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Balanced Steele is a 7-scene preset pack for the Fractal FM3, built to capture the tight, articulate and highly dynamic character associated with Olly Steele.
From aggressive low-gain crunch and surgically tight rhythm tones to fluid leads and spacious ambient textures, the preset covers the different sides of a modern progressive guitar sound in one complete FM3 rig.
Every scene has been carefully dialed for clarity, attack and playability, with tones designed to stay defined through complex chords, technical riffs and low-tuned guitars.
STEEL CRANK
A tight, powerful lower-gain overdrive with an aggressive attack. Dynamic, articulate and built for riffs that need every note to cut.
TYED RHYTHM
The core high-gain rhythm sound. Tight, punchy and optimized for bridge-pickup riffing.
BALANCED SOLO
A refined lower-gain lead tone with a sharp attack and plenty of definition for articulate lead playing.
HALL OF WAVES
A dreamy ambient lead sound drenched in delay, built for atmospheric melodies, spacious layers and cinematic textures.
TOTALLY GATED
Razor-sharp gating and compression create an extremely controlled rhythm tone for precise stops, technical riffs and hard-hitting staccato playing.
OPENED SOLO
An aggressive high-gain lead tone with long sustain, giving single-note lines plenty of weight and presence.
ANGRY HIGH GAIN
The heaviest sound in the pack. Crushing, aggressive and inspired by the heavier side of Olly Steele's Monuments-era guitar tone.
Balanced Steele is designed around the things that make modern progressive guitar tones work: fast transient response, controlled low end, clear note separation and enough aggression to hit hard without turning into mud.
Whether you're playing intricate extended chords, syncopated low-string riffs, atmospheric clean sections or soaring leads, the seven scenes give you a complete palette without having to build a complicated rig from scratch.
Progressive Metal, Djent, Modern Metal, Technical Metal, Metalcore, Instrumental Progressive Metal
Olly Steele, Monuments, TesseracT, Periphery, Intervals, Plini, Animals As Leaders
Balanced Steele is a 7-scene preset pack for the Fractal FM3, built to capture the tight, articulate and highly dynamic character associated with Olly Steele.
From aggressive low-gain crunch and surgically tight rhythm tones to fluid leads and spacious ambient textures, the preset covers the different sides of a modern progressive guitar sound in one complete FM3 rig.
Every scene has been carefully dialed for clarity, attack and playability, with tones designed to stay defined through complex chords, technical riffs and low-tuned guitars.
STEEL CRANK
A tight, powerful lower-gain overdrive with an aggressive attack. Dynamic, articulate and built for riffs that need every note to cut.
TYED RHYTHM
The core high-gain rhythm sound. Tight, punchy and optimized for bridge-pickup riffing.
BALANCED SOLO
A refined lower-gain lead tone with a sharp attack and plenty of definition for articulate lead playing.
HALL OF WAVES
A dreamy ambient lead sound drenched in delay, built for atmospheric melodies, spacious layers and cinematic textures.
TOTALLY GATED
Razor-sharp gating and compression create an extremely controlled rhythm tone for precise stops, technical riffs and hard-hitting staccato playing.
OPENED SOLO
An aggressive high-gain lead tone with long sustain, giving single-note lines plenty of weight and presence.
ANGRY HIGH GAIN
The heaviest sound in the pack. Crushing, aggressive and inspired by the heavier side of Olly Steele's Monuments-era guitar tone.
Balanced Steele is designed around the things that make modern progressive guitar tones work: fast transient response, controlled low end, clear note separation and enough aggression to hit hard without turning into mud.
Whether you're playing intricate extended chords, syncopated low-string riffs, atmospheric clean sections or soaring leads, the seven scenes give you a complete palette without having to build a complicated rig from scratch.
Progressive Metal, Djent, Modern Metal, Technical Metal, Metalcore, Instrumental Progressive Metal
Olly Steele, Monuments, TesseracT, Periphery, Intervals, Plini, Animals As Leaders