Quad Cortex Mini

[Sedaxel]

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.

Yeah, that´s right.

Now, I have to say that I don´t need a PC editor. I don´t actually want a PC editor. If there was a PC editor, I wouldn´t use it anyway.

It just depends on someone´s workflow or usecase. I never felt too comfortable using editors (tried Boss, Zoom, Atomic or Helix... and at the end, I just prefer editing on the unit).

I understand that many users want and need the editor. In my opinion, it´s not a critical feature, as long as it works so easily with a phone/tablet.

 

[Sedaxel]

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.

This is wrong.

NDSP corrected the online issue. You can use it totally offline since a couple months.

 

[Dez]

People with 2048 presets are insane.

 

[Desertdweller]

This is wrong.

NDSP corrected the online issue. You can use it totally offline since a couple months.

Oh cool, I didn’t know that, I’ll have to test it later. That was a much needed update.

 

[Sedaxel]

Oh cool, I didn’t know that, I’ll have to test it later. That was a much needed update.

Absolutely... that was a BIG issue. I suffered myself in a gig where there was no 3G/4G/5G signal and I couldn´t tweak simple preset levels.

Now that´s working totally fine.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I get the spirit. But managing 1 preset drives me nuts let alone 16 banks of 128

 

[Progressive_disclosure]

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.

This is supposedly fixed with the firmware update to 2.2.0:

Cortex Cloud Offline Mode​

You can now access your device settings in the Cortex Cloud app without an internet connection on your mobile device.

 

[mbenigni]

Yep, it’s app only. I was sceptical but as if now I’ve had a pretty good experience with it.

I think of "app" as meaning "application" and being non-platform specific, so I didn't really understand this post until I read Desertdweller's reply. If there's a smartphone app, that's probably sufficient and in most cases preferable - provided you have a compatible smartphone, of course.

My original impression was that you had no choice but to edit presets, etc. on device (which seems like it would be a nightmare.)

 

[Desertdweller]

I get the spirit. But managing 1 preset drives me nuts let alone 16 banks of 128

I usually wind up with about 30-40 different presets in any unit I’m using. If I find a sound that I really like, I save it. Plus with Fractal especially, I have full rig presets, clean-specific presets, 4CM presets, synth, bass, violin IR presets, etc. I might only use 1 preset when I’m recording my usual guitar parts, but I keep a lot of custom presets because I never really use the stock ones, I prefer to make my own. Most stock presets are just dripping with reverb too and that’s not my deal.

 

[mbenigni]

I get the spirit. But managing 1 preset drives me nuts let alone 16 banks of 128

I've been rolling with a single kitchen sink preset for a couple of years now, but I had to clone to a 2nd variation for this weekend's practice. (Out of block locations and I needed that Transpose we're always on about.) More than 1 preset feels like poisoning the well. I'm already going crazy trying to keep amp tweaks, etc. in sync between them.

 

[Dez]

I only use presets as references to tones I may not use all the time but want to easily get to when I’m fuckin around.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I've been rolling with a single kitchen sink preset for a couple of years now, but I had to clone to a 2nd variation for this weekend's practice. (Out of block locations and I needed that Transpose we're always on about.) More than 1 preset feels like poisoning the well. I'm already going crazy trying to keep amp tweaks, etc. in sync between them.

I generally try and backup then delete every "extra" preset off my devices. I am behind on this process but just scrolling through the presets I have and making sure I'm using the latest iteration gives me anxiety

 

[mbenigni]

I usually wind up with about 30-40 different presets in any unit I’m using. If I find a sound that I really like, I save it. Plus with Fractal especially, I have full rig presets, clean-specific presets, 4CM presets, synth, bass, violin IR presets, etc. I might only use 1 preset when I’m recording my usual guitar parts, but I keep a lot of custom presets because I never really use the stock ones, I prefer to make my own. Most stock presets are just dripping with reverb too and that’s not my deal.

OK, I guess I actually make a lot of new presets while I'm experimenting with new amps and effects, but I seldom revisit them. And then I've got one "serious" known-quantity preset that I hold to when the band arrives.

Your comment about presets with too much reverb made me laugh, because most of the QC factory presets are way too dry for my taste.

 

[Desertdweller]

OK, I guess I actually make a lot of new presets while I'm experimenting with new amps and effects, but I seldom revisit them. And then I've got one "serious" known-quantity preset that I hold to when the band arrives.

Your comment about presets with too much reverb made me laugh, because most of the QC factory presets are way too dry for my taste.

I hear you! For me I like rhythm guitar dry as a bone. Digital delay and some reverb on leads, some cavernous reverb and sparkly delay on cleans. Most stock presets on Fractal have just too much reverb for me.

 

[mbenigni]

I generally try and backup then delete every "extra" preset off my devices. I am behind on this process but just scrolling through the presets I have and making sure I'm using the latest iteration gives me anxiety

I'e been trying to talk myself into a factory reset on my QCs for about 2 years now,. But even with the backup, I get nervous about losing track of some specific sound that I tracked 70% of some old project with. As if I'm ever going to go back and finish those projects...

The main reason for wanting to clean up all the "chaff" is, I still think the QC's search functionality is kind of borked. It's my only real, outstanding complaint about the UX. I'll start downloading captures, and then I'll sort to pull recent captures to the top, and sometimes - but not always - those captures will appear. Then I'll sort by name, and sometimes but not always... Then I'll use the Search feature, and... you get the idea. I'm not sure whether having less content on the thing (when my personal content is probably a drop in the bucket vs. the factory stuff) will help, but it's worth a try?

And yes, I have two of them, so why not go nuclear on one, right? Maybe tonight. :)

 

[Dez]

And yes, I have two of them, so why not go nuclear on one, right? Maybe tonight. :)

 

[Desertdweller]

I'e been trying to talk myself into a factory reset on my QCs for about 2 years now,. But even with the backup, I get nervous about losing track of some specific sound that I tracked 70% of some old project with. As if I'm ever going to go back and finish those projects...

I feel this. I sometimes go back and check on my older projects just to judge how terrible they are

 

[mbenigni]

I feel this. I sometimes go back and check on my older projects just to judge how terrible they are

My older projects: "There's a fine line between 'so terrible it needs some work' and 'so terrible, why bother?'"

 

[JiveTurkey]

My older projects: "There's a fine line between 'so terrible it needs some work' and 'so terrible, why bother?'"

Avant Garde

 

[Dez]

Avant Garde

Also “prog”