Always consult the official Owners Manuals first!
March 2024: all pages have been checked and are up-to-date

Difference between revisions of "Yeks Guide to the Fractal Audio Drive Models"

From Fractal Audio Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
(149 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[image:Yeks Drives Guide.png|link=http://www.dropbox.com/s/0ge5yhomreahtp6/Yeks_Guide_to_the_Fractal_Audio_Drive_Models.pdf|150px]]
+
Forum member Yek (Alexander van Engelen) discusses all Drive models (at the time of writing) in his [https://www.dropbox.com/s/931hz6uhmplp7d5/Yeks_Guide_to_the_Fractal_Audio_Drive_Models.pdf?dl=0 Guide to the Fractal Audio Drive Models (pdf)].
  
Forum member Yek (Alexander van Engelen) describes all Drive models in his [https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ge5yhomreahtp6/Yeks_Guide_to_the_Fractal_Audio_Drive_Models.pdf Guide to the Fractal Audio Drive Models (PDF)].
+
The guides were preceded by a [http://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/fractal-audio-drive-models-forum-threads.122838 series of threads on Fractal Audio's user forum]. Because Fractal Audio keeps improving their drive modeling through firmware updates, there were two versions of the guide:
 +
* [https://www.dropbox.com/s/931hz6uhmplp7d5/Yeks_Guide_to_the_Fractal_Audio_Drive_Models.pdf?dl=0 July 2022, for Axe-Fx III, FM9 and FM3]
 +
* [https://www.dropbox.com/s/2l53afdsiigo3rb/Yeks_Old_Guide_to_the_Fractal_Audio_Drive_Models.pdf?dl=0 November 2018, for Axe-Fx III prior to firmware 3.02, and Axe-Fx II, FX8, AX8]
  
Current edition: August 2018.
+
Yek stopped updating the guide in 2022. The contents have been migrated into the [[Drive block]] wiki page.
  
The guide was preceded by a [http://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/fractal-audio-drive-models-forum-threads.122838 series of threads on Fractal Audio's user forum]. Forum member Simviz assisted with migrating the contents of the threads to a PDF guide. Yek updates the PDF guide periodically.
+
Yek supplied simple presets to demonstrate most Drive models, and sometimes updates them. [https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/preset-collection-featuring-most-of-the-drive-blocks-updated-for-fw-22-01.179149/#post-2447086 Find them here]
  
Brief information about the Drive models, derived from the forum threads and PDF guide, is also available in the  [http://wiki.fractalaudio.com/axefx2/index.php?title=Drive_block#Drive_models Fractal Audio wiki].
+
[[image:titlepage.jpg|link=https://www.dropbox.com/s/931hz6uhmplp7d5/Yeks_Guide_to_the_Fractal_Audio_Drive_Models.pdf?dl=0|225px]] [[image:contentpage.jpg|link=|300px]]
 
 
If you find the guide useful, consider donating to a good cause as explained in the guide.
 
 
 
Yek provides simple "Drive+Amp+Cab" presets to demonstrate most Drive models.
 
 
 
* [http://www.dropbox.com/s/a0doede64hoc3ay/Yeks_Drive_Models_Presets.zip Presets created on the Axe-Fx II XL] can be converted to other platforms with [[FracTool]] if needed.
 
* Updated presets for the Axe-Fx III will be added shortly.
 
 
 
Forum member Leon Todd (aka "2112") published an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-CZtdKOUwk in-depth tutorial] about tweaking each Drive model.
 
 
 
[[image:GuideDrives.jpg|link=http://www.dropbox.com/s/0ge5yhomreahtp6/Yeks_Guide_to_the_Fractal_Audio_Drive_Models.pdf?dl=0|150px]]
 
  
 
[[category:Axe-Fx2]]
 
[[category:Axe-Fx2]]
 
[[category:Axe-Fx3]]
 
[[category:Axe-Fx3]]
 +
[[category:FM3]]
 +
[[category:FM9]]
 
[[category:AX8]]
 
[[category:AX8]]
 
[[category:FX8]]
 
[[category:FX8]]
 
[[category:Sounds]]
 
[[category:Sounds]]
 +
[[category:All]]

Latest revision as of 14:12, 2 March 2024

Forum member Yek (Alexander van Engelen) discusses all Drive models (at the time of writing) in his Guide to the Fractal Audio Drive Models (pdf).

The guides were preceded by a series of threads on Fractal Audio's user forum. Because Fractal Audio keeps improving their drive modeling through firmware updates, there were two versions of the guide:

Yek stopped updating the guide in 2022. The contents have been migrated into the Drive block wiki page.

Yek supplied simple presets to demonstrate most Drive models, and sometimes updates them. Find them here

Titlepage.jpg Contentpage.jpg