TJ if you want to change a block you can go to touch those 3 dots and turn the top right knob and it goes through the list. It’s just another option. Quicker and a bit easier.
I put the gain block at the end so it’s not affecting the sound of anything before it. Also, for your captures, you might want to try global EQ and take a pic of the setting for each venue so you can quickly return to it later. All your sounds were terrific.
Thanks, that's a good idea about the global EQ. I intentionally put the gain at the front as I'm wanting it to push the devices after it, on my pedal board I use an EP boost for a similar function....I might put one after as well though for a volume boost!
You're a damn good player. I guess I need to get used to my in ears because they fit great but after an hour my ears begin to hurt from them being in there.
Thank you! I wore moulded ear plugs on every gig for over 15 years before I got mine so I was used to having things in my ears. I seem to remember it took some getting used to. I can keep mine in for hours without noticing them now so worth persevering.
Yes the QC seems to be sounding better. I have been using mostly the same profile for 6 months. Victor's Marshal (scene A or C with the delay increased to 600ms)
I've grown to not mind playing through monitors, but something that made a big big difference to me initially switching from amps is playing out of a real cab. I.e., you bypass the cab block and then go to a super super clean amp (I have an Orange Pedal Baby) which is plugged into your guitar cab of choice. It makes the experience basically indistinguishable from playing a real amp, I find. A cab is like a real physical musical instrument in the room, so going via a cabsim and a monitor is just going to suck some life and fun out of it.
My people, this has been the situation ever since the line 6 vetta's haha. I had a vetta 2 (in 2006) and the main deal in the manual, was that it showed you every single piece of gear, as in the REAL version, so you could then read the manuals and use the amps and pedals just as you would the real thing. That's like, the whole point in a modeler lol they've always modeled every component, in my HD500X (also very old tech now) the controls even change based on what amp you pick and what knobs the real amp has (Orange's FAC knob, for example. That's how I even heard about it and found out what it does) it's juts in recent years they've been talking about it more to sell people. But I'm prettttty sure this tech is what made amp modelers worth anything or even possible to use professionally in the first place, 20-30 years ago. P.s. the QC was the best guitar purchase I've made since the Vetta 2, get one you'll love it
Nice playing man… 💯 the amp models are the best way to go they’re more amp like, me personally i only use built in amps but do like to capture drive pedals. Another game changer I found is using 3rd party IRs I particularly recommend tone factor XIRs some really nice options
Been using mono so far. I've been thinking about trying stereo for when I'm using the QC.....I'll have to set up the FX in stereo! I put everything in the mix. It's taken me a while to get happy with it....what made the biggest difference was putting more drums in, I always held back on them before, but when they're louder it's more like standing next to them!
Thanks for a great vid! Which iem's are you using? I'm just getting into them and the choices are overwhelming. I really just want to hear great guitar tone through them.
just curious: did you make your profiles in isolation (meaning at home without having dialed in a sound while playing with other instruments) or at the end of a session? I want to move from modeller to profiler (to clone my gear) and wonder if that makes a difference? I am guessing the "snapshot" would sound different if the gear has been profiled in isolation vs in a band setting (I hope it makes sense)
It was created in isolation, but using settings that I know I use and work in a gig situation…..that being said, I will always have to alter an amp slightly to suit each gig so I don’t have a fixed setting I can use for all situations.
If you download it from my Cortex Cloud profile - TJ Walker….the preset is Trio Rehearse…..you will see how it is put together. I just added the built in blocks that the unit ships with.
Great video TJ, just a suggestion, if you want to enlarge your audience also outside your country, please could you try to talk slowly and mitigating your accent, it will be very much appreciated from the not english mother tongue like me All the best. Cheers, Gabriele
I use a mission engineering exp pedal…just the generic one, they didn’t do a QC version when I got it. I don’t use an FRFR. My IEMs are ACS ambient so they have a filter to hear what’s going on around me as well as the monitor signal.
I haven’t had time to get it installed and start using it. My QC setup has been pretty static for ages until I did this video. It’s on my todo list as I agree, it will make for much better videos!
1) Snare at 2:31 sounds great. Couldn't be any better. 2) Snare at live gig sounds pretty bad. I have a mid-level Roland drum module with my likewise mid-level elec. Roland kit, and all the drums sound fantastic. No complaints there. Fault of guy running the house? 3) All the guitar sounds in both places are impressive, as are the skills behind them. If you can't get it right with the QC, you might as well take up another endeavor. (Big update upcoming to firmware.) But a bad carpenter blames his tools - so despite the robustness of the QC, unless you have the know how to dial in the right tone, and know what to do with it once you get it dialed in, you're still wandering around lost out in the woods. (And your audience's ears are bleeding with cringe.)
Interestingly it’s the same mic and processing on the snare on both occasions. Although it’s a different snare (both sound great acoustically) the main difference is the spill in the other mics colouring the sound I think. Looking forward to the QC update!
