I get it. I used to use a lot of presets per gig, then I said fuck it. I'm going with the kitchen sink and have 3 amps. Then just have some scenes and have all effects laid out. Increasing frustration and declining patience with age. I hated trying to remember what effects were included with what preset. Now the audience gets a clean, a Marshall variant or a 5150.
In Europe and many other parts of the world, the AM4 is more expensive then in the USA. In Europe the AM4 is something like $300 USD cheaper than the mini. Give me the mini for $300 difference
Dual mode switches isn't really the same as 8 though is it?The footswitches are dual mode, so it`s more like 8
And with the hole Capture thing, I feel for the first time owning a modeler, that I get new `things all the time` for free
It`s wierd for folks that don`t own capture tech devices..I know. But it`sure a hell of a lot fun
I had a Axe Fx II with 200 amps and efx, I don`t miss it at all
No, but we got the option to have 8 options with just 4 switches. With full power
When the Axe Fx III came out I did feel the need to test it, and it did sound good, but I had my Axe Fx II that was tuned to my presets so I was `happy` But when the QC was new, for the first time in 10-12 years I needed a new thing, and from day one I liked it, still have it. My presets still sound the same... that never happend on my Axe Fx II, when Cliff was updating it every month.. broke my presets all the time, add a new thing and removed this thing, tuned this thing, broke presets... Sure we got new things, but my presets broke all the time...but when he did stop the updates for the II, I was happy for a long time with my presets, for 2 years I think.
Since you brought it up...my sentiments exactly: It is asinine. No other product/vendor that I know does this. Coupled with the fact that sometimes resets are needed on blocks to re-read parameters and sometimes not. Sometimes controls/parameters just disappear altogether. It's a dog's breakfast. People rarely bring this up or the fact that my Fractals crash more in a month than my Helix did in 10 years. When most vendors add new amps or effects they seldom if ever touch other established blocks. They just create new ones. Fractal sounds fine and it does have its merits but I hope the QCM will help give me a fresh start. One where I'll actually want to power on the unit.
I recently got back into Nolly, bought it before the X update, and the changes to the IRs are quite large, with additions of other speakers, both straight and angled Mesa V30 etc. Enjoy!
Axe Edit did not work as it should for a long time ( years? ) They did fix this. But Axe Edit also did not work as it should the last few years on the Axe Fx II, made it hard to make tweeks when recording ( would crash )
I liked the programmability, but the 3 switches are just not enough and just the 4th switch on the AM4 adds a lot of utility. On the Axe-Fx 3 + FC-12 I avoided hold functions a good bit and used multiple layouts instead. Holds are fine for things like turning on a tuner but you don't want to regularly rely on them.
To me if you need captures, you can just add a cheap Tonex One to just about anything. On the QC the only advantage is the ability to run a lot of them at once. Personally I will take modeled drives and amps over captures every single time. Doesn't matter how good the captures are, I just don't enjoy working with them compared to being able to dial amp models like the real thing.
I think your experience is an outlier as I haven't seen a lot of people report issues like that. For me Axe-Edit always worked just fine, and I was able to make the Axe-Fx 3 crash once which was promptly fixed in the next fw update.
I've updated to just about every firmware version that came out when I've owned Fractal devices and never has the sound changed drastically that I'm suddenly feeling like my presets suck or are unusable. Even for the major engine updates. At most I made a few tweaks to the amp block (which gets like 95% of improvements anyway) and called it a day.And as you say, I can not think of any other that brake presets on devices. It`s wierd, folks use it to make music ( have to update for bugs ) making you tweek presets that was just fine sounding..
It`s a bit wierd that some folk don`t talk about this stuff, I lived it and so did a lot of other folk in here to
Aren't there plenty of complaints about QC issues as well? Including hardware issues that required the unit to be sent back to NDSP.Yeah I think you will be happy with your Quad Cortex for a long time, as presets sound and act like you made them.
I do wonder if all this was happening with the QC, what would Fractal users say then... maaaannnn!! It would be a shit show
Sure, we know about NDSP, we all know! haha
It sounds like Fractals are not for you. I love the constant updates. I’ve noticed a distinct improvement in the amp models over time and think Cliff and team’s dedication to giving us free updates for now nearly decade-old devices like the Axe FX III and it’s sub units (FM series, AM4, and VP4) is downright impressive. Do I think amp captures are better than models? Yes, but that’s coming from someone that owns and captures his own amps. If I didn’t have amps, I’d be happy with Fractal models for sure, they sound great.
Admittedly, I haven't paid much attention to the NC. Are you telling me that their only product without a touchscreen is also their only product without a PC editor? That's... insane.
Yep, it’s app only. I was sceptical but as if now I’ve had a pretty good experience with it.Admittedly, I haven't paid much attention to the NC. Are you telling me that their only product without a touchscreen is also their only product without a PC editor? That's... insane.
Yep. Phone only, and it will only connect to the device if it’s connected to the internet. Terrible design. Imaging needing to make a change to your delay sound at a gig and having to get the bar’s WIFI password to change your delay. But the sound of the device is pretty great.Admittedly, I haven't paid much attention to the NC. Are you telling me that their only product without a touchscreen is also their only product without a PC editor? That's... insane.
