NMD: NDSP Quad Cortex

[mbenigni]

Pic, as promised:

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Need to switch those remaining straight plugs to angled, eventually.

Perfection!

 

[JiveTurkey]

I can't believe I am typing this; but there is zero way I would grab a Tone-X anything. Even over a Quad Cortex. Impedance gripes on the HXFX and Tone-X being , well; itself. I like the QC/HX One rig much better. Hopefully you get that fw updated. L6 updating is always a little treacherous for whatever reason?

 

[Sascha Franck]

L6 updating is always a little treacherous for whatever reason?

Yeah, it's quite weird, really. The amount of positive responses I got via my little "article" (and other earlier L6 forum posts) is actually quite stunning. And I'm defenitely not saying that to pat myself on the back (there's better ways to do so, hrrrhrrrhrrr...) but simply because it'd be L6's job to come up with some "Helix seems bricked? Here's what to do!" forum sticky. Or rather just make sure to not have this happen at all. But it's an ever reappearing story with pretty much every update.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Yeah, it's quite weird, really. The amount of positive responses I got via my little "article" (and other earlier L6 forum posts) is actually quite stunnig. And I'm defenitely not saying that to pat myself on the back (there's better ways to do so, hrrrhrrrhrrr...) but simply because it'd be L6's job to come up with some "Helix seems bricked? Here's what to do!" forum sticky. Or rather just make sure to not have this happen at all. But it's an ever reappearing story with pretty much every update.

I was always successful with the process; it just seemed like there would be sections of it where you're crossing your fingers and with things seeming like they were stuck or dead?

 

[Sascha Franck]

I was always successful with the process;

Same here, so I was always being a snob, kinda like thinking of other folks being too dumb to carefully follow the update instructions. Until it happened to myself. And there I was, with a seemingly bricked unit, stalled inmidst of the update process (not sure which update it exactly was, maybe 3.5, but I used the same computer, USB port and cable the Helix was always connected to). Fortunately, I remembered that there was something like an offline update process, so I gave that a spin and it worked instantly.

 

[Mongillo19]

I can't believe I am typing this; but there is zero way I would grab a Tone-X anything. Even over a Quad Cortex

@mbenigni

 

[JiveTurkey]

@mbenigni

 

[Mongillo19]

I was always successful with the process; it just seemed like there would be sections of it where you're crossing your fingers and with things seeming like they were stuck or dead?

I agree though. However if I was getting back into the profile game, I honestly would go Kemper. I know we've discussed accuracy but I have so many profiles and it is just more appealing from a mature platform standpoint

 

[JiveTurkey]

I agree though. However if I was getting back into the profile game, I honestly would go Kemper. I know we've discussed accuracy but I have so many profiles and it is just more appealing from a mature platform standpoint

I love the Kemper FX and routing options for me are perfect. I just don't like the high gain stuff anywhere near as much as FAS. Cleans and M style tones in it are great to my ears.

 

[mikah912]

I love the Kemper FX and routing options for me are perfect. I just don't like the high gain stuff anywhere near as much as FAS. Cleans and M style tones in it are great to my ears.

Agreed on all of this, except that while the high-gain stuff can be hit-and-miss, you're golden if you find the right guys who know what they're doing. I have a huge library of Sinmix and LiveReadySound high-gain profiles that never did me wrong still, but I still haven't seen the "just right" hardware config for me to consider dipping my toes back in there.

The Profiler Player is close - and I'd be fine without a screen as long as I could use the Android app wirelessly in real-time as its proxy - buuuuut them nerfing the effects put me off.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Agreed on all of this, except that while the high-gain stuff can be hit-and-miss, you're golden if you find the right guys who know what they're doing. I have a huge library of Sinmix and LiveReadySound high-gain profiles that never did me wrong still, but I still haven't seen the "just right" hardware config for me to consider dipping my toes back in there.

The Profiler Player is close - and I'd be fine without a screen as long as I could use the Android app wirelessly in real-time as its proxy - buuuuut them nerfing the effects put me off.

LRS does have some GREAT stuff. Absolutely. But the higher gain stuff is where I MISS component modeling the most? And maybe a good LRS profile or even one of the Single Recto profiles I shot (that took 5 minutes and turned out great to my ears, looking at you Turd-X ) with liquid profiling might be a better experience? I am in 0 mood to jump ship to anything else at this point and I feel like multiple platforms is for me more of a distraction than anything else. I'd rather that distraction be multiple amps

 

[Mongillo19]

I am in 0 mood to jump ship to anything else at this point and I feel like multiple platforms is for me more of a distraction than anything else. I'd rather that distraction be multiple amp

I'm trying to end my digital gear churn and focus on buying some fun guitars instead this year

So far so good! (Well minus I haven't bought any guitars) but the digital churn is low!

 

[JiveTurkey]

I'm trying to end my digital gear churn and focus on buying some fun guitars instead this year

So far so good! (Well minus I haven't bought any guitars) but the digital churn is low!

Guitar GAS is a tough one! I am easily drawn in but then easily back right back out just because I am too picky, too cheap and can't seem to accept that everything doesn't have to be a trumpet machine

 

[Jarick]

I'm looking over to my right at the QC and to my left at the HX Stomp, and over my shoulder at the HX Effects...well the QC and HXFX are the same size and would fit nicely next to each other on a Metro...

Honestly I just wouldn't want to run multiple digital things together. I like the all in one. The QC is actually excellent at kind of getting out of the way for me and avoiding the tweaking. More than the Axe 3 or HX stuff to me.

 

[mikah912]

LRS does have some GREAT stuff. Absolutely. But the higher gain stuff is where I MISS component modeling the most? And maybe a good LRS profile or even one of the Single Recto profiles I shot (that took 5 minutes and turned out great to my ears, looking at you Turd-X ) with liquid profiling might be a better experience? I am in 0 mood to jump ship to anything else at this point and I feel like multiple platforms is for me more of a distraction than anything else. I'd rather that distraction be multiple amps

Yeah, I'm also pretty dialed in on my FM9 for live playing, and similarly locked using Helix for studio recording stuff.

To keep things on the thread topic, I'm also checking in on QC every little while to see if they've gotten their feet under them, but it looks like new content has all but dried up now that they have. Shame as the current FX library just isn't it for me (the spring reverb and more esoteric reverbs are very much lacking, and I use those all the time).

 

[mikah912]

I'm looking over to my right at the QC and to my left at the HX Stomp, and over my shoulder at the HX Effects...well the QC and HXFX are the same size and would fit nicely next to each other on a Metro...

Honestly I just wouldn't want to run multiple digital things together. I like the all in one. The QC is actually excellent at kind of getting out of the way for me and avoiding the tweaking. More than the Axe 3 or HX stuff to me.

Yep, I also must have convergence. Modular anything these days breaks my brain and sends me into a rage.

I could see the QC simplifying things for people. Probably one of its best attributes...

 

[Mongillo19]

the spring reverb

It's a sin to call it a spring reverb

 

[mbenigni]

That's the one that came to mind for me.

Our judges would also have accepted:

 

[JiveTurkey]

That's the one that came to mind for me.

Our judges would also have accepted:

Let's not get ahead of ourselves

 

[TubeStack]

I can't believe I am typing this; but there is zero way I would grab a Tone-X anything. Even over a Quad Cortex.

Impedance gripes on the HXFX and Tone-X being , well; itself. I like the QC/HX One rig much better.