Nano Cortex into amp, on the fly-tweaking

Nano Cortex
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Hi!

I mainly gig with amps in clubs and sometimes, more seldomly, straight to PA.
I change up my effects often, but I always keep delay, reverb and a drive on my board, and I always tinker with the parameters a little bit before and during the gig. I have been using my Fractal FM3 sometimes just as an multi FX into amp but I hate adjusting things on it on the fly due to all the menus and stuff.

The nano cortex seems like a nice choice since it covers these things and also of course has great recording functionality and amps, but I’m wondering about these things:

  • Could I customize the footswitch functions; for example, set the right footswitch to toggle a captured Drive on/off or do I have to use the footswitches for presets

  • Are captured drive pedals in any way tweakable? If I capture my Tumnus drive pedal, does the gain knob on Nano behave like the gain knob on my real pedal?

  • Are the delay and reverb effects comparable in quality to similar effect pedals by Strymon, Universal audio etc.

Lastly, would be nice to hear if someone has been using a Nano cortex yet in similar settings and their overall experience.

Thanks

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1: yes, presets are the way to go there. or you set it up for 2 preset mode, then the 2nd footswitch would ne bypass

2: yep! at least as far as the capture lets you. it’s an approximation, since it’s a snapshot of one setting. but it obviously works

3: i don’t think they’re worse than my big sky or timeline. less options, of course

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I have to chime in here to say that the controls of a capture of a drive pedal (especially one like the Tumnus, with the gain knob being a blend) will absolutely not behave the same as the actual pedal.

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