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set up
your Nano Cortex.
gridleak presets don’t install on Nano Cortex yet
if it doesn’t work
rig setup
pick one: the answer follows you onto amp pages.
leave it on
You're feeding a full-range system, so the Nano Cortex has to supply the speaker.
the simplest setup, and a good one for day one.
- 01Guitar INPUT
Instrument cable
- 02HP OUTPUT Headphones
3.5 mm · bring an adapter
- IR Loader
- On
- Pick a cab you like. The cab is most of your tone.
- headphone volume
- HP OUT knob on the rear
- Independent of the LEVEL knob.
- effects
- Prefer the (ST) stereo delay and reverb variants
- Noticeably better in headphones.
- Andertons spec sheet · Sound On Sound review
The headphone jack is 3.5 mm, not quarter-inch. Bring an adapter for quarter-inch headphones.
If it sounds thin, you're hearing a close-mic'd cab with no room in front of it. Add a little Room reverb, choose an IR position further from the cone, and low-cut around 80 Hz rather than boosting bass.
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rig setup wizard
when it sounds terrible, one setting is usually wrong for the destination. Pick where the signal ends up and this tells you what to do.
Cab sim ON for anything full-range: headphones, monitors, FRFR, front of house, your DAW. Cab sim OFF for anything that ends in a real guitar speaker. The IR Loader is a speaker simulation. Into a real cab it stacks two speakers. Skip it into a full-range system and you hear a raw, fizzy amp with no speaker at all.
All of it at once
7 rigsThe rig matrix
Worth a screenshot before a gig.
| Destination | Cab sim | Route | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| headphones at home | ON | HP OUTPUT → Headphones | Works well with no setup |
| studio monitors or FRFR | ON | OUTPUT 1L + 2R → Monitors / FRFR | The reference setup |
| into the front of a real amp | OFF | OUTPUT 1L → Amp instrument input | Worst-sounding option · use the FX return instead |
| into an amp's FX return or power amp | OFF | OUTPUT 1L → Amp FX RETURN or power amp input | The recommended real-amp approach |
| direct to front of house at a gig | ON | OUTPUT 1L + 2R → Stage box, or a DI box then XLR | — |
| as a USB audio interface | ON | USB-C → Computer, direct to a motherboard port | — |
| silent practice with a laptop or phone | ON | USB-C → Laptop, tablet or phone; HP OUTPUT → Headphones | — |
- measured
- Read off the hardware by us, not taken from a document.
- official
- From the manufacturer's manual, FAQ, guides or release notes.
- retail spec
- From an authorized dealer's published specification.
- review
- Observed and published by a professional reviewer.
- community
- Reported by owners and used to corroborate, not as a primary spec.
- our reading
- Our interpretation, not something the manufacturer states.
- unverified
- We could not confirm this, or sources disagree.