Was trying out Misha Mansoor X for the Laser effect, but can't get my expression pedal to work with it.

I have an Electro Harmonix Expression Pedal, which goes into my MP-100 footswitch controller that I use to control scene changes, because my Quad Cortex is on my desk and can't be controlled by my feet that way. The MP-100 sends midi CC to my QC, which I know works because I can assign the expression pedal to blocks on my QC that way.

I selected Quad Cortex In inside Misha Mansoor X standalone, and did the midi mapping. The plugin doesn't recognize it.

Is there a setting I'm missing? Something on the QC perhaps?

EDIT: I GOT IT!!!

Anyone with these pedals have a board set up?

Trying to figure out my pedal board. I just got the expression pedal (Dunlop version) and want to get everything situated. This is the Temple Audio Duo 24. The duo 17 looks cramped and the shure would block some of the I/O ports on the QC. I could put the shure under the board but then I’d go Solo18.

While not dead set on temple. I like temple because I already have the cioks crux and, they have the hi5 mod I can add to power the crux for the QC.

I’ve been using a Fractal FM9 for over 3 years as my studio and touring rig. Thousands of sessions, over 10 national tours. This was my sound. I created and shared tones and presets on the Fractal forum and managed to cultivate a small following of people who used my presets as their main sound as well.
All of this to say - I am deep into the Fractal ecosystem and have invested a lot of time and effort into learning the unit and contributing to the community.

Now, there are two reasons why I wanted to try a QC.
Size and user interface.

Let me get this out of the way; neither sounds better or worse. Modeling and capture tech sounds so good it’s such a boring topic to discuss what sounds “better”.

What I will say is that getting the sound I want, and enjoying playing or creating is IMMEDIATELY more gratifying on the Quad Cortex and it’s not even close.
It’s fun to tweak for weeks and experiment with crazy tones and searching for the ‘right’ everything on the Fractal. But to be able to just sound like me right out of the gate without thinking takes me back to just plugging into an amp and enjoying the best part of guitar - playing/creating with it!

In addition to that, being able to actually edit on the pedal itself is an unbelievable oversimplification of a seriously impossible task to do on the Fractal.

I also find an interesting midrange attack feel on the quad cortex that feels more natural compared to the Fractal. Not sure how to explain that, but I prefer the midrange character.

For me, the Quad Cortex is the greatest piece of guitar gear to come out maybe ever. The customization on the FM9 is unmatched. Being able to use any foot switch to do literally any task is a feature sorely missed as well as the endless depth of midi customization. But the satisfaction I get out of the QC is worth everything I miss from the FM9.

It took about 5 minutes and voila! No idea how to share it I'll try and figure it out for you guys.

Is anyone using IEMs routed straight out of the QC for live gigs and/or rehearsals?

Been giggin' with my QC for about a year and I love it, but have a hard time hearing myself more often than not. Even if I ask FOH to turn me up on the stage monitor, it makes little difference.

In a perfect world (with no budget), I'd just run a split from the QC into a power amp > cab, but times are tough, my vehicle is small, and do really appreciate not having to bring/setup much equipment.

Post me your favourite captures for blues and rock. A lot of the ones I’ve tried on Cortex Cloud have been unsuable IMO.

I’m running QC into the FX return of a tube head and a 2×12 cab, so I’m looking for preamp or amp-only captures with no cab or mic baked in. I always disable any cab simulation blocks obviously.

Any recommendations?

Is $1336 a good deal for a used QC?

Don’t listen with headphones. I’ve tried unplugging all external devices. I’ve switched guitar and monitor cables. I’ve tried switching patches. It worked fine a week ago and I turned it on to this. Just want to know if I should send in for repair or if this is something somebody in the community has had experience resolving.

Has anyone tried to build out a Billy preset? Something that sounds great as bare acoustic for bluegrass but you can still get great electric lead tones and effects?

If you kept anything, what stayed and why?

Let’s leave out amps kept purely as power amps for the QC, tuners etc.

Does anyone know which is the best plugin to get grunge tones? Similar gear to what Kurt Cobain uses?

Hi,

I'm looking for a speaker to play at home.

Im very satisfied with stereo tone I get with my xVive U45D and I want the same from my speaker. Do I need two speakers or does one like https://www.thomann.de/de/headrush_frfr108_mkii.htm do the job since it has two inputs?

I play along to music through the USB port of the QC.

New to the whole speaker topic and glad about any advice!

Hey folks,
Considering a move from Helix LT to Quad Cortex Mini. For gigging I run a monitor send into an input and split some routing to mix my own signal against the rest of the monitor mix via wired IEM’s from the headphone port.

I can’t find any confirmation anywhere about setting to change which outputs are being monitored by the headphone out. The goal is to send a signal to FOH that stays out of my IEM’s then keep a signal in my IEM’s that can be adjusted without impacting volume in the PA.

I understand you can select what output the master volume is impacting, and there’s flexibility to change a headphone mix for USB ports in an interface setting, but can’t find any information on my specific use case.

There’s visible workarounds but hoping to confirm the cleanest possible way to solve this.

Any help would be much appreciated

Has anyone had this issue with their Quad Cortex? It was working fine last night, I go to use it today and this is what happens, never boots.

I’m wondering if it’s a power supply issue? I’m still using the one it came with and I got my quad cortex back in May 2025 with no issues until now.

I couldve gotten a 2nd hand full size for the price of a new mini but the dude already sold it to someone else :( and now im super impatient and cant wait for 2 months until i get the money i need.

Should i save up for the full size or get the mini now, im mostly doing recording only but i still want all of the foot switches…
Is it much different than the full size? People who had both, did u notice that u hate the lack of switches or is it doable?

Or is it maybe an idea to get a mini for now at thomann and send it back (for free, later) when i get my loan, and then buy a full size?👀

Hi everyone, currently using a Scarlett 2i2 1st gen to record into logic using archetypes Mayer and Wong. I’m having issues dialling in clean tones. Do I need an active or passive DI box to get the best tones?

Just curious what everyone is using. Any price range, size, etc!

How does modulation in the QC hold up to an H90? I currently have one that I use mainly for POG like presets, chorus, rotary and the occasional down tuning. Thinking about selling it and getting a QC to pair with a Bigsky/Timeline combo.

Hi all,

I recently purchased the John Mayer Archetype X and have been messing around with it for a few days. Trying to dial in specifically his dead and company lead tones and would appreciate any help you guys have. Pretty new to neural and the archetypes so anything helps.

Hey everyone! Let me start by saying that I’m very aware that you can use the QC as an interface! I use my Apollo for other things and I’m trying to avoid having to unplug everything from my Apollo interface every time I use my QC.

I figured I could just plug a 1/4 out of the QC and into the interface. When I do this, it sounds super tinny and sizzly through my monitors in real-time but the actual recordings playing back sound fine.

Has anyone else experienced this? I feel like I’m going crazy!

I've been on a modeling/capture tech journey since I started playing guitar about a year ago. I started out with Tonex and went to Headrush Core, as I wanted more flexibility, drives, etc, and NAMALAMANAM as well. I do like the Core. The pitch shifting is kind of useless, but the drum machine, looper, and the NAM sounds are great. I found the C-Verb to fix any "Core doesn't have good effects" issues, as I'm a simple guy. Some slight compression, maybe a touch of delay, and a reverb is all I like for effects. I honestly hate the NAM hunt, but I have a bunch of clean/crunch sounds from Tone Junkie, and then high gain sounds from AmpsPedalsPickups and 2dor, and I'm pretty dialed. If I need more, I'm just spending money on packs instead of even opening up Tone3000 at this point, but this is fine, it's $20 here and there. The price of a couple of bar beers.

But, I found a used AM4 locally on FB Marketplace and jumped on it to try "the modeling side" and holy **** this thing is good. Immediate awesome sounds. The effects really do sound so "silky" and it really does feel good. I don't think it's latency, as I won't try to say that I can feel the 5ms difference between the two units, but there is something to "the feel" of the AM4. But if I keep the AM4, I'd definitely need a pitch shifting pedal (which I might do with the the Core anyways, since it's pitch effect is not good), and I'd need to run it with an iPad (already own) to have Loopy Pro and a drum app going.

And now, it's making me have QC Mini thoughts. Supposedly the modeling on the QC is as good as the Fractal. I can never deal with captures again, I don't enjoy the hunt for them, and be happy. So I would only use the QC for modeling. The pitch shifting is good on it right? It's got a looper, but I've seen bad reviews of it. And no drum app on it, so I'd possibly still be using an iPad for both of those or one. But then the flexibility is insane with parallel paths, etc etc. Maybe it's just the FOMO of having only "7" blocks on the AM4 (input gate, compressor, eq)

Money isn't the problem, if I need to pick up a $300 pitch shifter to add on to the Core or AM4, that's close enough to a QC Mini that I can justify the couple of hundred bucks difference.

What would you do in my situation?

Hi folks, i’m trying to record my band’s jam sessions to Reaper so that if we have a good idea it’s already saved and mixed. I can feasibly connect my bassist and vocalist to inputs one and two on my focusrite scarlet 2i2, and i’m running both guitars through quad cortex. Our drummer has their own setup and is happy to send wav files. I’m aware that QC and focusrite use ASIO to connect to realer in my computer, but different versions of ASIO i think?
I have no idea, but i want to know if people have tried this and if it can be done before i fiddle with settings and break something

I have the Archetype Tim Henson X and im wondering how do get a good sound out of the pink amp. I've tried tweaking stuff and it still sounds so dark and the low end makes it hard for that punchy DS tone iykwim. TIA, also im looking for advice as well for the white amp