Blastronaut 1333 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 1 hour ago, Monkeys Fist said: Definitely not the hottest it’s ever been there, mind. You're a top class arsehole. Long may it continue, don't ever change. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9376 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 10 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: Definitely not the hottest it’s ever been there, mind. They went down a bomb though 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21911 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 11 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: Definitely not the hottest it’s ever been there, mind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21911 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 51 minutes ago, Toonpack said: They went down a bomb though he really blew that pun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44784 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Get the fuck out of the guitar thread with the puns. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42356 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 5 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Get the fuck out of the guitar thread with the puns. Careful chaps, something’s struck a chord. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30534 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 He’s just a bit highly strung this morning. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9376 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 21 hours ago, ewerk said: He’s just a bit highly strung this morning. Can be a basstard at times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3887 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 You’re all going to make him fret 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9376 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 This could be a Bridge too far, he may nut someone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9376 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 (edited) C'mon gents, I can't piss off Gemmill all by myself someone needs to help and pickup the slack. Edited September 2 by Toonpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3887 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 2 minutes ago, Toonpack said: C'mon gents, I can't piss off Gemmill all by myself someone needs to help and pickup the slack. You’ve got some neck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44784 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Strong recommend for this little thing if you're wanting to dip your toe into amp/effect modelling. It's got 7 of the full Helix's amp models on there, and then four each of the full Helix's delay/distortion/modulation/reverb models. Piece of absolute piss to use. Turn the centre dial to pick the amp you want, then turn the four effects dials to pick a distortion / delay / mod / reverb or combo of the above. Once you're within a certain effect (say boost), the more you turn clockwise, the more boost you get until it flips into overdrive, and the same again. There's even a 30 second looper on there if you turn the delay knob all the way to the right. It's got stereo line out and also a headphone jack on the side. Also a USB in so you can plug it into your phone / tablet / PC and the sound from that will come through the headphones too. All for the absolute bargain price of £180. There's an edit program where you can go in and tweak all the amp and effects settings just like you would on a real Helix too, if you can be fucked. But it's the simplicity of not having to do any of that to get a good sound which is the best thing about it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted September 23 Author Share Posted September 23 That looks great - are you still getting a lot out of the Helix? I still use mine for my home setup, amazing piece of gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44784 Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 I've just been setting it back up actually. It's been tucked under my desk so I haven't really been able to get at it but it's back in business now. Mental that they're still pushing out substantial updates with new amps/effects 9 years after it first came out. I'd buy anything Line 6 put out as the replacement to the Helix, comfortable in the knowledge that they'll support it for years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4747 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 Speaking of, interesting new thing from Neural DSP this week, the Nano Cortex. 500 quid, can profile amps and use other peoples profiles and presets from their online library but can't do its own patch building/modelling or support the Neural plugins like the full fat version. Couple of friends have got the full quad cortexs recently and they are astonishing bits of kit. The real time transposer is unbelievable, changing tunings on the fly for someone who mostly plays metal?! fuck yes. The Nano does that too, and seems to mostly fulfill everything I'd actually want for a third the price of the full unit, considering it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44784 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Aye I've seen a few videos on it, and by all accounts the QuadCortex is a big step up on all of the other modellers. I know it's been getting some grief cos it doesn't come with amp models and doesn't contain drives, but assuming you can get other people's captures online and stick your own favourite drive in front of it, it seems a good bit of kit. John Cordy on YouTube has done some videos on it recently and has gigged it in the past week if you wanted to hear his thoughts. He does pretty considered, if a bit rambling, videos on these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44784 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 Kemper have just released an upgrade for their latest unit (cost 749 euros), and if you want all of the new features it'll cost you 300 euros. Paid firmware upgrades ffs. Hopefully everyone bins their Kemper and that'll be enough to stop the other companies from starting this shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3887 Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 I’m in the wobbly duck listening to some old men talking about guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1333 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 On 28/09/2024 at 16:06, Gemmill said: Kemper have just released an upgrade for their latest unit (cost 749 euros), and if you want all of the new features it'll cost you 300 euros. Paid firmware upgrades ffs. Hopefully everyone bins their Kemper and that'll be enough to stop the other companies from starting this shit. "Updates" are still my only real major bug bear with a lot of digital music gear, but in Kempers defence making it a paid update probably negates a lot of the usual complaints. There's a good reason most recording artists and studios still tend to keep their daw setup completely offline. There shouldn't be any reason to update if it's all working as you want it to. Spending £300 quid to update a Kemper only makes sense to me if it's not already doing what you want it to do. Otherwise it's a bit like having a perfectly functional setup and randomly letting some random guy l swapping the valves out the valves on your amp and mod all your pedals all at the same time, then you spend 4 days trying to get it to sound like it did before you let him fuck about with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21556 Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago There you go @Gemmill, get saving. You may get lucky and get a signed one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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