devices · FM3 · learn · 04 of 08 · 6 min
the controls you will use
The handful you will use most, plus the gestures that are not printed on the chassis.
the one thing
Footswitches: three, multiplied by switchable layouts. Learn to store a preset first: changing preset with the edited indicator lit loses the edit, with no prompt.
click anything
Every control on the FM3, and what each press, hold and turn does.
controls
FM3 · top panel · schematic, drawn from Fractal Audio’s panel diagram
The three footswitches
Three switches with color displays above them, reassigned wholesale by the current layout.
- Press, in the Presets layout
- Selects one of three presets.
- Press and hold the left switch
- Shows the previous bank of three presets.
- Press and hold the right switch
- Shows the next bank of three presets.
- Worth knowing
- Layouts multiply the three switches. The layout you are in decides what you can reach.
store, or lose it
Changing anything lights an edited indicator. Change preset with that lit and your work is gone—there is no confirmation and no undo.
Press STORE before you change preset.
Save before you change preset. An unsaved edit is lost on the switch.
FM3 Owner's Manual