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specifications
physical
- dimensions
- 29 × 19.5 × 6.9 cmQuad Cortex product page
- weight
- 1.95 kg
Light for what it is, but the 12 V 3 A supply is a brick—budget for it in the gig bag.
Quad Cortex product page - display
- 7″ capacitive touchscreenQuad Cortex product page
- footswitches
- 11
All of them stainless steel, and all of them rotary encoders as well as switches. A–H plus BANK UP, BANK DOWN and TEMPO.
Quad Cortex product page · Gridleak: read off the modeler - side panels
- Nothing on either side
Every jack is on the rear. Worth stating because the Nano Cortex puts its capture input and boost on its right cheek, and owners of both go looking.
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processing
- DSP cores
- 6Quad Cortex product page
- Grid
- 4 rows × 8 slots
32 device block slots, arranged as two parallel paths.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0 - sample rate
- 48 kHz, fixed
It cannot be changed.
Quad Cortex Wiki: FAQ - amp models
- 90+Quad Cortex product page
- effects
- 100+Quad Cortex product page
- Factory IRs
- 1,000+Quad Cortex product page
storage
- user presets
- 3,072Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0
- presets per setlist
- 256Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0
- user setlists
- 10
Plus Factory and My Presets.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0 - user captures
- 2,048Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0
- User IRs
- 2,048
Uploads are converted to 48 kHz and resized to 1,024 samples (about 21 ms), whatever you feed in.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0 · Quad Cortex Wiki: FAQ
connections
- inputs
- 2 × combo XLR / TRSGridleak: read off the modeler · Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0
- FX loops
- 2, fully independent
SEND 1/RETURN 1 and SEND 2/RETURN 2. Sends run at line level by default.
Gridleak: read off the modeler · Quad Cortex Wiki: FAQ - outputs
- 2 × XLR, 2 × ¼″
Two pairs, not four independent outs. OUT 1/L and OUT 2/R are XLR. OUT 3/L and OUT 4/R are quarter-inch and lose 6 dB to a TS cable.
Gridleak: read off the modeler · Quad Cortex Wiki: Gain Staging - headphones
- ¼″ TRS, up to 300 ΩQuad Cortex product page · Gridleak: read off the modeler
- MIDI
- In, and a switchable Thru / OutGridleak: read off the modeler · Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0
- expression
- 2 × TRS
Assignments are per-preset. There is no global expression assignment.
Gridleak: read off the modeler · Quad Cortex Wiki: FAQ - USB
- Type B
The square printer connector—not USB-C. Multi-channel audio plus the Cortex Control link.
Gridleak: read off the modeler - power
- 12 VDC, 3 A
Mains only. Most pedalboard supplies cannot deliver 3 A on one outlet.
Gridleak: read off the modeler · Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0
- 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.