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"Transformers, how do they work?"They probably have their PR department studying signal processing around the clock, to get those X plugins out in time.

"Transformers, how do they work?"They probably have their PR department studying signal processing around the clock, to get those X plugins out in time.
"Transformers, how do they work?"
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I keep eyeing it, lol, waiting on the saleNameless is god-tier as far as amps go. It's pretty much all I use now for anything above clean. The range is ridiculous.
Don't know why I slept on it for so long.
April ishI keep eyeing it, lol, waiting on the sale
I will be getting my old Invective MH back from someone I sold it off to next week lol - I used it (and will again) with a Julius load box that has a DI output. I want to 4CM that mf and compare the real amp with the captures I make of it (using the same IR). Most likely I won’t use the Invective a whole lot but it’s a neat amp and I missed it.Anyone regularly using their QC either for just effects or in 4CM?
I really don’t get the shit talk about the effects. Yes I think there’s some effects that sound better in other units and the number of choices is more limited but the effects in the QC are like you say pretty damn good and I don’t find myself missing what I’d need for a gig effects wise.QC effects are pretty damn good. So there.
I agree, and I don’t totally understand why people say they’re basic, but to each their own. I’ve had a Stomp for years and I’m not missing anything it has to offer tbh.QC effects are pretty damn good. So there.
Compare the HX Stomp effects, amps etc to the equivalent QC ones. It was in my experience a mix between "as good", and "worse" at least 3 years ago when the QC released. Same when compared to the Fractal FM3, except with even bigger discrepancies.I agree, and I don’t totally understand why people say they’re basic, but to each their own. I’ve had a Stomp for years and I’m not missing anything it has to offer tbh.
I really don’t get the shit talk about the effects. Yes I think there’s some effects that sound better in other units and the number of choices is more limited but the effects in the QC are like you say pretty damn good and I don’t find myself missing what I’d need for a gig effects wise.
I don’t like the QC’s effects more than the Stomp, for sure - I just like them about as much - and I’m not a huge effects guy so that may be why. I really like the delays, reverbs, and chorus on the QC. I think just the convenience of being able to use those rotary knobs to change parameters has helped me find the sound I’m searching for faster, which leads to less fiddling and more playing (for me)Compare the HX Stomp effects, amps etc to the equivalent QC ones. It was in my experience a mix between "as good", and "worse" at least 3 years ago when the QC released. Same when compared to the Fractal FM3, except with even bigger discrepancies.
It was never "I like the QC amp or effect better than the Helix or FM3" for me. Effects were a big reason why I sold it, as I felt the amp modeling can always be replaced/augmented by captures, cabs by IRs and so on. Can't do anything if the effects don't satisfy.
The effects/amps I felt that were the most odd on QC, were the Klon, Soldano SLO (original model, not the updated one) and the JTM45 (required very weird settings to sound like the Fractal)
Then no problem.I don’t like the QC’s effects more than the Stomp, for sure - I just like them about as much - and I’m not a huge effects guy so that may be why. I really like the delays, reverbs, and chorus on the QC.
That's definitely my favorite thing about the QC. Footswitching is easy to replace if you don't like the spacing or amount of buttons, but adding more knobs is not.I think just the convenience of being able to use those rotary knobs to change parameters has helped me find the sound I’m searching for faster, which leads to less fiddling and more playing (for me)
I sat down to see what the spring reverb complaints were about. At default settings it was not good. The "boing" was cranked way up and it sounded pretty bad. I lowered it a lot and made some other adjustments and thought, yeah it's not very adjustable but it sounds like a spring reverb. So yeah it is definitely basic and it only has one option for a spring but it was fine. Then again I'm not a spring reverb connoisseur so
I definitely agree the effects I tried are pretty basic. But that doesn't translate to "bad". It's like comparing a DD-3 to the Fractal delay block and saying the DD-3 is basic or bad. I mean I'd understand that in a way but that doesn't really make the DD-3 sound bad. That's a good delay. Similarly the effects in the QC, while certainly lacking (by far) the choices and depth of Fractal, haven't sounded bad to me. I'm not a/b'ing them with the ones in VP4. I'm just loading them up and seeing if I enjoy the sounds.
I haven't fully explored them though and need to check out more. Especially the mods like chorus and flanger.
Oh I have most certainly read that the effects are bad sounding more than once but I’m sure not every thinks it so didn’t mean to imply that’s all that’s said about the effects so that’s why I made the limited options comment as well.I don't think anyone's saying the effects are bad.