Have you thought about trying those footswitch button toppers on the upper row of switches? You know, those big, multi-colored thingers. They might give them some extra height, and make the top row useable on the fly without fear of hitting buttons on the bottom row accidentally. I'm not sure how far they stick up, but it might be worth looking into.
Just got myself a Hotone Ampero. Considered spending the extra money for the QC….slowly getting back into modellers after being hooked on my tube amp for the last couple years. Maybe when I’m ready I’ll upgrade to the Quad, glad you’re enjoying it despite some of the cons.
Hey what’s going on X, hope that you are feeling better👍🏻 I haven’t yet dipped my feet into amp moduling but soon would love to try one out. Doesn’t matter what module I would be trying - would just like to try one period. Man those guitars are 🔥 Silver burst is one of my favorite colors on a guitar finish. Thanks for sharing, it’s always a pleasure to see a new XRC video uploaded to TH-cam. Those are some sick riffs my friend, so until next time… Stay metal and don’t forget to riff🤘🏻🎸Have you tried the new Fractal FP yet?, it looks and sounds badass!! Let us know if you can get your hands 🙌🏻 on one?. TY X!❤👍🏻🔥🤘🏻
Have you tried Solutek buttons. I like the silver ones that are flatter but you can get higher ones and rubber inserts with 3 screws. I got 12 in a plastic box for $24. Idk how much they are now. Also, the top row is raised a bit. Rabea I’m sure you know has size 13 ft and he specifically said he has no issues. There’s not really a big difference than say the helix. Or do the midi thing. I don’t. I’m using my amps most of the time. No gigging. Quad is more for fun. I want to enjoy my amps and the way they take pedals. But the quad stays. I remember you going to Russos. I haven’t gotten there yet.
Modelers take time to 'fully bake' per se. Just look at where the helix is now after all these years, same with Fractal. QC and Fender's Tone Master Pro are catching up quickly. I take my Fractal FM3 with me in my carry on all the time. I still have my QC hoping for more plugin compatibility soon. I think the Fractal has the slight edge right now for everything but Metal tones. I have owned every major modeler. ToneMasterPro has the best UI interface by far though.
Hey Xander. How do you manage your input stage with hot pickups? I have an Schecter seven string guitar with Fishman fluence modern pickpus and I can't figure out how to set the input gain staging. No matter what I do, the result is the same, it sounds overgained and muddy, like there was an LPF set at 2khz. I tried setting the input knob to 0. I tried to set to 2.80 as Ed S says on his video. Also I tried the two mentioned options and then lowering the input trim on the quad cortex and the result was alway the same. Will you help me explaining to me your gain staging? By the way I loved the tones on this video! Greetings from Mexico city!
Yo dude! great review! Love to check ti out.. but one question unreated to the quad... its about an older video af yours and a technique? you do that i reaaaly wanna know and learn about... ill post the link under this text.. you reviewed the ghost fret.. and starting of you did some kind of AWESONE sounding palmmutingthingsomething??? could you PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, do a short 5 or 3 minute vid on how to do that??? PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, !!! Greetz from Holland , th-cam.com/video/R-tGQbWmNu0/w-d-xo.html
@@xanderraymondcharles now I have a bit more time to reply... So why someone enjoys more a modelling sound than capturing a real amp? Short answer of yours could be, because it is what it is and I do what I want and this stuff... But in all seriousness, you can capture a real amp. How could you miss plugins? And on the other hand if you want moddeling more why not replacing the QC with fractal staff where they have mastered the moddeling better that neural? Just few questions if you wanna make a positive discussion.
@@ariskoskinas The quad cortex is just way more user friendly than the fractal stuff and people are very familiar with the plugins with plenty of guides to follow. As far as modeling the fractal stuff is in no way better than the QC, whether it's live or in the studio QC is the go to. There's nothing wrong with the fractal stuff, but there's a reason the QC is becoming the industry standard. Trust me I own a few tube amps and I get wanting that "real" amp tone, but touring around with all that stuff is expensive and back breaking. It takes longer to break down the stage and you run the risk of something else getting broken or stolen. Even with access to nice tube amps and cabinets sometimes it's just easier and sounds just as good if not better to use a dialed in patch on the QC. For more serious studio projects I'll use a combination of direct signal, QC, and amps. It all sounds amazing, I use it for multiple instruments and vocals. It's easily become my most valuable piece of gear despite being less than some guitars and amps I own
@SlyRyFry man there is no need to expand all that staff to me... I own all the digital unit are out there and a few tube amps. Just asked why someone to play with plugins when having the ability to capture REAL tube amps. That was the question
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CRAZY. I was just thinking about selling my Kemper setup for a Quad. Perfect timing Ray!
I say go for it. And please, call me Xander
Have you thought about trying those footswitch button toppers on the upper row of switches? You know, those big, multi-colored thingers. They might give them some extra height, and make the top row useable on the fly without fear of hitting buttons on the bottom row accidentally. I'm not sure how far they stick up, but it might be worth looking into.
Just got myself a Hotone Ampero. Considered spending the extra money for the QC….slowly getting back into modellers after being hooked on my tube amp for the last couple years. Maybe when I’m ready I’ll upgrade to the Quad, glad you’re enjoying it despite some of the cons.
Hey what’s going on X, hope that you are feeling better👍🏻 I haven’t yet dipped my feet into amp moduling but soon would love to try one out. Doesn’t matter what module I would be trying - would just like to try one period. Man those guitars are 🔥 Silver burst is one of my favorite colors on a guitar finish. Thanks for sharing, it’s always a pleasure to see a new XRC video uploaded to TH-cam. Those are some sick riffs my friend, so until next time… Stay metal and don’t forget to riff🤘🏻🎸Have you tried the new Fractal FP yet?, it looks and sounds badass!! Let us know if you can get your hands 🙌🏻 on one?. TY X!❤👍🏻🔥🤘🏻
since the quad cortex I never even thought about being an amp... its perfect
Enjoying the Fender Tone Master myself. Sounds amazing not canned as I feared.
Ngl this might have sold me on finally getting an amp modeler. Also keep up the great content, love the vids!
Couldn’t you technically capture the plugin you like so much and just use that? Just run the capture process thru a DI into the plugin?
Button toppers, bro. You can get staggered ones, and even custom ones from guys that post on the FB neural community. ✌️
Thanks for the review ! Did you use some extra gear like stomp-boxes or expression pedal with Cortex ?
Have you tried Solutek buttons. I like the silver ones that are flatter but you can get higher ones and rubber inserts with 3 screws. I got 12 in a plastic box for $24. Idk how much they are now. Also, the top row is raised a bit. Rabea I’m sure you know has size 13 ft and he specifically said he has no issues. There’s not really a big difference than say the helix. Or do the midi thing. I don’t. I’m using my amps most of the time. No gigging. Quad is more for fun. I want to enjoy my amps and the way they take pedals. But the quad stays. I remember you going to Russos. I haven’t gotten there yet.
Modelers take time to 'fully bake' per se. Just look at where the helix is now after all these years, same with Fractal. QC and Fender's Tone Master Pro are catching up quickly. I take my Fractal FM3 with me in my carry on all the time. I still have my QC hoping for more plugin compatibility soon. I think the Fractal has the slight edge right now for everything but Metal tones. I have owned every major modeler. ToneMasterPro has the best UI interface by far though.
Xander, do you have any presets on the Neural Cloud? I'd be interested in checking them out. Thank you!
I saw you with Tommy Vext at Desil concert lounge in Chesterfield Michigan 2 week ago you were awesome o the guitar
hey thanks so much for coming to the show!
Hey Xander. How do you manage your input stage with hot pickups? I have an Schecter seven string guitar with Fishman fluence modern pickpus and I can't figure out how to set the input gain staging. No matter what I do, the result is the same, it sounds overgained and muddy, like there was an LPF set at 2khz. I tried setting the input knob to 0. I tried to set to 2.80 as Ed S says on his video. Also I tried the two mentioned options and then lowering the input trim on the quad cortex and the result was alway the same. Will you help me explaining to me your gain staging? By the way I loved the tones on this video! Greetings from Mexico city!
Great video
Thanks for watching!
how is it not fair to hold the QC to that standard when its entire premise was that you could use plugins with it?
Do you have your presets on the cortex cloud?
this or fm9?
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Yo dude! great review! Love to check ti out.. but one question unreated to the quad... its about an older video af yours and a technique? you do that i reaaaly wanna know and learn about... ill post the link under this text.. you reviewed the ghost fret.. and starting of you did some kind of AWESONE sounding palmmutingthingsomething??? could you PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, do a short 5 or 3 minute vid on how to do that??? PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, !!! Greetz from Holland
, th-cam.com/video/R-tGQbWmNu0/w-d-xo.html
So man you say to people admiring you that you have a unit that captures real amps and you wanted to use live an x series of a plugin... Ok 🤷♂️
So what
@xanderraymondcharles nothing . That's the conclusion...
@@xanderraymondcharles now I have a bit more time to reply... So why someone enjoys more a modelling sound than capturing a real amp? Short answer of yours could be, because it is what it is and I do what I want and this stuff... But in all seriousness, you can capture a real amp. How could you miss plugins? And on the other hand if you want moddeling more why not replacing the QC with fractal staff where they have mastered the moddeling better that neural? Just few questions if you wanna make a positive discussion.
@@ariskoskinas The quad cortex is just way more user friendly than the fractal stuff and people are very familiar with the plugins with plenty of guides to follow. As far as modeling the fractal stuff is in no way better than the QC, whether it's live or in the studio QC is the go to. There's nothing wrong with the fractal stuff, but there's a reason the QC is becoming the industry standard. Trust me I own a few tube amps and I get wanting that "real" amp tone, but touring around with all that stuff is expensive and back breaking. It takes longer to break down the stage and you run the risk of something else getting broken or stolen.
Even with access to nice tube amps and cabinets sometimes it's just easier and sounds just as good if not better to use a dialed in patch on the QC. For more serious studio projects I'll use a combination of direct signal, QC, and amps. It all sounds amazing, I use it for multiple instruments and vocals. It's easily become my most valuable piece of gear despite being less than some guitars and amps I own
@SlyRyFry man there is no need to expand all that staff to me... I own all the digital unit are out there and a few tube amps. Just asked why someone to play with plugins when having the ability to capture REAL tube amps. That was the question
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