First day with the Quad Cortex - sound examples and thoughts

Ive messed around with the Quad Cortex for a good few hours and here's my initial thoughts.
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[@volv]

I'm myself going through some serious choices at the moment. I have Kemper, Fractal FM9 and Quad Cortex in front of me. I can keep only one. Kemper is what I used for years. FM9 and QC can be still returned. I can already tell that Kemper will be sold. It's very good and for the current 'used' prices it's awesome but it is not as good as the other two in my opinion. FM9 brings a whole lot of possibilities. It's seriously endless. It sounds great too. It is quite big though and using it without editor is not great. Now Quad Cortex. To my surprise I like the tones I am getting out of it more than from the other two. It feels/sounds more amp-like in my opinion. Even ampsims are very good but the captures take it to the next level. It's much easier to use and get a great tone quickly. Yes, it doesn't have as many effects or as good effects as FM9. For some people it is a deciding factor. I like to keep things simple so what is in QC is enough for me. The basic (amp) tone and feel is what is the most important to me. QC takes less space on my desk too which is a bonus. I thought I'd be missing a desktop editor but the touch interface is great. The lack of editor doesn't bother me too much. I wish it had SPDIF though. FM9 might be able to get very close with the tones if I would dig into all the settings as there are a ton of them but I can't be bothered to check all of that stuff. I am most likely going to keep QC but FM9 is still in my thoughts.

[@BrianVallotton]

Are you still happy with your QC? I got mine about 3 weeks ago. I am very happy with the sound of it. My needs are pretty simple, I play at church most weeks and just love a good fairly clean Fender tone with chorus, delay, and reverb. God bless.

[@Dan_XF07]

Great video! Thanks for sharing your experience! By the way, all the time you're exploring the features of QC.. creating sounds.. getting more intimate with the equipment.. you would tell me that the QC if it is well tuned can be as good as the fm3 in terms of quality of sound? Or would you say that in terms of simulations of amps..drives..and effects it is still much lower than fm3?

[@volv]

Get yourself some premium IRs in QC. They make a big difference. ToneJunkie's Purple Plexi sounds much better to me from QC than from Kemper. My favourite factory preset in QC is probably NoMatch (14F).

[@AaronHoeyMusic]

Thanks for the tips - looking forward to exploring the quad and FM3 a lot more as I know and love the kemper well. Will checkout the purple plexi and IR’s. Let me know if you discover anything else :)