THE RIG OF DREAMS - Fractal VP4
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- Опубликовано: 12 дек 2024
- Trying out the Fractal VP4 multieffect pedal together with my Mesa JP2C amplifier.
Is it the VP4 the dream companion to use with an amplifier?
DISCLAIMER: Fractal Audio did send this unit to me for free to try out. I'm NOT getting paid to say anything and after the demo has been done I make the decision to keep/buy the unit or to ship it back.
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Thank you so much for allowing us to see the 10 minute struggle behind the scenes. That was actually really cool and stood out while everyone on the internet feels immense pressure to be presentably perfect all the time.
Wait. Y'all aren't perfect at all time?
Shit in my face lala
Am I the only one that seemed to sleep through the digital revolution in the guitar world and is now trying to frantically understand what the hell is going on?? I feel like an old man trying to use a touch screen for the first time....
I woke up to all of that a few months ago. Big learning curve but now I’m totally blown away with my setup now.
Welcome to the Old man yells at the Moon club :)
I'm almost 40 and just learned about the stuff about a year ago. It was a bit of a learning curve but once you figure it out it's amazing. It made me want to play everyday when I used to take long extended breaks between practicing.
44years here and spent really painful amount of money in high quality custom made pedalboard and tube amps just before all this unraveled 2017😂 So I can’t get into the bandwagon but I’m still excited for all the possibilities
Yeah it's hilarious....all of a sudden out of convenience everyone is pretending their digital rig sounds as good as a tube amp.
Dont watch this video if you are high. Ola searching the mic takes forever
Einstein's Special Relativity Bong.
yeah, I made the same mistake :D
Oops!
read this high af eating a pizza
Dream theater 😂
Finally Swedish word of the day is back!!! Keep it coming!
🎶🎵Shave my face, everyday 🎵🎶 that's my new jam Ola, thanks
Swedish Word Of The Day needs a comeback!
This will replace my Boss MS3. Perfect replacement.
That setup is a game over heavy tone. Yummy 🎸
I have the hx effects with the 4 cables method and also controlling the amp channel via midi. It's so easy and nice!
I have the HX effects too, but I got a custom cable for my 6505+ for the channels in the ext. I wanna get a modeler with a power amp though. I don't wanna take my tube amp everywhere lol.
@@djsusan00i went from 6505+ to a friedman IRX. And duncan power stage for my live rig.
It is so much better than digital, no latency, its got a BETTER clean channel than the 6505+
Same Here, HX Effects running 4CM to a Mesa MKV:35.. it sounds wonderful.
I play HX Effects + Revv G20. Also controlled by MIDI. So comfortable to be sure that you are ready to play any venue no matter how unequipped it is. John Petrucci on budget :)
I got the hx effects due to the ability to swamp my amps channel through it, it seems the VP4 can't do it
The 7ms split only works if you have two amps. The 2290 in hiw rack separates the two amps to have the 2nd amp delayed as if you doubled tracked. With one amp and one cab, the effect is not so useful actually but great tones here!
Exactly! Using any stereo FX (delay, reverb, chorus ect) on mono rig will just make phase and this is exactly what we heard... Surprised Ola did it, but I hope he will realise soon or later 😝👍
This rig sounds INSANE!!! That´s why I love the Mark-series so much!
dreamy room, great sound and playing as usual ola
Man ur heavy tone sound AMAZING from here, in Canada,Qc, so I just can't imagine how AMAZING it would be sound over there in that room ! Always good videos man. Good job, peace
Anyone else have an anxiety attack when he left his guitar on the stool?
VP4 is a huge win imo
He owns a guitar company...
It sounds huge. I really dig the tones !!
Guys with one of the 3 Friedman IR Tube Preamps are using the Fractal VP-4 with it and it becomes their entire rig.
The best part of the VP4 is that you can use it as a midi controller for the JP2C (channels, GEQ, reverb and shred mode) and you get effects as a bonus... 🤣
This makes me feel like the amp is hosting the show now with ola's voice
I have been doing this for years with my Rd King & Boss GT100 - Dry stack in middle & wet stacks left & right-- It's a lot of gear but sounds killer.. Kick ass Ola Keep killing it :)
good timing. Mine just arrived!
Super cool rig, sounds really really good
Ola's wearing his Skyrim shirt, that's how you know it's gonna be a good video
I just got a headrush pedalboard and it does more than i will ever need, and it's almost a decade old.
thanks man. very cool
I really don’t know how to feel about the digital stuff. I’ve never really tried one, but just last weekend I saw taking back Sunday on Friday and immediately someone noted how “quiet” they were. My response was “well that’s what happens when there’s no amps on stage” then I saw clutch Sunday…..point proven
Ström sounds remarkably close to the German "Strom". So that's the German word of the day and ties in with the "Olaf Scholz Englund" :D.
I'm really considering one of these so I can finally retire my gigantic case of rack mount equipment. Just not sure which one yet. It's a pretty serious outlay of cash. It's a 3.5 hour drive west to Sweetwater so maybe a trip would be a good idea. A couple tanks of fuel is a lot cheaper than a $1000+ pedal you end up not liking.
Ok now. Get that delayed/doubled rhythm tone into a nano cortex or the Kemper player and I am on board. I Love that tone! 😘
I d never use a thing full digital in front of an amp first and in an effects loop without a mixer too... Petrucci finally back to that kind of setup and his sound 2024 is by far the best from years.. Most people prefer his old ibanez sound mostly associated with guitar... To me the kind of effects and how at that time is the most rilevant.
4 cable method: 2 times AD/DA conversion plus tube still doesn't work well. A midi multFX like the VP4i in the effects loop and a loopswitcher with real OD in front of the preamp works much better, at least for me. The VP4 can switch the loopswitcher in that case.
Need more switches for more options and pedal availabilities.
Huge fan of the in the room tones
happy to see a Ola is a skyrim fan
I do miss that deep space reverb after I sold my AxeFX II…might need to check this out…
That’s MASSIVE and SICK!!💪💪🔥🔥👊👊🙌☠️🤘🤘
Awesome setup but for around $6k for that setup it’s out of reach for most people. Sounds great though. Thanks for the great video
I don't understand why they didn't put trigger outputs for channel switching in the unit. Most amps don't have Midi.
Yeah, that is a bit stupid
Not sure if you knew this but there is a Gate baked into the input settings.
Hell yeah! The only thing I'd add is a way to attenuate the amp 🤘🤘
This happens to me every-single-time I go to the jam space. :D
the last few gigs we organized, 1 of 5 bands had amplifiers... retro-world ;)
Can you capture your Randall Century 200? Would love to have! That in the room video you made a few years back still raises the hair on back of my neck.
Ola.... Ola... Ola.... Great Video! Have you tried the JP2C amplified on Quadcortex? Please, do a video and try to get the same tone over there! It would be amazing! Or, you can simple say no and that's fine ok! LOL
His singing is on point 😂
line 6 has had similar units for twenty years. I just recently picked up a M 13 and I love it!
Love my HX Effects...has all the fancy FX plus Midi switching
yeah, but fractal quality is second to none.
Hi Ola !
In this video you use Vp4 only multieffect stomp box and you use the sound of ampli distorsion ?
Or you use vp4 also sound distorsion simulator?
F***ing great tone.
Actually, I have nothing against modeling; on the contrary, I find it very practical. However, the only reason that keeps me using tube amps and traditional pedals is that as soon as I plug into an FRFR cab or an active speaker, it sounds terrible.
Can someone explain how it works? I understand that for recording on a computer, you’ll always get a good sound-it’s easy. But how do you manage to play live with it? What kind of speaker do you use?
That’s what I don’t understand. It always sounds bad when I try, whereas with a good old tube amp, when I plug it into a passive speaker, there’s absolutely no issue. It’s straightforward.
What am I doing wrong here? This is what I can’t figure out, and it’s the reason I can’t fully switch to digital, even though it’s clearly the future.
What you need is a pair of powered PA speakers (Stereo rig 😉). I am running a Fender Tone Master Pro that way. Be careful though, those must be true FRFR. Example, the Fender Tone Master combo amps are not true FRFR. Sound is coloured and those are known to make a "hiss" noise. In my case, I am in Canada so the brand/model I went with is Yorkville YXL10P. There is a push button so set it to Monitor. Do not buy 15" PA speakers as those are not great for High/Mid. To give you an idea, I've had to turn down the bass on my 10" so look for 10" or 12". It is as good and as loud as my former EVH 5150III 50W with a 2 x 12. What matters the most in the speaker world is SPL (Peak & Continuous). The higher the better. I strongly recommend renting different size and brand from your local music store.
@ do you really think it will be better ? I’ve tried so much FRFR cabinets and it was the same shit sound out of it
Yorkville I will remember that
Wait, what...? I was sure that Petrucci used the TC Electronic Mimiq for his doubling nowadays, not the 2290 delay?
Calling my new band "Ström" for sure
I wish this thing was around a year ago before I had my board done. It would’ve cut out alot of pedals.
01:10 - 02:25 can be skipped. You are welcome 😊
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I’m not an amp purist, I wished the good digital stuff was available in my younger days I would have saved my lower back and torn discs from lugging 4x12 Marshall and Mesa cabs with diamond plating and no road crew to help, just me for loading and unloading. So I don’t mind going digital it makes my life a lot easier for shows.
Can you make a demo of the VP4 and ENGL Savage MK2 using the MIDI controls to switch channels? I see the Savage is fully MIDI compatible so I think it would be the perfect rig.
Holy cats................Gojira in a box😮😮❤tnx,,,,Mr.OLA
Ola, do a propper 80's rack rig, with preamp, poweramp, something to control the rate of the sun, etc etc .. take us back .. make it happen!
Imagine Dime sitting down and opening youtube in 2024 and watching this video and just going "WTF DID I MISS!?"
Can the VP4 switch the amp channels?
On an amp with midi like the JP2C, yes. Any other amp, you need a midi adapter (something like the Suhr microMIDI or the Voodoo Lab Control Switcher) as a go-between, but it will still work.
That's exactly what I do with my Bogner Helios Eclipse. I use the microMIDI. It's actually considerably less expensive than a bunch of pedals and something like a BOSS ES-5 or something as a controller, when you think about it.
@@nicholastotoro7721 oh those small midi ports! I see them now :)
Yeah I guess midi is also valid option for modern amps, Just miss the relay amp swticher for my peaveys 6505...all good thanks for the info!
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No prob and I totally get it!!! I got my VP4 during the Black Friday sale when Fractal threw in an adapter for the small ports LOL!!!
I think Boss makes a 5pin midi to 1/8" trs in different lengths. The 5 pin side has a swivel so it can be straight or 90 degrees. My midi comes out of the Gigrig G3S into VP4.
Watching some guy in a Skyrim shirt play guitar while I play guitar in an Oblivion shirt
Fun video! Keep it up! Now teach the world about surstromming! It's a delicacy! Perhaps!
This is the first Fractal product i wanna buy, i have a Mesa mark two that needs one freind instead off 13 pedals, do you think it will match? 😊
I've got a sweden punks CD from a sweeden punk friend. Fun even if I can't stand a word : my only french and english spoken.
Ström! 🤘
“There’s so much you can do. Right now I have the noise gate going into the return” thanks for watching
I think hardware modelers will still wind up losing to software. We can’t sustain having hundreds of cables on stage, and power conditioners, noise cancelling devices (not noise gates btw), and dealing with tube failure, and mic positioning, and all that other shit. I have one cable into an audio interface and you can’t tell the difference in the mix all. I don’t even have to do all the reamping bullshit just to change the way a recording sounds, and that saves me a lot of time.
Have Göran from Sound Of Silence for a coffee and talk rigs. He's a genius and he built my switching rig. He has a lot of knowledge on latency in digital rigs for example.
I'm torn between this and the BOSS GX 10
pls help me decide 😂
Str'o'm 🤘 (i don't have the two eyes on the o on my keyboard so it's ever strôm, strom, str'o'm or strœm like œuf🥚in french and i like 🍳 tbh but it's more close to the original with a guillemet on each side)
OLD SCHOOL TROOTCH
I have the VP4, building two 4x12 cabinets with Celestion F12-X200 (FR) and a Friedman IR-J. Should I purchase a tube amp or solid state like Seymour Duncan 700 (F12's are 3db less efficient than Vintage 30's)??
Hey Ola, Can you check Boss GX-100??
sweedish word of the day! thanks ola!
Ola , off topic but i know your a gear genius so.....im wanting to record 2 separate tube amps for recording , left and right....how can i achieve this without unplugging things ect ....ideally through a 2 notes torpedo live , so no cab , straight into reaper on pc , cheers!
What kind of settings you use for that 7ms delay? Mix, feedback etc? I might want to try it on my Hx Stomp.
Part 2 same video with 2 amps in stereo. It's very addictive though, so be careful.
So I understand it can also switch my amp channel? How does that work? There is another cable going to the foot switch input?
What if the amp has a lot of channels? Is setting it easy?
The mesa jp2c has midi so every channel/function has a program change number. The fractal als has midi, you need a midi cable so the board and amp can communicate with eachother.
Does anyone know if you can make a preset to change your amps channel with midi?
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I miss Sweden word of the day !!
Where's the BOSS GX-10?
I'm beginning to understand why Ola has an office to himself now.
Ola: Guys we need to have a talk about office space...no no this will be great for you.. guys guys
Guys: zoom zoom🏃🏃🏃🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃
What about the latency if you send the signal twice through the vp4 (4-cable method)? Is it noticeable?
Is Ola secretly Strongbad?
The light coming through the blinds gave me a seizure .
have you ever done a video on that second gen powerball in the back? if not, i would love to see it
Love that Skyrim shirt, best game of all time!
8:14 sounds like you stepped on a cat.
Is it me or the de-esser is a bit aggressive?
chug chug
Live REEG
a MESA BOOGIE with EVH sound is weird 🤣😂🤣😂
I wish the vp4 had a couple of amp channel switching jacks. It would be great.
A more expensive line 6 hxfx.
Ström. Öf Cöurse. 🤣Like Motörheadized german STROM. Smörebröd, Smörebröd römtöm-tömtöm
Ström is current, not power! ;)
4 pedal blocks is wholly inadequate for my needs. But it makes for a perfect multi-effect addition to my pedal board. Fractal effects are top notch.
I "unfinished" the video because of echo, but still like what you are doing😆
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