Fractal Audio FX8 Multi Effects | Review
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2016
- "it’s easy to say that the FX8 is the most fully featured and best sounding multi effects unit on the market right now."
Fractal Audio FX8 Multi Effects Review by Guitar Interactive Magazine. Reviewed in Issue 38 of Guitar Interactive Magazine by Tom Quayle.
Welcome to GI 38, another bumper edition of the world's favourite online guitar mag!
We've three fabulous players featured inside - from the electric world, the amazing Paul Gilbert makes his long awaited debut, with a long interview filmed in his LA studio. Returning to the fold is the great Michael Schenker, filmed in London, and finally, as a Quiet Room Special, we have the incredible Antoine Dufour, the Canadian acoustic guitarist who not only gave us his time for an in-depth interview but also performed live in our studio. Whatever you do, don't miss this!
As always, we've a packed issue of reviews, with an expanded Quiet Room section plus our usual full review line-up of guitars, amps, FX, basses, acoustics, home/project studio and live gear (not to mention the unstoppable Jaime Vendera!). All that plus our free tuition columns.
As for competitions, this is our best ever issue! We've got a signature Ibanez Paul Gilbert guitar, the amazing Seven Sisters FX pedals from Red Witch and handmade Manuel Rodriguez classical guitar ALL up for grabs in this issue's competitions!
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Well done! Thanks for taking the time to demo this... One of the best demos I've found for the FX8
A true professional FX unit! Thanks Tom and Gi. I can't wait to get mine in the mail!!!
Best review I've seen on this unit. Tom you rock! Your playing blows my mind.
Great review! Thanks for taking the time.
Finally, someone who's really good at guitar to demo these. Actually makes me want to buy this board!
Tom , That guitar sounds amazing. Almost acoustic. Who makes your guitar? Thanks
Very awesome -tasty playing!!!
Best review of the FX8!
such a killer "pedal" - completely killed all my GAS for other guitar pedals... and the new stuff they're adding is gonna just make it better and better! Cool video!
it needs a color screen
Tonex Pedal is the talk of town recently and acquired one two weeks ago and combined with FX8. I could say is it's a better alternative if your Kemper just died down which happened to me :) Except for the dangling patch cables :)
Sounds gorgeous but glad I went for the helix instead, based on the simplicity and the amp models . I'd love to have a play on them both next to each other
Hey there, If you are in a preset... Can you make each scene within that preset have different Fx? Or do all 8 scenes within the preset have to be the same fx?
Is it possible to invert the phase of either the left or right output of the FX8 pre out?
May be a stupid question but can this be connected directly to my Yamaha HS5 Studio Monitors and used as an Effects unit without connecting it to a preamp or an Amp? Would it give me distortion/ overdrive if used that way? What I mean is just the FX8 plugged into my Studio Monitors would work for recording ideas in Logic Pro X or does it necessarily have to be connected to a preamp/ amp?
A lot of the songs I play need an acoustic and an electric guitar to play all the way through. Think "Over the Hills and Far Away" or "All The Young Dudes" type of thing. Till now, with my traditional old pedal board it's basically been impossible to get the right sound without switching guitars (which is only really good for recording) but not for playing live. What I need is an effects unit that can give me a really authentic acoustic tone so I could sit down with my Les Paul (for example) and just step on a switch to go back and forth between the two types of guitars. Will this unit do that? And how well will it do it? Thanks in advance.
Tom and Guthire Govan are my favorite players.
What is the setting and perimeters for that first patch?
Hi I got the fx8 Mark II how can I connect it for stereo sound using to amps
20:36 beautiful spacey effect
tom quayle strikes again, good stuff bro the best product reviewer on the net,
as I've mentioned previously, Tom could sell ''used'' toilet paper to a highly educated businessman![lol]
great work Tom, POWER TO THE PEOPLE
+THORGGERNAUT yeah, his video lessons are dope as hell.
Tom, what amp are you using? I want your tone at the very end!!! Great device! I would as soon get that and two rad amps.
+John Nelson Hi John, pretty sure Tom was using a Marshall YJM 100 head, you can see the review here www.iguitarmag.com/magazine-editions/guitar-interactive-issue-6/reviews/marshall-yjm-100-head/
+Guitar Interactive - The Free Online Guitar Magazine Thank you for the reply. It's a shame that this is discontinued. The tone is out of this world, and it's such a gorgeous looking beast!!!
I have a question: (very nice video, by the way) - so the FX8 does not have modeling like the AX8 does, but the AX8 has all of the effects, if I am correct. What is the point of the FX8 then? They are so closely priced - why not only get the AX8? Are there advantages with the FX8 that the AX8 does not have?
+Jason Sherman the fx8 is made specifically to use with a tube amp whereas the ax8 is designed more for running direct to p.a. or monitor.
+72sidler Thank you so much for the insight!
+Jason Sherman They have entirely different control schemes, though the AX8 has a mode which allows it to be controlled like the FX8, and the FX8 is much simpler to program (the AX8 is very much like the AxeFX). You should download the manuals and skim through.
+Robstafarian - skimming through the manuals is a GREAT idea!! I am in the market for one of the two and want to make the purchase that I will be happiest with. Thank you so much for the EXCELLENT suggestion!!
Also in FX8 u have option to run two reverbs blocks while in Ax8 just 1 reverb block, for me its very important
Is there a way to use this unit with two amps and cabs simultaneously? If so, is there a way to get the cabs in phase with each other from the unit itself (I know there are some pedals that do this)? Also could you cut the signal to one of the amps via the scenes feature? Cheers!
ben Glass yes to all the above!
Looks cool- I am waiting for Fractal to release the nextgen with color LCD screen then I am up for it.
You still haven't said anything about what amp you have it plugged into, is it a tube amp or a solid state????
very funny how dry Tom's facial expression is when he says "fantastic" and demonstrates thereafter, at 18:00mins
Nice guitar !!!
and yes Fractal is the best Processing unit on the market; thou an expensive one %
+Nabil Belhaj Yeah, but think about what you get for that the price. One of these puppies is like a crap load of pedals way above the price, and digital floor pedals half the cost isn't nearly worth the money.
what about the new line 6 helix; how does it stack up ???
P.S: i'm only using Processing softwatre for now
P.S: i'm only using Processing software for now
+Nabil Belhaj not that expensive, it is only around 2000 euro.
what is your studio amp?
+John Benoit Hi John, pretty sure Tom was using a Marshall YJM 100 head, you can see the review here www.iguitarmag.com/magazine-editions/guitar-interactive-issue-6/reviews/marshall-yjm-100-head/
thanks very much!
Let me guess, you have to plug in the axe fx8 into a mesa boogie amp to get the tube tone correct????
Thats what everyone else is doing, so. I need to know, what does it sound like directly into a P.A.. or better yet, a line input to a recording device such as a computer. Directly from the unit into the line in because there is no USB for audio recording.
If you have to hook it up to a tube amp to get the tube tone, then I'm wasting my time here.
What you are looking for is the AX-8 or the Axe-Fx. Those ones you can play directly into a PA or SPDIF into the computer. This here is the FX-8, only meant to work in conjunction with an amp. But since your comment is from a month ago, I guess you have figured it out by now.
Will this work direct to Fender blues deluxe 1x12 tube? It does not have fx loop.
I'm sensing a large price tag...
You sound like Dominic Miller a bit.
Didn't sell me...excess talking contributed. I usually dig this dude's demos but kept in mind he demos on Fractal units. I didn't see a lot of functionality but a lot of talking about a lot of functionality. Want to snag my dollo then show me a unit that incorporates simulations of Fuzz pedals, and overdrive together with these admittedly cool effects that I can already conjure however pretty sweetly on my DAW.
Very Methaney
Gee . .Fractal dropped the price on these down to $999.99 USD. It's either this or a used Line 6 M13 .. hmmmmmm . . . . :)
all modulation and no distortion/od
No pops and clicks like EHX
Oh soo after all this they wont even give an expression pedal? That's just stupid
+Avisek Ganguly Fractal Audio has a high quality expression pedal sold separately, IF THE USER WANTS ONE! Seems smart to me, not stupid.
Mike Jams a floor model for that price needs to come with an expression pedal otherwise its daylight robbery
+Mike Jams smart way for them to take your money
+Avisek Ganguly It's all a matter of economics and choice. By including an expression pedal, theFX8 price increases by $100 or so, so are you really gaining anything? Since everyone has a different preference in how an exp pedal sweeps and feels the smart thing was to allow the user to choose what works best for them. I am using two EB Jrs with mine and couldn't be happier. This is a high end pro unit that is an amazing value at one and a half of its price point. The sound quality and flexibility are everything a guitarist could ask for. Since switching to the FX8, I have an all in one effects setup that has replaced $4500 in equipment I had invested in my studio rack and my live effects rig and sets up in less time.
AeolianReflex good for you for me it is a strict no no when a floor unit does not have an inbuilt pedal.. Considering Line 6 has helix coming out
The Chorus is so bad o_O a Zoom G3 sounds way better believe me ^^
my guitar hero. apart from his horrible beard.