Posts by guitarguy316

Quote from jippitygem25

Sound wise as in the sounds are better or it's easier for you to find a good sound vs finding profiles?

Honestly for me, both. I think it sounds and feels a lot better with a guitar in my hands then my Kemper has for me over the past year. And the stock settings on amps get you pretty close in the ballpark and then I dial it in from there. I just think I spend too much time trying to find profiles I like and while you can tweak a ton of settings with Fractal, it’s still easy enough to adjust the basic settings and get a good tone pretty quickly.

Quote from jippitygem25

how do you like the AxeFx3? Thinking of trading a tube amp for the FM3 just to compare it to the kemper and see which side of things I like better; modeling vs profiling

I just got an FM3. I really like it sound wise compared to my Kemper. I hate profile searching.

Quote from Nicky47711

I think the physical size and the spacing of the foot switches kinda tells you it’s not the best option for live. Anyone other than Yosemite Sam is gonna be hitting wrong switches at some point. It’s gonna need some type of remote for guys and gals who do any tap dancing with patches.

Dude, the buttons are no further apart than the smaller helix and stomps that people use just fine.

Again, by no means am I a NDSP fanboy but some of the “cons” or “complaints” that keep being mentioned here are so trivial or yet to actually be seen. Much to make out of nothing.

After playing around with an FM3 for a week, where’s the Fractal whining thread because that little unit is quite good for $999.

Man, I've been away since my last comment on Monday.

This Kemper forum (or at least some in this thread) are some of the most sad people I've ever interacted with on the internet.

There's pretty much nowhere to go have a discussion anyone without right and left wing extremists defending their purchase...not to mention cancel culture.

I own a Kemper. And a Fractal. And soon a QC. I'll decide for myself which is best. I'll probably keep one of the older products that has been vetted, but as a platform, QC has a lot of up side if the basics are right.

Anyways, carry on with all the hurt feelings about Kemper superiority and insecurities about a new product.

I'm actually interested to see how Fractal improves on already awesome tones with their new software update.

Quote from Blackbird

No idea what this means

I'm talking about Kemper owners on here that want the QC to fail, not Kemper.

I have a Kemper and I love how Kemper owners here want this thing to fail solely based on some message board conversations and YouTube demos.

Competition is a good thing, and if the Kemper truly is superior, time will tell and it will win out.

This is why we can't have nice things because everyone has pick their product to own and defend their purchase. How about just enjoy what you have. Actually, I have an FM3 here to play with too and still have a QC preordered so for me whichever is best for my situation I'll keep, the rest get sold. It's pretty simple.

I own a Kemper.

But man this forum is a bunch of guys that are arguing why their Kemper is better. How about you just go enjoy your Kemper.

Competition is good for everyone.

Carry on whining...

Quote from Yoda Guitar

So for me the Neural Quad Cortex is not an option, it has less to do with the sound and perfect image of a tube amp, it may be that there is still room for improvement. But here are my reasons

1st I just like the rack version, it's more to carry, but it's more "roadie proofed" and I consider floarboards to be an ergonomically faulty construction. So far I have not seen anyone who does not place these devices on the table or on a stul to operate, the Neural Quad Cortex refines this concept by putting the foot switches and the rotary knobs together.

2nd A device in which you can neither delete nor change the factory presets does not work for me.

3rd Switching between the presets takes too long and makes drop outs in sound.

4th Some features for customizing the sound are completely missing.

The Kemper or the Fractal have more options.

5th The CPU utilization is already at about 75% with more complex routings, the device has two ARM 5 and 4 DSP cores. Nothing helps if one ARM core is busy with the fancy user interface and the other with the IO and network.

Therefore I give the Neural Quad Cortex a product life of a maximum of about 5 years.

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I own a Kemper and was just playing it. You've got some bad facts in your reasons but that won't change why you won't buy it...but...

2 - They said they will change this and allow you to remove and/or save the presets as different edited versions.

3 - They fixed this from the video...but keep in mind changing "PRESETS" on any modeler has the gap. I think you need to understand what "SCENE" mode is because this is exactly how Helix, etc. do it to not have the gap. It's not a QC issue, it's all modelers.

Quote from CelticGibson

I assume you make a capture of the amp without the speaker and then match it in the chain with a IR...

Exactly...the amp or capture is separate from the IR (cab). The QC can't try to "remove" the cab from a capture like Kemper so you would do a amp only capture with a loadbox or similar device, then add an IR in the QC.

Damn, this forum is becoming as toxic as Neural DSP forums arguing which is a better tool.

The reality is competition is good for everyone involved. In the meantime, carry on defending whichever unit you have and/or want

I'll be owning both.

Quote from SeanChristopher

An important thing to note is that the QC only has a 3 band EQ, and a Gain knob for tweaking the Captures, compared to the KPA's Amp section with many tone shaping parameters. The Neural Captures might be considerably less flexible and tweakable than Profiles.

Also, there doesn't seem to be a "Refine" option for the Capture process. The only visible options on the screen when doing a Capture are "Save" and "Start From Scratch". So if the Capture isn't close enough to be able to tweak to match the amp with the 3 band EQ, you have to literally "Start From Scratch" lol. Idk for sure but the Capture process doesn't seem lightning fast so, that seems like a bit of an oversight and another drawback compared to the KPA.

And Rhett mentions that the effects aren't up to par with the quality of the KPA, Axe FX, and Helix, and that's a huge drawback as well.

I"ve had high hopes for the Quad Cortex. But it's major selling point was that it is supposed to have better quality Neural Captures, Amp Sims, and Effects than everything else on the market - all in one unit. But with where it's at now, it seems like it might just be an all in one unit that has Neural DSP Amp Sims, decent effects, and a decent Neural Capture feature.

The Quad Cortex has the potential to be something next level. If the Capture section has more parameters for tone tweaking, the Captures accuracy improves, and the Effects improve, then maybe it'll be worth the price tag. But as it is right now, I wouldn't waste money on something that doesn't exceed the sonic capabilities of the KPA and my tube amps and pedals! lol My KPA keeps me more than happy as it is lol

(Of course, I mean no disrespect to anyone who is getting this or has invested their hard earned cash into getting one of these units. I just figured the major drawbacks that I noticed should probably be brought to light because they're pretty big drawbacks in my opinion ?)

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In fairness, the Kemper has had 10 years to get their effects to where they are now and whatnot. I’m sure on time the QC will be comparable when they finally release all the software updates down the road. I still feel they are rushing it out without it being fully featured to satisfy people.

There will be an editor within months of release...according to Neural. Again, remember how long we waited for a Kemper editor?

I just got a Mac and installed it, no issues yet.

Quote from lightbox

In Rig Manager go to the menu "Tools / Backup Rig Manager Content". This will create a backup file in a location of your choice. Copy this backup file to your new machine and in Rig Manager on the new machine, go to "Tools / Restore Rig Manager Content" and choose the backup file to restore (import).

Cool so I only need to move this library backup file...none of the folders or anything?

Has anyone moved their library and files from PC to Mac (ie rig manager)? I have Rog Manager and all my files on my PC but am switching to Mac and didn’t know if this is an easy process or if it’s even possible?

I had the beta and was hoping they would change this in the final version...Is there any way to get the presets to be in the drop down list when you right click on an EQ slot?

Quote from deadpan

For sure. I just love that amp after the mods!

Cool bought it and looking forward to those DIs...

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Are you going to add direct profiles for the block mod?

Quote from WolfsLair

guitarguy316 it must be pretty new and in high demand (just about everyone is sold out and there are no used). Did it just come out this year? What is new from t he v-1?

I owned the very popular Waza TAE, but it makes you use cab setting on the front that do not sound anything like my real cab.

No, they've been out for a number of years, maybe 5 years or so. Fryette's plant closed earlier this year due to the Pandemic and just reopened in August. I think they're handmade so maybe they can't keep up with demand yet since so many people are at home and want things like this to power digital devices or attenuate?

Guitar Center (MF), American Musical, Zsounds, etc. I don't think Sweetwater is a dealer. There's some smaller non-big box dealers in USA if you check the Fryette site that might have them.

Quote from WolfsLair

guitarguy316 I see most are using this as an attenuator, will this be a better solution than the solid state Matrix? I had the 800 many years ago and thought it was ok, but not great.

It does both so it's a jack of all trades and it's a cool piece of gear to have for your digital modelers as a power amp (heck anything that has an ouput, like a mp3 player, etc.) plus the full loadbox (100% attenuation).

Fryette PS2