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specifications

The numbers that answer a question. A source on every line, and a note wherever the bare figure misleads.
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firmware line

Ares

The final line for this generation. It cannot run Cygnus, and presets do not cross between generations.

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per-block variants

Two: X and Y

The current generation replaced this with four channels, A to D.

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scenes per preset

Eight

The same as the current generation.

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preset memory

768 on the XL and XL+, 384 on the original and Mark II

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user cabinets

1024 on the XL and XL+, 100 on the original and Mark II

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Tone Match

Included

A block the current generation does not have.

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instrument input

Secret Sauce III

Front or rear, chosen in the I/O menu.

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foot controller

MFC-101, over EtherCON or Ethernet depending on model

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Digital I/O

S/PDIF and AES, plus USB audio

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Fractal do not publish physical dimensions for these devices in their manuals, so this guide states none. The panel drawings are proportioned to look right rather than measured against a published figure.

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