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Yeks Guide to the Fractal Audio Drive Models
About the guide
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 guide was preceded by a series of threads on Fractal Audio's user forum. Visit the last thread.
Yek stopped updating the guide in 2022. All information in the guide has been transferred to this wiki page: Drive block.
Fractal Audio's drive modeling has been improved through firmware updates for the Axe-Fx III, FM9 and FM3. Gain, output levels, characteristics and tone have changed, depending on the model. Because of this, two editions of the guide are available:
Demonstration presets
Yek provides simple presets to demonstrate most Drive models. Download them here.
