Feature request:
Being able to copy a block and paste it anywhere is great however there is no easy way to erase the clipboard other than copying a blank block or re-booting. Many times you cannot add a block to a chain (even in another preset) if the CPU usage says there is not enough CPU to paste the clipboard itemwhen all you wish to do is add a block (not the clipboard item.) My appogies if this has been discussed elsewhere as I cannot seem to locate it. Best to all!
Hello and welcome to the forum. Hereās my understanding of what your situation:
Is that accurate?
Seems like you just have a preset with too high of CPU usage to add another block. Doesnāt seem like itās an issue with the copy/paste functionā¦..
Agreed, this is expected behavior when the DSP is past a threshold.
Hello and thanks much for your welcome,
I do understand that you cannot paste into a preset that is close to āfullā . My issue is that lets say I copied a Capture from this or another preset and it is on the clipboard. Then let say I wanted to place a low CPU intensive block (like Gain for example) into the existing preset I was working on. Normally you can āsqueezeā in a low CPU intensive block into the chain however because the clipboard has the ālargeā Capture āon itā it will not let me place a block anywhere in the chain. I simply would like to āclear/eraseā the clipboard. I do understand that it is helpfull to be able to copy and paste from preset to preset. Somewhere I read that one solution is to copy a āblank blockā. Of course you cannot do that when a preset is close to or āfullā (CPU usage wise) and you try to copy a blank block again the unit says "Not enought CPU to place the block. Perhaps I will try going to a blank preset and try to place and copy a āblankā block. Thanks again for you kind welcome. Maybe I am missing something as I am rather new to QC coming from Helix and Tonex (I own both). Helix Ui is fantastic and intunitive but the amps do not stack up against QC (IMHO). I used to lug around a 2x12 power cab with the Helix. Although it sounded pretty good, I had to run a 85ā AES cable from the stage to the back where the amps are. It was a PITA and hard on the āol back. The QC fits on a small pedalboard. Thanks again for you kind welcome.
Well that was a long answer! 
Thanks and see my long answer to DiffractionCircuit.
Thanks and see my omewhat long reply to DiffractionCircuit. Appreciate your thoughts!
If this is an actual behavior of the QC (need to confirmā¦) the solution would not be to be able to clear the clipboard. It would be to allow inserting low-CPU blocks even if the copied block is a high-CPU one. Right? Also, what does it mean to ācopy a blank blockā?
Yes you are correct and it woul,d be nixe to be able to do that however each time you attempt to place a block it is expecting you to use what is on the clipboard (and of course I do not want to do that). Hope this helps clarify. Honestly I have not been able to copy a āblank blockā. Thanks!
Kind of confused here since when you select a blank area on a lane, there is a whole menu of blocks to choose from. Not just the option to paste whatever you copied. Really not sure what the bug or issue isā¦
There is a such thing as a āblank blockā but Iām assuming you mean a low cpu block?
Trying to determine if thereās a legitimate bug. @Studioguy57, can you share the high-CPU preset youāre working with?
Hello! You are correct in that you can normally chose a block however when you have a large CPU usage block on the clipboard and you try to place any block in a lane, the message says that there is ānot enough CPU to Paste. The issue is I do not want to paste what is currently on the clipboard (in my example a CPU intensive Capture). I just wish to insert another ālow CPUā block in a lane NOT what is on the clipboard. I have proved this by re-booting and placing another ālow CPUā block into the preset I was reffering to. I did not get that CPU message. In this case it would be nice to have an option to āerase/deleteā what is on the clipboard. That is all I am refering to. I do not think there is any bug. There is just no option to do so. The only way to clear the clipboard I have found is to re-boot.
Iāve run into the message about not being able to paste something, but Iāve always been able to just select a different type of block from the menu that also appears. Same for when I donāt want to paste a block, but have one copied from a previous selection.
Okay, something is off here. You two are talking past each other. @Studioguy57, please send us a preset youāre using, and/or send us a video of what youāre seeing.
This is beyond just having the request to erase the clipboardāwe need to get on the same page and determine if we have a bug. My QC is away from home at the moment; Iāll check once I can get back home later this week.
Hello,
In review I am starting to think there may be a bug. Here is the preset I was working on and tried to paste a capture from another preset this morning. 70% CPU. Would not allow me. YES I could select another functional block from the menu and NOT paste from the clipboard but why at 70% CPU could I place the SAME Capture from the menu plus more blocks and not the capture that was stored on the clipboard.?
Here is the same preset successfully placing the same Capture from the menu as well as more blocks in the same lane: Guysā¦. thanks for all your thoughts and help here. It is not really a big deal. As an EE I thought adding a bit more code to add a āErase the clipboardā option in the āthree dot menuā would not be a big deal. Today operation seems to be different as I was ABLE to select another block from the menu without issue (like you kind folks insisted could be done). The only issue (Today) was trying to paste the capture from the clipboard. Forget this āblank blockā nonsense. Whomever posted that took an Ai pill
Thanks again.
Important thing to remember about the QCās architecture: top two rows in the grid, and global EQ, use 2 out of the 4 processor cores. Bottom two rows in the grid use the other 2 processor cores. In other words, you have 50% of the total available CPU to use in the top 2 rows, and 50% in the bottom 2 rows.
Your preset might be at 70% CPU overall, so there should be enough CPU to add more blocks, but if the top or the bottom is approaching the 50% mark, it will prevent you from adding more there.
Yes got it thanks! As an experiment with the chain I posted I was able to paste the capture on the top rows. Just strange that I could not paste it yet could use the same capture from the menu and it āfitā . I try to hold onto enough CPU to keep the input gate and Global EQ functional. I switch from Gretsch to Tele to Baritone and it is nice to have the EQ options so I dont drive the FOH guy crazy. It is also cool that it lets you know that Gate and EQ will not be avilable. Some presets I have built have many, many blocks. More than I would have thought possible. I appreciate your thoughts. Thx.
Aside noteā¦I have purchased a number of third party captures (packs, etc) and have some opinion and some āheads upā thoughts. As I am new I do not really know where to post these. Do you have any suggestions?
The search function in this forum is your best friend. 
Iād say the main Quad Cortex category should be fine.
