Footswitch Combination to Trigger Quick Access Menu (Swipe Up Emulation)

Quad Cortex Feature Requests
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It would be very useful to have a way to trigger the Quick Access Menu (the swipe-up gesture on the touchscreen) without touching the display.

Suggestion:

  • Pressing footswitches A + E simultaneously could emulate the swipe-up action.

Benefits:

  • Faster access during live performance.

  • Hands-free navigation, no need to bend down.

  • Keeps workflow consistent between foot and touch control.

Optionally, this could be configurable in Global Settings so users can pick their preferred footswitch combo.

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Splitting hairs here, but the swipe up gesture brings up Gig View. Is this what you mean?

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Also, this request for turning Gig View on after startup is gaining popularity recently:

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Yes!!! I had to get a Morningstar Mc8 to toggle gig view, scene / hybrid. They can use the tap temp / tuner switch to add this feature

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Pressing footswitches A + E simultaneously to trigger gig view seems risky IMO.

Your proposed method of switching to Gig View this way could be dangerous: a slight misstep might trigger preset A and/or E instead. That’s the last thing you’d want happening live on stage. The people I know that own a QC generally don’t like to have to press multiple footswitches for exactly this reason.

Since every other switch already has a critical function tied to sound, I’d suggest a safer alternative: extend the functionality of the tuner footswitch.

  • Single press the tuner footswitch → a screen appears asking what you’d like to see:

    • Tuner
    • Tempo screen
    • Gig view
    • Grid view
    • I/O settings
    • Looper X
    • Switch mode (preset/scene/hybrid)
    • etc…

    You can make your selection using the footswitches A-H

Advantages:

  • No-risk option → no possible preset switches etc
  • All current functionality stays the same
    • Press and hold shows tuner directly and mutes the signal
    • Multiple taps shows the tap tempo screen and allows to set tempo
  • Possibility to engage LooperX (even if it is not on the preset as a block) → As far as I know there is no way to engage the Looper X at the moment without using the touch screen. I might be wrong though!?
  • A platform to open additional, future screens…

This approach feels far less risky in my opinion.

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I agree with you. Seems to be better and more open to activate functionality like looper etc etc.

Is this something we can propose in some way?
I am new to QC and also to the forum…

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Actually, my need is to choose when to show the grid, when to show the scene mode without swiping up but via a footswitch (if I am playing I cannot take my hands off)

Not only at the startup

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I’m only pointing out that these are related. I agree that toggling Gig View without swiping up is useful.

Ultimately, the bigger goal is to be able to reorder the QC’s footswitches to do anything that users want. Highly requested feature, but it’s been so long with very little movement in that direction that a lot of folks have given up talking about it.

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Since there’s been no indication that we’ll see expanded switching functionalities it’s worth exploring the workarounds. Probably the most simple way to add that function is with the midi-loopback jumper hack where you can assign that screen to open via footswitch or XP by just connecting the QC midi to itself with one cable. The more expensive route is to use an external midi controller