Quad Cortex Mini

[Whizzinby]

Hope you love it! (Hope it wins the Modeler Wars!)

I’m kind of cautiously optimistic about this go-round. There’s some cool stuff added since my last dance and the form factor looks amazing.

 

[Whizzinby]

Happy for you. Feels like you're naturally drifting back to QC as your happy place for the time being. I hope this one really does it for ya.

I’m a FASshole at heart, but I’ve kinda rooted for Neural to come good. This is a vote more for the form factor than anything else, which kind of slots in great to bounce from the desk to my pedalboard. Unlike my first pass using the QC, when I was entirely digital, I have a real interest in capturing my own analog gear now, particularly digitizing my rack. Being able to mix and match my caps plus the plugs could be really cool. Who knows.

 

[dean701]

Too many ambiguities here. QC vs. QCM vs. Nano... and more importantly: there are distinct types of noise. I wouldn't call the noise in that video hum at all. It sounds more like a static charge. The last time I heard anything like that, someone here (was it @Sascha Franck?) was describing a "zipper noise" he heard when moving his hand over his pickguard. This is the very first time I've heard of this problem being associated with QC or QCM.

The devil's in the details.

that was my ground noise and if I didn't have an xlr cable connected that's what I would get. Recording analog gave me no issues with xlr connected. I was just asking the OP to try but didn't get a response so I guess I'll never know.

 

[texhex]

I’m a FASshole at heart, but I’ve kinda rooted for Neural to come good. This is a vote more for the form factor than anything else, which kind of slots in great to bounce from the desk to my pedalboard. Unlike my first pass using the QC, when I was entirely digital, I have a real interest in capturing my own analog gear now, particularly digitizing my rack. Being able to mix and match my caps plus the plugs could be really cool. Who knows.

The V2 Capture process is so good. It just works.

If you have a favorite IR copy it to the device and you can use that IR as a stand-in when making a V2 Capture. The Capture won't have a Cab (it will be direct) and only uses the IR in the Capture process as a stand-in but you can use that same IR in a Preset. And it remembers all the settings for the next time. I friggin love it.

 

[Whizzinby]

The V2 Capture process is so good. It just works.

If you have a favorite IR copy it to the device and you can use that IR as a stand-in when making a V2 Capture. The Capture won't have a Cab (it will be direct) and only uses the IR in the Capture process as a stand-in but you can use that same IR in a Preset. And it remembers all the settings for the next time. I friggin love it.

Damn that’s slick!

What’s the turnaround time on these V2’s caps, like 5-10 minutes? Can you have multiple queued up to the cloud gods at once?

 

[SeeD]

Damn that’s slick!

What’s the turnaround time on these V2’s caps, like 5-10 minutes? Can you have multiple queued up to the cloud gods at once?

About 10 mins, and just one at a time. But these the V2 captures sound and feel grate!

 

[Whizzinby]

About 10 mins, and just one at a time. But these the V2 captures sound and feel grate!

Is it still better to capture individual pieces of the chain and stack them on the grid, or does the V2 stuff do better with a full chain? (Like preamps w/power amps or drives+amps etc)

For flexibility sake I’d assume it’s worth the effort to isolate the caps, but might be cool to have full chain caps too.

 

[Lysander]

About 10 mins, and just one at a time..

Can you still use the QC while v2 captures are cooking? IIRC these are now cloud-based.

 

[Deadpan]

Is it still better to capture individual pieces of the chain and stack them on the grid, or does the V2 stuff do better with a full chain? (Like preamps w/power amps or drives+amps etc)

For flexibility sake I’d assume it’s worth the effort to isolate the caps, but might be cool to have full chain caps too.

The V2 uses more resources, so I would do all in one where appropriate.

 

[SeeD]

Is it still better to capture individual pieces of the chain and stack them on the grid, or does the V2 stuff do better with a full chain? (Like preamps w/power amps or drives+amps etc)

For flexibility sake I’d assume it’s worth the effort to isolate the caps, but might be cool to have full chain caps too.

I would try both, I would think all would be good

 

[SeeD]

Can you still use the QC while v2 captures are cooking? IIRC these are now cloud-based.

No, but I use youtube on my TV!
I hope we get som que stuff in the future

 

[nicolasrivera]

The V2 Capture process is so good. It just works.

If you have a favorite IR copy it to the device and you can use that IR as a stand-in when making a V2 Capture. The Capture won't have a Cab (it will be direct) and only uses the IR in the Capture process as a stand-in but you can use that same IR in a Preset. And it remembers all the settings for the next time. I friggin love it.

How long those it take. In my Nano with V1 from start to finish is just 3:37min.

 

[Dez]

How long those it take. In my Nano with V1 from start to finish is just 3:37min.

As SeeD said, about 10 minutes-ish. Idk, I’m not in a “strapped for time” mindset when I do this lol - and I have no sympathy for capture vendors’ complaints that it takes long

 

[Chocol8]

but might be cool to have full chain caps too.

I would use "full" chain for any parts of the chain you can settle on. Just running the one cap will reduce resources and possibly give more flexibility with additional parts of the chain you want to dynamically change up.

I would do the same with a Stadium when Proxy is ready. Even if you use the Agora model as a base, I would try capturing it and running the capture assuming reduced DSP load.

 

[Dez]

I usually capture drives separate from my amp because I’ve never run out of DSP unless I’m being ridiculous on purpose lol

 

[bucephalus]

As SeeD said, about 10 minutes-ish. Idk, I’m not in a “strapped for time” mindset when I do this lol - and I have no sympathy for capture vendors’ complaints that it takes long

Yeah, doesn't take 40 hours a week does it

 

[Whizzinby]

I usually capture drives separate from my amp because I’ve never run out of DSP unless I’m being ridiculous on purpose lol

What’s your NDSP handle? I need to follow a couple of you savages to see what y’all are sharing and maybe test drive a couple of my early cap attempts and share some pointers.

 

[Dez]

What’s your NDSP handle? I need to follow a couple of you savages to see what y’all are sharing and maybe test drive a couple of my early cap attempts and share some pointers.

It’s MikaelDez - I’m following you already because I saw you in the Cortex Cloud wild a long time ago lol

Let me know what you think of my V3 capture of my Single Rec!

 

[texhex]

What’s your NDSP handle? I need to follow a couple of you savages to see what y’all are sharing and maybe test drive a couple of my early cap attempts and share some pointers.

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Saturday at 2:42 PM

The more I use it, the more I like it.

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A few things to note on my Captures and Presets.

All the Captures are Direct (no Cab). All the Presets use the same IR.

The Drive, Reverb and Delay are set to Footswitches F, G, H. Turning on the Delay will also turn on a 5 second Blossom Reverb. Any lower gain Preset was setup with using a Drive in mind but they still sound good without a Drive. I can't believe how good the Mesa Multi-Watt Rectifier Channel 1 Pushed came out this morning for a lower gain drive sound.

The hearing in my...

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[Whizzinby]

Brings a smile. My one surviving Neural preset…

LFG