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modes, scenes and setlists
How to get hereChange mode with BANK DOWN + TEMPO pressed together. The combo is printed on the chassis.
1. same eight switches, four different answers
The hardware is the same in every row. If standing on B does something you didn't expect, check the mode first.
2. SCENE is the one that doesn't gap
Scenes recall settings inside a rig that's already loaded, so switching is instant. PRESET reloads the whole rig. Build one song as scenes A–H in a single preset and the dropouts between verse and chorus go away.
3. STOMP is the pedalboard mode
Each switch toggles one block on and off, like stepping on a pedal. Coming from a real pedalboard, start here: it is the most familiar way to use the Quad Cortex.
4. HYBRID splits the row
Some switches change rigs and the rest work as stomps. Combined with PRESET it halves your bank size: two presets per bank instead of four.
modes
what A–H do, and when
PRESET
Each of A–H loads a different preset.
Best forSets where each song needs a different rig: different amp, different cab.
Trade-offPreset changes reload the whole signal chain. This is where switching gaps come from.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0SCENE
Each of A–H recalls Scene A–H within the loaded preset.
Best forPlaying one song: clean verse, crunch chorus, lead. Same rig, different settings, no gap.
Trade-offYou stay inside one preset, with eight scenes until you change preset.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0STOMP
Each of A–H toggles an individual block on and off.
Best forWorking like a pedalboard—the mode to use if you came from an actual board and want that feel back.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0HYBRID
Splits the eight switches between two jobs—some presets or scenes, some stomps.
Best forReal gigs, where you need a couple of rig changes and a couple of stompboxes on the same page.
Trade-offHybrid combined with PRESET halves your bank size—two presets per bank instead of four.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0scenes
scenes inside a song, presets between songs
Scenes recall parameter values inside a rig that is already loaded, so there is nothing to wait for. Presets swap the whole rig. Three presets for the verse, chorus and solo of one song cause audible switching gaps. Build them as three scenes in one preset instead.
- scenes switch without a gap, presets do not
Scenes recall parameter values inside a rig that is already loaded, so there is nothing to load. For audible dropouts between parts of the same song, build those parts as scenes in one preset.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0- every new preset starts on Scene A
Whatever scene you were on when you saved, the preset opens on A. Build your default sound as Scene A.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0- input level is not part of a scene
Scenes cannot change the input level—it is a global device setting. Anything you want to vary per scene has to be a block inside the preset.
Quad Cortex Wiki: Gain Staging
capacity
- user presets
- 3,072
Across all setlists.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0 - presets per setlist
- 256Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0
- user setlists
- 10
Plus the Factory setlist and My Presets.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0 - scenes per preset
- 8
A through H. Every new preset starts on Scene A.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0 - user captures
- 2,048Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0
- User IRs
- 2,048
Each converted to 48 kHz and 1,024 samples on upload.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0 · Quad Cortex Wiki: FAQ - presets per bank
- 4
Drops to 2 when HYBRID mode is combined with PRESET.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0
Gig View
the screen you can read standing up
A stripped-back display showing preset and scene names large enough to read while standing up.
- Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, or
- Hold BANK DOWN + TEMPO together—this has to be enabled in Device Settings first.
Footswitch access to Gig View arrived in CorOS 4.0.0. On older firmware the swipe is the only way in.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0 · Quad Cortex firmware updatesHow to get hereSwipe up from the bottom of the screen, or hold BANK DOWN + TEMPO once it's enabled in Device Settings.
1. preset name, big enough to read standing up
A 7-inch screen full of Grid detail is fine on a desk and hard to read three feet below your face in a dark room. This is the same information at stage distance.
2. current scene, and what's next
Which of the eight scenes you're on, so you know what the next footswitch does before you commit your foot to it.
3. two ways in: set the second one up at home
Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, or hold BANK DOWN + TEMPO. The footswitch route arrived in CorOS 4.0.0 and has to be enabled in Device Settings first. Do that before the gig, not at it.