Fractal Presets & Tone Match IRs

Why Boutique Tones for Fractal

Only real gear. Every preset is matched to original analog equipment we own. We don't start from other presets or plugins: the reference is always the real amp, played through our own cabinets, microphones and studio outboard.

Made by players and engineers. Professional session players dial in and play the amps, sound engineers build and fine-tune the presets. The result sits in a mix the moment you load it.

Search less, play more. We select a small number of amps and a small number of tones per pack, organized in scenes. Each one has a clear purpose, so you spend your time playing, not tweaking.

Official artist packs. Some packs are made together with the artists who own the sound, and every official pack is approved by the artist or brand behind it: BT Steve Lukather, BT Justin Derrico, BT Marco Sfogli, BT Eric Steckel, BT Ciro Manna MkII, and the official Mezzabarba packs.

How our Fractal presets are made

Fractal units don't load third-party amp captures, and only Fractal can add new amp models. So we start from the closest factory amp model, refine its parameters, and pair it with our Tone Match IRs in the cab block: IRs built to reproduce the response of our reference profiles of the real amp. We then fine-tune the whole preset against the original rig.

This is why the amp block may show a different model name from the amp of the pack: the sound comes from the combination of that model and our Tone Match IRs. Replace the IRs and the preset goes back to the normal character of the factory model. We use our own IRs instead of the Fractal Tone Match block because they work the same way on FM3, FM9 and Axe-Fx III.

What you get

Every Fractal pack is an instant download: a .fasbundle file for each device, with the presets and all the IRs they need already inside. Most packs are organized in scenes, from clean to lead, and bigger packs are spread over more presets. On FM3 some packs are split into more presets because of its processing power, and many packs include a Low CPU version for the first-generation FM3. Where a pack includes extra Custom IRs, they are for use on other devices or in your own presets.

Firmware

The product page of every pack shows the firmware versions its presets are tested and guaranteed with. Fractal firmware is backward compatible, so a preset made on an earlier version loads on a newer one. We update our presets to new firmware a few months after each official release, once they are fully tested, and updates are free.

Where to start

Not sure which pack fits your music? Here are our most played Fractal packs, plus the latest releases:

• New: BT Bass Collection, BT XTC 20Th, BT B100.
• Classic rock and crunch: BT XTC 20Th, BT JTM45, BT Shiver.
• Modern rock and high gain: BT MkV, BT MZero Overdrive, BT B100, BT Trinity 6L6.
• Cleans and edge of breakup: BT Division 13.
• Artist tones: BT Justin Derrico, BT Marco Sfogli, BT Eric Steckel, BT Steve Lukather.
• Complete rigs with effects: BT Player Series, BT Dotted Delay, BT Majesty.