QUAD CORTEX | QUICK TIPS | INPUT AND OUTPUT LEVELS 

I had somehow missed that you can hold the selected input and it has a gate! This is amazing, thanks!

Thanks so much. I was wondering why my volume to my amp was low-when I checked the input it was set so low. After changing it, the problem was solved. This is one of the best videos on the QC. Subscribed!

For outs 1/2 & 3/4 - if you long press you can link/unlink them. meaning when linked you can just make adjustments on either one and it controls the values for both - faster than having to make the same changes twice. If you're always using them as stereo pairs it's better to link them. If you're using them as dedicated mono outs (multiple instruments through the QC each with a dedicated out) then leave them unlinked for individual contol. Just one more tip you can use in the I/O screen.

Man im glad i stumbled across this video and whatched this,mt numbers where wasy off and sounds so much better,biggest bonus i think was subscribingh toyour chanel,you got some awesome videos i casnt wait to check out this weekend.Looking forweard to this!

Very helpful video. Thanks for sharing these important details.

This was very helpful. Thanks!

Ottimo video grazie per questo lavoro che hai pubblicato è molto utile

That was really useful, thanks man

Omg. Gonna take longer to figure out this pedal than learning how to play guitar

It's not really about clipping, the thing is to hit the front of the amp capture with the same level as if you plugged straight into the real thing, so 0db is where it's at. Unless you dont care about hitting your captures harder and getting more distortion from them of course.

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hey! love the video! anyway can i play music through the QC from my pc into my studio monitors while playing guitar?

Honestly, I've found better results from a lower input volume.

Modern 24bit AD converters have reached a level of resolution that you don’t have to hit them hard. I’ve been running my QC so the input isn’t hitting the red at all.

Great job on this vid. Very helpful. My only comment is a question, how does that big Volume knob just to the left of the display factor in? Is it post all of the output controls you covered in the vid?

Great "Tone King" preset...can you share it?

What's the best way to manage master output (volume knob) and output levels so that you have strong output without deafening yourself? My understanding is the volume knob should be as close to 100 as possible to maintain best signal to noise ratio, but if I do that I have to adjust preset output or I/O settings to like -20Db. Wouldn't that be a problem in a live scenario, or would the sound guy just bump up levels to compensate?

Setting levels is the biggest issue with digital multi amp/fx/ do it all pre-sets… the only way is to play with your band and … trial and error, and at least the QC offers easy ‘in battle’ interface to tweak tone and volumes

Great video very helpful. Is the amp capture & ir bought or yours? Where can we get it sounds great

I tend to keep my input at zero…otherwise it’s like a boost that changes my guitar sound (like you mentioned.) Different strokes I guess 🤷‍♂️.

Holy cow, does this ever make a difference! My In 1 Lvl was at 0, set it to +8 dB for my system and the amps seem much more lively.

Am I understanding the Quad Cortex manual and this video that you can dial-in the Effect Return inputs such that you could use those for more guitar/bass/instrument inputs?

So the volume knob on the unit has me pretty confused. It changes the output levels (out 1 & 2). I would prefer it those are fixed and the knob just controls headphone level. Is that possible. BTW: Looks like you have your volume knob all the way up? Thanks for the great info & channel 🎸

Hey man thanks for the video. Need some help. Got my cortex today. Brand new with some brand new Rokit G4 5” monitors. Couldn’t get any sound out of one of the speakers (defective) so I called Sweetwater and they are replacing it. So I messed around with the QC with just one of them. Everything sounded horrible. Muddy and very bass heavy. Changing input levels didn’t help. I’m curious if perhaps it’s because I was running everything mono into one of the rokits? Are these terrible / cheap monitors ? Any thoughts on why it might sound so bad? Clean tones sound nice / fine, but distortion tones sound horrible on all presets and when I build my own preset, very muddy, bass heavy and like it has a blanket over it. Frustrating. Perhaps I need to keep messing with the input levels or just wait until I get both speakers in stereo? Thanks bro

How do you get volume out of this thing?? I have my levels so they won't clip but playing through a cab it's so quiet

Again very clear video. Maybe doing a 'save preset to your cloud non-public/public' etc. video Dustyn 😉 would be grateful 🙏

Question I’m also using my quad cortex with my interface. When i have my volume for my qc at full i clip my interface with the input level on my interface at zero. Is that normal or?

Hello, I’ve noticed when I turn the volume down on the Captured Drives. It lowers the overall gain and characteristics of the capture. Any tips?

does that volume knob stay at 100%? What's the point of that knob then...

Any chance you could share your global EQ settings with us, PLEASE ?

If you only have 1 xlr out, do you have to mute the other?

What song are you playing at 5:53?

You dont want the Input to get into the Red since this is the clipping range. You do never ever want clipping 😮

With anything digital it seems there is no way away from the input level debates. Why would it not be fixed at a level that simulates a real amplifier input level and the guitar should do the rest (i.e be higher or lower gain). There are no real amps where you trim your guitar output level to it's maximum volume (compared to other guitars) on the way in. Is this different than all the input gain discussions out there? ie ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qECIigojlEg.html. I notice in the video you increase the input gain, but then turn down the capture gain (probably because of the increased input gain)...

Sorry, everything else in this vid is great except for the first tip. You ideally do NOT ever want it go into the red and clip. When you hit it hard, at most it should go into the yellow, if that. The red clipping can produce nasty, digital harmonic artifacts.

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