A lot of people will disagree with my hardware modeler ranking

[paisleywookiee]

Crying about having to rework presets is lame. Don't upgrade if your presets are that precious.

Most people aren’t smart enough to learn how their device works. And by “not smart enough” I mean too lazy and/or lacking initiative.

 

[Vic Winters]

I'm not suggesting that the improvements to Helix Core in 3.80 will be massive, nor that we'll even specify what's changing/improving. Only that the engine has continued to be refined over time—sometimes notably—so anyone claiming we're running 9-year-old tech is spouting nonsense. There's some trickery afoot with how we improve things without affecting people's presets and we'd rather wave our hands with a "nothing to see here." The next time around we may just say screw it, let's make any improvements obvious.

Similarly, many have mistakenly claimed BOSS never improved their modeling until AIRD because everything before was called "COSM."

Do you feel significant improvements could be made if you didn't have to worry about breaking presets?

 

[the swede]

Do you feel significant improvements could be made if you didn't have to worry about breaking presets?

 

[JiveTurkey]

 

[OrganicZed]

See also; that time at band camp where my amp sounded gainier than it did before so I just turned the gain knob down

The way people complain about having to turn virtual knobs because the firmware changed is odd. If you play an amp in two different locations with the same settings it will sound different. You can either leave the knobs in the same spots and deal with the differences or you can turn the knobs. Even if you play a tube amp through a load box the wall power varies and components behave differently when the amp is hot. Guitars literally change with the weather. Tone is always a moving target no matter what you use.

 

[Digital Igloo]

Do you feel significant improvements could be made if you didn't have to worry about breaking presets?

I mean, one could argue they're already significant, it's just that any changes and improvements may be more obvious when making new presets from scratch, depending on the models and effects used.

 

[Frodebro]

I'm not suggesting that the improvements to Helix Core in 3.80 will be massive, nor that we'll even specify what's changing/improving. Only that the engine has continued to be refined over time—sometimes notably—so anyone claiming we're running 9-year-old tech is spouting nonsense. There's some trickery afoot with how we improve things without affecting people's presets and we'd rather wave our hands with a "nothing to see here." The next time around we may just say screw it, let's make any improvements obvious.

Similarly, many have mistakenly claimed BOSS never improved their modeling until AIRD because everything before was called "COSM."

People are going to cry no matter what you do (except for that one guy wandering around by himself mumbling endlessly about boot times), so just rip that bandaid off and get on with business.

 

[dean701]

I mean, one could argue they're already significant, it's just that any changes and improvements may be more obvious when making new presets from scratch, depending on the models and effects used.

I just wish that bug fix remediation could somehow be separated from the new feature stream.
The bug fixes could be much more frequent as they are discovered and remediated.
New features/amps/cabs/fx could follow more of a structured time line.
In the IT world, and I realize that is a completely different vertical, I work on vulnerability streams completely separate from new feature set streams.
I also realize that's a pipe dream to have everything separated all the time but it would stop a little of the madness for those happy with their current sounds that are seeking the bug fixes.

You've done a great job with keeping things aligned as far as old models and new models, and anything that you've snuck in. :)

 

[la szum]

Crying about having to rework presets is lame. Don't upgrade if your presets are that precious.

Yup. True.

Alas, crying is a full-time occupation for some, and then they double down with it
being a favourite pasttime after all those work hours spent crying.

I am really put off by the online guitar community at the moment. I know
real struggle--as I suspect many of us do---and having to rework presets is
not anywhere close to real struggle. Nor is the ream of issues coming from
the folks who seem to turn everything to shit that they touch. What a gift!

We live in a literal Golden Age. Getting out of our own fucking way and
realizing this is 99.9% of the challenge.

#cryingaboutthecrying

 

[Frodebro]

Yup. True.

Alas, crying is a full-time occupation for some, and then they double down with it
being a favourite pasttime after all those work hours spent crying.

I am really put off by the online guitar community at the moment. I know
real struggle--as I suspect many of us do---and having to rework presets is
not anywhere close to real struggle. Nor is the ream of issues coming from
the folks who seem to turn everything to shit that they touch. What a gift!

We live in a literal Golden Age. Getting out of our own fucking way and
realizing this is 99.9% of the challenge.

#cryingaboutthecrying

Ask not what your gear can do for you, ask what you can do with your gear.

 

[timbuck3]

I'm not suggesting that the improvements to Helix Core in 3.80 will be massive, nor that we'll even specify what's changing/improving. Only that the engine has continued to be refined over time—sometimes notably—so anyone claiming we're running 9-year-old tech is spouting nonsense. There's some trickery afoot with how we improve things without affecting people's presets and we'd rather wave our hands with a "nothing to see here." The next time around we may just say screw it, let's make any improvements obvious.

Similarly, many have mistakenly claimed BOSS never improved their modeling until AIRD because everything before was called "COSM."

I SHOULD HAVE kept my 9 yr old iphone and then sold it for new iphone prices..if thats the case

 

[JiveTurkey]

I tour everywhere, man.

 

[GTR37]

I mean, one could argue they're already significant, it's just that any changes and improvements may be more obvious when making new presets from scratch, depending on the models and effects used.

Question for you
In some of the previous update I remember the one with the Archon
You would say things like there are 6 new amp models in 3.2
You don’t say that anymore was it stopped on fear that the # could change
I thought it was cool when you could give some more details like that

 

[Frodebro]

Question for you
In some of the previous update I remember the one with the Archon
You would say things like there are 6 new amp models in 3.2
You don’t say that anymore was it stopped on fear that the # could change
I thought it was cool when you could give some more details like that

Blame Neural for all the other manufacturers being a bit reserved in their announcements these days.

 

[GTR37]

Blame Neural for all the other manufacturers being a bit reserved in their announcements these days.

Yes , but if he says there will be 4 new amps , I doubt that gives NDSP anything

 

[Frodebro]

Yes , but if he says there will be 4 new amps , I doubt that gives NDSP anything

Not because of showing their hand, but because of Neural promising and not delivering. That left a mark.

 

[Devin]

*swirls wine glass*

"we like what we like"

 

[Jarick]

Question for you
In some of the previous update I remember the one with the Archon
You would say things like there are 6 new amp models in 3.2
You don’t say that anymore was it stopped on fear that the # could change
I thought it was cool when you could give some more details like that

I think DI has been hard at work on the upcoming HX -1 release.

 

[duzie]

Yup. True.

Alas, crying is a full-time occupation for some, and then they double down with it
being a favourite pasttime after all those work hours spent crying.

I am really put off by the online guitar community at the moment. I know
real struggle--as I suspect many of us do---and having to rework presets is
not anywhere close to real struggle. Nor is the ream of issues coming from
the folks who seem to turn everything to shit that they touch. What a gift!

We live in a literal Golden Age. Getting out of our own fucking way and
realizing this is 99.9% of the challenge.

#cryingaboutthecrying

Hey
Don’t let the Debbie downers get to you!
A voice of reason is refreshing to see

 

[ian_dissonance]

I SHOULD HAVE kept my 9 yr old iphone and then sold it for new iphone prices..if thats the case

This doesn’t even make sense.