Since the release of the Quad Cortex modeller, most people have been asking for a desktop editor for the Quad Cortex. While the interface of the Quad Cortex makes for seamless editing, a desktop editor can speed up the process.
In Discord, Doug revealed some details about the highly-anticipated desktop editor.
Here is what we know:
There has been a dedicated team working on the desktop editor for months The desktop editor will require the Quad Cortex to be connected to use (like some other modellers) Doug is strictly against a single-file preset format like what the Helix and other modellers offer There might be a future feature to save and load setlists into the Quad Cortex Admittedly, the lack of file format is disappointing. For such an expensive device that I am a huge fan of, the lack of open file format isn’t ideal and I hope they change it. It seems as though Neural DSP is taking an Apple-inspired approach to their hardware, locking people into using their cloud and future marketplace.
In the lead up to Battlefield 2042, I was genuinely excited, and it looked like a step in a new direction. Despite having more bugs than a cheap motel mattress, I even played the beta briefly and enjoyed it immensely.
When launch day finally arrived, I jumped right in and invested quite a few hours into Battlefield 2042. The maps are big and beautiful, and they shock you with their sheer scale. But, eventually, the shine begins to wear off, and you’re left with a game that doesn’t have the same impact previous Battlefield games did, like Battlefield 4.
At present, the Cortex Cloud does not have a marketplace feature. There is no officially supported way to sell your preset creations for preset creators like myself. The process works for sharing private presets is you have to befriend someone, then they can share private captures and presets with you.
I have a knack for creating clone presets based on famous artist sounds. Think bands like Monuments or Linkin Park, the kind of tones people want but might lack the knowledge to create themselves. So, I decided to build something called cortexpresets.com.
The term Web 3.0 is being thrown around a lot, not just those in the crypto sphere, but investors and everyday folk are starting to talk about it. You know, when your Uber driver or barber is talking about Web 3.0, it has permeated the fabric of society.
People have differing opinions on Web 3.0, what it will do for the web, how it will change everything. There seems to be an aura of excitement around Web 3.0, with a hint of ambiguity.
In WordPress, you add theme styles and scripts using the trusty wp_enqueue_script and wp_enqueue_style methods. However, by default, your enqueued scripts and styles will be added to your WordPress site as straight scripts.
What happens (and the reason you’re probably here) is the browser will cache your scripts, which is what we want to happen.
There is nothing more frustrating than making a change, only for the client or QA team to say they can’t see the changes, for you to go back then and tell them to do a “hard refresh.”
WordPress is the most popular CMS on the planet, powering over 40% of the internet and continually growing. Despite what you have been told, WordPress isn’t dying, and it’s not the terrible mess some dramatic PHP hating developers make it out to be.
I was tasked with building a WordPress capable of sustaining millions of visitors per minute (a project I can’t reveal the details of just yet). The brief was a platform that could handle upwards of 100,000 visitors per second. Keep in mind this is across hundreds of WordPress Multisite domains, not one single site.
Have you ever been stuck on a problem that makes you feel so stupid, you get a serious case of impostor syndrome? Welcome to another instalment of Amazon Beanstalk bad UX.
You go to the listeners section in the load balancer configuration section, you get to this popup:
You choose HTTPS, you enter port 443 and you hit add. You see “pending create” in the list and assume that you’ve just configured your load balancer to support HTTPS. All is well.
Neural DSP are hosting one heck of a Black Friday (like years prior) where all of their plugins are 50% off. There is a lot of overlap between their Archetype plugins especially, so what should you buy if you can’t afford them all?
TL;DR buy the Gojira, Henson and Fortin Cali plugins (if you can afford all of them). Can only afford one? The Fortin Cali is a solid purchase.
So, you bought the Quad Cortex. A floor modeller marketed as the most powerful modeller on the planet, but you’ve noticed the delay when switching between presets.
You might not know this, but every competing modeller from the Line 6 Helix through to the Axe-FX suffers from delay when switching presets. The current blocks need to be unloaded, the new ones loaded.
The solution is to use scenes. Think of presets and scenes like this.
The Quad Cortex is great for live use as well as studio settings. If you’re like me, you have the Quad Cortex sitting on your desk, and you interact with it using the screen.
The device isn’t angled, so it can be tricky to adjust things on the screen or get to the inputs and outputs on the back.
Fortunately, the Quad Cortex is similar in size to an Apple Macbook. So, naturally, the solution for a Quad Cortex stand is a laptop stand, specifically, a stand that can be angled and has a flat bottom.