Unbox to first gig, in order
8 lessons. Read them in sequence the first time. Making a sound comes before learning the interface on purpose — nobody reads a chapter on processing budgets while their new device is still silent.
- 014 min
What you actually bought
What this box is for, which generation it belongs to, and the one sentence that explains most of the confusion around it.
- 026 min
Making a sound, correctly
Plug in, hear something, and get the two settings right that decide whether the whole thing sounds broken or fine.
- 038 min
Scenes and channels
Two different axes, and the pair that makes one Fractal preset replace a dozen.
- 046 min
The controls you will actually use
The handful that account for nearly everything you will do, plus the gestures nothing on the chassis mentions.
- 056 min
Plugging it into things
Every jack, what it is for, and the Humbuster trick that fixes hum before you reach for a DI box.
- 067 min
The grid, and what runs out
How presets are built, and why the CPU meter is something you manage rather than a cap you hit.
- 075 min
What the model names mean
Fractal name their models with puns, the same as everyone else — and are only sometimes willing to tell you what they are.
- 086 min
Playing live
The short list to settle before the gig rather than during it.