NDSP Quad Cortex

[DrewJD82]

i bet he has a helix and a fractal and a boss and a ton of other model stuff if he is a gear nerd

If he does, it's probably sitting in a corner or a box somewhere. He's not the same kind of gear nerd we are and stated throughout the show he's entirely unaware of what's been released in the gear world. He was talking about his tech building his switching system to switch effects/amp channels at the same time as if it were new to him, that aspect of live rigs has been a thing for nearly 40 years.

 

[mbenigni]

The direct access buttons and such on the Helix.

Best analogy I can think of is having all controls on a touch screen like in a Tesla vs having physical controls for HVAC, seat heaters, etc, but smaller less functional screen like in a more traditional car.

So these, essentially?

I find it to be "six one, half a dozen the other" at best, but more often leaning in favor of QC. Yes, Helix has dedicated buttons for e.g. amp and Globals, but those buttons just dump you into menus where you have to hunt around for whichever arbitrary page has the setting you're looking for. On QC it's one touch or gesture on the screen and then (almost always) everything is presented at a glance with a corresponding encoder.

I do hear you on the scribble strips helping with workflow, though. Personally, I'm happy with the tradeoff of no scribble strips in favor of a smaller footprint, but if my QC spent more time on the floor, I might feel differently.

 

[laxu]

So these, essentially?
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I find it to be "six one, half a dozen the other" at best, but more often leaning in favor of QC. Yes, Helix has dedicated buttons for e.g. amp and Globals, but those buttons just dump you into menus where you have to hunt around for whichever arbitrary page has the setting you're looking for. On QC it's one touch or gesture on the screen and then (almost always) everything is presented at a glance with a corresponding encoder.

I feel like that section is totally unnecessary on the Helix apart from the buttons, and could've been done by putting the buttons to the right side of the screen.

I do hear you on the scribble strips helping with workflow, though. Personally, I'm happy with the tradeoff of no scribble strips in favor of a smaller footprint, but if my QC spent more time on the floor, I might feel differently.

Yeah when you have as many buttons as you have on a Helix or even QC, scribble strips start to become more convenient. I think the on-screen blocks matching footswitches system can work alright for e.g 6 buttons as that's what's going on on my Luminite M1.

 

[TimOwens316]

Gasp still remains undefeated
And unchallenged
He is the best pro flipper there is , the best there was and the best there ever will be

Has anyone here not sold something to or bought something from Gasp? Seriously though, he's a great guy to do business with, we had a great transaction a few years ago, highly recommended!

 

[Elric]

QC owners: is it me or is the whole headphone experience just off on the QC? Levels are all over the place (will try with high impedance headphones) and sound is either harsh with no headroom or just lower volume after applying a bunch of high cuts. The FM3 has an excellent headphone amp IMO (certainly making up for the AX8, lol).

Thoughts?

No issues here. BD DT770 Pros and Blue MixFi.

 

[mikah912]

No issues here. BD DT770 Pros and Blue MixFi.

Not a current owner, but I never had issues there either.

 

[Achilles]

Not a current owner, but I never had issues there either.

+3

 

[LCW]

Seemed to work best with the 80 ohm DT770 Pros for me. Tried some 35 ohm headphones, way too loud and clipping almost. But 250 ohm was too quiet.

 

[Los-D]

Seemed to work best with the 80 ohm DT770 Pros for me. Tried some 35 ohm headphones, way too loud and clipping almost. But 250 ohm was too quiet.

Thanks! Yeah mine are 35ohm and you just described what I am hearing (clipping almost). I’m getting around it by dialing in levels.

I think level setting and gain staging is … weird on this device. Not sure how to explain it but seems like I have to pay a lot more attention compared to FAS or L6 to individual levels or I start seeing additional clipping (i.e. clean tones moving to edge of breakup quickly, etc). YMMV as always.

 

[Jynx]

Just filled out the survey.

 

[Jynx]

Just kidding. What I really wrote.

 

[JiveTurkey]

 

[mbenigni]

Just filled out the survey.

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[Jarick]

Just kidding. What I really wrote.

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I submitted that id like to see better delays and reverbs, especially more character options. Hopefully they are going to do something with that feedback.

 

[mbenigni]

Just kidding. What I really wrote.

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I wrote pretty much the same thing (citing effects in general, and reverbs and wahs spefically. (EDIT: And I made some very specific recommendations re: UI improvements. I just can't help myself LOL.)

For "What do you like best", I wrote "EVERYTHING" and then mentioned form factor, I/O, touchscreen and encoders. :)

 

[mbenigni]

Hopefully they are going to do something with that feedback.

Per the last page of the survey, their plan is to get more feedback.

You want to be absolutely certain that users might like more frequent improvements.

 

[DrewJD82]

Hopefully ya’ll added a “Doug should do an AMA at TheGearForum!” somewhere in there.

 

[GTR37]

Just kidding. What I really wrote.

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Interesting did they just email out a new one ?

I did one a couple of months back but it was more specific
Like related to smaller units
FM3 HX stomp

 

[Los-D]

Hopefully ya’ll added a “Doug should do an AMA at TheGearForum!” somewhere in there.

 

[mikah912]

Hopefully ya’ll added a “Doug should do an AMA at TheGearForum!” somewhere in there.

The ship has sailed for him to be able to rescue his "shady car salesman" reputation out here in these streets.

But that doesn't mean NDSP can't rehabilitate the company's reputation on the whole. I'd say they could just do with an update very clearly outlining the immediate future after 3.0 drops. I know their marketing guy said on Discord that they'll get back to more free content then, but one throwaway statement on a random Internet channel versus 4-5 lengthy, widely-published and official updates about PCOM kinda tells you where their priorities are.