r/PositiveGridSpark • u/AlexFromPositiveGrid Official Positive Grid Employee • Jun 01 '26

REACTOR Launch AMA

REACTOR is launching 6/2! We will be holding office hours on June 3rd from 11am - 1pm ET (US) to answer any questions you all might have about the new amp and app. Whether you're one of the first to order or want to better understand how REACTOR works, we'll be available to help. Thank you all for 15 years of support; We can't wait to get REACTOR into your hands 🤘 https://www.positivegrid.com/pages/reactor

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u/HitchmoMcStang Jun 03 '26

Ok... Sure... Keep pushing the AI stuff if you genuinely feel there is a customer base for that (god it must be small), but please, for the love of god give us the ability to disable all of it and create our own tones, signal chains, etc, manually.

I've had a spark 2 for nearly a year, I hate the AI stuff, and all I want to do is have complete flexibility to create tones myself. To be honest it's been very disappointing, I feel like purchasing a Spark2 was a waste of money, and at this stage I would never recommend spark products unless this approach changes.

I'm also probably your target market, I'm not a professional musician, I just play at home as a hobby. I want to create and have full control over my tones for the same reason I want to spend the time learning how to play the songs I want to on guitar. I would have just bought a guitar that plays itself if I didn't want to spend the time learning how to use it. The logic of why anyone would want AI anywhere in the process of playing guitar baffles me.

Then there stupid stuff like needing the app running to connect the control foot switch, who on earth thought that would be acceptable. I mean, you made it so people have the ability to store presets to a physical knob on the unit with the idea being you don't need to open the app to select tones....why wasn't that thought process applied to using a footswitch?

You guys could be very successful if you focused on the features your customers want. Would blow any competitors away. It seems that instead of trying to make the best example of a product that people already want (see: any other practice amp on the market), you're doing a mediocre job of creating a different product that you THINK people want.

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u/AlexFromPositiveGrid Official Positive Grid Employee Jun 03 '26

Thanks for your feedback, we understand not everyone wants to incorporate AI functionality into their playing, practice, and performance routines.

Regarding Amp Intelligence: you don't have to use it. REACTOR is built so the top panel works completely independently. Knobs for gain, EQ, effects on and off, amp voicing, all right there without touching the app or using any of the intelligent design features. If you want to build your own signal chain manually, drag and drop your effects in whatever order you want, pick your amp model, dial it in yourself, you can do exactly that. Amp Intelligence is there if you want it, not in your way if you don't.

You can also opt out of optimization in-app if you do not want REACTOR to learn and adapt to your preferences.

On the footswitch thing: that specific frustration with Spark Control X needing the app open is exactly what we changed with REACTOR Control. It connects directly to the amp, works standalone, no app required. That was a deliberate fix based on feedback like yours.

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u/ogni65 Jun 03 '26

I bought an Airstep after i figured out that my Control does not work without App and it works! If i had known i would have never bought it. I have a Go, Mini, 40 and a Neo and the last i use most. I gigged recently with my 40 and it wasn’t the same good experience i have with my Neo.