When Guitar Players FINALLY Get A Quad Cortex

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[picksalot]

I think one of the best things about Profiling, Capturing, Modeling, etc. is you can bring the sound of an awesome, rare, priceless, fragile, irreplaceable piece of gear to a gig, and everone can enjoy hearing it without you being concerned that it might get damaged or stolen.

[popsarocker]

play guitar; be happy
use what you can afford,  
don't worry too much

[robrdavis]

5:57 - Random Rhett? lol

Seriously though, Mike, your energy is infectious. You make me want to play more!

[joerobinson]

I bought a 68 Custom Fender Vibrolux a few years ago and had just gotten a Quad Cortex. I captured that amp and was so impressed with the capture that I immediately sold it as well as an EVH5150 EL34 (after capturing it). I’m amazed that it is virtually impossible to tell the difference. I get that the difference may be in how the amp “feels” to play but my back thanks me for not being too bothered about that😂.

[vedder]

I really love your channel and enthusiasm. Your personality sells itself. As far as profiling. I am literally just a bedroom player but I have a Kemper Stage, a ToneX, and a Fender Tone Master Pro. I have no desire to perform my own profiles but I love browsing both free and paid profiles. I purchased Karl Verheyen's profile pack for Kemper, from Sweetwater and it is fantastic. I also have Michael Britts catalog of profiles. So I've never felt the need to profile my own because these guys have amazing mic's and studio's.

[biffelliotforpresident]

Capturing sounds like the landlord is banging on the door and Mario escapes through a window to run away. Great video as always!

[professorkaos]

Playing Lenny by SRV to test the capture was the cherry on top

[alexshcherbina]

My jaw dropped the second I heard the tone coming from the Neural DSP. 🤯
It sounds SO REAL it sounded like you micced the amp instead turning the pedal on 🔥🔥🔥

[RequiemDead]

Almost 2 weeks of Quad Cortex ownership and it is the best modeler I have ever had and I have had Helix and Fractal...This thing is absolutely phenomenal!

[JustinMuncy]

I got a QC about a year ago and somehow it’s turned into the only thing people want me to make videos about haha! But in all seriousness, it’s a great rig- I got it for tour and now I’ve ended up using it quite a bit at home as well in a sort of hybrid rig setup with my amp heads. The captures are great, the flexibility is even better. Great video as always!

[liontone]

I love the idea of profiling. I love the idea of modelers, too. Being a vintage amp guy since 18, I’m thrilled with the idea of preserving those classic amps. In my experience, it’s really hard for modelers to respond like amps (latency, etc), but I’m totally thrilled with the idea of it.

[sdbguitars]

I purchased my Quad Cortex almost 2 years ago, and I love *almost* everything about it. The one thing they could stand to address is the pitch shifter, which is currently monophonic. A processing unit this powerful really should have a polyphonic pitch shifter for transposition up/down a half step or so when gigging with a singer that needs that slight adjustment to shine.

That said, I gig with this for both guitar and bass, and it's really amazing the sounds you can get out of it.

[ShelbyWatson]

I bought a kemper years ago and have been incredibly happy with it. I still get inspired when I use it to this day. And since I got it, I haven’t bought any more amps, which has saved me some money. I used to only use tube amps and it’s been nice being free from that. I’m not trying to convert anyone, but at least give the quad cortex, kemper, or helix a try before you judge them. You might be surprised.

[vincent.zijlstra]

Hey Mike! Thanks for the video! 6 months have passed since I got my QC, and I've captured 2 amps. My beloved Mesa Boogie Mark 5 and my friends Marshall JVM. The M5 I did on my own, but I tried to make a small video on my phone of the process, using a Captor X with official Mesa Boogie DynIr's as the "speaker". This also allowed me to hear the capture and the real amp back and forth without any "change" in sound. I was blown away! How could something digital sound so close to the real deal!
Like I said, I shot the video on my phone and sent it to my mates.
And they liked the sounds I got too.

A little later I captured my friend's JVM. He and another friend were there when I did it. We even did a blind comparison, and both couldn't figure out what the capture was and what the real deal. Even preferring the tone of the QC before I revealed which one was which.

I am in love with this small device, it makes me feel inspired, trying things/amp models/effects I've never tried before. Sure I still like my Mesa, but now after seeing Rabea using the QC together with his real amps in some sort of multi cable method, I need to try that for myself too!

[philippeabed]

Big fan over here, appreciate the content, the humour and overall vibe on this channel.

Modelers are fun, but equally exhausting for someone like me. Having dipped into all possible modelers out there, I’m sticking to my old tube amp at home, 2 go to overdrives I always come back to, delay and verb.

The abundance of choices is personally taxing and distracting. I do get an itch every now and then to pay old friends a visit and noodle with tones.

[jega]

Played clubs, colleges and highschools through the Midwest from the mid 70s thru the mid 80s. Ibanez Les Paul into a Morley wah, into either a marshall 50 Watt or Orange 80 watt. REO, Bowie, stones, skynard, Hard to beat.

[RJKANEAO]

At this years NAMM (2024) when neural had their whole display was a huge sign that says “soon” I amazingly acquired my QC.. Mahalo (thx you) neural DSP for giving me my unit.. Since then that unit has changed my life as gigging musician that plays 6-7 nights a week here in Hawaii and as I own a recording studio I’ve used it in there as well as I’ll frequent flip between using live amps/cabs, QC and/or my two notes captor x.. When I say QC has change my life as a musician, artists and producer I truly mean it.. suddenly I can bring those tones I’ve worked hard on in the studio for years even decades to my live gigs and literally feel like I’m actually playing those amps.. it’s amazing and powerful to say the least..

[jameslanclos]

I got one too! I signed up for the pre-sale at Sweetwater before they hit the shelves! I love it.

[BigJohn]

I switched from Kemper to the QC and I’m not looking back. I know there are complaints, but man it’s so solid for my purposes. Gig on weekends, Sunday morning, it does it all so easily

[mrcl_]

when i got mine i captured all my tube amps, went to the Studio of a Friend for that, also made IRs of all my cabs, sold them all and got me a new desk, chair and 2 Guitars for it, absolutely worth it, i do not regret anything. I only kept an active Monitor and my Boss Katana Artist for stage volume when i play live with my band