I just traded for an FM4 without thinking about it.

[Yossarian08]

I just happened to see that he was looking for a pedal that I have and haven't used much in a while and went with it.

 

I play in somewhat of a jam band... there's the Dead/Floyd influence in there, but I guess we've got more of a focus on legitimate songwriting than a lot bands in the genre. Anyway, I've been looking for some out-there sounds to try out, so I thought I'd give this a shot.

 

Anybody have any experience with one of these ugly purple monsters? Any favorite sounds? There aren't many demos on Youtube, and I haven't seen any in-depth reviews at all. Obviously there's a lot of "I didn't like it", but I guess that's to be expected with such a weird pedal.

[frenchji]

I thought it was a spaceship.. didn't realize it was actually a guitar pedal.

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someone posted this a while back it has some insane fm4 use
[YOUTUBE]5bdSfmYdJ8o[/YOUTUBE]

[neatobassman]

 

 

would be so much cooler with a REAL drummer

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would be so much cooler with a REAL drummer

 

 

totally agree but you have top admire the skillz of all involved

[Yossarian08]

That video has the strangest looking group of people I've ever seen.

[MoreGuitars]

I love mine. Use it all the time. I like a couple of preset cocked wah sounds, an auto wah and a funky filter. And I use it with a M9.

[pbone]

The FM4 is probably the best of the xx4 series.

[vinnies]

that video is pretty freakin' nuts, in a good way

[Chaos Realms]

I got one in a trade too, and I've been surprised at the usefulness and quality of the sounds. The vocal formants are really nice to have in a pedal; I kind of got hooked on the sound via Alesis AirFx and Ineko. The synths take a bit of dialing in, but are really cool once you get them just right.

[lucid origami]

Any of you experience volume drop issues with the pedal engaged?

[Kidbs]

Any of you experience volume drop issues with the pedal engaged?

 

 

Yes I've noticed it on certain effects. About the only thing that you can do is throw a booster after it. It really is a great pedal though.

[Yossarian08]

I got one in a trade too, and I've been surprised at the usefulness and quality of the sounds. The vocal formants are really nice to have in a pedal; I kind of got hooked on the sound via Alesis AirFx and Ineko. The synths take a bit of dialing in, but are really cool once you get them just right.

 

That's really good to hear.

 

 

 

I do know that Teppei from Thrice used an FM4 for their Alchemy Index touring in 07 up through 09. I'm not sure what it was for, but it stayed on his board and was probably on the Water disc of the album too.