Deadpool_25
Fractal Fanatic
I recently put together a w/d/w rig using "normal" pedals.
The Drop, OD, and flanger go out of the pedalboard and to the input of an EVH 5153 50w stealth (or the 6505 1992 Original). The only thing in the amp's FX loop is the noise gate. The speaker out from the stealth goes into a Bray LO-1 line out box. The speaker-through from the LO-1 sends the amp's signal to the dry center cab (Mesa 4x12). The Line out of the LO-1 sends a signal back to the board then into the Musicom Parallelizer. The Parallelizer's three loops contain the Eventide MicroPitch (stereo), SDE-3000EVH delay (stereo), and Dispatch Master (reverb only; mono). The outputs of the Parallelizer feed a Powerstage 700 powering the wet cabs (custom oversized 2x12s). I can control the effects and amp channel switching via the Morningstar MC6 Pro.
It is an amazing setup. It sounds absolutely glorious. It took me a couple days to get the board wired up and do some basic troubleshooting. As soon as I got it all dialed in I said it was "the most inspiring sound I've ever played through."
The obvious next step was to recreate the basic rig and signal chain in the FM9 and run that through the same power amps and cabs. I took about an hour to put the layout together and do a little tweaking. I was going for a near-exact replica and came up with this:
Output 1 goes to the interface/computer. Output 3 goes mono to the EVH return. Output 2 goes stereo to the Powerstage. The delay blocks are Leon's SDE3000's from his block library (thanks, @2112 !). The pitch block takes care of dual detune. Reverb varies. Trichorus available if desired. This rig basically took me about an hour and a half to completely setup. That doesn't count setting up the FM9 board which was already done. Here that is:
It sounds every bit as inspiring as the pedal rig, probably more so if I'm being honest. It literally made me laugh out loud and gave me goosebumps. And of course it's so much more versatile it's almost a joke even saying that. I can use any amp model, any effect, I can switch to stereo, mono, wet/dry, etc. with a simple preset change. I can just play through the computer if I want (and don't even need to rewire anything). It's also dead silent.
I love the FM9 so much. I'll get rid of it when they pry it from my cold, dead hands. Or when Fractal puts out its successor, whichever comes first. And those are both maybes.
The FM9 is, in gamer-speak, "f***ing OP."
The Drop, OD, and flanger go out of the pedalboard and to the input of an EVH 5153 50w stealth (or the 6505 1992 Original). The only thing in the amp's FX loop is the noise gate. The speaker out from the stealth goes into a Bray LO-1 line out box. The speaker-through from the LO-1 sends the amp's signal to the dry center cab (Mesa 4x12). The Line out of the LO-1 sends a signal back to the board then into the Musicom Parallelizer. The Parallelizer's three loops contain the Eventide MicroPitch (stereo), SDE-3000EVH delay (stereo), and Dispatch Master (reverb only; mono). The outputs of the Parallelizer feed a Powerstage 700 powering the wet cabs (custom oversized 2x12s). I can control the effects and amp channel switching via the Morningstar MC6 Pro.
It is an amazing setup. It sounds absolutely glorious. It took me a couple days to get the board wired up and do some basic troubleshooting. As soon as I got it all dialed in I said it was "the most inspiring sound I've ever played through."
The obvious next step was to recreate the basic rig and signal chain in the FM9 and run that through the same power amps and cabs. I took about an hour to put the layout together and do a little tweaking. I was going for a near-exact replica and came up with this:
Output 1 goes to the interface/computer. Output 3 goes mono to the EVH return. Output 2 goes stereo to the Powerstage. The delay blocks are Leon's SDE3000's from his block library (thanks, @2112 !). The pitch block takes care of dual detune. Reverb varies. Trichorus available if desired. This rig basically took me about an hour and a half to completely setup. That doesn't count setting up the FM9 board which was already done. Here that is:
It sounds every bit as inspiring as the pedal rig, probably more so if I'm being honest. It literally made me laugh out loud and gave me goosebumps. And of course it's so much more versatile it's almost a joke even saying that. I can use any amp model, any effect, I can switch to stereo, mono, wet/dry, etc. with a simple preset change. I can just play through the computer if I want (and don't even need to rewire anything). It's also dead silent.
I love the FM9 so much. I'll get rid of it when they pry it from my cold, dead hands. Or when Fractal puts out its successor, whichever comes first. And those are both maybes.
The FM9 is, in gamer-speak, "f***ing OP."
...totally agree!
