FM9
A floor processor with the same 14x6 stereo grid as the Axe-Fx III, two amp and cab pairs per preset, eight scenes and four channels per block — plus nine footswitches, nine switchable layouts, and a FASLINK II port for up to two more foot controllers.
If yours has three footswitches it is an FM3, which allows only one amp and cab pair. If it is a rack with no switches at all, that is the Axe-Fx III.
The pages that exist nowhere else
Scenes and channels
The two axes that make one preset replace a dozen.
The grid and CPU
14 by 6, all stereo, and a CPU budget you manage rather than caps you hit.
What the effect names really are
Every model Fractal themselves describe — and an honest account of the ones they don't.
Troubleshooting
Symptom, cause, fix — including what is documented behaviour rather than a fault.
Controls and footswitches
Every control on an interactive top panel — nine switches, nine layouts, and why a switch changes job.
Inputs and outputs
Every jack on an interactive rear panel, Humbuster, and the FASLINK II port.
Specifications
The numbers that answer a question, with the Axe-Fx III and FM3 comparisons.
Scenes and channels
The two axes that make one preset replace a dozen.
The grid and CPU
14 by 6, all stereo, and a CPU budget you manage rather than caps you hit.
What the effect names really are
Every model Fractal themselves describe — and an honest account of the ones they don't.
Rig setup
FRFR, front of house, into a real amp, or both at once.
Questions and answers
Straight answers to the things people actually ask.
Troubleshooting
Symptom, cause, fix — including what is documented behaviour rather than a fault.
Glossary
Grid, scene, channel, shunt, Humbuster, FASLINK, layout, Cygnus.