Look it up fast

Every front-panel control on an interactive diagram, and what the FC controllers add.

Every jack on an interactive rear panel — four inputs, three stereo outputs, Humbuster and FASLINK II.

The numbers that answer a question, with the FM9 and FM3 comparison where they differ.

The two axes that make one Fractal preset replace a dozen — and the concept Helix has no equivalent of.

14 by 6, all stereo, and a CPU budget you manage rather than fixed caps you hit.

Every model Fractal themselves describe — and an honest account of the ones they don't.

Input trim, output level and preset level do three different jobs. The first one does not change your tone, however much it looks like it should.

What a User Cab is, how to get one onto the unit, and the file extension that looks right and does nothing.

Studio, live with an FC, into a real amp, or both at once.

Why Fractal MIDI works differently from everyone else's, and the mapping that lets a one-message controller drive a scene-based rig.

Straight answers to the things people actually ask.

Symptom, cause, fix — including what is documented behaviour rather than a fault.

Presets live in banks of 128, so backing up "your presets" usually backs up a quarter of them. Plus the version note that saves you later.

Grid, scene, channel, shunt, Humbuster, FASLINK, Cygnus, Ares.