Archetype: John Mayer X

Whoa!

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Sounds great. But when I think about how long it’ll be before it gets to the QC I get really sad.

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Hi, help me out… the “X” doesn’t mean it’s ready for the QC? If not, bummer….

I believe it’s the framework that’s used for the QC. So it’s built on the platform needed, but won’t be released for the QC for quite some time. Assuming it’s a first in, first out process (roughly), you’ll see on the plugin page on the website that there’s a lot of other plugins that people are still waiting for as well.

The exception to this of course would be if JM used is ‘star power’ to cut the line, which would make sense for both JM (so he doesn’t have it waiting forever in queue), and Neural (since it brings more non-metal content to the QC).

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Ahh, thanks! I’ll have to be content with the Dumbell model recently released (which works great for me)

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Same here! I’ve also run a crossover and used the Nameless on the top end and Nolly cabs for some heavier gain stuff and that’s turned out quite nicely.

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Welp, that demo video has some of the coolest playing of ‘Belief’ out there imo. Weekend plans sorted.

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The ‘X’ tells us that it’s ready for Quad Cortex PCOM, but there has to be a future CorOS release to make it fully compatible.

Anyway, I’m glad that Neural decided to release a full Dumble model for all users in the meantime.

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I’m thrilled. That said, this should’ve launched being ready for QC on Day-1. Anything new launching should launch ready for QC on Day-1 at this point.

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That’s tough though. I get your point, but try and see it from the standpoint of others that have been waiting on things like Asato or Mesa to get implemented, or even Rabea, which has been ‘soon’ for months.

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I’m hoping they’re still building the framework, and the newer plugins will be already prepped and ready to quickly port to the QC, but that’s just speculative - you’d THINK they’d have them almost port ready from the start, knowing what they need to do to make it happen.

But it was released on Day 1 with the PCOM COMING SOON label. Obviously that doesn’t mean imminently since there are 4 other plugins that have had that label for a while now but it probably does indicate some line cutting. Now, if it goes PCOM before Henson or Rabea then I’ll be pissed!

Not a John mayer fan don’t listen to him, But the plugin sounds fantastic the amps and effects sound really nice just testing the plugin and I’ll probably get it at some point

Well, I can say with absolute confidence that I have no idea what they’re up against from a tech standpoint… but there’s five that are ‘PCOM coming soon’ and about ten that still aren’t. That’s a LOT of sh*t to do and history seems to suggest they will likely not get caught up anytime soon.

(no disrespect meant to NDSP, no matter how anxious any of us might be)

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My guess is that the plugin is being put together on top of a pre-built code base that’s compatible with QC implementation, as all new ones would be.

I have a feeling they were waiting for this to drop before coming out with a big batch of PCOM in an update. Hopefully not too far off. Appreciated a non PCOM update with 3.3.0

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169 euros for a couple of dull sounds? Isn’t that too much? Or is that price for the graphics, not the sound?

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I have a saying “Music is like a salad bar - take what you like, and leave the rest for everyone else”.

Just because they’re not the tones you like doesn’t mean they’re not the ones some others have been waiting for. Look at the number of people overjoyed by the Dumble… there’s going to be a lot of crossover.

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My guess is, that’s exactly what happens. It will also further their competitive advantage and counter the stadium release. Not to mention, Neural has leaned a lot more heavily into metal and this being the best clean plugin I’ve (and every major reviewer I’ve seen today has agreed) ever heard anywhere will seriously round that out and balance to a broader base. I know many in the helix world that will switch to QC once this becomes available on there. Not to mention it brings a literal fortune worth of physical, rare gear.

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I do think they’re missing a trick - they have this incredible hardware unit (unlike UA with their fantastic ‘Paradise’ plugin) and if this Mayer plugin were available straight away on the QC, they would probably sell countless new QC’s on the back of it. In my imagination - there’s a QC2 in the works - which will host all of the plugins, have a proper power lead, and set a new bar. For now, I’d be smiling if they would at least give is the ‘Gravity Tank’ as a QC block.. that’s a killer.