devices · FM3 · learn · 01 of 08 · 4 min
what you actually bought
What this box is for, which generation it belongs to, and the first thing to check.
the one thing
A whole guitar rig in one box, built by dropping blocks onto a grid and wiring them together. How it sounds depends mostly on what you plug it into.
what it is
A compact floor processor with a 12x4 stereo grid, one amp and cab pair per preset, eight scenes and four channels in every block. Three footswitches with switchable layouts, and Fractal's Secret Sauce IV instrument input.
check your modeler
If yours has nine footswitches it is an FM9, with a bigger grid and two amp and cab pairs. The Axe-Fx III is the rack version of that same larger engine.
check this first
The FM3 allows one amp and cab pair. Use the four channels inside that one Amp block to get four voicings instead.