Greg Ferguson
Legend!
To mount the modeler or the FC, I finally switched to using Amazon product ASIN B007IA2V66
The threads match what Fractal said, and the length is enough to fit a Temple Audio board. Find some washers to fit so the screw heads don’t pop through the holes, and it’ll lock down nicely. You could even use some of the removable Blue(?) Loktite to keep the screws from loosening, though mine have held tight. And, strangely enough, the FM and FC units match the hole spacing perfectly.
On the right side I use Temple Audio’s 4x Mod. The first jack is hard wired to IN 1 on the modeler. Currently #2 is blank. #3 and #4 are pedals 1 and 2. The 4x mod is internally wired with all TRS jacks, but it is important to cut the trace internally if you’re going to use a connection for a pedal and there’s EVER a chance your pedal will fail or you won’t use it. NOT doing that will trick the modeler into thinking the pedal is there but either 0% or 100% on, which messes with the Auto-engage settings.
On the top-left I have the IEC power connector. I cut the cable, fed it through the board, then resoldered it with shrink tubing to protect it all. I think Temple Audio has a way to disassemble the unit so cutting isn’t necessary, so contact them if you use that module.
Below that I have the XLR Mod which connects to the OUT 1 XLR connectors.
My goal was to reduce anything sticking off the backplane because a drunk singer stepped on the XLR connectors on my FM3 the first time I took it out.
I soldered all my connecting cables, modifying some, to use the shortest profile connectors I could find.
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