Highly doubt they’ll do a dedicated guitar one. In the product description for it they mention being able to use it for guitar. It’ll load whatever nam profile you want. Also darkglass doesn’t do any guitar specific products. Pretty sure they just intend this to be for guitar and bass (but doesn’t seem like any of the amp models are for guitar unless you do nam profiles,). They probably assume the effects will work for both instruments/ some people may just want it for the effects.
This pedal is absolutely more what the nano cortex should have been than whatever half baked idea they came out with
NAM shines when you have your own gear you want profiled as accurate as possible. I’m a big fan of it for that reason - not a fan of profile diving but I have come across some profile creators who produce quality profiles I like. To each their own.
It’s also twice the price, and has a power requirement (9-12V 2A) that’s more in line with the QC, in that it calls for a specific (ie pricier) power supply.
Soooo…yeah. It’s more a QC-lite than a “better NC” IMHO. Which makes sense considering the price point, it’s pretty much exactly halfway between the NC and QC.
And also, so far, mostly designed for bass, seems to be little in the way of guitar-centric sims/FX. Which makes sense coming from Darkglass.
And just as with the Fender TMP, I’m honestly not a fan of a display where you have to scroll around to seem “the whole picture”, and don’t really see the need for skeuomorphic interfaces, I for one like the leaner, more stylised approach of the QC better.
For the amount of grumbling and complaining from Nano users after the initial Hey look a shiny new thing! marketing stuff wore off, the Anagram addresses a lot of what was missed.
And sure, it’s a bass-centric tool for now, but there’s no reason why it couldn’t also be for guitar–especially if NAM capability is included.
For the record, I’m happy with my QC and don’t have a need for anything else at the moment.
I think for the price what we have to pay for QC why wouldn’t they want to give us the option to have choices and flexibility? All this will do would make the QC more of a value added tool. If you look at the hot tone ampero stage II. It profiles very very well and it runs NAM profiles, And it is 1/2 the price QC. I’m waiting to see if NDSP to change their mind before i invest 1700-1800 bucks. It will be the deciding factor whether I go with a QC or a hot tone unit stage II. So we’ll see what happens in the next 3 to 4 months and I will make my decision accordingly.
Probably all these units Will saturate the market and raise down the development/investment of firmwares…too much people distribuited in 1378 units..and this can translate in a minimum level of firmware update. As old amps ahah
This Is already underway
While that could be cool. I don’t see why a company that’s put a ton of time into developing their own capture process would just add a competing tech to their product.
Neural’s preset/capture stuff is so closed off into their own website/cloud that I don’t see NAM coming to it as well. Maybe Line 6 would since it’s easy to transfer their presets without their website, and they’re one of the only major companies that doesn’t have their own capture software.
Also imagine how confusing it would be when talking about Neural captures…..and Neural Amp Modeler (which has nothing to do with Neural DSP haha)
Real Talk, THIS IS THE EXACT REASON WHY IM ABOUT TO PUT MY QC on the back burner for the Anagram (I’m a bass player). Smartest thing they could do is allow Open Source NAM files: People would stop complaining about Anagram or any other Profiler. QC Bottlenecked themselves cause this proprietary nature. I just want to use my Old IK media Speakers and heads w/ QC
although I agree w/ ya from the NDSP perspective. Think about the complaining they can avoid (between patches) for new stuffs. NAM is already the most popular modeling file across all platforms (if you buy 3rd party) seems like its more of a greed for pride thing - cause they are not making the money if they allow 3rd party and open source
There is only just a few platforms that fully support NAM without conversions or whatever. The NAM on the Sonicake PM or related hardware doesn’t sound anything like as intended etc. I doubt we will ever see it integrated but you can always hope! All companies get complaints from those waiting on updates, it’s the nature of the beast.
So do keep in mind look at it as a bass player : After the Anagram (full NAM) I can see ALOT of bass players moving on depending how parallax x goes (ill be honest thats the only thing holding me off right now) I dont think its debatable that Bass is an afterthought for QC - If they want to keep that side of the market my bet is they will have too allow full nam especially since After the Anagram. I doubt that Darkglass X will ever come out, why would they help there now direct competitor, even with previous ties
It’s time for Neural to add .NAM support for the QC, they need to recognize that this is the way the wind is blowing, and it’s a trend that isn’t going to slow down anytime soon. They need to adopt this format or risk becoming less relevant in the marketplace.
I’ll join this wish. NDSP should be flawless, so A2 support would be a great addition. I have an Anagram, and it handles this perfectly, making it a versatile device. I trust the NDSP team to choose the right solution!
