According to a speaker designer whose expertise I respect, a speaker’s response doesn’t become “dynamic” until the speaker is getting destroyed. Consequently, what most people think of as “speaker distortion” isn’t actually the speaker distorting.
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Which one has the rumor? 
I would think helix, their 3.0 fw is near and at least back when i had one - delay would not carry over when switching presets. Though I haven’t been following any of that lately, that’s what my money’s on.
I have been waiting to see the answer to this question as well. I have a guess, which is completely baseless, but I am expecting the answer will be no. My theory is that because the modeling does not appear to be at the component level, they are simply capturing the sum of the parts as best they can rather than theoretically replicate how each part influences the end result.
If this is the case, it would at least be possible to do a capture of just the preamp only, the power amp only, and both combined (i.e. a normal full amp capture). The TBD question is will using the separate pre and power amps in series net us the same results as a capture of them combined.
Not expecting Neural to chime in. They have been non existent on theses forums unfortunately. Time will tell.
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Yeah they don’t seem very active which is a shame on their own forum.
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Yup. It does give me some pause. Hope they at least change that after release. It is definitely a must.
Agreed but it not.just here as far as actual QA anywhere on their FB or IG accounts details have been scarce
Even Stephen Ward who does weekly
Youtube live wont answer questions at this time
My guess is they are still working on release firmware and features
Anyone heard of the computer requirements for the software and phone app?
I have an audio file/looper question. Please advise if easier solution that isn’t a laptop+audio interface option. I’m wondering/hoping the looper could have the ability to playback pre-recorded backing tracks (e.g. loaded in via USB) as files that support more than 2 channels of audio and route said channels to independent outputs.
e.g.
Click to Out 1
Drums to Out 2
BV’s to Out 3
Effectively functioning as an audio interface for monitoring.
Hope that makes sense!
I’d like to use an expression pedal with a toe switch, for example, to switch between a volume control to wah and back or to switch from volume and controlling a delay length, or various other applications. I notice the Quad Cortex has and Exp 1 and Exp 2 and the descriptions says:
“Dual Expression Inputs: connect up to two expression pedals. They can be assigned to control wahs, volume, as well as pitch-shifting algorithms”
Will it be possible to use Exp 1 for expression pedal and Exp 2 for the toe switch? Is there some other mechanism to use the toe switch?
Also, will the Quad Cortex support both 10K and 25K Ohm Potentiometers?
I’m looking at the Mission SP-1 or SP-25M-PRO Aero.
is anyone else a little concerned about having 5 foot switches crammed into less than 11.4" of horizontal space? when I need to hit a footswitch for my lead I want my concentration on the guitar not the ground.
I don’t like this, either, I see problems on dark stages or a beer too much in my head. But there is always the option to use an external controller with bigger buttons and more space between. I know that this again contradicts the advantages of that very small form factor but… yes, a few inches more and the size of it would be perfect (who said that again…?).
I think the switchers distance on the Kemper stage is perfect. But let’s see, maybe the QC will turn out perfect … or force me to drink less beer and wear more often my glasses.
I also don’t really like the small power plug but that’s a matter of taste, I guess. Also the lettering of the switches is counter intuitive, imo. Fractal made the same “mistake” back with the first generation of the FX8, in 2005 I guess it was. Soon they changed the lettering of the FX8 MK2, after many complaints, starting from the lower left as button 1 to the lower right as button 5, then the upper right button as 6 and left to the upper left button as as 10 (or 8 - depending on how many buttons there were, I don’t remember).
When I used pedals and thus had a very expensive board, I also had the concern with beer and the likes.
My solution at the time was a Behringer FCB1010 and place the pedals behind the amps
I had the FCB1010 many years ago and have been actually thinking the same thing. it’s sitting in my Sweetwater wish list right now. haha!
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Yes, it can be done, and even more useful than a traditional Vol/wah. (I have an Mission expression pedal) It takes two effects blocks, a Wah block and a Gain block from the utility category. Use one expression input (The switch) to control bypass on both blocks and the other expression input to control either the wah or gain function depending on the block. Then maunally bypass the wah block on the screen while the gain block is active and save the patch. The switch will now toggle between the two blocks, and the pedal controls both, but since only one is active, it doesn’t matter. The best part of this appoach is the wah and gain block can be in different locations in the effects chain!
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