I now understand the draw for the Quad Cortex. Even though I haven't done a live gig yet, it still sounds like a very useful tool in the studio. Sounds very good. Thanks for sharing your rig, man.
Sounds cool man. BTW just wanted to let you know in case you don't know. If you press and hold the input 1 at the very beginning of the signal chain built-in noise gate will appear. So you can save a slot in your signal chain. Cheerz!
I cannot stress enough how great the pitch shifter is, I end up playing worship at my local church and I use the quad cortex, Because we have so many singers, we change keys on the songs a ton, which is gonna require me having to try and account for that with the way i play the songs, the pitch shifter has allowed me to pitch the guitar up or down how many semitones needed to be in the right key, and no one was any wiser to what I was doing. I love it.
@@sb632 i agree they just pair very well together. This guitar has had so many pickups in it, and I think the two times it's had emgs in it is when i've liked it the most.
Sseeing you live in Houston, makes videos like this one most interesting. Quad Cortex is definitely on my radar for my practice studio, above POD GO. Your demo is very real and helpful. (And the Sennheiser note is good, too.) You were running through all boxes and showing settings. That was to me the most helpful demo of the QC. Thanks for great vid! And I would love to see more info on how the Pitch Shift function compares to a Whammy pedal.
Hell yeah man, to my ears the EVH amps are without a doubt the best sounding models in the QC for high gain tones, but I'm totally biased. Before I had my QC I had owned all 3 versions of the 5153, the OG, the EL34, and the 6L6 stealth, but then I sold most of my rig for a QC. When I got it and started playing around with it, I genuinely had no idea the EVH models were in there and when I started using them I was blown away. If I did a blindfold test I would not be able to tell which were the real amps and which were the models. I love running the blue channel models with the tubescreamer and running the red channels without any tubescreamer, they sound so huge and tight, and gained out they don't even need it tbh
Ray, this is the most in depth that I've personally looked into the Quad Cortex. You sir have peaked my interest. I will be seriously going down the rabbit hole now!
I now understand the draw for the Quad Cortex. Even though I haven't done a live gig yet, it still sounds like a very useful tool in the studio. Sounds very good. Thanks for sharing your rig, man.
Glad it was helpful! i appreciate you!
Sounds cool man. BTW just wanted to let you know in case you don't know. If you press and hold the input 1 at the very beginning of the signal chain built-in noise gate will appear. So you can save a slot in your signal chain.
Cheerz!
This is good to really see how stuff is made to help out with tone in general better
Hey thanks dude! Yeah even if someone doesnt use the QC this is still helpful
I cannot stress enough how great the pitch shifter is, I end up playing worship at my local church and I use the quad cortex, Because we have so many singers, we change keys on the songs a ton, which is gonna require me having to try and account for that with the way i play the songs, the pitch shifter has allowed me to pitch the guitar up or down how many semitones needed to be in the right key, and no one was any wiser to what I was doing. I love it.
Sounds great! Also like your relaxed attitude with the and gear, seems like a very mature way of looking at it :)
i appreciate you dude
Bro what pick up is in the bridge on that Les Paul? It may be my favorite sounding guitar in your whole collection right now.
just the tried and true emg 81
@@xanderraymondcharles hell yeah man. Something about EMGs and Les Paul's. They just work
@@sb632 i agree they just pair very well together. This guitar has had so many pickups in it, and I think the two times it's had emgs in it is when i've liked it the most.
Sseeing you live in Houston, makes videos like this one most interesting. Quad Cortex is definitely on my radar for my practice studio, above POD GO. Your demo is very real and helpful. (And the Sennheiser note is good, too.) You were running through all boxes and showing settings. That was to me the most helpful demo of the QC. Thanks for great vid!
And I would love to see more info on how the Pitch Shift function compares to a Whammy pedal.
Sounds killer brother, friendly reminder #101 that I want to try to add bass to one of your tracks
Absolutely love that Goldtop LP bud. Great tones too 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks! I did it myself
I’ll save that tone for our next lesson whenever that’ll be lol
Sounds like a plan my man!
Curious why the EQ is after delay and reverb? Just noticed while sifting through the video quickly.
Was not expecting the Stupify part. Sounded nice though.
Just bought a QC and this vid was good inspiration, cheers!
Amazing! Which power amp are you using?
What amp and cabinet do you use for your onstage sound?
What amp and cabinet do you use for your onstage sound?
very useful, earned yourself a sub 🤘
sounds brutal! 🔥🎸🤘💀🤘🎸🔥
I agree
Are you enjoying qc more than the axe fx man ? Does it sound better ?
Stupify!!
how long have you had that goldtop?
well ive had this guitar for about 6 years, but i made it a goldtop myself ;)
Hell yeah man, to my ears the EVH amps are without a doubt the best sounding models in the QC for high gain tones, but I'm totally biased. Before I had my QC I had owned all 3 versions of the 5153, the OG, the EL34, and the 6L6 stealth, but then I sold most of my rig for a QC. When I got it and started playing around with it, I genuinely had no idea the EVH models were in there and when I started using them I was blown away. If I did a blindfold test I would not be able to tell which were the real amps and which were the models. I love running the blue channel models with the tubescreamer and running the red channels without any tubescreamer, they sound so huge and tight, and gained out they don't even need it tbh
Is that an emg in the bridge? I’ve been thinking of putting an emg zakk wykde set in my lp but im not sure, you recommend?
Yo man, why don't u Upload ur live preset and Share with us? hihihihi
Ray, this is the most in depth that I've personally looked into the Quad Cortex. You sir have peaked my interest. I will be seriously going down the rabbit hole now!
mark tremonti in a video said his tube screamer settings for lead only. he runs the gain maxed out, level maxed out and tone at the lowest.
Great tone! Is it available on Cortex Cloud?
I see you are using the Van Halen strap lock.
Can you share your preset for the quad cortex?
Cool, Ray! If it sounds good, it is good!
Another great video 🔥🔥🤘
That’s a mean tone.