Why I'm Selling My Fractal FM9

I’m perplexed on why a bedroom guitarist like myself would even need anything more than the FM3. I’ve never owned any fractal units, or any modeler, so what are your thoughts? Is there something better?

Captor X 🤘🤘👍👍👍A must!! What would you get FM3 or Quad Cortex? Please help!!!

As far as I know, there's a gap on changing the presets in FM3, that's why I'm looking for an FM9. Is it a problem still? Or, is there something I can do to not have this little mute between a preset and another with FM3?

Torpedo two Notes has awesome Cabs in it. Everyone in it was better than the Line 6 Helix. I also conpared them to Guitar Rig and a few other software solutions for computer and it beat those too. Neural DSP has some plugins that are great and the cabs are good, But I still felt the Two Notes was better. I also have a H&K Grandmeister Deluxe 40 and the built in cab (Red Box) is great too, But overall Torpedo still wins.

Two Notes Captor X is the way

So if you get one of these you no longer play through an amp you just go through the loudspeaker system ?????

Good video , The Fractal FM 9 has been in my mind , but in reality I'm more of a minimalist , I don't need all of the bells and whistles , and I'm too ADD 😬But maybe a used FM 3 would be a good idea , anyway what is wrapped around your Les Paul headstocks on the wall ?

I have gone to Victory v4 amp pedals, now, my fractal and kemper are gone

Perfectly reasonable reason to sell. But, and chances are its already gone...I would not have sold it. I tried to get a fm3 when they were new. I waited on a list for near a year, gave up and got an axe3 with fc12 on a black friday deal. I knew what I was getting was serious overkill for my needs, but that extra headroom, cpu etc "should" buy me extra time and updates for a while longer. If I were to get something now, knowing what I actually use...I would get the 9, not the fm3. On a side note, I still wish they called them FN3 and FN9. Just say it out loud and you'll know why lol

Ok, oh right then. You just got a brand new Corvette with 750hp and you only want the Honda Civic with 125hp. Gotcha. 😅

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I think the FM9 is a bit big so I'd have the FM3 however, the FM3 does let you do dual amps.

Tone King Iron Man gives you a line out which you can process any way you like. Insert into your FM3 if you like.

Useful video, but should have been at most 3 minutes 🙂

I have the older Captor (not X), and it’s great for what it is, I use it as an attenuator and as line in into my DAW (Logic Pro X) and apply IR’s using IR plugin.

I love fractal Unit its my dream one day ive got one ⭐⭐⭐🎸🎸🎸🎸🌞🌞🌟🌟🌟🌟 I hope one day my dreams it comes true

Put some extra RAM, a nice keyboard and ... some new screen. Throw it on the second hand PC market then. Go on!

Should sell the FM3 and keep the more capable FM9. As you grow musically, you can tap into more creativity.

Hey @Jordan, I did a similar thing I had the FM3 and the FM9. I sold the FM3, and I picked up a captor X and I can pair that with my victory, carol ann, or my Diezel. I like the flexibility of the virtual cabs and the IR's. The dual tracker is kinda gimmicky, but it's good as a speaker sim or an attenuator

So you use 9 buttons on the three button FM3 but you only use 5 buttons on the nine button on the FM9? WHat the hell dude?

If you like playing real cabs like i do using the fm3 , i found the KSR PA50 sounds absolutely awesome, Seymour PS 200 was second, Orange pedal baby on 3rd, owned all three and compared them back to back

I am still with my SD-1 & ODR-1 & a Marshall with 2x12 cab.

I have both the Quad Cortex and the FM9. The workflow on the QC just works better for me. There’s more effects and options on the FM9 but I don’t need that much.

I don’t know if you have considered this,but I use a load box with my amp,(Fryette PS2 or Fractal X-Load)and insert my amp into the AxeFXIII…this way,you are using the Fractal for IR’s,FX,Routing,etc,which sounds much better than the Captor X or OX,and is way more flexible…..I own,and have owned the TAE,OX,Captor X,Suhr Reactive Load IR……running my real amp into the Fractal is the best sounding solution I have found….

Good to hear, im in the same boat. On a waiting list but thinking of not bothering with a FM9. I have a FM3 with FC 6 joined and a Axe fX 3 in studio.. so not really getting anything more but spending a load of cash. I do hit the FM3 CPU DSP overload or close to it.. Just have to be a bit more precise with presets. The load box im using is the Fractal X Load , pretty good for what it does. Not much of a attenuator though but using it by going out of fractal with drive pedal into JCM 800 input (no effects return) then back into LOAD box then Axe FX 3 with speaker cab and FX gets some good results .. cheers

Please do a vid on your fm3 layouts / switches.

I agree with Jordan. I sold my FM9 Turbo too. It was too big and heavy and like him, I only used a few of those switches. It sounded GREAT- amps and effects, etc., but I also really did not like the on unit UI. For $1800 including shipping, I wanted more. I did not lose a dime. I am now patiently waiting until they update the UI and hopefully release a FM6 so again, like he said, get a nicer smaller form factor, ideally more DSP power and 6 switches. I would even pay $1,999 for it. The online editor is fine but the current UI feels like 1980's tech. I could not live with that.

FYI, The FM3 is very inferior to the FM9- it is not the same. There is a list online where you can compare side by side. It' not just the extra 6 switches and DSP. Even the editor is better on the FM9- it share more of the AxeFXIII DNA.

Bang for buck Captor X is the one to get hands down. Ox sounds great, but its bigger has the weird PS and the only way to control it is a dodgy wifi connection.
I changed my ox for a captor x because the wifi annoyed me so much 😂

I would not sell it! You can have so much fun creating sounds and Cliff will never stop evolving the unit.

Thanks for the information.

I try to avoid anything with these crazy adapters. What a pain if you sell amps. They do this to save pennies rather than installing this stuff inside the amp chassis and it's so inconvenient to us all. Terrible especially on expensive products. If they do it right, we can rob a computer monitor cord for our amp in a pinch. It's really quite telling about a company's line of thinking imo.

I have a Torpedo Reload, Ox and Power Station. The PS is the best if you are going to use a cabinet. The Ox sounds killer if you use the built in cabs etc. As an attenuator into a cab it's not so great. If I was going to play out without a cab I would rack the Ox, I think it's better than IRs...just IME.

I have a Boss TAE and it is awesome. I would recommend it over the OX if you want to play live. It is not really an attenuator. It takes the signal from the amp and runs it through a solid state power amp (the Fryette Power Station does the same thing, but with a tube power amp). You can adjust the reactive load to fit the amp you’re using, so it doesn’t sound or feel digital at all. It has built in Compression, Delay, Reverb, EQ. It also uses a standard power cable.

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PS. I love the color on the walls. The glass door etc. Very nice room.

I've heard good things about the Fryette Power Station. It might be something to put on your list of things to consider.

Many people think the FM3 is good enough, the FM9 is not absolutely necessary!

Hey man. You're a wonderful player and beautiful soul. Huge fan and hope you're well.