Hi everyone,
I have tried many different noise gate configurations within the quad cortex. But for high gain sounds, they are all not satisfying. I am missing the side-chain option where the gate is informed by the DI signal of the guitar, but is acting on the distorted guitar signal after the amp. The adaptive gate within the quad cortex is the only gate with side-chain processing, but this gate is not really tight and responds too slowly. Thus, I am wondering if anyone has tried to use a physical noise gate (e.g. a Boss NS-2 or Fortin Zuul) with the Quad Cortex using the side-chain processing, which would involve the FXLoop. Any suggestions or feedback would be highly appreciated.
Yes you can use the Fortin Zuul with it. Works pretty well. If you have a large preset with a lot of latency you might notice the gate opening early slightly, but otherwise it’s a nice option. Really wish the Zuul in Nameless had a side chain function. Honestly it was the only reason I bought that plugin.
Ok, thanks for your input. How would you set it up? The guitar plugged at the input of the gate and the output of the gate to the input of the QC … and then the FXLoop send and return to the additional inputs? I tried that with the Boss NS2 and noticed that the guitar signal is substantially altered.
The Boss NS2 is notorious for ruining the signal of a guitar. It seems to darken the tone in a weird way, and just sound strange. The Zuul+ doesn’t have that effect.
If you’re using the fx loops in the QC you will need to balance the send/return levels so they aren’t boosted. Some people on the forum found a level for the send/return to be adjust so it isn’t changing your signal level. That can also have an effect on your tone.
For the NS2-
Guitar into Boss INPUT
Boss SEND into QC Input
QC FX Send into Boss RETURN
Boss OUTPUT into QC FX Return
Thanks. Would the same routing principle also apply to an ISP Decimator G pedal?