# Pulsating preset name

**URL:** <https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/pulsating-preset-name/12851>\
**Category:** Quad Cortex\
**Created:** [December 14, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/pulsating-preset-name/12851 "2023-12-14T02:29:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Roxy1964](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Roxy1964](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/Roxy1964)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/pulsating-preset-name/12851/1 "2023-12-14T02:29:52Z")

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Hello everyone I have been tearing my hair out trying to figure out what happened while trying to setup my scenes. I have a couple distorted and clean presets that I have been toggling back and forth with the foot switches on the right right side of the unit and I created 5 effects presets for live use in my band and I was successful in getting them in the scene mode however in the process of completing this task i have lost the ability scroll with the foot switches on the unit as I did before and now the fonts of the presets are pulsating any help is greatly appreciated

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**Author:** ![BenM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/benm/32/3468_2.png) [@BenM](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/BenM)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/pulsating-preset-name/12851/3 "2023-12-14T17:28:10Z")

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Sounds like you are in ‘Preset’ mode instead of ‘Scene’ or ‘Stomp’ mode.  
When you are in ‘Preset’ mode , the ‘Up’ and ‘Down’ knob don’t switch immediately to the selected preset but instead the Preset name ‘blinks’ .

Please refer to the page 51 of the Quad Cortex 2.1.0 manual ( [https://downloads.neuraldsp.com/file/quad-cortex/Quad%20Cortex%20User%20Manual%202.1.0.pdf](https://downloads.neuraldsp.com/file/quad-cortex/Quad%20Cortex%20User%20Manual%202.1.0.pdf) )

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**Author:** ![MayPRS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/mayprs/32/5344_2.png) [@MayPRS](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/MayPRS)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/pulsating-preset-name/12851/4 "2023-12-14T17:30:50Z")

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My thoughts exactly! When I tried the QC for the first time yesterday I had that “pulsating” preset name - I then read the manual and found out its by design, not a bug or issue.

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**Author:** ![MP\_Mod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@MP\_Mod](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/MP_Mod)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/pulsating-preset-name/12851/5 "2023-12-14T18:44:29Z")

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I misread what the OP stated and agree with what everyone else is stating.

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**Author:** ![tjbassoon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/tjbassoon/32/3363_2.png) [@tjbassoon](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/tjbassoon)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/pulsating-preset-name/12851/6 "2023-12-15T02:39:20Z")

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I might suggest that you read this feature request, which IMO would fix the unintuitive way preset mode is handled.

> [@Don't Exit Gig View in Preset Mode](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/dont-exit-gig-view-in-preset-mode/7475/6):
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> Would have made far more sense to create this as a bug than as a feature request. It would be much more likely to be addressed that way.