Quad Cortex 101 - Explaining the Basics of the Quad Cortex 

HW this is extremely helpful! Best tutorials on the platform. Also the QC101 present really helps get things rolling with the Neural DSP, I have hit the grand running all thanks to you!

HW saw you on JHS Pedal show. Bravo, Top notch work explaining that this is not a battle, but tools to achieve your perfect setup and sound.

Been playing 30 years and never used a modeler. Glad I waited cause this one looks like a good place to start.

Sounds awesome and the interface is a game changer! A few things lacking on the QC, but I give it 6 - 9 months for Neural to work out bugs and update amps/effects and this will be the new standard. Sold my Kemper once I started using Neural’s plugins - amazing!!

Just got one! Love your Kemper stuff. Excited to get going on this unit.

God Bless you HW, I know you did wonders with the Kemper but some reason this QC sounds awesome with ease, so realistic. I love your videos Brother, I can wait to get one !!! 😍😍😍🤗🤗🤗🎸🎸🎸🔥🔥🔥

Great video and nice sounds. Subscribed both here and on Cortex Mobile!

Damn this thing sound beautiful! Great playing of course as well!

Anxiously waiting for mine.

Looking forward to seeing what Tone Junkies does with this unit.

So when it comes to the dsp issue you were having, I’ve heard Neural say a few times that rows 1 and 2 utilize one processing core, and rows 3 and 4 utilize a separate core. So therefore if you wanted to do a simple stereo rig like in this video, all you have to do is use rows 1 and 3. That should be plenty of processing power for you without needing a janky triple line setup.

Thank you 🙏 enjoyed this very helpful

You finally got one!

QC or Kemper .... they are both good. De Kemper has been out for a decade. Made great progress from day one. This will also be the case with the QC. I am still very satisfied with my Kemper. I love the ease of use at the QC! The display, turning the footswitches and the dual amp do draw my attention. Anyway, the development is not standing still. There will be more good things to come in the future. The most important; when are you satisfied?

Time to capture everything again 👍

Got mine on order today !

Great video man!!! So are u able to make a single huge chain that spans all 4 rows? This way I could have multiple amps and effects I could toggle on and off with scenes ?

Im bored with my Kemper - i now need a QC. New tones and new inspiration :)

question. if its maxing the signal chain, will it be a big difference if you split after drive section, two stereo amps, then merge into one stereo path so they go through one stereo wet path?

Great job HW:)

Hey man! Great video! How does the QC sound through your Yamaha HS8? I’m considering getting this exact setup.

Can’t wait to get my unit in! Planning on allowing it to replace my Kemper stage. (Blasphemy I know). So appreciate the time and effort you pour into the videos, captures (I’m sure), rigs etc. Thanks a million!

Great tips. One question on the dual mono setup...wouldn’t the ping pong delay be just confined to one side?

I'm dying to see your next video on this thing! Honestly I don't need it, have my Kemper for years + a Carr Merc V, but that's life when you love guitar tonez :D. The problem with the QC : no Kemper Kab :/ .

Stellar sounds and amazing playing. Your strat sounds absolutely great! Would you share which pickups embellish the neck position of your strat?

I, personally, haven't heard overwhelming sounds in THIS video, so I'm looking forward to watching the next TJ - QC video. I am sure this unit can do better.

Can you connect quad cortex directly to studio monitors for home practise? I mean without using a sound card and a computer.

I know it might be difficult for you to be open about it but I really would like to hear your “honest opinion” on Kemper vs. Quad Cortex amp captured vs profiled tones. I wanted a Kemper stage settled on a hx stomp which is great but I still might wanna capture my own amps, so which would give me the most realistic sounds?

TJ, I hav e a question. Why do you have the Delay and Reverb after the speaker cabinet? I would think the Delay and Reverb would come after the Overdrive (Klon) pedal since you're running straight into the input of the amplifier.

Can you do a Dumble and Fender pack for the QC? I bought the packs for Kemper but may want them in the QC. :)

Hey man I know this is an old video but is this something I can just hook up to my PC and use my speakers (I have a set of Edifier R1280DBs as my computer speakes) and use this as an amp/effects machine? Or is it meant to be output to an amp or amp head. I don't know a lot of this stuff I just want something that I can take and plug into and either use my speakers or my headphones to listen to myself play. I see it goes to usb so does it also have a computer program you can use along with it or do you use a separate program to record what your playing? Again I don't know a lot about this stuff I just want something where I can make any tone I want and also have the ability to buy or download specific tones from artists I like when I try to play their music it actually sounds like them lol. I especially want Tim Hensons preset amp profiles cause his tones are sound soooo good.

Does it have analog dry through?? Or everything goes through dsp, digital conversion?? Thnxx brother ❤

If only one can find anywhere that have this in stock !

last year i bought helix floor loving it but week after i bought discover cortex , only problem with helix os way too big to carry around or take it to abroad ,cortex is perfect but looks very complicated then helix . ive got quick question ,on helix every patch or preset got a diffrent volume ,some presets very high and some of them very low ,i cant adjut them all patch in same level . how is it in cortex ?? im thinkin to sell my helix amd buy this one ,

Are you just plugging straight into the mains or do you need a power condition or PSU of any kind? Power in my house is real dirty and i dunno if it’s gonna perform as expected

Sounds GOOD, HW!

HW….long time customer & Kemper user, as a guitarist have you an opinion on AmpliTube ?

Hoping that the QC can capture amps with pedals well.

LOVING the hair 🙌

I know the QC capture stuff is good enough for my ears, but for what it’s worth, how does Tone Junkie feel about it? Is there a clear edge in the accuracy of the two units, or are they nearly the same, just different?

Do you plan to create presets same way you've created for Kemper?

Are you gonna make DI captures of the amps instead of micing them? to use with a real cab, and not duplicate the cab

I have a Stage and have one of these QC arriving.....sometime??? they keep changing the date! I'm starting to get the feeling that I won't like it. I have never had any interest in the Fractal stuff because of price and a tweaking nightmare I have heard. Recently I have been watching vids on the Fractal gear and have quite frankly been really interested. I think I may very well sell the kemper Stage and the QC and just get a Fractal Axe FX iii.

Sounds good and all but the real question is when are you buying an original klon and a vintage tube screamer for pedal captures

Are you playing it through a Kemper Kab?

This? Or a MacBook Pro M1 and Logic Pro and a Neural DSP plug-in? Damn I think I want this more.

would I still need an audio device to use the QC for home recording?

Sooooo…..nothing happening with this anymore? Or just trying to figure out how to sell captures?

Great video....but you didn't show the basic setup of the Quad Cortex....I can't seem to get into the main menu to set up wifi, and everything else....I must be missing something really obvious....how do you get into the main menu to set wifi and other settings?

Wish some presets available at reasonable prices , especially sorting according to artist based tone. Let's say a set of respective SRV, Jimi Hendrix...Gary Moore, etc. Thanks!

Why is there so much top end here? Did you dial it in like that or is QC adding it?

Man I could not wait for you to get yours. But did you have this for a while? Or just get it? I will need to make you up a skin for your QC!

Double blind control test needed ;)

Watch Tom Quayle reviews to hear the quads awesomeness running the neural plugins and the internal quad tones at the same time just sic !. Good review bro 😎

Great video, line 1 and 2 use 2 cores and line 3 and 4 use the other 2

Lol! Do you feel a little naughty not using the Kemper?

That Trainwreck alone makes it worth buying the cortex

Where is that buzz coming from? I'm getting ready to buy one of these but I NEED it to be noiseless.

If HW puts his stamp of approval on this unit, I’ll pre order one. It’s going to replace my hx stomp mini board backup

Much more streamlined than kemper. Sounds just as good and when they port over the plug-ins game over

Oh no should I sell my kemper ? Is tone junkie going to be centered around Quad cortex now ?

That hoodie string... ☠️

You know what we want to see HW. A comparison with the Kemper by someone that has a clue.

Super informative and easy to understand. Just got mine today. Setting up2 FrFr’s is my goal,but gonna work in mono for now. lol. Maybe it’s me,but headphones sound like shhh. (Audio-Technica M50). Low impedance junk. Don’t buy! And im not spending 400$ on headphones!

Nobody shows how to use the app.

Plot twist: the sound is coming from the Kemper

Kemper is crying behind you man ;) When the VS test ?

That fretboard is disgusting, you need to give that thing a cleaning. Aside from that, this unit sounds promising.

Take a shot for every “uhhhm”

Not really 101… set up ?

RIP Kemper 🥺

Boat Builders

mmmmm i dont think im going to buy this unit,the sound is ok,Kemper still the king.

So, one minute in, we have a 17 "um"s. Maybe, um, you could, um, write a, um, a script, to um, to not, um, sound like you, um, learned, um, english, four days, um, ago.

I’ve tried this unit...sorry it is far too overrated

Dude! What a snooze-fest!! Way to go with the step-dad tones! Yawn!!

Kemper died for you? I'll have to look for other channel in youtube.Bye

Best decision was selling my Kemper and buying the Quad Cortex.