Specifications
Every number, with the source attached. Where the bare figure misleads — four outputs that are really two pairs, an IR count that hides a conversion — the line says so.
- 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 unit - 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.
Gridleak: read off the unit
- 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
- 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
- Inputs
- 2 × combo XLR / TRSGridleak: read off the unit · 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 unit · 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 unit · Quad Cortex Wiki: Gain Staging - Headphones
- ¼″ TRS, up to 300 ΩQuad Cortex product page · Gridleak: read off the unit
- MIDI
- In, and a switchable Thru / OutGridleak: read off the unit · Quad Cortex User Manual 4.0.0
- Expression
- 2 × TRS
Assignments are per-preset. There is no global expression assignment.
Gridleak: read off the unit · 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 unit - Power
- 12 VDC, 3 A
Mains only. Most pedalboard supplies cannot deliver 3 A on one outlet.
Gridleak: read off the unit · 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.
- Community
- Reported by owners. Corroboration, not a primary spec.
- Our reading
- Our interpretation, not something Neural DSP states.
- Unverified
- We could not confirm this, or sources disagree.