Easiest to program?

[fretworn]

AxeFx3 here and I’m generally 40:1 on playing vs tweaking time easily.

Granted, recent (and future) recording now has me searching for wider tonal palates to fill out the mix. But if an amp/cab doesn’t work, I move on pretty quickly.

Just not an issue for me, but like Drew I used 2 line 48 char led/lcd “editors” for a long time … page … turn … page … turn … page … twist … value … <reverse out>

 

[Orvillain]

I find the Axe3 pretty easy to use as just a hardware box tbh. I've not used the editor for over a month now. I wanted to force myself to be able to use it.

Your average input to output chain that most people would use can be built within 5-10minutes.

I've not yet bothered to work out how you can assign parameters to the global/preset controller views. But that right there is your ability to do quick edits on the fly. Just promote the most important controls to that, and you're good.

 

[Sascha Franck]

The fact that one can relatively easy edit a unit a small as the HX Stomp should not be taken for granted.

I would sort of agee with the Helix when it comes to onboard editing using sans-touchscreen units, but I beg to differ regarding the Stomp. IMO there's quite some things that could be massively improved.

 

[Elric]

Quad Cortex, easily. Best on unit editing of anything I have ever used. I do hope they do a computer editor at some point but it is not absolutely necessary because it is so easy to use.

If you are okay editing on a computer, then the Fractal editor comes into play. I‘d say that is the best computer editor of any modeler.

But on-unit? It is no contest.

 

[Jarick]

I’m sure QC is, but I could never get past not being able to have proper local (hard drive) backups for presets/captures. Being tethered to the cloud is short sighted. I’d just go down the Helix or Fractal path until that gets sorted out. That’s me personally though.

With Fractal, I don’t find it particularly difficult to do most of what I need right on the device, with the exception of programming the foot controller. That’s a major pain in the butt. Complete opposite of the ease of programming that Helix has. But everything else is pretty decent once you know the unit for a few weeks.

I guess it depends on how much you want to tweak and build. If you’re creating new presets every week from scratch, it’s going to be a lot more tedious on the Fractal. If you’re more of a set it once and tweak as needed, then it’s fine.