Is Quad Cortex Now Worth The Money in 2024?
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- Опубликовано: 22 фев 2024
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Hi, my name is James. I am a full time filmmaker and founder of the Content Creation agency severnwave.com as well as the founder/songwriter of my musical baby "Kill Deluxe". Aside from filmmaking, music and guitar is also a huge passion of mine. Chilled Guitar Reviews is my creative outlet to engage with other like minded people through feature videos, livestreams, original music performances and tutorials. I am always grateful for any and all engagement/viewership and am committed to uploading new videos regularly. Take care of yourselves and I'll see you soon!
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Kit Used:
Legator N6X w/ EMG 57/66 Pickups
Legator N7X w/ Seymour Duncan Retribution Pickups
Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Zilla 2x12
Headrush FRFR112
Focusrite Scarlett 4i4
Reaper DAW
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I decided to release next weeks video early for you all! This one was a lot of work, Happy Friday! 😊🎸🎸
I absolutely love your chill reviews, the vibe is so amazing and it's just a pleasure to watch even if I'm not interested in the product, keep up the good work
Was waiting for another one of your videos man! 💪🏼
Your reviews are amazing. Thank you so much for all the work!
that clean tone is so gooddddd!!
Great stuff again James!
Completely agree with your take on the plugins
Very good, balanced review. I got a QC in October and haven't looked back since. I also have a Fractal FM3 and although some of the effects on that unit are better than the QC, and there are more options, the QC UX is just head and shoulders above Fractal's.
I picked up the Quad Cortex in 2021 and although it was limited, had no desktop app and whatnot, I would have argued back then it was worth the money just as I would in 2024. It's an incredible device. In terms of modelling accuracy, it's up there alongside Fractal units. The real selling point of the QC is how easy it is to dial in tones.
Great video!
Cool review any chance you would be doing the fender tone master pro and the near future? Always nice to see a product get reviewed a few years after it's out to see what they've figured out and what they've still left behind unresolved.
So on your last video about the kemper player I was saying how I liked it...... I've since ended up selling it because its so limited. Earlier today I ordered the cortex....... and low and behold you have a cortex video up........ it is written...... great video as always
100% agree with your comments regarding the plugin compatibility. I think the lack of a desktop editor at launch was a far bigger issue in terms of practicality. Thankfully that's now been resolved and I can state I've had a great time using my QC for both recording and playing live in the 2 years I've owned it. I just use the built-in amp, cab and gain pedal models and have found they all completely cater for all my requirements. It sounds amazing, especially if you spend a bit of time tweaking EQ parameters, which makes me wonder why there is so much vitriol for the lack of plugin compatibility when the unit is surely capable of acheiving the same results with what comes in the box. I don't own and/or use any of Nueral DSP plugin suites so I have no experience with them to speak of, but I find it hard to believe there's a significant gulf between what they can offer compared to what the QC can already do on it's own.
Completely agree with you on the plugin point. I have 5/6 of the neural dsp plugins, but I didn’t get the QC for that. I got it for its form factor, tones from the box, power and form factor. Playing small venues make it really handy.
That's a killer intro!
Nice chops
Hi, James! What are you using to monitor these modellers? Currently, I'm plugging in my HR Prime into the power amp of Katana 100 Mk2 (without any cab sim or IR, of course). It's okay. I'm looking for an FRFR solution but not sure which one to get. I can't go to a store and try the different options because of where I live. I'd appreciate your inputs.
As a working Producer, I disagree that not having the plugins working doesn't matter. It was, and still is, a show stopper. Anyone who has built up great sounding tracks using Neural plugins in the studio and has then gone to recreate them on the QC to use live knows that you can't get them to sound the same. I emphasize THE SAME because that is in theory why you buy this over a Kemper or Fractal. In fact, I was able to get patches sounding closer to Neural plugs using the Kemper than I was with the QC. Neural's marketed differentiator is vapor. I was one of those guys that purchased it straight away upon release and sold it a year afterwards. They never made good on the promise. To most people I know with excellent ears, it does not sound quite as good as a Kemper or Fractal. But hey, the touch screen is cool.
I mean, realistically right, adding plugin compatibility (someday) would be great because of convenience (or laziness, whichever floats your boat), but my question to people would be if they really just payed near $1600-1700 USD after tax (not even accounting for the cost of each said plugin which ranges from £99 euro to nearly £150) just to have plugins in a portable solution when they can do literally the same exact thing for a quarter of the money by having a used 2016 macbook pro laptop and a decent interface with enough I/O's to run to a FOH/In-Ear system.
Awesome video brother!!!