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Every control on an interactive top panel — all eleven footswitches, the rotary encoders nobody mentions, and the combos worth memorising.

Every jack on an interactive rear panel, including the USB Type B connector, the 6 dB TS penalty, and the three jacks that never light up.

The free desktop editor, what plugins need to run on the hardware, and the Wi-Fi settings that actually make Cortex Cloud reliable.

Every published number, with a source on each line and a note wherever the bare figure misleads.

Four rows, two paths, 32 slots — and why the CPU meter is not the limit that actually stops you adding a block.

Five stages in order, and the resolution of the two pieces of advice that have been presented as rival opinions for years.

The INST LEVEL versus IN LEVEL distinction that governs everything, and the level conventions that make captures sit alongside Neural's own models.

What A–H do in each mode, why scenes switch without a gap, and how to reach Gig View.

Symptom, cause, fix — including the eight entries that turn out to be documented behaviour rather than faults.

What each release changed, dated. Several things in this guide don't exist on older firmware.

The claims published sources conflict on, and what we concluded — listed rather than silently resolved.

Grid, path, scene, setlist, capture, INST LEVEL, Global Bypass, PCOM — plain definitions, with why each matters here.