Some of us had been waiting for this with bated breath; a Fractal floor unit (because we can't do rack units - downright impractical for home use per se). But here's the let down- it's a 'multi-effects pedalboard', to quote the manufacturer. This means all those menacing amp simulators are omitted, hopefully for a later development.
Why would you want a Fractal in the first place? For multi-effects application? That's not what made the Axe-FX units so monumental to begin with. Players are after that amp voicings in there, many of whom would readily give up their actual amps for this substitute. You'd say amp simulation technology are in numerous existence these days; yes, but they don't sound like a Fractal. Upon hearing/ reading this release I felt rather betrayed (personally, at least) because it's like releasing a Les Paul without a cutaway, a Strat without single coils, A Marshall without a Brit-voicing, A MESA Dual Rectifier without overdrive- you get the drift. I was looking forward to purchase this as a tribute to reputable digital technology but it's effectively off my list now.
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Fractal sent me an email today on this unit. Put my name on the list immediately. I was going to buy an Axe fx 2 but decided to go with a Rhodes Colossus H-100 tube amp instead. Was going to order a tc electronics G sytem but now Im going with the FX8. Im into playing guitar not fiddling around for hours trying to fine tune amp simulators.This unit will be perfect, run it into the tube amp and done. Was thinking about getting an Axe fx2 to run into my tube amp but seems like overkill.
The FX 8 is not the full AXE FX package, that's the gripe with many.
Well thats easy just buy an Axe fx if you are into the amp simulators. The FX-8 unit looks like a perfect unit for a tube amp instead of having to run a pedal board with a bunch of pedals and cables.
LINE 6, Zoom, BOSS et al were there before Fractal so been there done that...
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