Neural DSP Quad Cortex Manuale utente

Quad Cortex User Manual 1.0.0

Contents

Welcome to Quad Cortex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

What is Quad Cortex? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Contact info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Bottom View (Inside) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Setting up your Quad Cortex . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Neural DSP account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

I/O Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

CPU Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Working on The Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Clipping Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

The Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Saving Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Setlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Delete, Edit, Cut, Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Assigning Expression Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Splitters and Mixers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Using External IR les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Device Blocks Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Switching Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Preset Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Scene Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Copy & Paste Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Stomp Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Gig View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Setup Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Basic Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

FRFR/Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

FRFR Monitor + FRFR to Front-of-House . . . . . . . .49

Combo Amplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Power Amp & Cab + FRFR/Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Four Cable Method (4cm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Seven Cable Method (7cm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

As FX Loop Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

As FX Processor (pre only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Using external gear (FX loop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Stereo cab setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Guitar and vocals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Two guitars and bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Neural Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Creating a new Neural Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Using a Neural Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Computer Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

USB Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Hardware & DAW Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

MIDI Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Preset MIDI Out Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Incoming MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Incoming MIDI Reserved CC List . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Cortex Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Cloud Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Adding friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Downloading items from other users . . . . . . . . . . .87

Uploading Impulse Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Importing Impulse Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Uploading a Preset or a Neural Capture to

Cortex Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Sharing Presets or Neural Captures with a friend 90

Making Presets or Neural Captures available to the

public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Virtual Device List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

F.A.Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Welcome to Quad Cortex

When we started Quad Cortex, we had no idea what we were

getting into. Naïvete can be a bad thing.

It took more time, effort, and resources than we could have

ever imagined. It forced us to level up at a dizzying pace and to

overcome countless challenges.

Quad Cortex was as much engineered as it was willed into

existence. And none of it would matter if it wasn’t for your belief in

us and what we stand for.

For that, we will be forever grateful.

Neural DSP Team.

Welcome to Quad Cortex

Quad Cortex is the most powerful floor modeler on the planet.

With a total of 6 cores (4x SHARC®+ and 2x ARM Cortex-A5

running at 500MHz each) of dedicated DSP, this ludicrous

amount of processing capacity provides limitless sound design

possibilities. Because of that, Quad Cortex can process up to four

instruments at the same time with independent effects chains and

send them through different outputs separately.

What is Quad Cortex?

Vulgar Display of Power

Unparalleled Intuitiveness & Flexibility

Unbelievably Strong & Compact

With its massive 7” display, Quad Cortex is unbelievably easy to

use. Effortlessly create even the most complex signal paths.

This includes features like dragging-and-dropping blocks to

change the order or routing in secods or visualizing and controlling

the settings of inputs and outputs with one swipe.

Quad Cortex comes in a gorgeous anodized aluminum unibody,

with laser engraved graphics that never fade. Our display is

armored with a chemically strengthened protective glass and a

reinforced touch sensor panel.

Using advanced mechanical design and manufacturing techniques,

we managed to not only build the most powerful floor modeler/

multi-effects processor on the planet, we also managed to pack it

all in an extremely compact format.

Dimensions:

29 x 19 x 4.9cm

Weight:

1.95kg / 4.2lbs

Discover Users, Presets, and Neural Captures using Cortex Mobile.

Cortex Mobile

For technical issues or any problems experienced with our

hardware, please visit cortex-support.neuraldsp.com

Contact info

For information regarding Quad Cortex service centers, please visit

cortex-support.neuraldsp.com or contact support@neuraldsp.com.

Service Centers

Overview

Quad Cortex weighs 1.95kg / 4.2lbs and its

dimensions are 29 x 19 x 4.9cm.

Overview

29cm

19cm

Bottom Dimensions:

29 x 19cm / 11.4” x 7.4”

IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi

module (2.4GHz ISM band)

4x SHARC®+ & 2x ARM

Cortex-A5 cores

USB Audio Class 2.0

Compliant

29cm

19cm

Top View Dimensions:

29 x 19cm / 11.4” x 7.4”

Power Button

7” display

Volume Wheel

11 stainless steel stomp +

rotary actuators

Chassis made of anodized

aluminum

Rear View Dimensions:

29 x 4.9cm / 11.4” x 1.9”

Dual Combo Inputs: TS,

TRS, and XLR

Dual FX-loops

1/4” TRS Outputs

Capture Output

Headphones Output

XLR Outputs

MIDI In, Out/Thru

Dual Expression Inputs

USB Type-B

Power Input

(12V-3A)

2 3 4 8

9 10

6 7

29cm

4.9cm

Top View

Rear View

Bottom View (Inside)

Setting up your Quad Cortex

To turn the Quad Cortex on, connect the power cable to the input

on the back and wait for it to power up.

Tap the name of the mode currently active at the top-right of the

display or press the furthest-right footswitches on the bottom two

rows together.

Before connecting your instrument, make sure the volume wheel is

turned down.

Connect your instrument to Input 1.

Connect your studio monitors, PA, or FRFR cabinet to Outputs 1 & 2.

Alternatively, if you want to use headphones, connect them to the

Headphones output.

Quick Start

Turning on your Quad Cortex

Changing Modes

Connecting your gear

While in Preset Mode, press footswitches A-H to switch Presets.

Press the Up/Down footswitches to navigate through the Preset

banks.

Press and hold the bottom-right footswitch to activate the

Tuner.

Browsing Presets

Tuner

If you’re not sure about the

correct input/output levels,

check the I/O Settings section.

Setting up your Quad Cortex

Frequency Selector (Hz): Modies the tuner reference (440Hz by

default).

Input Selector: Determines which input the tuner will listen to

(Input 1 by default).

Global Tempo: The tempo is the same for each Preset/Scene

until you set a new tempo.

Scene Tempo: The tempo is tracked in each of the 8 Scenes. The

tempo set in each Scene is saved when the Preset is saved.

Preset Tempo: The tempo is saved when the Preset is saved.

Each Preset can have its own tempo.

Double-press the bottom-right footswitch to engage the Tap

Tempo feature. Keep pressing to modify the tempo value.

Preset

Scene

Global

TYPE

110

TEMPO [BPM]

The Tempo BPM is saved when the preset is saved. Each

preset can have its own tempo BPM.

Preset tempo

Tap Tempo Done

110

DoneTuner

-50 +50

INPUT

Input 1

440

FREQ[Hz]

Tap Tempo

Setting up your Quad Cortex

We call the screen where you can add blocks to build a virtual rig

“The Grid”.

The Grid has four rows of eight virtual device block spaces. Almost

all the items on the screen can be controlled by using gestures,

rotary actuators, or dedicated commands.

Gestures and Commands

PRESET

UnsavedA1

1/2

Out

Check the Power Functions

section for more information.

To turn Quad Cortex off, press the capacitive power button

and select You can also remove the power

cable from the back of Quad Cortex.

SHUT DOWN

Main Menu: Touch the upper-right corner of The Grid to access the

Main Menu.

Swipe down from the top of the screen to access the I/O Settings

screen.

Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to access Gig View.

The Grid

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