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I bought Quad Cortex quite some time ago, and I don't need amps and pedals anymore. Moreover, sold my over 20 pedal collection and stuff. I highly recommend Quad Cortex, the setup is so much easier now, without sacrificing quality. (amateur guitar player with 20 years amateur experience)

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The digital stuff is etremely good these days, but it just doesn't do it for me. I have a Kemper with profiles of every amp under the sun but I still enjoy using my tube amps and pedals more. But yeah, Kemper, Quad Cortex, AxeFX, etc are hard to beat values if you don't mind fiddling.

Recording an album is a totally different experience with a Kemper. No more anxiety about how the tones will sit in the mix... If it's not working, you can re-amp it.

That is the case with any DI recording though, you can re-amp with analog amps. That has been Andy Sneap's workflow for decades.

Yeah, it's just a hassle if you're on a budget and don't want to spend the engineer's time on it.

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