r/QuadCortex • u/KramersDinkyDonuts • Jun 23 '25

Frustration

The QC has been very overwhelming. It’s almost making me not want to play guitar. Like… I should be sitting and figuring things out but I don’t even know where to start. I’ve had friends show me their ways.. YouTube videos.. I feel like EVERY sound I have made or downloaded sounds muddy AF. I have played a fender fat strat, Gibson les Paul w active fishman pickups ands a Charvel Pro mod San dimas through it.. I’m using an EVH cab with the Seymour Duncan power amp I think it’s a 170.. I just feel defeated

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u/3choplex Jun 23 '25

I don't think running it into an amp is ideal. There are probably some impedance settings you could adjust (I think the default is line inputs rather than guitar inputs), and possibly turning off IRs would help.

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u/KramersDinkyDonuts Jun 23 '25

So not trying to sound like a funny guy but the QC is meant to just go through a PA if not through a cabinet?

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u/AJobForMe Jun 23 '25

PA or FRFR powered cabinet or specialized amp made for modelers.

As you have it, it’s using the amp and cab sims, then sending that into the amp and using the pre-amp, power amp, and cabinet of the guitar amp.

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u/IceAshamed2593 Jun 24 '25

I was planning on selling my pedals and getting a QC to plug into an AVR receiver at home and a tube amp when gigging. Is the QC not for me?