It's sometimes possible to interpret legitimate criticism as dislike. I for example really dislike that they have so many models but it's all separated into Archetypes and Amp Suites which don't even have feature parity between them. Like the older plugins not having transpose or doubler. Mixing and matching gear from different products is kind of nonsense PITA. It kind of punishes you for being a customer that buys more of their products. So for example I would have Petrucci for the doubler and/or pitch shift, Fortin pedals, Abasi amps, Nolly Cabs. And now I have to bounce between 4 different interfaces to change things about the tone. Doesn't mean I dislike them. Just means I end up opening Audio Assault and getting the whole thing in one interface. The biggest advantage of Neural for me initially was that they had great presets by artists, and you can get a variety of good tones pretty fast. But then you should maybe buy 1 or 2 of their products max. A lot of other people were invested in the quad cortex and I am sure there are not that many that dislike it outright but many that see the potential in that device not being fulfilled or the promise of easily using the same tones from the plugins in the QC and taking it with you wasn't fulfilled and they might be sour about that. Having something so good but just not there can be more frustrating for many people than having something subpar. I am sure most people who comment or say these things online like me don't dislike Neural, we just want to see their potential fulfilled. The frustration just comes out when another Archetype drops which basically just has all the same stuff other ones already have (I am looking at you Tom) and it feels like a cash grab from new fans of the artist but the older customers who bought like 5 of the earlier products don't get anything addressed. I was really happy when they announced the X series plugins. It addresses a lot of the things I mentioned, like feature parity, and QC compatibility, but you still have to interface bounce. Atleast we are making progress, so that's good. I hope they keep making progress.
Yeah and it’s mostly pointless to get another one if own one or two high quality ones already. It’s just more of the same thing with every release. The market is getting too oversaturated with amp sims in general, too.
Good thing is most of them are really (and pretty much equally) good! Downside is they are all starting to kinda sound alike and imo I notice the 'ol DSP+GGD+Grove/Djinn setup a lot more now. You can just hear people are working thru very similar setups and rigs. If you pick just one of the 'big ones' you'll likely end up with a great plugin able to make most sounds you want so eh, it's a good time to be in for the average (amateur) bedroom-musician
@@scentia_est what will end? You mean the djent side of metal rn? As much as I LOVE djent, I hope it ineed does end sometime.. just so oversaturated rn. Imo it doesn't seem like genres ever end, tbf. Especially the core genres seem really stagnant and imo change wayyyy too slowly
@@FrancoW1 Exactly ! I've got the STL Tonality Josh Middleton plugin and a couple of Neural DSP plugins (NTS and Granophyre) and I really don't think I need any more at this point lol
I don’t think I’ll pick up the plugin but I love Spiritbox. Saw them in Detroit this spring and they were absolutely killer. Also, I love those new sparkle burst guitars; such a unique finish.
The interface looks kinda cheap or 'dated' somehow..? Maybe I'm used to the expansive design look of the DSP plugins but somehow this one (visually) looks like it could have come out in 2010. Its just the visuals so it shouldnt matter but it is pretty noticably uglier than other modern amp sims
think I saw that Mike uses an axe fx live now so it might have been awkward for him to use neural for this. Also I don’t think neural plug ins let you move things around like this one does but I could be wrong
@@johnevered9640you're right, moving things around is pretty cool, but I'm sure Neural would have been able to do that, if he requested it. Just they already have at least 3 high gain Marshalls, several 5150s and a dedicated Soldano plugin...🤷🏻♂️ Archetype Nolly covers all that (except the Soldano) and they even used it for their rhythm guitars on the eternal blue album.
Considering Neural has 3 5150s (Gojira, Nolly, and Plini), the Soldano, and a shit ton of Marshalls, they'll be fine. Besides, Neural has been doing different stuff lately (minus Tom Morello).
Hey Keyan! Just curious did you use the Unmansky instrument for the DI only and process it with something like Parallax? Or did you actually mix this with the grit channel? Just curious what your chain in the DAW was for the bass!
Damn this is feature packed, I think I'm gonna wait a few days and see wether people actually see this as a strong competitor against archetype nolly but yeah this looks sick
they let you move the chorus. thank christ. i am SO tired of all these plugins having the chorus stuck before the amp. it never sounds right to me. just let me move it, neural
Thanks for the reply. What are your favorite bare knuckles? Im thinking about getting some Juggernauts soon. Do you prefer any over those? @@KeyanHoushmandLive
This is great and I love Mike he’s a killer player but like there’s a million plugins already that do these sound. That being said my dumbass will still prolly buy it.
What does this plug in actually plug into? Computer specs: Windows 95 with 4 MB RAM, 420 MB HDD, 128 cache RAM, VESA Local bus motherboard, dual-speed internal CD-ROM, 16-bit sound card and quality stereo speakers
How do people keep getting these really clear chimey tones from these plugins. I downloaded the trial for this and it sounds so muddy no matter what I do. My archetype gojira sounds great but I can’t get any clear gain tones from this one, can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong
arent like... half or almost all of these plugins literally just variations of a solando, an orange, or a marshall with the slight variation here and there? what's the point of buying so many plugins, just get something good enough at a cheep price like amplitube 5. it goes all the way to 100 dollars for the full thing. it's well worth it
As always - amazing video. Is it possible to ask questions regarding the guitar tone on patreon, for example? I’ve tried all the tutorials on your channel, but still can’t get anyhow similar to such bright, melodic and soft high notes. I’ve got bare knuckle pickups, scarlet solo audio interface and many other tools same as yours. Tried different IR even, but the guitar sounds almost the same. I’d appreciate any help here
