I was wrong about the QC
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GTR37
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It’s getting better
I can agree about the company , they have made some bad moves but I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt , and say maybe it was not a deliberate act to mislead but more like they had no idea what they had gotten into
I think they thought we have this AI tech and a lot of people like our plug-ins how hard can it be ?
As they found out really hard to make the transition to hardware ,
Maybe I am giving them way too much credit , I probably am , but I think on paper they really did have a great idea but executing it is a whole other story as they have found out
But there has been some positives imo
I am seeing less bugs and issues and they seem to respond quickly and replace or repair the units
They have the Cortex editor out which seems to be working great
They have fixed the disaster of cortex cloud and made it relatively easy to search amp captures and users
They did a podcast recently and the PR guy they hired is actually well spoken , seems intelligent unlike the prior PR
Neural DAN or whatever that morons name was
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A friend got one so I got to spend a couple hours with it. I can see why a lot of people like it. With that said, the FM9 is just a waaaay better choice for me.
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Definitely agree. But if I was new to digital and never visited forums like a degenerate...the QC is all over bigger chains with financing, easy to use etc
molul
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What bullshit? I was under the impression the quad cortex was like the state of the art in modellers. What happened?
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Hey Just noticed your sig ArielsAttic any chance you are in a band or project with people in Ottawa, Bob Ross ?Geez, I like mine .. I didn't send it back and I send EVERYTHING back if it doesn't blow me away. I agree the delays and verbs aren't on a par with my FM3 but maaaaybe in 2026
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I'm being serious
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I’m just busting balls as usual. Use what inspires you. I’m sure it’s a great device.I'm being serious
I actually jumped on the initial preorder after watching the slick announcement video that they released (this was before “machine learning” and “A.I.” was all the rage).
But after NDSP started to quietly pluck line items from the feature list during the development, I quickly pulled my deposit.
And we all know what transpired afterwards. Unfortunately, most of that history is lost (deleted from The Other Place per NDSP’s request).
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Maybe in the future Neural will focus on actually making it sound better than Fractal, right now it’s like hearing a low quality MP3
Mongillo19
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Idk about that
it puts out pro audio level sounds when it comes to the amp/capture block
molul
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I've just started to open threads about the device very lately, just to see if I'm missing anything very good. I'm quite happy with my Helix, but you never know where an improvement might come from.
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Nonsense, delays and reverbs can not suck.
Does is delay and reverberates? It's good enough.
Amps cannot suck. Does it amplify? It's good enough.
Anyway, basic tones are fine on the QC. But it's still an incomplete product (especially compared to what was promised), it's definitely not the vulgar display of power they advertise, the mighty proooobably don't despair when looking at it, and it took years for someone from NDSP to confirm (in a discord comment, good luck finding it!) how the input gain should be set. Still no word on the fx loop levels.
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This gets into the same territory as “metal guys don’t care about tone as long as it’s saturated enough” or “all edge of breakup tones sound the same”, while both probably appear that way to people who aren’t fans of either, neither is true.
Something that always sticks out to me, I dunno if it was this thread or one of the other QC threads, “There’s nothing wrong with the delay, it’s fine. I don’t really use delay, it’s not one of my favorite effects, but it’s fine” Sure, for you. But delays started getting awesome 40 years ago and if the differences between a 2290 and an SDE3000 are unknown to you, this isn’t really the conversation to jump into and claim everyone is nitpicking just to nitpick.
And because we’re on the internet, that’s not a ‘other people are better for knowing the differences’ thing, people just have different areas of focus and get inspiration from different shit. I barely give a shit about flangers or phasers and don’t know much about the differences between all the versions out there, but I love delays and was doing my own shootouts between a DOD PDS1000, Digitech 2101 and a Boss DD-5 in ‘97 to figure out which one to use in my high school era rig.
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Looking forward to some chatgpt bot that I can ask for a summary of a certain subject in this forum
He's not up to date for sure.
Me:
What do you think about the Neural DSP Quad Cortex development?
Chat GPT:
As of my last update in January 2022, the Neural DSP Quad Cortex was garnering significant attention in the music tech community. It was seen as a potentially groundbreaking development in the realm of guitar amp modeling and effects processing. The Quad Cortex boasted advanced neural network technology for capturing and replicating the nuances of real amplifiers and effects pedals, promising a level of realism and responsiveness that was previously unprecedented in digital modeling systems.
The Quad Cortex was anticipated to offer a vast array of amp models, cabinets, and effects, all housed in a sleek and portable hardware unit with a user-friendly interface. Its ability to capture and analyze the characteristics of users' favorite analog gear for emulation was particularly intriguing.
Overall, the reception to the Quad Cortex was largely positive, with many guitarists and music producers eager to get their hands on the device to explore its capabilities firsthand. However, without updates beyond January 2022, I can't provide insights into any developments or changes that may have occurred since then.
What did the NDSP folks use to compromise Chat GPT?
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