Very well put! As a yoga/mindfulness teacher and professional musician, I can honestly say: yes, the twain shall meet! It's not easy, but in addition to actually practicing your instrument, mindful breathing is among the best kind of practicing you can do. Thanks for the helpful video; I hope more people follow your advice.

Thanks - this helps. Would love your take on the FR10 vs. the new ToneX Cab.

So your guitar didn't go out the PA at all?

Kemper is more reliable, from my experience.

Is that Quad quicker to use verse Kemper Stage. I am considering a change. Thanks

Modeler? Nice vid!

Thanks for that

This is awesome brother! Gonna be learning this one soon. Loving it. Thanks!

The QC interface seriously needs to label the icons. It’s 2025… do we really need to memorize 100+ icons??? Not ideal….

Love your pedalboard setup 👍🏼

Why is your master volume set to 11?

is ok to play music from laptop in the FR10 and play the guitar over it? is that ok for the FR10 ?

Can't find here info about calibration :(

From one Fink to another: Thank you Dustyn, that was very informative!

Very useful 😂 i been usiing the main volume at like 45%. Its one of the first runs made and the original owner had all the outputs maxed out. I can see why he was eager to sell it. The sound was so so. What a huge difference. Thank you for posting this

You rock brother!!! Thank you for the lesson. This is one of my favorite solos of all time.

Thanks buddy, this I’m looking for !

Sounds great 👍

Long term usage reviews are very. precious !!!

how do you mount it to pedalboard?

Great video. Subscribed.

Hey Dustyn, which do you prefer the Friedman ASC-10 or the Fender FR-10?

Which is better choice, Fender FRFR or Headrush FRFR?

Input level to different guitars Single coil = 0db Humbacker = -6db Active pickups = ___?

The thing I like about these is that they look like a classic Fender amp. I hope they bring out a tweed one :) Your miked up sound is a lot darker but I’m thinking it might be brighter if you mic it from a distance so that you can capture the tweeter.

My transmitter literally wont turn on idk what to do

This was so helpful! I am no longer as confused haha :) thank you bro

do you think it work well at low volume, for home use, studying etc... ? :)

can i just say, you cannot mic an fr cab like that. there are multiple speakers in an frfr speaker system, and you only have the 10" driver tone here. A room mic would be better. Still, have one, I'm very happy with it. also run headrush 108's, but as monitors for PA live gigs. Very happy with the fenders fr10's

I too have been using the quad for 2 years playing mostly country, theres a lot I wish was better but the size and function winning out over others... Can i check out your patches on the cloud?

i just sent back my 3rd replacement and when it comes back i'm giving up and selling it. i tried but no serious gigging musician can or should rely on just ONE of these to work reliably. For people or larger bands with enough money to have multiple backup QC's just in case the sound and feel is great but for normal everyday working musicians these are incredibly unreliable and are not worth the headaches.

1:46 that dudes dance moves are next level 😂

Dude looks cooked 😂😂

This makes sense. What's your take on the whole videos saying that the input gain must be left at zero?

It isn't controversial to talk about the issues you've had with the unit. Please continue to do so if anything else comes up.

i dont get it! i really want to learn this machine and just see the possibilities but I honestly dont have any tangible understanding of most of the features. Im trying so hard man.

If you havent tried ndsp’s other plugins def give the Plini x a try

The ongoing development of this device really is the weak link. There's so much potential there, such a great UI and amazing sounds. Helix is now so massively outdated in terms of hardware but it remains relevant because they're constantly updating it with useful features and awesome new devices. The most frustrating bit with QC is that they could make very large useability gains without having to add new amps or anything like that. Just button press flexibility, more EQ block options and additional EQ options for capture blocks would solve so many people's problems.

Excellent review! It's great to hear from a pro who has lived extensively with the pedal. I have been contemplating getting a QC for a while, and hearing your experience with it answered a lot of questions for me. I am currently using Tonex as my pedal platform, and running drive/mod pedals around it, so hearing how you integrated outboard pedals was especially helpful! Sounds like it will work for me.

Actually you can buy third party packs for Fractal. Your thoughts on the QC mirror mine. I’ve had mine since day one and haven’t missed tube amps or my other modellers since.

when you consider these type cabs, think of them more as a PA style active speaker system, which are never open/closed back as an option like normal guitar amp cabs. i really like the extra option of eq on the fender as opposed to a normal frfr set up like the headrush 108, which i have, and now use for all fold back situations as they sound really good.

Thanks for the update, fellow Fink! LOL - love my QC, too!

I love my QC , still remember watching your intro video. Thanks for all you do for the QC Community

they have addressed the hiss issue , if you have one thats got the hiss send it back and get a replacement👍

Would you say that their pricing for repairs on the quad cortex were reasonable?

Wish it was recorded from in front of the band so we could hear what people are hearing.

I have an outboard looper pedal I use a utility block on. I haven’t figured out how to get my looper playback to feed a separate out from my guitar lead WITHOUT running guitar lead back through the looper. The goal is a completely separate rhythm guitar track from solo track going to the venue board.

I have an outboard looper pedal I use a utility block on. I haven’t figured out how to get my looper playback to feed a separate out from my guitar lead WITHOUT running guitar lead back through the looper. The goal is a completely separate rhythm guitar track from solo track going to the venue board.

Is there a way to monitor level in and out of individual blocks? I'm not clipping in or out, but it sounds like something is clipping in the signal chain.

Yes, using it with a cable would mean you just bought a 500 dollar tuner…..waste.