# Global EQ and Input Gate were automatically disabled

**URL:** <https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/global-eq-and-input-gate-were-automatically-disabled/22458>\
**Category:** Quad Cortex\
**Tags:** quad-cortex\
**Created:** [June 16, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/global-eq-and-input-gate-were-automatically-disabled/22458 "2026-06-16T01:19:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DiffractionCircuit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/diffractioncircuit/32/3793_2.png) [@DiffractionCircuit](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/DiffractionCircuit)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/global-eq-and-input-gate-were-automatically-disabled/22458/2 "2026-06-16T13:34:03Z")

</div>

Hello and welcome,

The QC, having four processing cores, splits the processing as two cores for the top two rows on the grid, and two cores for the bottom two rows on the grid.

The global EQ and input gate are processed on the same cores as the top two rows. If you fill up those top rows with too many blocks (or too much CPU used there), then CorOS will disable the ability to use global EQ.

In your example, looks like you may be able to shift your parallel amp + cab setup to the bottom two rows. This may free up enough CPU in the top rows for the global EQ to be available.

---

_[View the full topic](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/global-eq-and-input-gate-were-automatically-disabled/22458)._