Yek's Guide to the Fractal Audio DRIVE Models [final ed. July 2022]

[Deleted member 79338]

@yek

So odd that I woke up this morning thinking “I always use amp distortion, I have never tried a clean amp as a pedal platform” and bam, quality drives!

Cheers dude

 

[sprint]

Reading thru the guide updates this morning - can't get over the incredible attention to detail - what an excellent resource. A huge amount of work has obviously been put into it - very much appreciated Yek.

 

[yek]

 

[Larz]

 

[hedua]

Thanks

 

[yek]

I'm hoping for CNFB to be implemented in the Drive models, so the CPU chart in the guide can be updated.

 

[Greg Ferguson]

I'm hoping for CNFB to be implemented in the Drive models, so the CPU chart in the guide can be updated.

I'm pretty sure we're going to see CNFB affecting other models, just like Cygnus did. It's going to be interesting to see where and how CNFB finds additional uses.

 

[unix-guy]

I'm hoping for CNFB to be implemented in the Drive models, so the CPU chart in the guide can be updated.

As someone who likes 2 Drive blocks in his presets I wholeheartedly agree!

 

[yek]

2?

It's probably unreasonable to expect, but I'm kind of hoping it will allow me to add a 3rd Drive block to my presets.

fuzz(es) >> transparent boost(s) >> overdrive(s)

 

[vika12]

Thank you Yek!

 

[Budda]

Not me toying with sample rate in an existing preset after reading some of the guide and enjoying the not-guitar-not-abrasive sound I suddenly have. Thanks!

 

[polanoid]

Thanks a lot, your guides are an invaluable resource!

 

[J-V]

As a guy whose pedal knowledge is pretty much confined to owning a Metal Zone back in the day many years ago this guide has proven itself to be both a very interesting read, and an indispensable resource when trying to expand my tonal variety with the FM3. To quote J. D. Salinger (among others, I guess?), Yek, you're a gentleman and a scholar, and I appreciate the work you've put into this. Thank you!

 

[efraim]

thank you Yek , highly appreciated your high quality work and contribution to our community

 

[psychomanteum7]

This is great - Thank you. I plan on experimenting with drives in front of clean amps, today.

 

[japri]

Thanks YEK, Suddenly i felt i have the biggest pedal board in the world. (not a pedal guy)

 

[Rags]

Thanks, really appreciate the in-depth insights.

 

[yek]

Presets updated. I changed the clean amp (was Two-Rock) to Deluxe Verb, because it's a better pedal platform.

Plus some minor additions / corrections to the PDF Guide.

 

[Scented Meat]

Thank you.

 

[spikey]

Thanks, Yek.