After years and years of getting substandard guitar tones while recording demos due to not being able to crank my amps up, microphones, mic placement, etc ... I finally pulled the trigger. I am even planning on using this on my next official EP release and cut out the above mentioned process and cost of a big recording studio.
After much online comparrison and hearing various units live, my ear always gravitated towards the Fractal family. I thought about the AxeFx III but when looking at the features between that and the floor model with the same amp models, cabinets, and effects I chose the more portable option. The feature I'm most looking forward to is re-amping. I can record a dry signal into my DAW then run it back through the FM3 and choose different amp models until I find the one I like and print that to a different track, all while listening to how it sounds in the mix. Then if it turns out to not be just what I was hoping for I don't have to re-record the guitars from scratch but just re-amp again with whatever tweaks I want to try. I will also be using it live, whenever that might be. It only has the three physical buttons but it's easy to switch between other views and layouts and I really don't need many options live anyway.
Stay tuned, can't wait for you to hear it on one of my recordings soon!