I am an also a Line 6 Helix User. The one place where I believe that the Line 6 Helix has the Quad Cortex beat is that the Line 6 Helix has more high quality amp models and cab models than the Quad Cortex. I think that the Fortin Nameless and Gojira plugins are the best amp models that I have on my Quad Cortex but I had to buy those plugins separately. The Helix has quality amp models like that for free. The Mesa Rectifier models are not great on the Quad Cortex either. The Orange PPC212 cab is one of the most sought after cabs on the planet and there is not a cab model of it on here. I did find a PPC212 on the cloud but it’s not that great. I am not really a fan of the captures. It’s not the unit. I had the same problem with the ToneX. You have to weed through countless captures to find a good one. That’s not Neural DSP’s fault. The technology is there but some of the captures are not done well. We just need more of a variety and better amp models on the Quad Cortex.
I completely agree. This is why I bought the unit. Too old to lug an amp to two bit gigs and rehearsals.
Here’s my wish list… (Amps only)
- Marshall JTM50
- Marshall 1974
- Marshall Astoria
- Fender Supersonic
- Bogner SLP Goldfinger
- Dumble ODS
- Trainwreck Express
- Friedman Dirty Shirley
- Toneking Royalst II
- Magnatone M80
I think the captures are great but yeah I end up going back to the amp models because I like twisting knobs and having it react on the fly I guess
one thing I would like on the cab block in particular is more dramatic changes with mics and mic positioning they don’t seem to change much to my ears and I think the pros that made the factory presets agree as they mostly all leave the mics and positions in the default position as well.