Using Amps With Quad Cortex

Using Amps With Quad Cortex | Live Tones

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00:00 - Intro
03:17 - The Rig
07:37 - Rigged For This Video
08:55 - Patches and Tones
15:33 - Baritone Patches and Tones
18:32 - Master Volume
19:48 - Summary
Video edited by John Hollingworth
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@andertons 2 күн бұрын

Sounds absolutely incredible man!! Loving the whole Vower thing 🤘🤘🤘

@user-by6eb6zo7g Күн бұрын

Amazing how much presence and clarity the cabs add. I was never sold on modelers and cabs together with a real power amp, but this blend sounds great

@stevemaass3074 2 күн бұрын

I’m a new QC owner, so this was a clear and fascinating explanation. Thanks, Bea.

@BobSince1981 8 сағат бұрын

Same 🙌🏻

@JarickL 2 күн бұрын

Loving my QC. I’ve had all the other modelers and this one is so fun and easy to use and the amps sound killer. Finally started capturing my pedals this week and it’s super easy and sounds great.

@StupidGuitar 2 күн бұрын

This is so great. Thanks Rabea

@herbfowler8046 2 күн бұрын

Looking forward to downloading these to my QC and playing around with them. Thanks, as always, for being so very awesome.

@TheOut1awTorn 2 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for the video Rabea! Amazing! Keep up the top notch work! Its so appreciated and I look forward to seeing Vower on tour soon :D.

@PaulWarrenMusic 2 күн бұрын

Nice Rabea! This gives me lots of cool ideas!

@Eddy-tx9wn Күн бұрын

Brilliant run down of your rig! Thanks for the time spent on it!

@bogg4n 2 күн бұрын

Man, you always make great tones. Nice rig and rundown!

@SlyRyFry 2 күн бұрын

Thanks a ton! I've been looking for this kind of info

@vincentbourely71 16 сағат бұрын

11:04 very Deftones's vibe. I love it, like all the presets. Impressive as usual, i can't wait to download them all ! Thank you

@dibpower 2 күн бұрын

This is a really nice content, dude!

@mr8r3nd0 Күн бұрын

Cant wait to download them dude, sounds absolutly killer.

@dalibins 2 күн бұрын

Im gald Im not the only one who adjusts the master volume knob with their foot.

@Christian.Means. 2 күн бұрын

Very excited for the upcoming release bro! Really loving the two singles. 🤟😁

@youknowhuwitis 2 күн бұрын

I love seeing you play your signature Ernie Ball, Rabea. Beautiful guitar and those were some very nice sounds indeed!!!

@eskilseter 14 сағат бұрын

Loving the sound of those IRs; much more open and airy than your mic'd sound, which is usually not the case.

@christophermcclelland1556 Күн бұрын

Also. Worth noting you can get the same effect with a good power amp and 2x12 cab. I run a Duncan power stage onto my 2x12 zilla fatboy and it sounds absolutely epic

@thunderbirdcalls Күн бұрын

Huge fan of these sounds and this talk. Really getting into the post-punk meets hardcore and shred.

@sothisisadulting 2 күн бұрын

No disrespect, but stop building such incredible sounding rigs and gorgeous guitars. I can't afford being subscribed lol

@fabschinko6900 2 күн бұрын

Now I need a full video on that baritone tuning 🔥

@JoshCastleTCM Күн бұрын

Can't wait for this to appear on the Cloud!

@rayz5508 2 күн бұрын

James is the MAN!

@Parariddle Күн бұрын

Great video dude I am doing similar with less tonal mastery, one output to FOH with IR and One Out to a Blackstar Amped 1 into a 1x12 cab. Its awesome! Loving Vower, roll on the 8th July!

@Williamstanway Күн бұрын

I can't stop listening to Vower mate , such a fantastic band , I'm a h7ge black peaks fan , so it's a perfect progression from that band , with added Rabbea-isms , the vocals are fucking sick aswell , love them

@christophermcclelland1556 Күн бұрын

Ok. Put this on the cloud. Thankssss

@MRxr400 Күн бұрын

i agree with cabs on stage, much more inspiring than just an in ear monitoring of your guitar. in this video, i feel the mic'd tone for me is more powerful, cutting and clearer string separation/definition and would sit better in a mix.

@lycancatt4248 Күн бұрын

funny enough, the thing that stood out to me in this video was the room verb on the drums in the single previews! haha the things audio nerds hone in on..good tones as usual though!

@AngusClarkGTR Күн бұрын

Great setup! I’m doing a very similar setup using an FM3 for fly dates with the Ultimate Queen Celebration. We just backline a pair of AC30’s which I run in stereo either using the fx return or a Seymour Duncan stereo power block. (older ac30 models don’t have an fx loop)

@msi1985 7 сағат бұрын

You know it seems the quad cortex works well no matter where you put it. Personally I've kind of fallen in love with just using a 1000 watt FRFR seems to work well for both bass and most guitar work from what I have found. Now I kind of just show up with my paddle board which is self-powered, along with the FRFR and my guitar.

@DaltPlaysGuitar 2 күн бұрын

Making me feel like a peasant when I show up with my super crush and like 4 pedals 😂 super cool rig and video!

@drummingmuppet Күн бұрын

Those amps sound killer! I totally get the direct to foh (we do it also) but I reckon you should do a live blend of amps and direct… it’ll be sweet! So much air movement out of the cabs… love it!

@mydayis5 Күн бұрын

After watching this I’m wondering why the hell I’ve never tried delay in front of overdriven amps!! Sounded amazing! That’s my evening sorted.

@Jakub88317 2 күн бұрын

Great video Rebea, I can't wait for the preset on Cortex Cloud. I have a technical question for you. Doesn't it bother you that in such a configuration, the sound you hear on IEM headphones (IR) is different from the one from the speaker behind you when using the QC+AMP connection? Perhaps a better solution to get the same sound behind you as you have in IEM and PA would be a high-quality FRFR speaker? Then it would only be necessary to use the Victory capture instead of modulation. And one last question, even if you turn off the preamp in the QC, you still duplicate two power amps (quad cortex and the physical amp) - doesn't that affect the sound you hear from the speaker? Regards.

@tylerscott9329 2 күн бұрын

In every instance I preferred the micd cab sound over the direct signal. Most likely the power tubes are just adding some saturation with the high end that it just seemed to have more energy.

@jacobkaye7322 2 күн бұрын

Hugee! What a great rundown! I am curious how you dial in the thunderclaw for the fuzz tone? It sounds absolutely filthy yet has so much clarity and definition. Thanks again Bea!

@SamF-vc9gh 2 күн бұрын

Just comenting to say vower is f awesome. Hope you guys can land a opener on a tour for a big name. More big acts need to endorse bands like yours even if its just for a small leg of their tour. This is what i loved about nirvana. Kurt always put bands on their bill that had a small following/unknown. But he knew they were awesome and then they got a bigger following.

@csn-audio 18 сағат бұрын

Massive sounds! Any chance that you’ll upload the preset to the cloud? 🥹

@jasonbenjaminmusic9939 Күн бұрын

Please put your presets on the cortex cloud! Excellent video 🤟

@SkylerMills 2 күн бұрын

This is how I run too! Interesting thing is, I'm going to europe and running myself, guitar player and bass player all through the QC. Not able to have everyone do the split tho.

@frankielangford 2 күн бұрын

Oh Rabea, I love this setup so much and I’m very inspired by your sound. I'm thinking of running my rig the same way when I finally get the QC. Also what tuning is shroud?🙃

@sebastianaviles3359 2 күн бұрын

As your rig develops, are you going to include more amp models like the matchless stuff you did at sweetwater? If so, what additional considerations have to be made for the ease of foh? As always, love your work.

@davidstokarski7382 2 күн бұрын

Any chance you're willing to share these IRs? That would be killer!

@darkhorseO3 Күн бұрын

Is there going to be a full list of gigs? I missed the Varnivool gig as i didn't know about it. I live in Bexhill-on-sea so its normally Brighton or a trek up to London for gigs unless you happen to play at the De La Warr pavillion.

@Chris_Mckean 2 күн бұрын

Been running a similar setup for a year or so now, FM9 into a DSL40 Combo return, works great.

@JoshCastleTCM Күн бұрын

Edit: With running the out's into the Amps, Are you running into the returns of the VX's and just using the power amp stage? I'd imagine if it was straight into the amps it would have that "boxy" sound?

@davidyates8880 2 күн бұрын

A question, are you running the capture of your Kraken, both preamp and power amp into your physical amplifiers, or just the preamp section of the capture (if that is possible)?

@justin_obrien 22 сағат бұрын

Hey, man! great video! What kind of pedal board is that? I love how small it is

@siongunn4002 2 күн бұрын

Hey Rabea, fun vid! Glad the Vower/Karnivool shows went well! Just curious, if you're using the preamp sounds from your original Krakens in QC, why bring the mkii's to the show instead of a poweramp? (like a Seymour Duncan powerstage stereo.) Is it just for the valve power section and for fun, or is there something I might be missing. Thanks!

@RabeaMassaad 2 күн бұрын

So i plan to preamp swap between QC and MKii but also it’s for valve power through the cabs on stage ;)

@siongunn4002 2 күн бұрын

@@RabeaMassaad Very cool, thanks!

@gabrielxgtr 2 күн бұрын

Hi Bea, your first splitter, the stereo session says split but on your 2nd splitter (row 3) the stereo session says normal. What’s the difference? Cheers

@ambientcotton7066 2 күн бұрын

Are the Krakens just set to a clean channel tone, then just amplify the signal coming in from the effects loop?🤔

@midirok 2 күн бұрын

I have big issues with latency from any brand of digital equipment. I can always feel the latency difference and will never use anything digital in front of my 2555 or 71 twin rig. I’m surprised after all this time you haven’t made a video discussing latency that happens regardless of any brand of digital equipment.

@ileutur6863 Күн бұрын

Idk man, thousands of guitarists are gigging and recording all over the world with digital equipment that has latency and it doesn't seem to be much of a problem. Plus there's the extra latency that happens with adding cables, microphones and everything else in the signal chain.

@rockinrollshow1 2 күн бұрын

plz tell us what the delay settings are before the amp thanks

@slash196 2 күн бұрын

Interesting and quite noticeable difference between the mic'd cabs and direct out through the IR in terms of feeling of depth and stereo image. Did you pan the mic'd cabs left and right in the mix for this video? The direct signal is a blend of two IRs but straight down the center, whereas the cabs sound like they're hard-panned.

@SpaceBaloo 2 күн бұрын

Do you plan on uploading this preset to the Cortex cloud? Thanks!

@ChakraOver9k 2 күн бұрын

The QC is like the best amp modeler out there. The fender tone master pro seems very interesting too

@antoinelebel4504 9 сағат бұрын

Sick rig dude ! Do you turn off the power section of the amp sim on QC before hitting the power section of the kraken ? I even don't know if it's possible 🤔

@TGK_Music Сағат бұрын

Where can i get those knob covers for the QC? I need those in my life so bad, now im pressing 2 buttons with my giant boots lol

@grumhagen8385 2 күн бұрын

Victory needs to make a tube power amp head with an EQ and a four stage bright switch for modlers and pre-amp pedals, I use a vintage peavey monitor head now running into my jcm 800 bass 4x12 bottom cab with V 30's with a koch superlead tube pre-amp pedal with super low noise now, Isold my jcm 800 head.

@paulcarter105 Күн бұрын

Have you ever tried a rat in front of the kraken as a dirty boost

@davidjoel111 Күн бұрын

How are you powering the QC? Are you using the included power brick?

@karlreimann4950 2 күн бұрын

Great video Rabea, thanks! This may be a silly question but I'm just wondering how you have the analogue Krakens set up, are they just on a clean hi or low gain channel because all the tones are coming through the QC? What are the gain, treble etc. settings on the amps? Thanks again, I really love this background iinfo 👍🙏

@LordPodlington Күн бұрын

The way i took it, the preamp on the physical amp is completely bypassed so only the master volume knob actually does anything.

@Suffocation03 2 күн бұрын

Hey man, I have a question. I hope you can answer for me when you’re going out to front of house. There’s no speaker simulation. How does that work out?

@RabeaMassaad 2 күн бұрын

Hey man, I do have an IR block sent to front of house. That’s the last thing in the chain

@NeuralDSP Күн бұрын

Huge 🔥

@darkcid22 Күн бұрын

I thought this video very interesting, with my band we are planning to get a QC , we had all our shows this year played through two EVH 5150 III 50W heads with 2 4x12 cabs , this sounds massive BUT is heavy as hell, and on top of that it takes a lot of place, when we go to a gig we have to take more than one car and it became a pain in the a... for us, that's why we plan to get a QC, but just one question , even though I get the idea of having cabs onstage for the feeling of it when You play , is having just a QC through the front of house enough ? we also plan to get some in-ear system as well, i'm a bit afraid that our live sound gets less massive (The only real sound that we can ear on stage being the drums...), even if we give all the intention that we always give onstage , i'm afraid that something's gonna miss onstage ; we want the QC for being quick and light when we travel as well Cheers

@AnonymousCookie709 Күн бұрын

Hey man, not sure how often you check the comments but have you encountered any nuances going into the FX return? I find my preamp captures on the QC runs far hotter than my preamp, and running hybrid comes with an odd immediacy that the amp itself doesn’t have especially with captures of other preamps (still spongier than the QC through an IR cab, and not quite as immediate as the real thing. It’s odd). Trying to overcome somewhat with an compressor and around -8dB on the output. Running into my 6L6 V40 too, so I’d assume there’d be similarities. Bro tell me I’m not going insane.

@JuanchoMetal Күн бұрын

The Cabs sounds incredible.....the QC or the IR can't compite with the live sound....(i'm a QC user 😆)

@mbryan829 2 күн бұрын

Who makes the the pedal board you are using? I really like that tiered board and want to get something similar for my QC!

@nathanmachine- 2 күн бұрын

it looks like schmidt pedalboard

@wolvesandguitars 10 сағат бұрын

Nice!! just asking but couldnt you use a Stereo power amp?? just saying not dissing . I am dipping into the power amp realm myself.

@MrBadGrim Күн бұрын

Please please put the this in cortex cloud!!

@patrix_guitar2920 Күн бұрын

I think it's time to dust off my kraken and cab. For last 2 years only used qc direct. Are these stock v30s in your cab?

@thesteamycreamofdualjabbar6486 2 күн бұрын

Is there any reasons for using amp heads instead of a power amp for the cabinets or is it just preference?

@RabeaMassaad 2 күн бұрын

I’ll be switching between the preamp of the actual amp and preamps in QC going forward, but I didn’t have time to get it all set up before these gigs so I just wanted to show you the process starting from here

@spinaltap22 2 күн бұрын

@@RabeaMassaad Will be interesting to see what differences you can dig out between the actual amp and the models, as a potential future video idea?

@karlreimann4950 2 күн бұрын

@@RabeaMassaad Will that mean the cabs will always need to be miced because without the QC preamp on the front of house will be different depending on which preamp is taking over?

@1siriuswolf Күн бұрын

Tones as deep and wide as the grand canyon

@dylantolan1108 2 күн бұрын

I’m curious on one of the last things you said “one cable into the effects loop” is this not the 4 cable method? Sorry if it’s a dumb question lol

@LordPodlington Күн бұрын

No, 4 cable method you'll still use the amps own preamp generally, just running the modulation in the loop after it. With this the preamp is bypassed entirely so it's only using the power section.

@dylantolan1108 Күн бұрын

@@LordPodlington oh I see! so guitar into QC and then QC out straight to effects return?

@lancecraigworship 2 күн бұрын

Any chance you would upload this to the Cortex Cloud? 👀

@lancecraigworship 2 күн бұрын

Well I should have waited until the end of the video!!

@rockinrollshow1 2 күн бұрын

The light or warmth of the Sun.

@jasonbenjaminmusic9939 Күн бұрын

What IR are you using??

@vincentvandervaart8019 2 күн бұрын

So you got your stuff back I hope?

@godwithagun 2 күн бұрын

Are the victory heads just being used as a ‘power amp’ for the QC?

@RabeaMassaad 2 күн бұрын

Currently, but the plan is to do preamp swapping between QC and the MKii’s

@godwithagun 2 күн бұрын

Loving the rig!!! Cheers👍🏼 might have to get a QC haha

@BronsonBragg 2 күн бұрын

I'd trade my Halo 2 memories for a structured and organized tone-building/recording masterclass. Discovering the tone, writing with the tone, recording the tone, mixing the tone... etc etc. or like... idk... tree hunnit. whatever's clever.

@evilnudibranch 2 күн бұрын

Were it so easy...

@BronsonBragg 2 күн бұрын

@evilnudibranch Oh, it's definitely not easy; my Halo 2 memories are a high ticket item!

@darioxrl8 2 күн бұрын

What song do you use in the background

@darioxrl8 2 күн бұрын

Arrival

@zacharysmithingell5460 2 күн бұрын

"look how small it is" What he doesn't say is he's rockin size 15 (U.S.) hoofs

@ericruiz8175 Күн бұрын

By any chance does anybody know the IR hes using here?

@TheGaryHughes 2 күн бұрын

Are you on in ears as well?

@RabeaMassaad 2 күн бұрын

We are!

@russellcharlton7814 Күн бұрын

New song name easter egg drop.

@john_sandilau Күн бұрын

Where can I get your IRs from?

@AnthonyBencomo 2 күн бұрын

Be nice to see tonex, lord knows more people own that than QC

@RabeaMassaad 2 күн бұрын

Maybe so, but I’ve no interest in it. QC works much better in a live setting for me. Plus form what I can see most high level touring artists are using QC too, which suggests it’s better in that application too. But for me the workflow and overall vibe is just better for me.

@AnthonyBencomo Күн бұрын

@@RabeaMassaad that’s fair! I just meant, just to see how it sounds vs a cortex. Not necessarily using it live. It’s interesting seeing very talented musicians use gear that I can afford! To see what can be made out of a more budget option. You know?