Looks good. I just added the Cioks to power my QC and other pedals. My only concern is the heat. After being on for an hour or so, the temp of mine is 208 degrees F. Very hot to the touch.
I was reading the comparison between the Big Axe-III and the FX9 and there is something on the bigger unit about Global Blocks, can you explain to me what are Global Blocks? Does the QC have Global Blocks on it? Good Video Drew.
I think global blocks are essentially just blocks that are sort of "always on" no matter what patch or scene you are using. Like if you always want the same reverb sound no matter which patch you select, you can setup a global reverb block to just always apply the same reverb all the time. While the QC doesn't have global blocks, it does have the ability to retain numerous blocks and just leave them unchanged while you switch between 8 different scenes. On the other hand, our singer uses the same blocks across numerous scenes and he has parameters change depending on the scene he selects. Like he has a clean guitar scene where he has the reverb block bump up the wet signal and the chorus block also has more wet signal. When he switches to his medium or high gain scenes, the reverb and stuff has less wet and more dry signal so it's not as pronounced as it is on his clean scenes.
I’m in the fence about getting a QC…I’ve had the kemper for over 10 years and I feel like getting something new. Since you’ve had both, how much better is QC? Does the QC allow you to insert a Meris reverb and delay pedals in stereo (same loop) and have them spill over? Thanks
Yep! The QC has 2 loops you can use and each loop has a send level, return level, mix percentage and a trails control. The trails control gives you spill over when toggling the loop off. Overall though I would say that the kemper doesn't really do anything that the QC can't do but the kemper is much more limited in that it can only process a guitar signal where as the QC gives you an extra signal path for vocals or a second instrument or something like that. If you aren't interested in captures though, I would highly recommend taking a look at the fender tonemaster pro. I think it's a better built, better quality components, more I/O, etc than the QC. The only reason I have the QC is because I prefer using my own amp captures to the modeling in either the QC itself or the TMP that I spent a month or so with for demos. I think that the TMP is easier to program, easier to use on stage, has a lot more flexibility with the footswitching (with the TMP, you are basically programming midi commands without the tedious actual midi programming) and honestly I just think that the cabinet simulation/IR's and amp models in the TMP sound a little better than those in the QC. Oh and it's cheaper and it does the FX loop external pedal spill over thing too.
@@FastRedPonyCar Thanks! I think I'm leaning more to the QC because I've heard good captures for it...I can also capture the kemper profiles I use. The reason I asked about inserting the external effects is because when I use the effect loop of the kemper vs going from the main out of the kemper to the effects to the mixer...I do notice a significant difference...which leads me to believe that the audio conversion of the kemper aren't transparent enough. I will take a look at the Fender TMP for sure...thank you for reaching out!
That's one neatly put together pedalboard. Nice work, Drew.
Looks good. I just added the Cioks to power my QC and other pedals. My only concern is the heat. After being on for an hour or so, the temp of mine is 208 degrees F. Very hot to the touch.
I was reading the comparison between the Big Axe-III and the FX9 and there is something on the bigger unit about Global Blocks, can you explain to me what are Global Blocks? Does the QC have Global Blocks on it? Good Video Drew.
I think global blocks are essentially just blocks that are sort of "always on" no matter what patch or scene you are using. Like if you always want the same reverb sound no matter which patch you select, you can setup a global reverb block to just always apply the same reverb all the time.
While the QC doesn't have global blocks, it does have the ability to retain numerous blocks and just leave them unchanged while you switch between 8 different scenes. On the other hand, our singer uses the same blocks across numerous scenes and he has parameters change depending on the scene he selects. Like he has a clean guitar scene where he has the reverb block bump up the wet signal and the chorus block also has more wet signal. When he switches to his medium or high gain scenes, the reverb and stuff has less wet and more dry signal so it's not as pronounced as it is on his clean scenes.
I’m in the fence about getting a QC…I’ve had the kemper for over 10 years and I feel like getting something new. Since you’ve had both, how much better is QC?
Does the QC allow you to insert a Meris reverb and delay pedals in stereo (same loop) and have them spill over?
Thanks
Yep! The QC has 2 loops you can use and each loop has a send level, return level, mix percentage and a trails control. The trails control gives you spill over when toggling the loop off.
Overall though I would say that the kemper doesn't really do anything that the QC can't do but the kemper is much more limited in that it can only process a guitar signal where as the QC gives you an extra signal path for vocals or a second instrument or something like that.
If you aren't interested in captures though, I would highly recommend taking a look at the fender tonemaster pro. I think it's a better built, better quality components, more I/O, etc than the QC. The only reason I have the QC is because I prefer using my own amp captures to the modeling in either the QC itself or the TMP that I spent a month or so with for demos.
I think that the TMP is easier to program, easier to use on stage, has a lot more flexibility with the footswitching (with the TMP, you are basically programming midi commands without the tedious actual midi programming) and honestly I just think that the cabinet simulation/IR's and amp models in the TMP sound a little better than those in the QC. Oh and it's cheaper and it does the FX loop external pedal spill over thing too.
@@FastRedPonyCar Thanks! I think I'm leaning more to the QC because I've heard good captures for it...I can also capture the kemper profiles I use. The reason I asked about inserting the external effects is because when I use the effect loop of the kemper vs going from the main out of the kemper to the effects to the mixer...I do notice a significant difference...which leads me to believe that the audio conversion of the kemper aren't transparent enough. I will take a look at the Fender TMP for sure...thank you for reaching out!