MARS 45 TM – Fractal Tone Match Presets (Axe-FX III, FM3, FM9)

INCUDED PRESETS

This download includes patches for Axe-FX III, FM3, and FM9. Please make sure to import the appropriate patch for your hardware – they are not interchangeable.

• Mars45 TM WT SC – This patch uses the IR’s and is meant for guitars with single coils.
• Mars45 TM WT HB – This patch uses the IR’s and is meant for guitars with humbuckers.
• NOTE: The FM3 folder includes an ‘FX” patch. This patch includes the additional effects blocks from the full Axe-FX and FM9 patches. Feel free to substitute any of these effects blocks into the main patch to suite your needs.

OUR MARSHALL JTM45, NOW IN YOUR FRACTAL HARDWARE

For these patches, we tone-matched the stock Fractal amp models to our Marshall JTM45. The result is a Tone Match User Cab that completely transforms the Fractal amp models, making the Fractal hardware sound exactly like our amp, and the microphones, preamps, and EQ chains that we use to record it.

Our JTM45 is a 90’s Mk II Re-issue, made in England. We paired it with a Mojotone 2×12 cab loaded with UK Celestion Greenback speakers. We mic’d the cab with a Royer 121 and Earthworks SR25 through a stereo Neve 1073 preamp.

SIGNAL FLOW AND EFFECTS

1. Input
2. Compressor
3. Pitch (POG)
4. Drives: Timmy, Klon, Amp11 and more
5. Volume
6. Tremolo
7. Chorus
8. Delays: 1/8 delay, Dotted 8th delay, Dual stereo delay
9. Reverbs: subtle and ambient
10. Amps
11. IR (Tone Match)
12. EQ
13. Solo Boost
14. Output

The FM3 presets cannot fit all the effects into a single patch. For that platform, we include the amp and essential effects in the main presets, and then we include the additional effects blocks in the ‘FX’ preset. Feel free to mix and match the additional ‘FX’ blocks into the main patches to suite your needs.

BLOCK CHANNELS

For each effect block, we set up all four channels to give you as many options as possible for each individual effect types. For example, in the Compressor block, there are four different types of compression. For drives, we use all available channels in each drive block to get different overdrive flavors. Please experiment with the channels in all the different blocks to find your favorites. Typically we use our favorites in Channel A.

The exceptions to this are usually the amp and cab blocks – for those we usually only set up Channel A.

SCENES

The following scenes are set up for instant access to various tones:

• SCENE 1: CLEAN. Base clean tone
• SCENE 2: DRIVE. Stage 1 drive tone
• SCENE 3: DRIVE+. Big rhythm tone
• SCENE 4: P&W LEAD. Lead tone with lots of delay and verb
• SCENE 5: AMBI CLEAN. Clean tone with lots of delay and verb
• SCENE 6: CLEAN MOD. Clean tone with retro reel mod
• SCENE 7: ROCK SOLO. Big solo tone (less wet effects)
• SCENE 8: SWELLS. Big ambient swells tone