Neural DSP Quad Cortex 'USER GUIDE' // 20+ MINUTES of Tones, Insights, and Strategies for YOU!

NEURAL DSP QUAD CORTEX 'USER GUIDE' CHAPTERS
0:00 MAIN INTRO // Overview + Micro Demos
2:40 USER INTERFACE // Key Features
4:56 CORTEX CAPTURE // Jose Arredondo Modded Marshall
6:59 ONE PRESET GIG // Mapping Scenes Around One Amp Algorithm + FX
9:37 TELECASTER + LONESTAR // Clean Tones
10:55 GRETSCH + AC30 // Create Perfect Presets by Using Scenes to A/B Components
12:45 P BASS + AMPEG FLIP-TOP // Bassics
13:57 ACOUSTASONIC JAZZMASTER + JC-120 // No Preamp, No Problem
15:20 PRS PIEZO + JC-120 + Modulated Reverb // Got Piezo?
16:45 MAKING IT LOUD // Seymour Duncan Powerstage 700 + Celestion FR/LR Speakers = 700 Watts of Fun with the Dual Outputs on the PRS SE II Hollowbody and the Fender American Acoustasonic Jazzmaster

[ricksmusicroom]

That Aucoustasonic solo could have easily got me choked up if I let it...an absolutely fantastic musician. Great job once again Mr Doppler. 🤙🏼 🙌🏼 🙏🏼 🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[nielslindquist]

Finally! My search is over.. Amazing guide and demo.. And I love your energy and what skills!! Well done. Greetings from Copenhagen, Denmark

[lukather]

It’s the legend that is a Doug ! Great to see and hear you pal ! 😎

[mriamnathanjohnson]

I’m barely in on the video and I just have to comment. The way you speak and how you convey everything is so refreshing. Thanks for being just a normal easy to listen to YT creator in a world full of bozos!

[taylormesa]

BEST QC demo hands down! Well done Doug, cheers!!

[Bolle]

finally some clean tones! thank you so much! great demo

[sergejkrynycky]

Fantastic playing man! And great video. :)

[r.llynch]

Thanks for the nod to the GOAT, EVH. Very nice to the point overview. This thing is insanely easy to use and sounds stellar as does your playing skills. I signed up for your captures too. lickin my chops for the Jose mod Marshall and vibroverb captures. I played a 64 verb few years back and WOW! The great SRV also owned and used a 64 verb for recording. Looks like a delay in US shipping for few more weeks. BUMMER!!.

[worshiptutorials]

Best Marshall tone ever on the Jose modded Marshall? Probably...

[ryanschuler]

Great video! This is some of the best sounds that I have heard from the quad cortex.

[josuastangl]

Oh my god that was a great video, massive tones and top notch playing!
Can't wait till I get mine!

[SomeDudeDan]

Can’t wait to try out that Jose modded Marshall on the QC! Great video, thank you for your work, keep rockin’ 🤘

[GregWilson]

You're my kind of nerd, subscribed. Would love to see some more tips on setting up presets and scenes for live use.

[poulwinther]

Frankly you should always have more (solid state) amp power than speaker capacity as it's amp distortion that will blow your speakers. Awesome demo, thanks!

[FLdb-wjwc]

I'm using two line 6 powercabs 112. The speaker modeling is better than the cab modeling or irs in modelers. I don't have to use any cab blocks in the modelers and it sounds great. I have to keep the powercabs at a little less than half volume for gigs. I wish i could turn it up more. I have a QC on order but I'm getting impatient because I'm playing alot and might get the full Helix instead. I really like the scribble strips. I want to see which button does what. I never thought i would go digital but after gigging with an HX Stomp (borrowed) i am sold. Sounds great and i have musician friends that are against modeling and they came and saw me and said " wow it sounds great" they also said " i hate that you're using that digital s***. I was also an amp snob. I saw a couple good guitar players using modelers and it sounded soo frikin good, i had to try one. I a/b with my amps at home. I like both about the same but the modeler is so much more versatile. Actually i get better lead tones out of the modeler.

[BigRalphN]

I will definitely be getting your captured once they get a pay system set up. While you found a work around I do hope they add a preamp or two in the amp section. I suppose one could be captured as well. I also hope the Worship Tutorial guys make a few presets. I know they should get theirs real soon and will have it before mine comes from Sweetwater. Of course if the pay system is not up I will have to spend time to make my own. I am perfectly capable, I have made a bunch for the Helix, but I tend to do things at my pace. I am overly picky. Lol. The Tom Scholz of patch making.

[MightyFineGuitarsLafayette]

Great stuff! Now it's just a matter of actually laying hands on a QC, which has been on order since the end of June. Yargh.

[firecrackersmile]

Hey, Doug! Just joined (admittedly been lurking for a long time), and have been a QC user almost 2 years - still learning how dial things in! So many rabbit holes. After watching this and trying to find something in YouTube that addresses it unsuccessfully), I thought maybe you could help…
I’d like to know best practices for setting up a dual amp set up and blending them - similar to what Dean DeLeo does with a Vox AC30 and another amp run with light and heavy overdrives/distortion in the QC.

I hope to hear from you on this!
✌🏼
Darryl

[michaelpal]

Well done video-But without any Marshall/Soldano stack-could the QC be used thru a Bose PA system-the whole point is to "Not" purchase a stack of amps and then add a pedal board-Have some friends that are saying this is an impractical use for the QC?

So-How do you play live with the QC without the use of any physical cabinets/heads? I want to go direct from the QC into a Bose L1 system- Pros & Cons for this setup if anyone could comment. Thank you.

[jeffhuehn]

Excellent walkthrough Doug! I'm anxiously waiting for my QC (Tier 2 preorder) so every little bit of info I can get before it gets here is valuable. I've got an early 1990's Marshall JCM 900 Lead 1936 2x12 Cabinet with (I think) G12T-75 speakers that I've never really been in love with. Do you think it would be worth it to replace those speakers with either F12M-150 or F12-X200 speakers to create an FRFR cab for use with the QC and some kind of power amp or would I be throwing good money after bad? Looking forward to your Celestion videos. Thanks!