Fractal or Kemper, that's my question

I owned both. The Kemper was brief as I was pretty disappointed with it. The Fractal was everything I had hoped and much more. I'm not drinking the koolaid as much as some of the guys on the fractal forum but I did a significant firmware update from 21 to 27 after my living situation kept my Axe FX in storage for a bit but definitely could hear an improvement. I'd go with the FM9 as well just for the additional foot switches. If I could go back I'd have gotten the FC12 instead of my FC6.
 
cardinal said:
ToneX needs a device that can make the captures itself imho, even if the process takes a long time. I went with the QC simply because I didn't have to also buy an interface and a newer computer to run it with.
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This is how I feel, I was real tempted by the most recent neural pedal that everyone else hates, since I’m most interested in capturing my own amps and that’s it.

I might still get one in the future but I kinda would prefer tonex or nam, but also just can’t be bothered buying additional external gear and learning how to set it up right.

Reading the recent posts in the nam thread on tgp reminds me of one time I installed Linux on an old laptop and spent 80% of my time troubleshooting and configuring things, and reading Linux forum posts I didn’t understand.
 
gibsonash said:
I agree with all that said before but go for FM9 not FM3 and don t look back . My 2cts
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hey could you expand on this a bit please? i have an FM3 but i'm just playing at home for fun. What does the FM9 add from a utility perspective? More beneficial for playing live?
 
mnemonic said:
This is how I feel, I was real tempted by the most recent neural pedal that everyone else hates, since I’m most interested in capturing my own amps and that’s it.

I might still get one in the future but I kinda would prefer tonex or nam, but also just can’t be bothered buying additional external gear and learning how to set it up right.

Reading the recent posts in the nam thread on tgp reminds me of one time I installed Linux on an old laptop and spent 80% of my time troubleshooting and configuring things, and reading Linux forum posts I didn’t understand.
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I'm interested in the same thing: just profiling my amps.

I'm tempted to try the Nano Cortex too since that seems like something I'd been less worried about stepping on. Any captures I make with the QC I could just share to the Nano.
 
mnemonic said:
This is how I feel, I was real tempted by the most recent neural pedal that everyone else hates, since I’m most interested in capturing my own amps and that’s it.

I might still get one in the future but I kinda would prefer tonex or nam, but also just can’t be bothered buying additional external gear and learning how to set it up right.

Reading the recent posts in the nam thread on tgp reminds me of one time I installed Linux on an old laptop and spent 80% of my time troubleshooting and configuring things, and reading Linux forum posts I didn’t understand.
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With ToneX you can capture with any interface, but they do make a little capture box you can use to make it easier.

I liked the ToneX/Amplitube stuff so much I went ahead and bought an Axe I/O interface. I needed a new interface anyways, and this one is made for guitar players. It also has a reamp jack, so I can use that to easily make captures. I plan on capturing my own amps once I get a new computer, which was a plan anyways. I tried with my laptop and it took 6 hours to do a normal capture, so I am sure advanced would take like a week.
 
Shask said:
With ToneX you can capture with any interface, but they do make a little capture box you can use to make it easier.

I liked the ToneX/Amplitube stuff so much I went ahead and bought an Axe I/O interface. I needed a new interface anyways, and this one is made for guitar players. It also has a reamp jack, so I can use that to easily make captures. I plan on capturing my own amps once I get a new computer, which was a plan anyways. I tried with my laptop and it took 6 hours to do a normal capture, so I am sure advanced would take like a week.
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Yeah the computer is my issues with ToneX. I only use one for work, not a video game guy and not an uber recording guy. So I'd have to invest in a separate computer to really use ToneX. The Neural stuff can do it within the unit and seems pretty cool but kinda noisy.
 
I literally just took delivery of the FM3 today. It is extremely easy to navigate through , even without reading the manual. The stock presets so far are great, obviously not every amp is good off the bat but the rectos, Marshall’s, friedmans, bogner uber and ecstasy so far are really really good
 
cardinal said:
Yeah the computer is my issues with ToneX. I only use one for work, not a video game guy and not an uber recording guy. So I'd have to invest in a separate computer to really use ToneX. The Neural stuff can do it within the unit and seems pretty cool but kinda noisy.
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Yeah, the ToneX is pretty much useless without a computer.

The funny thing is, I started mixing my own IRs to get a better sound out of the ToneX, which, when imported into my FM3, is actually making my Fractal tones way better also.
 
Fractal for me, had both, still have the fractal, it does everything I would ever need, use it live and in the studio with great results, and you can dump a beer into and fm3 and it was fine LOL
 
Nashville Riff Co said:
hey could you expand on this a bit please? i have an FM3 but i'm just playing at home for fun. What does the FM9 add from a utility perspective? More beneficial for playing live?
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Just for home you ll be fine with FM3 . For professional use FM9 get all you need . Complex routing , power , 2 amps at the same time etc ... Works very well in 4CM application and you get a lot switches as a midi controller . You can mimick all the amps of the planet if you have the real ones .
 
gibsonash said:
Just for home you ll be fine with FM3 . For professional use FM9 get all you need . Complex routing , power , 2 amps at the same time etc ... Works very well in 4CM application and you get a lot switches as a midi controller . You can mimick all the amps of the planet if you have the real ones .
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Got it! Thank you very much
 
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