Neural DSP Quad Cortex Soldano SLO In-Built Model vs Plugin Shootout

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Just a couple of presets I created, which I put head to head. Reason was I have been a bit sceptical that the in-built models on the Quad Cortex weren’t as good as the plugins that they sell.

But I think this demo serves to show that you can get great tones out of the in-built models and don’t have to spend money on the plugins.




 
The plugin is better IMO and always has been. From day one I prefered the plugin version. With that said, I believe the stock amp is based on the old SLO100 and the plugin is based on the latest SLO100 release.
 
Chronic Narnia said:
The plugin is better IMO and always has been. From day one I prefered the plugin version. With that said, I believe the stock amp is based on the old SLO100 and the plugin is based on the latest SLO100 release.
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No, you're confused, the Quad cortex has TWO SLO models: an original SLO100 model and has recently had the plugin version ported as a second, new model, as well that is intended to be identical to the plugin. The vid is comparing all three (Plugin, QC old SLO model, QC new SLO model).

TBH, I don't think the SLO agrees with the OPs style of music; so it's kind of a meaningless comparison. Has way too much gain dialed in and is tuned way too low. It's not really much of a test of what that amp is capable of.
 
Elric said:
No, you're confused, the Quad cortex has TWO SLO models: an original SLO100 model and has recently had the plugin version ported as a second, new model, as well that is intended to be identical to the plugin. The vid is comparing all three (Plugin, QC old SLO model, QC new SLO model).

TBH, I don't think the SLO agrees with the OPs style of music; so it's kind of a meaningless comparison. Has way too much gain dialed in and is tuned way too low. It's not really much of a test of what that amp is capable of.
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Thanks for the feedback. It's a B tuning, perhaps I should have picked one of my guitars closer to a standard tuning.

Chronic Narnia said:
The plugin is better IMO and always has been. From day one I prefered the plugin version. With that said, I believe the stock amp is based on the old SLO100 and the plugin is based on the latest SLO100 release.
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I'm of the impression that the plugin is better too, but mainly because it has a lot more lower mids than the stock model, which doesn't have so much low end.
 
Elric said:
No, you're confused, the Quad cortex has TWO SLO models: an original SLO100 model and has recently had the plugin version ported as a second, new model, as well that is intended to be identical to the plugin. The vid is comparing all three (Plugin, QC old SLO model, QC new SLO model).

TBH, I don't think the SLO agrees with the OPs style of music; so it's kind of a meaningless comparison. Has way too much gain dialed in and is tuned way too low. It's not really much of a test of what that amp is capable of.
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There's not 2 models on the QC. The "new" model you're referring to is the PCOM plugin of the new SLO100 (if you own that plugin).
 
Chronic Narnia said:
There's not 2 models on the QC. The "new" model you're referring to is the PCOM plugin of the new SLO100 (if you own that plugin).
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Yes, there are ... It has the original model and a new model that you can only instantiate if you own the SLO100 X plugin. The new model is designated on the grid with designator showing that it is the SLO plugin version and it is a different device. The other is the original model prior to the CorOS3.1 update where the SLO plugin support was deployed. They're two different models.
 
Elric said:
Yes, there are ... It has the original model and a new model that you can only instantiate if you own the SLO100 X plugin. The new model is designated on the grid with designator showing that it is the SLO plugin version and it is a different device. The other is the original model prior to the CorOS3.1 update where the SLO plugin support was deployed. They're two different models.
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I’m saying there’s the plugin amp and the original QC model. The way that was written was that there is 3 total models.
 
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