Quad Cortex FX Loop clarification

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I have a Quad Cortex and a Chase Bliss Mood Mk II.

I want to use the Mood in the FX loop of the quad cortex. The mood has a stereo TRS input and output.

Can I use a single TRS cable in the quad cortex FX loop 1 (or 2) to achieve this? Or do I need to get a splitter and run both FX loop 1 and 2 over TS into a splitter that combines into a single TRS signal for the mood?

In other words, do the FX loops support 2 independent stereo FX loops with TRS cables?

On a side question: if I have an expression pedal running to the quad cortex, can I somehow have that same pedal control the mood? E.g. can I use any of the outputs on the QC to control expression on external pedals?

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Both QC FX Loops are balanced mono. So if you want stereo in and out, you will need to use both together.

I’m not 100% sure, but I believe NDSP confirmed that they will always be mono and cannot be upgraded to stereo in future.

The expression part - if the Mood takes midi, then you can do it that way, but there is no kind of expression output from the QC.

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Each FX Loop is mono. It’s at the hardware level–each send has one DAC and each return has one ADC.

For a single loop to be full stereo, it would need to have two DACs and two ADCs.