Neural DSP Quad Cortex

FarleyUK

I finally gave in and purchased a QC as a back-up unit for my Axe FX 3 Turbo. I'm pretty impressed with it so far, although haven't had a chance to try it in anger yet...!

Managed to recreate my main stereo dual panned amp and cab setup as well, which was a nice surprise.

Wazmeister

I must day, I do fancy one of these....

Jonathanthomas83

I can't believe that they still haven't implemented the promised Neural plugins/QC crossover yet. The ability to play the plugins or transfer the sounds from the plugins into the QC, basically. As soon as they do that, I'm in.

John_P

Jonathanthomas83 said:

I can't believe that they still haven't implemented the promised Neural plugins/QC crossover yet. The ability to play the plugins or transfer the sounds from the plugins into the QC, basically. As soon as they do that, I'm in.

What extra does that give over just using the same amp models/captures in QC?      I've been gigging one for a while now and happy with the sounds and how quick and easy it is to use but I haven't tried the plugins.

Jonathanthomas83

John_P said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

I can't believe that they still haven't implemented the promised Neural plugins/QC crossover yet. The ability to play the plugins or transfer the sounds from the plugins into the QC, basically. As soon as they do that, I'm in.

What extra does that give over just using the same amp models/captures in QC?      I've been gigging one for a while now and happy with the sounds and how quick and easy it is to use but I haven't tried the plugins.

My assumption is that not all the gear available in the plugins is available in the QC.

John_P

Jonathanthomas83 said:

John_P said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

I can't believe that they still haven't implemented the promised Neural plugins/QC crossover yet. The ability to play the plugins or transfer the sounds from the plugins into the QC, basically. As soon as they do that, I'm in.

What extra does that give over just using the same amp models/captures in QC?      I've been gigging one for a while now and happy with the sounds and how quick and easy it is to use but I haven't tried the plugins.

My assumption is that not all the gear available in the plugins is available in the QC.

I’d be interested to hear from anyone experienced with both but a glance through the plugins on the Neural site and it looks like a different editor instead of direct on the box and maybe a few specific effects, otherwise you could create the same sounds in the QC.   

One of the main things I like about using the QC compared to previous modellers and plugs is the ease and speed of editing with the touch screen and footswitch knobs so I suspect I’m not the target buyer for the plugins anyway. 

smudge_lad

Is it true that you still can’t have a mixture of scenes and “stompbox” switches in the same preset yet?

wingo84

smudge_lad said:

wingo84 said:

https://imgur.com/a/QPiUI10

I’ve created a live rig for mine. First time going direct to FOH for gigs and holy smokes, what a contraption. 

The amps and captures sound immense and have used it for 3 different bands and it works flawlessly. I have to rethink where I place the board tho as weddings can get a bit lairy and people dancing with drinks almost gives me a heart attack. 

This looks class, and something I’m recently tempted to try and set up after a few awful experiences carrying loads of gear around at festivals.

The unit is perfect for me, as I wah with my left foot and all other modellers have the expression pedal on the right.

I think the only thing holding me back at the moment is, whether I’ll be able to recreate all of my HX Stomp patches accurately enough - I use quite a few shimmery reverbs/delays etc.

But, this rig is seriously tempting me to take the plunge…

The Quad out-shimmers the HX all day long. One of the best shimmers I’ve played with. Delays are far more controllable too. 

And thanks! It’s going well and well worth the effort recreating the sounds. 

allen

smudge_lad said:

Is it true that you still can’t have a mixture of scenes and “stompbox” switches in the same preset yet?

Yes, but they did add the ability to bypass more than one effect with one footswitch in stomp mode with the last update.

I'm using a midi switcher with mine so that fixes the issue.

Bungle1

Is anyone here using their QC with something like the Seymour Duncan Powerstage to run directly into a cab? I'm interested in how this has worked out for people.

Fiftyshadesofjay

Still loving my QC. Have done a ton of gigs with it now and it never missed a beat and sounds great. It’s also tiny and fits on a small board. My wireless is almost as big!

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Going to experiment more with it in four cable method with my Rockerverb when I get a chance.

Roundwound

Fiftyshadesofjay said:

Still loving my QC. Have done a ton of gigs with it now and it never missed a beat and sounds great. It’s also tiny and fits on a small board. My wireless is almost as big!

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Going to experiment more with it in four cable method with my Rockerverb when I get a chance.

What are you playing it through?

Fiftyshadesofjay

Roundwound said:

Fiftyshadesofjay said:

Still loving my QC. Have done a ton of gigs with it now and it never missed a beat and sounds great. It’s also tiny and fits on a small board. My wireless is almost as big!

<a href="https://ibb.co/pJTVmQQ"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/LnyjGrr/FC728231-9949-49-AA-A5-EA-BFC2-FE74-A4-A8.jpg" alt="FC728231-9949-49-AA-A5-EA-BFC2-FE74-A4-A8" border="0"></a>

Going to experiment more with it in four cable method with my Rockerverb when I get a chance.

What are you playing it through?

For function gigs it’s straight into the PA and IEM’s

smudge_lad

How are folks powering the QC? Just with the supplied PSU? It’s a hungry unit, and disappointed I wouldn’t be able to use my DC-7

PC_Dave

smudge_lad said:

How are folks powering the QC? Just with the supplied PSU? It’s a hungry unit, and disappointed I wouldn’t be able to use my DC-7

I believe you can;

https://fb.watch/eX1bLDRmFf/

keir

I noticed Cioks have released another power supply recently - Cioks Sol - a DC7 style with the IEC input, but with 5 outputs - £143 on Thomann 

https://www.thomann.de/gb/cioks_sol.htm?glp=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgO2XBhCaARIsANrW2X2nJU2nR-g4eeyLmIuWICAtDa9p12ZBuZUXrlD7hXuqU-4bBo52SXMaAkB9EALw_wcB

Jonathanthomas83

 Think Mission Engineering built this to do a job and I've seen it on QC boards. There's something cool and tiny about it that would make me buy one...https://missionengineering.com/shop/529-m/

John_P

smudge_lad said:

How are folks powering the QC? Just with the supplied PSU? It’s a hungry unit, and disappointed I wouldn’t be able to use my DC-7

I use the dc7.    It also powers the Shure glxd wireless and the usb out is handy for charging the transmitter pack.  

You’ll need to merge a few outputs and be careful to set the voltage to 12V,   It powers up on 9V but has issues like a super quiet output.  On 12V everything is fine.   

smudge_lad

Another question….do the scenes work like Helix Snapshots where I can have one scene with an amp set clean, another scene where it’s crunchy then another where it’s full-on drive?

Or, do I need to have 3 separate amp blocks to achieve this?

John_P

smudge_lad said:

Another question….do the scenes work like Helix Snapshots where I can have one scene with an amp set clean, another scene where it’s crunchy then another where it’s full-on drive?

Or, do I need to have 3 separate amp blocks to achieve this?

You can link any setting to a scene - just long press to switch that on and then you are only adjusting that value in that scene.   I often have the same amp set with different amounts of gain, eq and volume across several scenes.