Fractal Studio vs Pedal Book

Fractal Studio is the intelligent companion for Fractal Audio players. Whether you own an Axe-Fx III, FM9, or FM3, it brings AI-powered tone building, instant MIDI control, and a full amp reference into one app. TONE BUILDER Describe any guitar sound in plain English — "Edge's clean delay from Where The Streets Have No Name," "heavy Deftones wall of sound," or "warm single-coil jazz clean" — and the AI builds you a complete preset. Amp model, cabinet, drive pedals, modulation, reverb, and global EQ are all dialed in and ready to replicate on your device. MIDI REMOTE Fire any of your Fractal device's 512 presets from your phone. The four-bank grid covers the full 1–512 preset range and sends a Program Change instantly over USB or Bluetooth MIDI. Slot labels show exact preset numbers so you always know what's active. AMP & EFFECTS REFERENCE A searchable guide to every amp model, effect type, and signal block in the Fractal platform, organised by category and automatically updated from the Fractal Audio wiki when the app loads. ARTIST PRESETS Browse the complete Gift of Tone and Artist Preset Series catalog — Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Alex Lifeson, Synyster Gates, Guthrie Govan, Animals As Leaders, and dozens more. Filter by series and search by name to find tones from your favourite players. FIRMWARE HISTORY A full release-by-release changelog from firmware 1.00 to the latest release, with new amp additions, effect blocks, and milestone badges for Cygnus, Cygnus X-2, DynaCab, and Cygnus X-3. Alerts you when a newer version is detected on the wiki. PRESET LIBRARY Every AI-generated tone is saved with full detail — amp model, knob values, effects chain, cabinet, global EQ, and notes. Search, star favourites, reorder presets, and send any saved tone to your Fractal device via MIDI. Compatible with Axe-Fx III, FM9, and FM3. USB MIDI supported on Axe-Fx III and FM9; FM3 requires a physical MIDI interface. A free Google AI Studio API key unlocks unlimited tone generation — a small number of free requests are included.

Your pedal settings, saved for good. Dial in a tone on an analog pedal and it's gone the moment you touch the knobs again - unless you write it down, or try to remember it. Pedal Book fixes that. Build a digital copy of your analog pedals, and dial in the settings to match your favourite sounds, then save for later! -- HOW IT WORKS -- BUILD YOUR OWN PEDALS - Replicate your analog pedals by taking a photo or building them from scratch - Place knobs, footswitches, toggles, sliders, and labels exactly where they appear on your pedals - Start from a classic stompbox preset with a working on/off LED - Unlock sparkle, metallic, and hand-painted finishes with Premium CAPTURE YOUR SETTINGS - Match knob, switch, and slider settings to your actual guitar pedals - Save the tone to your library to access whenever needed - Add what guitar, amp, and other gear you used - Organize tones into folders you'll actually use - Unlock unlimited tones with premium SAVE YOUR SIGNAL CHAIN - Lay out your pedals on a pedalboard to save entire signal chains - Create different pedalboards for different occasions (i.e. gig, home, studio, etc...) TRACK YOUR GEAR - Log every guitar, amp, and pedal you own - Tie your gear directly to the tones you save YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS - No account, no sign-up, no cloud - Everything stays on your device — nowhere else Free to use, with room to grow: Free tier - 3 Pedals, 5 Tones, 1 Pedalboard. Pro tier - 10 Pedals, 25 Tones, 3 pedalboards. Premium - Unlimited Pedals, Tones, and Pedalboards + NO ADS + Custom Pedal Finishes. Just want the ads gone? That's available on its own too.