The C4 has so much to offer, it ended up taking the place of 4 pedals on my board and let me downsize. The consensus is either the format/work flow is up your alley or it's just not. At least there's a ton of other brands to choose from if its not your thing, thank goodness for that 
I was pretty overwhelmed at first, this is what helped me grasp control of the C4 and thus the basic understanding how the Aftershock and other SA one series pedals work. YMMV, IMO, IME, all that applies, lol.
1. Watch the C4 video by @Proton Lenny. All of it. And then do it again.
2. Laptop or desktop for Neuro. The phone app doesn't help me. I need to see the entire UI to better understand how the signal flows. Might work for you or not.
3. Try out community presets and set the patch output very, very low BEFORE you try the patch. Everyone seems to use different levels for their uploaded patches and it shows. Some are speaker-ripping and ear splitting. This scares people off. Slowly increase to a usable volume.
4. Once youve picked a patch, tweak knobs *on the pedal* so you can see what is being effected on the UI. This gives you a visual reference as to what is happening and what you are hearing. Assign the knob controls for other parameters on said patch to see/hear what else is being effected.
5. Go back and watch the video again. What he is referencing should begin to make more sense. Some stuff you just have to play with. I find with my rig, I have to keep the C4 output levels low while messing with the parameters in the app until I'm in the ball park - and then slowly bring it up.
6. Once you got the sound you like.. If you are setting for live levels, have your rig at least 1/2 of your stage volume, if not more. I found it's a little easier to balance the clean/effected levels thats way. Even with short note bursts, you can tell if you are close or need a big swing one direction or the other. Now that you've gone through all this, building patches from scratch is a little easier IMO.
Like that tone? Click save and move on.
I was a hard-nosed, anti-apper myself and now I can't get enough of this stuff.
I was pretty overwhelmed at first, this is what helped me grasp control of the C4 and thus the basic understanding how the Aftershock and other SA one series pedals work. YMMV, IMO, IME, all that applies, lol.1. Watch the C4 video by @Proton Lenny. All of it. And then do it again.
2. Laptop or desktop for Neuro. The phone app doesn't help me. I need to see the entire UI to better understand how the signal flows. Might work for you or not.
3. Try out community presets and set the patch output very, very low BEFORE you try the patch. Everyone seems to use different levels for their uploaded patches and it shows. Some are speaker-ripping and ear splitting. This scares people off. Slowly increase to a usable volume.
4. Once youve picked a patch, tweak knobs *on the pedal* so you can see what is being effected on the UI. This gives you a visual reference as to what is happening and what you are hearing. Assign the knob controls for other parameters on said patch to see/hear what else is being effected.
5. Go back and watch the video again. What he is referencing should begin to make more sense. Some stuff you just have to play with. I find with my rig, I have to keep the C4 output levels low while messing with the parameters in the app until I'm in the ball park - and then slowly bring it up.
6. Once you got the sound you like.. If you are setting for live levels, have your rig at least 1/2 of your stage volume, if not more. I found it's a little easier to balance the clean/effected levels thats way. Even with short note bursts, you can tell if you are close or need a big swing one direction or the other. Now that you've gone through all this, building patches from scratch is a little easier IMO.
Like that tone? Click save and move on.
I was a hard-nosed, anti-apper myself and now I can't get enough of this stuff.
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