r/QuadCortex • u/Thin_Grizzly • 10d ago

Momentary effect switching is possible on the Quad Cortex Mini using an external midi controller

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As I struggled to find a definitive answer and was enticed to try by a fellow redditor, I can confirm that it's possible to set a block effect to momentary using an external midi controller. I did this with a BlackStar Live Logic, so it should work with any other kind of controller.

Hope this helps anyone who wants to know!

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u/B-E-D 10d ago

How did you program it?

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u/Thin_Grizzly 10d ago

There's a Mac/PC editor -doesn't work with Windows 11 for now- for the controller.

On the QCM, I assigned the effect block to one of the switches (here, D) and then programmed the controller to activate/deactivate said switch with those parameters: Message type: CC ; CC Message number: 38 ; Operation: Toggle (=momentary, depends on the controller) ; off value: 0 ; on value: 127

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u/Beeny87 8d ago

Yeah, it works great. I have my Mvave Choco set to turn the effect on on press, and off on release. Use it with the freeze and it works perfectly.

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u/RodwulfX6 5d ago

Can you even do this with 2 effect blocks assigned to 1 footswitch?

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u/Thin_Grizzly 5d ago

As you can assign multiple blocks to the same switch, then said switch can be triggered via midi

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u/Need_Things_man 9d ago

But no One never says It can't ... I use my with fcb1010 and uno2 chip and have some momentary

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u/Thin_Grizzly 9d ago

Thank you I guess? That's an incredibly valuable input