r/NeuralDSP

Hi all. I have had the Nano Cortex for a while now and find myself always switching back to my old set up as I feel quite underwhelmed with the sounds I get.

I always tend to go back to my Solar Chug pedal(fx return) to get good tight chugy rhythm sounds but always end up going back to the NC as I want it to work out for me.

so my questions are..

- Is the Chug Pedal just better than the NC for what I want?

- Is running the NC into the FX return the best option?

- Anything I should consider?

The gear i use is LTD arrow(fishmans), ENGL 25w KT77 Fireball, ENGL 2x12 with V30s

Cheers!

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?

I recently bought my Nano and i love it. Sounds so good FX feels so natural yes BUT which captures you are using for Petrucci tones? and which captures you recommend for 8 string guitar and some gojira tones or prog tones?

On the Quad Cortex (mini) is it possible to split your guitar signal into 3 different chains (amps) and have them all come back out the same input?

Example: Guitar input into a boost, splitting into three amps, mixing them back together to add delay and reverb etc.

Hi everyone!!

I'm looking at connection advice to capture the Tonex plugin on a Mac. I have an IK Multimedia interface which is 2 in/ 2 out, so how do I set it all up?

Do I open Pro Tools, add an audio track with the Tonex plugin and have the IK as the audio interface?

Hi,

I free trial'd the Mesa Boogie and loved it. My first foray into plugins. I tried NAM for a bit just now and it just kept crashing and sounding like shite and to be honest I just want to plug in and play with some nice gain and some reverb.

AI already helped out massively and found me a coupon to get 35 Euros off the 119 normal price. Tempted just to get it now but AI also saying that in April they usually have anniversary sales? Would be nice to get it even cheaper.

Can I free trial other plugins actually? I just realised that maybe there's another one that's better, although I do love the Mesa.

Thanks!