Andy - love your videos. I am now of the mindset that modeling is 99.9% of what a tube amp gives you. I’ve taken modelers on gigs and done direct into the mix, and the sound guy is like “dude you sound sick.” Especially small gigs in tiny bars and clubs - I can’t wheel my half stack in there. Also, if you are interested, I know some good folks with Lime Kiln Theater just up 81 in Lexington Virginia. Great, intimate venue and would love to get you on the bill for next summer. You and Uncle Ben in tow.
This is exactly the use case I see for this pedal. Easily does what the three big Strymons and an H9 would do in a tiny footprint. And also has the ability to do a front of an amp situation if need be.
Andy, you were saying you need another webcam for a second screen. I'm sure you have a good phone. There are free apps that will allow you to use your phone as a webcam via Wifi or USB. I use one called Iriun Webcam. There are others you can experiment with too. I keep all my old phones and use them around the studio as webcams.
Is that a Two-Rock I see behind you ? Always wanted to try one. Still Love my Suhr Bella and Todd Sharp JOAT 20RT . Please do a clip run though of the SL 68 like you did with the Bella ! Please ! Would love to hear the clean sounds of the SL68. Thank you . I love all things about the Fractal stuff except their "compressor effect".
Andy, great video on the VP4. Got a couple questions, how would run this in stereo with 2 amps ? I don’t see that in the manual. I do see the four cable method with one amp. I use the GigRig G3 with 2 Lone Star combos. I do know I could run it in stereo with the G3. Might be time to sell all my strymons and go for this unit. See you out there on the road.
Seems I could disable amps on my FM3 and use just as an effects pedal. Am I cIose to accomplishing the same thing? That way I could stiII use my favorite pedals alongside of this.
Killer! Andy - what are the Woodshed and Belle sitting on - FX loop patch bay for easier routing? For live use with this board, are you going guitar into Tumnus side (GB) > Woodshed > Belle > Pinnacle side and then VP4 send/return to amp’s fx loop?
I am interested in knowing if it negatively impacts the original signal, especially in a 4CM setup since it does a full AD/DA conversion. I have a FM3 already I use direct into PC and use a board built around the Friedman IR-D tube preamp with external FX.
@@CrookedMonkey-band EVERY piece of gear from EVERY manufacturer will do something. This is as small and not noticeable as any top end unit should be. This is on par with Eventide/strymon etc.
Excellent timing for me! Just got my Bogner 3534 50w head and have a bunch of stuff in the FX loop, but I'd much rather have a single device. I was considering an HX FX but this seems like a much better option. Only downside is four buttons, but if you can control it with extra buttons in a MIDI controller, I.e. patch/scene changes etc then it's a winner!
Hi Andy thanks for this video its on reapet on my Phone really i love the new fractal vp4 its really awesome 😊😊😊🌟🤘🎸🤟🌟⭐⭐🌞😊😊I think i play Your songs beilive with the new fractal vp4 😊😊😊🤟🤟🤟🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸❤️❤️
The great local bands in AZ don't use Amps anymore. All direct with pedals like the Dream and this one. At 69 and former pro player it's crazy but sounds unreal. The size of PAs is so impressive. We used to have Crown amps rolled in all tri amped with huge JBL stacks. No more
@@andywoodmusic JP2C, also!!! My Helios Eclipse is stuck in the Stone Age, comparatively LOL! I know all I'd need would be a midi device of some sort in-between, but by then I may as well use my FM9 via 4CM.
@@fractalaudiosystems I use MIDI to channel switch with my FX8 and FM9… I’m very interested in this unit, but I’m unsure about those mini MIDI Ins and Out.
Can confirm this. I am really learning a lot from Andys songs. Great great stuff! Buy the album and support him in any possible way. Not the same hype around him as the „greats“ but high-end play comparable to all the other „greats“ ❤
What are we doing a commercial for Wendy's well if you get the chili with the pickle burger and the chocolate Frosty can you put the burger dipped into the chili and then take a hit of the Frosty real quick then you'll be fractal l a t i n g
Hi Andy i love this new fractal vp4 i cant wait to come there in italy in november 😊😊❤❤🌟🤟🤘🤘🤘🤟🌟🌟🎸⭐⭐😊😊I hope this 2024 my dreams it comes true to play guitar with you its my dream and jam together ❤❤😊😊🤟🤟🤘🤘🤟🤟🌟🎸🎸My name is mahdi
I can't disagree more. Have you sized the Strymon pedals? or the helix stomp? Or the UA pedals? This is ultra high level effects, not a digitech unit ;)
thanks for the video but every one should save there money for 200 more you can have an fm3 which is way better. or really do yourselves a favor and get a quad cortex they are better than anything fractal has ever made.
QC is great and fun but doesn’t top my FM9 Turbo. Love playing with the captures but it’s a backup to my FM9 which has way more configurability and performance options. If you are a metal player and use 3 sounds, maybe QC in that scenario is equal. And yes I’d rather have a QC than an FM3 but the FM9 and AxeFx 3 is way more powerful.
Love that Andy uses his signature pedals on his board. It irks me when players try to sell me gear they don't use.
Holy Shit Man! Your live playing with Jared was BLOWING FIRE! 💪👏 So cool to see you all having a blast🙏
"Sounds really nice" at about 11:00 is huge understatement. Sounds phenomenal! Great demo man.
Hi Andy it was great to see and meet you at Guitar Summit- you did a great job
Hope to see you more often in Germany live
Andy - love your videos. I am now of the mindset that modeling is 99.9% of what a tube amp gives you. I’ve taken modelers on gigs and done direct into the mix, and the sound guy is like “dude you sound sick.” Especially small gigs in tiny bars and clubs - I can’t wheel my half stack in there.
Also, if you are interested, I know some good folks with Lime Kiln Theater just up 81 in Lexington Virginia. Great, intimate venue and would love to get you on the bill for next summer. You and Uncle Ben in tow.
Great demo wow what an outstanding unit in a small box . Love your playing always !!
This is exactly the use case I see for this pedal. Easily does what the three big Strymons and an H9 would do in a tiny footprint. And also has the ability to do a front of an amp situation if need be.
@@bonind bingo.
The track you opened up the video with was Smokin Andy 🔥 Love it. As Ben would say "I Like Things That Are Nice" ROCK ON DUDE 🤘
Sounds great man! I’m looking forward to trying one when they arrive in New Zealand (via Aus) in late November.
Andy ❤ love it! Can you share your settings !! Picking one up today
@@ant1738 my presets are in it from the factory :)
Love your work!!
Hey Andy, how do you like the Two Rock back there? I love using them as a clean pedal platform
Sound amazing Andy , i love your tone! on stage seems pretty nice , it works perfect and i think i buy as soon as it comes out in Italy.
@@giacomoala788 you’ll love it. It’s very user friendly built for players.
sounds fantastic, definitely concert-grade gear
@@user-xy8gt3tp5d it’s definitely for live players.
Andy, you were saying you need another webcam for a second screen. I'm sure you have a good phone. There are free apps that will allow you to use your phone as a webcam via Wifi or USB. I use one called Iriun Webcam. There are others you can experiment with too. I keep all my old phones and use them around the studio as webcams.
@@GaryAlexanderMusic great idea!!
I feel robbed that this video is capped at 720p. How dare we not be able to see that glorious face in 1080p! ;)
🤣
LOVE the Tones
Is that a Two-Rock I see behind you ? Always wanted to try one. Still Love my Suhr Bella and Todd Sharp JOAT 20RT . Please do a clip run though of the SL 68 like you did with the Bella ! Please ! Would love to hear the clean sounds of the SL68. Thank you . I love all things about the Fractal stuff except their "compressor effect".
Andy, great video on the VP4. Got a couple questions, how would run this in stereo with 2 amps ? I don’t see that in the manual. I do see the four cable method with one amp.
I use the GigRig G3 with 2 Lone Star combos. I do know I could run it in stereo with the G3. Might be time to sell all my strymons and go for this unit. See you out there on the road.
You would run it as a stereo unit in the loop or the front end. It can do either stereo or 4cm mono. Not both.
Seems I could disable amps on my FM3 and use just as an effects pedal. Am I cIose to accomplishing the same thing? That way I could stiII use my favorite pedals alongside of this.
Not just close but goes beyond what the new pedal does….no contest
Killer!
Andy - what are the Woodshed and Belle sitting on - FX loop patch bay for easier routing?
For live use with this board, are you going guitar into Tumnus side (GB) > Woodshed > Belle > Pinnacle side and then VP4 send/return to amp’s fx loop?
@@shemcuprjak418 xts has a little custom in and out box that I love.
I am interested in knowing if it negatively impacts the original signal, especially in a 4CM setup since it does a full AD/DA conversion. I have a FM3 already I use direct into PC and use a board built around the Friedman IR-D tube preamp with external FX.
@@CrookedMonkey-band EVERY piece of gear from EVERY manufacturer will do something. This is as small and not noticeable as any top end unit should be. This is on par with Eventide/strymon etc.
I love the John Cordy shout out.
@@TheGuitarBling John is my guy, he fired some goodies so I had to return a volley. He’s the best.
Excellent timing for me! Just got my Bogner 3534 50w head and have a bunch of stuff in the FX loop, but I'd much rather have a single device. I was considering an HX FX but this seems like a much better option. Only downside is four buttons, but if you can control it with extra buttons in a MIDI controller, I.e. patch/scene changes etc then it's a winner!
Awesome! Just ordered mine. What power supply are you using for it on that board?
Zuma with a cioks crux
Hi Andy thanks for this video its on reapet on my Phone really i love the new fractal vp4 its really awesome 😊😊😊🌟🤘🎸🤟🌟⭐⭐🌞😊😊I think i play Your songs beilive with the new fractal vp4 😊😊😊🤟🤟🤟🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸❤️❤️
“…the VP4 is roughly 3 and a half Boss pedals wide…” We Americans will use literally any measurement system other than metric. 🤣
Amazing demo Andy!
@@ChrisStarkGtr 😂😂😂
Hi Andy im thinkin when i come in Nashville to try fractal vp4 ❤❤😊😊🤘⚡🤟🤟🤟🤟🎸🎸🎸❤️❤️⭐⭐❤️😊😊
DUDE! Who is that GIANT on stage with you???
Jared James Nichols
Andy, does it do diatonic harmonizing? Thanks
Is Andy 4 feet tall or is the dude behind him with the Les Paul a giant?
I just looked. That's Jared James Nichols. He's 6' 5". So...yep. He's a mammoth human being.
Jared James Nichols is just huge.
@@fr201 Jared is 6.5 he’s a monster! And a sweetheart of a guy, love that dude!
What Riff for opening?sounds so cool
The great local bands in AZ don't use Amps anymore. All direct with pedals like the Dream and this one. At 69 and former pro player it's crazy but sounds unreal. The size of PAs is so impressive. We used to have Crown amps rolled in all tri amped with huge JBL stacks. No more
@@TheTerrypcurtin this plus a UA dream would be great!
Which according to Dave Friedman sounds like shit.
So I really don’t need this if I have the fm 3 turbo. What’s the price?
JJN is massive!
@@wolvesandguitars he looks like a final boss character
Is it that much better then the Line 6 HX EFFECTS?
@@valpulsinelli3449 Fractal effects are VERY VERY good. That’s how I’ll say it.
great video great product
Will the Voodoo Power 2 plus handle this thing?
Hell yeah, it works on my FM9
I might take this and replace by HX FX, which also sounds killer. In Australia, its crazy expensive.. so likely wait for a second hand unit ;)
Also, that picking of yours never gets old... so clean and amazing!
The hx is great. You probably don’t need the fractal.
Hi Andy - NAMM plans?
@@-plexico- unfortunately I’ll be on the Shiprocked event. BUT you MOST DEFINITELY need to scope the Suhr NAMM releases 😎
The transistor radio band doing Mississippi spleen
Your set up makes total sense. $699 is just too much imho 😅
If they added something for amp channel switching, it would be perfect.
it can if your amp has midi (Diezel etc)
@@andywoodmusic
JP2C, also!!! My Helios Eclipse is stuck in the Stone Age, comparatively LOL! I know all I'd need would be a midi device of some sort in-between, but by then I may as well use my FM9 via 4CM.
It sends MIDI so you can use a 3rd party relay box.
@@fractalaudiosystems I use MIDI to channel switch with my FX8 and FM9… I’m very interested in this unit, but I’m unsure about those mini MIDI Ins and Out.
@@Gmanrushfan
Would the Voodoo Labs unit work?
If I didnt have an fm3 with fc6 i would buy this
Is that Uncle Ben on Bass?
@@BrunoCormack indeed.
Hey Woody
Buy a song? People buy the albums. They're awesome. Great, great music, and, as guitar players always picking songs apart, you'll learn a lot.
Can confirm this. I am really learning a lot from Andys songs. Great great stuff! Buy the album and support him in any possible way. Not the same hype around him as the „greats“ but high-end play comparable to all the other „greats“ ❤
What are we doing a commercial for Wendy's well if you get the chili with the pickle burger and the chocolate Frosty can you put the burger dipped into the chili and then take a hit of the Frosty real quick then you'll be fractal l a t i n g
Mine is in the mail now, and just got your Silver hum tele shur guitar too haha gonna have some fun, thanks Boss
@@jumpbackgeno YES DUDE!!!!
Woody's is wood pecking
Hi Andy i love this new fractal vp4 i cant wait to come there in italy in november 😊😊❤❤🌟🤟🤘🤘🤘🤟🌟🌟🎸⭐⭐😊😊I hope this 2024 my dreams it comes true to play guitar with you its my dream and jam together ❤❤😊😊🤟🤟🤘🤘🤟🤟🌟🎸🎸My name is mahdi
This pedal, only 4 effects at this price is an insult.
@@MOAB-UT I take it you haven’t purchased 3 UA/strymon/eventide pedals before.
VP4-too expensive !!!
Come on... Just buy a FM3
720p? Come on this is 2024 ffs!
The footprint is too big to justify adding only 4 effects at a time to one's sound.
I can't disagree more. Have you sized the Strymon pedals? or the helix stomp? Or the UA pedals? This is ultra high level effects, not a digitech unit ;)
4 fractal effects is like 12 of others
@@andywoodmusic I OWN ALL STRYMONS AND UA FX PEDALS. I can attest the Fractal and VENTRIS are better than them all.
If the effects are the same "code-wise" as the other fractal products. The FM3 is still a better deal.
How many effects you need??
thanks for the video but every one should save there money for 200 more you can have an fm3 which is way better. or really do yourselves a favor and get a quad cortex they are better than anything fractal has ever made.
QC is great and fun but doesn’t top my FM9 Turbo. Love playing with the captures but it’s a backup to my FM9 which has way more configurability and performance options. If you are a metal player and use 3 sounds, maybe QC in that scenario is equal. And yes I’d rather have a QC than an FM3 but the FM9 and AxeFx 3 is way more powerful.