Is the Quad Cortex that much better sounding than a Helix LT live?
TL;DR - Should a sell my Helix for the Quad Cortex?
I currently have a Helix LT and I’m honestly not very impressed with it. I play in a Metal band and we use in-ears and no cabs.
I’m kind of biased though towards amps and cabs and I really miss using them. They are just so simple and push the air and vibrate the floor in a way modelers simply can’t touch.
In addition not really enjoying the tones from the LT, I also find it very difficult to program and not very user friendly. The band feels my tones are adequate but certainly nothing special.
As a result I only use the LT with this band/project and amps with every other project or Neural DSP for practicing at home.
I have expressed my thoughts to the band. Our sound man has toured with a number of bands though and feels I would much prefer the Quad Cortex.
What do you folks think? Is it measurably better than the LT sound wise? Is it easier to use? FWIW - I have no desire to make my own captures or to go down the IR rabbit hole. And I basically only use three patches with the metal band: clean, rhythm crunch, and lead.
I’m thinking that if I don’t particularly enjoy the Helix I probably won’t dig the Quad Cortex either maybe?