helix. As for the helix shimmer, I have been able to achieve something similar with capricorn and gemini. Some delays have distortion in the repetitions, is it normal? I must say that I miss the helix user interface, with helix I never had to use the PC editor, with the FM9 it is essential.
Interesting to hear, would you say the amp sims on the FM9 are much better or not much in it?Hello, after hearing so many good comments, I decided to pull the trigger and buy the FM9. The sound of the amps and cabs is definitely better, however I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but the Helix effects seem much better (reverbs, delays, etc) (v3.15). any advice?, I thought to sell my Helix after receiving the FM9 but I'm not so sure anymore, I also use it with my Marshall JVM (4CM) using only the effects.
I'm not sure if the amp simulations are better or it really is the cabs but they certainly sound better in the FM9. however the variety and quality of effects (drives, delays, mods, reverbs) appear to be better in Helix and definitely don't require as much editing to sound good. In general terms I think FM9 is better than Helix but it requires a lot more editing. If line6 manages to improve cabs it could beat fractal .Interesting to hear, would you say the amp sims on the FM9 are much better or not much in it?
The FM9 is tempting but I've come to the conclusion reading a lot of these posts where people are less blown away than they were expecting,
that there really can't be much in it between the top modellers anymore, not enough to be night and day difference or really obvious.
The Helix interface can't really be beaten, everyone struggles with that when they move, I think the fractals have deeper set of tuning variables if you can spend the time looking at that. The Helix has a big update coming which has been described as a game changer so that will be a good time to do a comparison to the FM9.
if you want to have the best of the best you could use an FM3 with an HX effects in the effects loop.I'm not sure if the amp simulations are better or it really is the cabs but they certainly sound better in the FM9. however the variety and quality of effects (drives, delays, mods, reverbs) appear to be better in Helix and definitely don't require as much editing to sound good. In general terms I think FM9 is better than Helix but it requires a lot more editing. If line6 manages to improve cabs it could beat fractal .
My number hasn't come up on the wait list, yet, so I'm still using my Helix. As a Helix user, were you a big user of snapshots? And if so, how do you feel the Fractal system of scenes compares? I feel like snapshots are the best part of the Helix, and I feel like I have to be ready to have something that doesn't function in quite the same way in order to have that extra 5% amp sound and feel that fractal users are always talking about - a sacrifice that I'm prepared to make.About the FM9's user interface, it's not as bad as people say. It's intimidating at first, however after a week I can already create presets without using the pc editor and without even reading the manual, surely it can still improve, but it's not that bad.
yes, use snapshots a lot, scenes are way behind in comparison. for example, in Helix I could use a single amp per preset and change the gain, volume and EQ settings for each snapshot and get clean and distorted sounds, in the FM9 it is impossible so I use two amps for that and change them per scene, fractal also has channels for each block but these generate gaps when changing scenes so for me they are unusable. Generally speaking scenes allow you to turn blocks on and off, snapshots also allow you to change every parameter of every block (hundreds of parameters per snapshot).My number hasn't come up on the wait list, yet, so I'm still using my Helix. As a Helix user, were you a big user of snapshots? And if so, how do you feel the Fractal system of scenes compares? I feel like snapshots are the best part of the Helix, and I feel like I have to be ready to have something that doesn't function in quite the same way in order to have that extra 5% amp sound and feel that fractal users are always talking about - a sacrifice that I'm prepared to make.
Yeah, that was my understanding, but wanted to get the opinion of someone who very recently used the Helix. Hope it's worth it, for both of our sakes!yes, use snapshots a lot, scenes are way behind in comparison. for example, in Helix I could use a single amp per preset and change the gain, volume and EQ settings for each snapshot and get clean and distorted sounds, in the FM9 it is impossible so I use two amps for that and change them per scene, fractal also has channels for each block but these generate gaps when changing scenes so for me they are unusable. Generally speaking scenes allow you to turn blocks on and off, snapshots also allow you to change every parameter of every block (hundreds of parameters per snapshot).