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Axe FX III.
Helix.
Quad Cortex.
Got 'em all. don't need them all.
Axe FX III - Super capable device, but I use about 20% of its capabilities, about 30% of the time. The rack format is starting to annoy me too, because most of the time when I do use it, I'm using it in tandem with a valve amp.
Helix - I'm really familiar with it, and have been a fangurl since 2016. I've plunged the depth of it though, and I'm no longer happy with the reverbs and most of the delays, and ultimately I'm just kinda bored with it.
Quad Cortex - it is the newest device, and I really like the sound of the amps. The effects are basic. It doesn't work in a bigger rig setup or 4-cable-method very well, and it really is just kind of a desktop only device, or a posers device (I'm half joking there!) and ultimately.. I really don't see it as a good long term investment.
It is 2025. I'm intending on pairing down some gear, paying off some debt, and in general trying to settle down on some trusted and gear I can sit with for the long-term (say, the next 4 years) - I will of course have some dalliances, but some upcoming life changes will mean I won't have much disposable cash for a couple of years, and I will need to really focus on music rather than gear anyway.
But since we chat so much shit here anyway, I thought.. what's one more thread going to hurt?!
I'm leaning to Axe FX III.... or selling the Helix and Quad Cortex, and getting the FM9, and just going all in on Fractal. Keep the AxeIII for studio, FM9 for giggage, sell the FC12, and pay off a bit of credit card from that.
Helix.
Quad Cortex.
Got 'em all. don't need them all.
Axe FX III - Super capable device, but I use about 20% of its capabilities, about 30% of the time. The rack format is starting to annoy me too, because most of the time when I do use it, I'm using it in tandem with a valve amp.
Helix - I'm really familiar with it, and have been a fangurl since 2016. I've plunged the depth of it though, and I'm no longer happy with the reverbs and most of the delays, and ultimately I'm just kinda bored with it.
Quad Cortex - it is the newest device, and I really like the sound of the amps. The effects are basic. It doesn't work in a bigger rig setup or 4-cable-method very well, and it really is just kind of a desktop only device, or a posers device (I'm half joking there!) and ultimately.. I really don't see it as a good long term investment.
It is 2025. I'm intending on pairing down some gear, paying off some debt, and in general trying to settle down on some trusted and gear I can sit with for the long-term (say, the next 4 years) - I will of course have some dalliances, but some upcoming life changes will mean I won't have much disposable cash for a couple of years, and I will need to really focus on music rather than gear anyway.
But since we chat so much shit here anyway, I thought.. what's one more thread going to hurt?!
I'm leaning to Axe FX III.... or selling the Helix and Quad Cortex, and getting the FM9, and just going all in on Fractal. Keep the AxeIII for studio, FM9 for giggage, sell the FC12, and pay off a bit of credit card from that.
but with that said I'd keep the fractal. The QC may be more "future proof" in terms of the chances of new hardware being released tho. 
