Why the fuck do you people want shit to be small?

[Orvillain]

Small gear is whack. Bog schlings rule the day. Schling scaling sclog

Even the nebcoromponcon knows that fear dhud be big

 

[Orvillain]

No what I mean is..... I don't want a 3 button anything to do anything for my anything. That's all.

Listen to womack and womack. Bobby didn't need a capture nano playertex.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

To match their willies

 

[Orvillain]

Nor did Alexander O'Neal

 

[norminal]

 

[deepskyone]

PAF (Partner Acceptance Factor)

(small package arrives)
Wife:

(large package arrives)
Wife: “WTF did you buy again!”

 

[FuzzyAce]

Somebody's at the pub!

 

[laxu]

I want desktop / "on top of cab" friendly modelers. I don't want big hulking rack boxes on my desk, or units where the footswitches are constantly on the way if it sits on a desk. Big floor units are a no go for me.

But at the same time, they don't need to be as small as a Nano Cortex or Tonex One. Tonex One would be a better pedal if it was a standard Boss sized box with regular size knobs.

IMO the HX Stomp - Quad Cortex range is the sweet spot.

 

[the-trooper]

Hear! Hear!
Anything with five footswitches, and less, to the fire with it!

 

[MirrorProfiles]

I want desktop / "on top of cab" friendly modelers. I don't want big hulking rack boxes on my desk, or units where the footswitches are constantly on the way if it sits on a desk. Big floor units are a no go for me.

But at the same time, they don't need to be as small as a Nano Cortex or Tonex One. Tonex One would be a better pedal if it was a standard Boss sized box with regular size knobs.

IMO the HX Stomp - Quad Cortex range is the sweet spot.

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Plugins are the ideal digital form factor for desktop/home use

 

[laxu]

Plugins are the ideal digital form factor for desktop/home use

Not without physical controls, and honestly nothing is that well suited for MIDI knob control without painstakingly mapping stuff yourself.

Personally I don't like sitting in front of a computer with a guitar in my lap, holding my plectrum awkwardly as I try to click around with a mouse to just tweak some single setting, vs "grab a knob" of pedals and amps.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Not without physical controls, and honestly nothing is that well suited for MIDI knob control without painstakingly mapping stuff yourself.

Personally I don't like sitting in front of a computer with a guitar in my lap, holding my plectrum awkwardly as I try to click around with a mouse to just tweak some single setting, vs "grab a knob" of pedals and amps.

Modellers are never as simple as “grab a knob” to dial in though. There’s pages, menus, need to look at the screen etc. All the better modellers (like the ones in your example) are best used with a mouse and a computer editor.

Probably faster to map a MIDI controller to your plugins of choice than it is building a handful of presets on your modeller of choice.

 

[the swede]

Someone needs to make a Tonex mini board the size of a FM9 just to prove…. Nothing

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Small gear is whack. Bog schlings rule the day. Schling scaling sclog

Even the nebcoromponcon knows that fear dhud be big

Maybe the drink you apparently just had should have been smaller?!

 

[laxu]

Modellers are never as simple as “grab a knob” to dial in though. There’s pages, menus, need to look at the screen etc. All the better modellers (like the ones in your example) are best used with a mouse and a computer editor.

Probably faster to map a MIDI controller to your plugins of choice than it is building a handful of presets on your modeller of choice.

I think the Quad Cortex gets fairly close. Building presets is better on a computer for sure, but editing existing presets with actual knobs is far more pleasant.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

I think the Quad Cortex gets fairly close. Building presets is better on a computer for sure, but editing existing presets with actual knobs is far more pleasant.

QC is the best of the bunch for that (maybe TMP is similar). But there’s still amps where you can’t fit all of the controls on one page, and you need to select things before you can adjust and look at the screen etc.

But most of all, it’s a weird inbetween of something that isn’t sure if it wants to be on a desk or on the floor. So yet again, plugin+MIDI controller wins again for me. Footswitches belong on the floor, controls and screen where you can reach them, screen where you can see it.

 

[molul]

Something between Quad Cortex and Helix LT is the way to go.

 

[Orvillain]

 

[Orvillain]

Somebody's at the pub!

NOT ANY MORE!

 

[the swede]

Classic JR with Tones One ultimate board!

More switches than FM9 and more amps simultaneously than FM9. This is the Fractal killer!