Cortex Control (public release) and CorOS 2.3.0 are now available

We are pleased to announce that the public release of Cortex Control 1.0.0 and CorOS 2.3.0 are now available!

CorOS 2.3.0 is required to run the public release of Cortex Control. Download it via Settings > Device Options > Device Updates on your Quad Cortex once connected to Wi-Fi. We recommend that you create a backup before updating your firmware. 

Cortex Control can be downloaded from the Downloads page.

We'd like to extend a huge thank you to everybody who participated in the open beta and provided feedback. Your contributions were extremely helpful in finalising the release of Cortex Control.

Find out more about Cortex Control here.

CorOS 2.3.0 Changelog

Added

MIDI Clock Out Quad Cortex can now send outgoing MIDI Clock via USB, DIN, and USB+DIN.

Pinned Devices Devices can now be pinned to the top of a model list in each model category within the Device List and Change Device menu.

‘Made by Me’ Filter A ‘Made by Me’ filter has been added to the Filter menu within My Captures in the Directory, the Model List, and the Change Device menu.

Stomp Mode Bypass Assignment A global setting for whether footswitches are automatically assigned to blocks' bypass settings. If you enable auto-assign, blocks will be assigned to footswitches in the order they are added to The Grid.

Swap Tempo and Tuner Access Enable to access the Tempo settings by holding the bottom-right footswitch and access the Tuner by double‒tapping the bottom-right footswitch.

Reset Menu A Reset menu has been added within Device Options to organize the different reset features.

Reset Settings Option Added a Reset Settings option to the new Settings > Device Options > Reset menu. The Reset Settings option will reset I/O Settings parameters and Settings menu values to factory default values. The Settings > My Account menu will not be reset after performing this action.

Updated Devices

Graphic-9 EQ

• UI overhaul.

• HPF parameter value range is now OFF-500Hz.

• Added an LPF parameter to the second tab of parameters.

• The legacy Graphic-9 EQ device can be accessed through the Graphic-9 EQ parameter editor contextual menu.

Changed

Numeric Keyboard Improvements have been made to the Numeric Keyboard.

Select Multiple Filter Options You can now select multiple filters for Neural Captures within the Directory, the Device List, and the Change Device menu.

Fixed

An issue where changing Scenes caused the Tape Delay (M) device to load the default Preset tempo BPM.

An issue where the default Preset tempo BPM was incorrectly loaded when switching between certain Delay devices on The Grid.

An issue where favorited Presets were not included in Cloud and local backups.

An issue where the IP address was not displayed in the Settings > Connection menu under weak Wi-Fi connections.

An issue in Gig View where the Modes configuration screen would not consistently open when long-pressing the Modes button.

An issue where the Up footswitch LED did not light up in a keyboard menu to indicate its functionality for moving the caret in the text field.

An issue where the missing Impulse Response icon persisted on the IR Loader's model icon even after a valid IR was added.

An issue where a Factory Reset did not clear a copied device from the clipboard.

An issue where soloing a Multi Out output caused problems with the output level on other paths.

An issue where muting a Multi Out output resulted in low-level audio still coming through.

An issue where Presets created prior to CorOS 2.2.0 did not have their dirty Preset indicator reset when the Preset was returned to its original state.

An issue where orange LEDs assigned to Overdrive blocks appeared green in color when the OD block was bypassed and the LED Brightness levels were within a certain value range.

An issue where selecting a filter option in the Neural Captures device menu caused the list to go blank.

An issue where a green dot indicator appeared within the Presets and Neural Captures downloads even when no downloads were queued in the Directory.

An issue where expression pedal assignments remained after setting device parameters back to defaults if the expression pedal assignments were not saved in user parameter defaults.

An issue where the screen remained backlit without displaying The Grid when the power button was pressed during the bootup process.

An issue where the output signal was audible while the Tuner was active, following the opening of the Tempo screen on top of the Tuner via MIDI.

An issue where the Gig View menu remained visible after re-opening Gig View when bank selection mode was enabled via the Up or Down footswitch.

An issue where the Edit icon persisted for multiple stomp devices in Stomp Mode Gig View after Preset changes.

An issue where loading a Cab or IR Loader device into the Neural Capture Cab A/B occurred after canceling out of the Virtual Devices menu by tapping the X button.

An issue where the Tuner closed upon receiving a Program Change message via USB MIDI or MIDI Din.

An issue where the Tuner exhibited slow response and lacked responsiveness when a note was continuously picked or plucked during the tuning process.

An issue where changing the Tube type to EL34 in the Victor Squid amp models occasionally resulted in an increase in output level.

Cortex Control 1.0.0 Changelog

Added

MIDI Clock Out Quad Cortex can now send outgoing MIDI Clock via USB, DIN, and USB+DIN.

Pinned Devices Devices can now be pinned to the top of a model list in each model category within the Device List and Change Device menu.

‘Made by Me’ Filter A ‘Made by Me’ filter has been added to the Filter menu within My Captures in the Directory, the Model List, and the Change Device menu.

Stomp Mode Bypass Assignment A global setting for whether footswitches are automatically assigned to blocks' bypass settings. If you enable auto-assign, blocks will be assigned to footswitches in the order they are added to The Grid.

Swap Tempo and Tuner Access Enable to access the Tempo settings by holding the bottom-right footswitch and access the Tuner by double‒tapping the bottom-right footswitch.

Reset Menu A Reset menu has been added within Device Options to organize the different reset features.

Reset Settings Option Added a Reset Settings option to the new Settings > Device Options > Reset menu. The Reset Settings option will reset I/O Settings parameters and Settings menu values to factory default values. The Settings > My Account menu will not be reset after performing this action.

Updated Devices

Graphic-9 EQ

• UI overhaul.

• HPF parameter value range is now OFF-500Hz.

• Added an LPF parameter to the second tab of parameters.

• The legacy Graphic-9 EQ device can be accessed through the Graphic-9 EQ parameter editor contextual menu.

Changed

Select Multiple Filter Options You can now select multiple filters for Neural Captures within the Directory, the Device List, and the Change Device menu.

Fixed

An issue where CA John's 2C amps (Ch1, Ch2, Ch3) exhibited inconsistent output levels upon initial opening of the Control application.

An issue where a device would automatically load into a Preset if it was being auditioned during a Preset change.

A Control crash that would occur after selecting the "Yes delete" button if a backup had been deleted on the Quad Cortex.

A Control crash that would occur when clicking or dragging devices during their replacement from the Directory.

An issue where the Utility icon persisted while auditioning the Looper after previously auditioning multiple Utility devices.

An issue in Gig View where a Stomp block with multiple devices retained the name of a deleted device even after new devices were added to the same Stomp block.

A Quad Cortex crash that would occur if a Setlist was deleted from Control while the Setlist deletion popup menu was displayed on the Quad Cortex.

A Control crash that would occur when clicking the Locate Preset button in the search results after its Setlist had been deleted from the Quad Cortex.

An issue where the Preset Explorer continued to display the contents of a Setlist that had been deleted on the Quad Cortex.

An issue where the Directory's search bar permitted an unlimited number of characters to be entered into the text field.

An issue where some Presets were not pasted correctly after performing a multi-selection cut/paste operation in the Directory.

An issue where using 'Save and Edit Next' to edit multiple Presets in the Directory and pressing the Enter key upon completion renamed the first selected Preset instead of the current one.

A Control crash that would occur when spamming special characters into the Directory's search bar.

An issue where the CPU percentage meter in Control did not consistently match the CPU percentage meter on the Quad Cortex.

An issue in the Preset Explorer where scrolling the folders list with text in the Search bar caused the text to disappear and prevented the Search bar from accepting new text.

An issue in the Preset Explorer where the Search results could not be scrolled to fully display all results from user Setlists.

An issue where it was not possible to set an empty bio in Device Settings > My Account using Control.

An issue where setting an empty bio through the Cortex Cloud mobile/web app resulted in a "<bio is empty>" tag appearing in Control.

An issue where a bypassed device became active after canceling the device audition.

An issue where downloading backups was not possible after power-cycling the Quad Cortex while Cortex Control was open.

An issue where a downloaded Preset could not be moved into a Setlist by dragging and dropping it onto the Setlist and then selecting a Preset slot.

An issue where Scene assignments were being cleared after canceling a device audition.

An issue where the Quick Scroll menu was missing from the Neural Captures > Downloads folder.

An issue where expression pedal assignments were getting cleared after canceling a device audition.

An issue where the mute function did not reflect on the Quad Cortex when using a Splitter/Mixer in the signal chain.

An issue where pressing the Enter key while multiple Impulse Responses were selected in the Impulse Responses folder opened The Grid.

An issue where pressing the Enter key while multiple Neural Captures were selected in any local Neural Captures folder in the Directory opened The Grid.

An issue where the first selected Preset was loaded after pressing the Enter key while multiple Presets were selected in any folder that allows loading onto The Grid.

An issue where a Neural Capture would be uploaded to the Cloud if it was dragged and dropped within a local Neural Captures folder.

An issue where the Favorites menu displayed that one Preset was selected after removing the only favorite Preset in the Favorites folder.

An issue where confirming a Cab block was not possible in preview mode when the Cab Distance and Position parameters were edited.

An issue where devices with long names were getting cut off from the audition popup message on The Grid

An issue where a Cab's closed Parameter Editor would open when the GUI was resized in Gig View.

An issue where Cloud IRs were downloaded after being dragged and dropped anywhere in the Cloud IR folder.

An issue where a Scene-assigned bypass was removed when clicking on the Contextual Menu for a legacy device.

An issue where Input and Output blocks did not turn red in Control when they were clipping on The Grid.

An issue where lag occurred when enabling Global Bypass for Cabs and IR Loaders.

An issue where the Search bar reset after leaving and returning to Search in the Directory.

An issue where the Search bar reset after leaving and returning to search on The Grid.

An issue where changes made to the Splitter/Mixer on Quad Cortex did not register if Gig View was opened and then closed in Control while the Splitter/Mixer parameter editor was open on Quad Cortex.

An issue in the Preset Explorer window where the Favorites folder displayed a Preset named 'Unsaved' if a favorited Preset was uploaded to the Cloud, deleted, downloaded to a different slot, and then re-favorited.

A Control crash that would occur when clicking the 'Show in Directory' binocular icon in the Search results in the Preset Explorer.

An issue where, when loading a Preset with an expression pedal assigned to a device bypass, Control always showed the bypass state that the Preset was saved in, regardless of the treadle position.

An issue where, in a Preset containing a Neural Capture block, if the Capture was missing, the device could still be bypassed and enabled in Cortex Control.

An issue where Cortex Control incorrectly displayed the 'Missing IR' icon on an IR Loader device if its currently loaded Impulse Response was renamed.

A Quad Cortex crash that would occur if a Preset that was currently loaded was deleted from Control while a device's Parameter Editor was open on the Quad Cortex.

An issue where the tempo shown in the bottom menu bar was not updating when changing Presets if tempo was set to 'Preset'.

An issue where changes made to device parameters on the Quad Cortex while auditioning a device did not reflect in Cortex Control.

An issue where the Input Gate’s bypass could not be assigned to Scenes.

An issue where copy/pasting a device with multiple expression pedal assignments in Quad Cortex resulted in only one being shown in Cortex Control.

An issue where, upon saving a Preset, incorrect parameter values were displayed for parameters that were assigned to an expression pedal.

An issue where a Preset was removed from favorites after cutting and pasting the Preset to a new slot in the Directory.

An issue where the month, day, and year format used for Cloud and local backups was different on Cortex Control and Quad Cortex.

An issue where Control remained usable during a Factory Reset, leading to changes being reverted.

An issue where, when saving a Preset, a Wah device with its bypass assigned to an expression pedal (Heel-Toe bypass) sometimes displayed the incorrect bypass state.

An issue where, in a Cab block, changing the microphone model on Control did not affect the sound unless the Cab block Parameter Editor was open on the Quad Cortex.

An issue where, after rebooting Quad Cortex, Cortex Control would not load a Cloud backup until the user account was unlinked and relinked.

An issue where the active Preset highlight could be displayed in the background of Gig View when a Hybrid Mode was created as the highlight appeared.

An issue where the Splitter Crossover Frequency parameter was missing the unit text (Hz).

An issue where MIDI commands were not sent from the Quad Cortex when triggering Footswitches in Scene Mode and Stomp Mode Gig View on Cortex Control.

A Quad Cortex crash that would occur when changing a Preset using the Up/Down Footswitches during a Cloud backup.

An issue where the Preset MIDI Out 'Preset load message' submenu was not in sync between Cortex Control and Quad Cortex.

An issue where Cortex Control did not resync with the Quad Cortex after both Cortex Control and Quad Cortex were idle for a period of time.

An issue where the Cabsim in Neural Capture did not recall its previous state upon closing and reopening, unless it was also open on the Quad Cortex.

An issue in Gig View (Scene + Stomp), where reassigning a device to a new Stomp was not immediately reflected on the Quad Cortex.

An issue where saving the latest changes to a Preset resulted in the selection of the first block on The Grid.

An issue where changes made to the Tuner input drop-down menu were not reflected on the Quad Cortex while the Tuner was open on the Quad Cortex.

An issue where favorited Factory Presets remained marked as favorites even after performing a Factory Reset.

Several small UI tweaks.