Look it up fast
Tables, diagrams and fixes. Built to be opened mid-session with a guitar still on, not read front to back.
Controls and footswitches
InteractiveEvery control on an interactive top panel — three switches, and the layouts that multiply them.
Inputs and outputs
InteractiveEvery jack on an interactive rear panel, including the input that does two jobs and the output that is XLR only.
Specifications
The numbers that answer a question, with the FM9 comparison on every line that differs.
Scenes and channels
Only hereThe two axes — and on an FM3, channels are how you get variety out of one amp block.
The grid and CPU
Only here12 by 4, one amp pair, and a CPU budget you manage rather than caps you hit.
What the effect names really are
InteractiveOnly hereEvery model Fractal themselves describe — and an honest account of the ones they don't.
Levels
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.
Cabs and user IRs
What a User Cab is, how to get one onto the unit, and the file extension that looks right and does nothing.
Rig setup
InteractiveFRFR, front of house, into a real amp, or four-cable.
MIDI
Why Fractal MIDI works differently from everyone else's, and the mapping that lets a one-message controller drive a scene-based rig.
Questions and answers
Straight answers to the things people actually ask.
Troubleshooting
Only hereSymptom, cause, fix — including what is documented behaviour rather than a fault.