A preset is a rig. A scene is a snapshot of that rig. A mode decides which of the two your feet are switching between. Almost every “why did my sound change” question is a mode question.
Each of A–H loads a different preset.
Best forSets where each song needs a genuinely different rig — different amp, different cab, different everything.
Trade-offPreset changes reload the whole signal chain. This is where switching gaps come from.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0Each 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 are locked inside one preset. Eight scenes is your ceiling until you change preset.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0Each 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 4.0.0Splits 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 4.0.0Change mode with BANK DOWN + TEMPO. That combo is printed on the chassis — Neural drew a bracket between the two switches reading + MODE +. It is the only combo the hardware tells you about.
Scenes recall parameter values inside a rig that is already loaded, so there is nothing to load and nothing to wait for. Presets swap the whole rig. Building the verse, chorus and solo of one song as three presets is the single most common cause of audible switching gaps — and the fix is free.
Scenes recall parameter values inside a rig that is already loaded, so there is nothing to load. If your set has audible dropouts between parts of the same song, you are using presets where scenes would do.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0Whatever scene you were on when you saved, the preset opens on A. Build your default sound as Scene A rather than assuming the unit remembers where you left it.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0Scenes 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 StagingAcross all setlists.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0Plus the Factory setlist and My Presets.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0A through H. Every new preset starts on Scene A.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0Each converted to 48 kHz and 1,024 samples on upload.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0 · Quad Cortex Wiki: FAQDrops to 2 when HYBRID mode is combined with PRESET.
Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0A stripped-back display showing preset and scene names large enough to read while standing up.
Footswitch access to Gig View arrived in CorOS 4.0.0. On older firmware the swipe is the only way in.
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 updates