Quad Cortex will not output any sound, but it says there is -18db of volume through every input and output, even though there is nothing connected to it but the power cable

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Hello,

I pre-ordered my quad cortex and I’ve been using it almost daily the last two years. An issue began about half a year ago where I would turn on my Quad cortex and it would output a large amount of high gain white noise. This issue would resolve itself after about a minute, or if it continued, a reboot would fix it and it would no longer be noisy.

This morning I turned on my device and it will not out put any sound whatsoever. Upon inspection of the I/O setting it says that there is a constant signal of -18.1db running through all of my inputs and outputs. I have unplugged everything from the device besides the power cable.

I’m not really sure what to do and I’m getting frustrated. I have been restarting my quad cortex many times throughout the day and the issue is not going away… Has anyone encountered this problem? Or should I reach out to the official support email?

Thanks,
Sage Hale

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I would open a ticket with support@neuraldsp.com to log and hopefully resolve your issue. Have you tried completing a factory reset (e.g. make a backup, save locally or on the cloud, factory reset then restore)?

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I haven’t tried doing that yet as I wasn’t aware that was a possibility. I will open up a ticket with support and try factory resetting later today. Thank you!

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I’ve had mine for about 2 -1/2 years, and suddenly experiencing this too. I reported it to support, and they needed me to send it back for repair under warranty. I just shipped it a few days ago.

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Thanks for the reply. Currently working with support, but it’s nice to know that they are taking the issue seriously in your case.

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Hi, got mine about the same time as yours. Same problem with -18db @input with nothing on the output … Reboot help sometimes but it always comes back. Did Neural has a solution to fix this eventually for you thus far?

I google with the keyword QC no output -18.1db: it direct me to this post right away… Thank god i’m not alone

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Same here!! is there a fix?

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Sent back to neural then they fix it really quickly. I didn’t ask what was wrong with it though.

My guess would be the i/o board. Have you been using ciosk to power it?

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I’m using the original power from neural DSP. I’ve also contacted support and will probably send it to the company to fix the problem… thank you!

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The question now is whether it will keep happening again :S

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Hi! I have exactly the same problem. Could you tell me if the error came back after your last posts? I just wrote to neural about the problem, and I’m afraid it won’t be a one-time problem. I use my pedal at concerts, it should work. Does anyone know if the root cause of this error comes from the hardware or from the software?

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No, it’s been good so far. I think they probably change the IO board or mainboard to the later revision (just a guess)… Hopefully it’s the 1st gen problem (mine is first batch that came out)

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