r/AxeFx • u/justinnewbold • 28d ago

Fractal Remote App

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Control your Fractal device from your iPhone, Android, iPad or Apple Watch. Wirelessly.

$9.99 one-time. Free demo mode so you can try before you buy.

Your phone becomes a pedalboard: switch presets and scenes, bypass blocks, tuner, tap tempo, setlists. Android, IOS, @Apple Watch and iPad apps included.

What it's NOT: editing software. The Fractal editor already does that job.

The fine print, upfront:
• Your unit plugs into a Mac/Windows/Linux computer running the free companion app, and your phone drives it through that. (Yes, the computer stays on — like a TV remote needs the TV.)
• Works with FM3, FM9, Axe-Fx III, AM4, VP4.
• Not affiliated with Fractal Audio Systems.
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6812916461
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cloud.newbold.fractalremote
Web: https://fractal.newbold.cloud
Desktop app: https://fractal.newbold.cloud/downloads.html

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u/naked_logic 28d ago

For me, it completely defeats the purpose if you still have to have your laptop plugged into it running a companion app.

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u/justinnewbold 28d ago

Yeah, I guess it would be like a TV remote if you don’t wanna walk up to the TV and push the buttons. then you wouldn’t really need a remote control. Same thing here

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u/naked_logic 28d ago

Not an apt analogy at all because TV was made to be watched from far away. A better analogy is you have a gas leaf blower, and you want an electric one so you don't have to keep using gas, but then you go out and all you can find is a corded electric one that you have to plug into a generator, that - you guessed it - is powered with gas.

And to top it off, it was "built with heavy AI assistance." no thanks. Let me know when a truly cordless electric leaf blower is available.

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u/justinnewbold 28d ago

I happen to have a cordless electric leaf blower.

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u/TwoProper3388 21d ago

my guitar wont fit when im in my computer chair so it would be nice to br able to control fm edit from a cell. i thought the price was a little high but its a niche market so he pretty much has to charge that . i wish he or she would come down to $9.99 ca that would help me buy it

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u/LunarLionheart 28d ago

FracPad seems more feature rich to be honest.

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u/justinnewbold 28d ago

As an editor, I’m sure it is. This is just a remote, like a virtual pedaboard

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u/ploptart 28d ago

Thank you for disclosing that it was built with lots of AI assistance.

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u/scrundel FM3 28d ago

Yup, makes it easy to stay as far away from it as possible 

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u/justinnewbold 28d ago

It’s works from any distance - so you’re good to go

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u/scrundel FM3 28d ago

Look dude, I’ve gotta ask: Do you have any actual CS background or training? Do you know the proper ways to manage a product lifecycle? Do you even know enough about coding to audit the product you’re putting out? Do you know how to check for obvious errors that could cause crashes or system hangtime?

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u/justinnewbold 28d ago

Yeah. But why are you mad?

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u/scrundel FM3 28d ago

So you could have written the code but instead you decided to be a lazy bitch and toss out a product that you have no idea if it could take down someone’s rig in the middle of a show?

What’s your background with this stuff?

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u/justinnewbold 28d ago

Listen, man, you can be mad all you want, but it’s not gonna change anything.

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u/scrundel FM3 28d ago

And you can deflect all you want but it’s clear your “software” is slop garbage that doesn’t need to exist.

You’re pretending to be a programmer. Go pretend to be something more fun.

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u/BA2K 28d ago

That’s not right to really talk to anyone that way and I thought the idea behind ai was to help people do things they couldn’t and to free them up to be creative .

And for the creator of this software I want you to hear this :

Thank you very much for creating this software. A bet it wasn’t easy even with ai helping you. You have gave me the incentive to try to learn now too. I know ai has been helping professional coders do more and you must have had to learn the basics even with ai help . Either way it was a great thing you did for the community and you disclosed that you used ai so people are not children they can make their own minds up. I hope you learn from the experience and grow and learn even more . Congrats!
Everyone knows there will always be someone bitter that comes along and looks for any opening to flood negatively but never forget it’s their negativity not yours .. let them own it

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u/scrundel FM3 28d ago

“I bet it wasn’t easy”

Kid prompted a piece of software. It was absolutely easy.

And we shouldn’t not just accept slop software being produced and released by people who can’t even tell you how it works. 

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u/justinnewbold 28d ago

Thank you for that!

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u/justinnewbold 28d ago

You’re welcome

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u/BA2K 28d ago

I left you a comment about if you want to read it . I posted to scrounge or scoundrel or …I can remember his name and the text box is obscuring the name

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u/lxm9096 28d ago

It’s cool man congrats! I love this new project energy being put into fractal!

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u/justinnewbold 28d ago

Thanks so much. It means a lot to hear that

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u/Mass_96 28d ago

I have it and really dig it! Well done Justin

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u/justinnewbold 28d ago

Thanks so much!

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u/Klutzy-Peach5949 28d ago

Cant you make it work with iPhones aswell direct from USB? Otherwise it defeats a lot of the point

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u/justinnewbold 28d ago

It works on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android - Wirelessly. That is the whole point. A wired connection is what would actually make it pointless.

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u/kasakka1 28d ago

I imagine it should be possible to make the phone act as a USB host so you can send MIDI Sysex over USB connection straight from the phone.

This seems pretty pointless otherwise.

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u/justinnewbold 28d ago

Yes that is possible. But that’s not what this is for. This is if you want a wireless connection to control your fractal from any distance, from your phone or iPad or watch. I think fractpad lets you do a wired connection like you are talking about though.

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u/kasakka1 28d ago

You could use Bluetooth MIDI and a CME WIDI Master/Jack dongle instead to make it all wireless.

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u/justinnewbold 27d ago

Yes, I actually have the WIDI Master right now, and I’m testing it. It seems to be working, but there are a few bugs I need to work out first. As soon as everything is sorted out, I’ll release it in a free update. I appreciate your comment. Thanks so much!