QC's send and return patching. pro's & con's, benifits & limitations

Hello all. I’m new to the amp modeling world and this forum so my apologies if my question has already been asked and answered. I am building a Temple Audio pedalboard and going to be relying on whatever effects are available to me from my new Quad Cortex, the Cortex Cloud and a Dunlop X8 Vol/Exp pedal. However, one addition I think will be useful from the getgo would be the Boss GE7 EQ Pedal. I realize that the QC has a few different EQ’s to choose from but fiquired the GE7 would be a good fit for when my overall guitar tone could use some quick tweeking due to room acoustics etc. Thinking it’s much quicker to give a bump or two to any frequencies that are lacking or abundant. To my question: - For my purposes, is it best to patch the GE7 through the QC’s send and return or is there a better way? I have read some threads expressing issues with running their pedals through the loop. I appreciate any advice.

I use an FX loop for external pedals. QC amp tones and my pedals work well together.

In your case, an advantage gained is that you can choose where on the grid the FX loop is inserted; before or after the amp, after a cab, or other effects, etc. And you can save this per preset.

Just know that the send and return levels are different (hotter) than you would expect, so you may need to dial those in accordingly. I don’t know the exact numbers, but others can confirm.