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No, Live is a different beast all together for sureThose fizzy tones may sound good in a studio mix but they aren’t going to hold up in live settings at high volumes.
But it still sits in the Mix
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No, Live is a different beast all together for sureThose fizzy tones may sound good in a studio mix but they aren’t going to hold up in live settings at high volumes.
I think it’s probably not the tubes as much as the overall circuit because tubes are used in hifi stereos.
I've played tube amps that will tear your @#$%^ head off with high end shrillness and sizzle.
Have you ever broken the power cable on a pedal, or audio interface? I certainly haven't. Being able to power the QC with a good pedal power supply is a plus in my book.That QC power brick dongle to a skinny cable is a non-starter for me with gear at that price. I'd prefer a bigger device with a standard 3 prong cable. If they make a Gen2 that'd be something.
Being able to power the QC with a good pedal power supply is a plus in my book.
I think it got some hate due to the noise the adapter created and there was no method to stop it other than a 3rd party brick and NDSP still to this font can't seem to correct the issuesThe QC's been out in the wild well over 2 years now and there's been no changes to the cord - meaning it's a urban legend of a problem in the real world.
I think it got some hate due to the noise the adapter created and there was no method to stop it other than a 3rd party brick and NDSP still to this font can't seem to correct the issues
Noise is very much an issue in the real world and they even admitted it was a real issue and allegedly spent time and resources to find an alternative solution.I remember the beginnings of it all. I'd just say that Neural doesn't have anything to fix since it's not an issue out in the real world.
Noise is very much an issue in the real world and they even admitted it was a real issue and allegedly spent time and resources to find an alternative solution.
For me the noise floor of my QC is still an issue. But what I'm supposed to do? Support fails to fix it.Ya, 22-24 months ago and then the 'issue' turned into crickets with all of the 1,000s of folks using them in all sorts of applications.
I realize there are some who will continue to beat this horse to death but it's simply a non-issue to Neural of the many happy
owners.
Funny, lots of members here have been kicking the QC's tires of late and i don't recall any noise and/or power supply complaints.
But like I said, it's forever stuck in some craws.![]()
Some are and some aren't. My assumption is anything with a two prong wallwart (HX Stomp, etc.) is similarly ungrounded, but I could be wrong. As for whether implementations like this can be better implemented in terms of isolation/ shielding, I can't say. I do think (per completely unscientific observation), that the QC has a higher noise floor than e.g. FM3, but I'm not convinced that this is a direct result of its being "ungrounded". Grounding issues will usually result in 60 cycle hum, whereas the noise I'm talking about is hiss. (It's also hard to make apples to apples comparisons when gain varies or when noise reduction/gating solutions are active.)Apparently the QC PSU is ungrounded which may be the culprit? I'm assuming other device PSUs are grounded?
Ya, 22-24 months ago and then the 'issue' turned into crickets with all of the 1,000s of folks using them in all sorts of applications.
I realize there are some who will continue to beat this horse to death but it's no longer an 'issue'. It's always been way overblown anyway.
Funny, lots of members here have been kicking the QC's tires of late and i don't recall any noise and/or power supply complaints.
But like I said, it's forever stuck in some craws.![]()
Yeah it's not the end of the world by any means. Just an annoyance that very may have been glossed over if they didn't have those other issues at launch.I can totally see why some people would prefer an internal PSU with IEC cable, but that would make the device larger, hotter, and in some circumstances less viable. I do like being able to run DC current from whatever source I prefer (including battery packs) direct to the unit.
I don't have any ground noise issues with mine but with the cheap 2-prong adapter I could see that as an issue.
For serious use, a real power supply like Cioks would be key. I saw on Google that the Voodoo Labs $29 power adapter would work, and that's a hell of a lot more robust. I've got one and once I finish sorting out all my stuff I can see if that's an option.
Haven't played with much today but tried capturing the Friedman IR-X...first attempt it was way too low gain and muffled, second was much better but still kind of duller than expected. Need to do some research and figure out the best approach, like do I need to crank the volume to max or something.
Idk what to tell you lol it was enough of a problem that the company themselves are trying/tried to correct. Maybe send Doug an email and say you solved the issue and people were lying or somesuch.
Not sure why you are trying to gaslight actual QC owners
Still trying to figure out why you think this. I think the majority (if not all) the QC owners on here use a 3rd party power supplyI said that the issue simply isn't a real world problem in the grand scheme of things over two years after product release.