Quad Cortex & Power Stage 700 Inspiration

[JHowell13]

Recently traded an amp for a Quad Cortex and Power stage 700 and am looking for inspiration pics of boards or small racks guys may be running.
I think I want to get a shallow 4U rack to mount the Power stage in and then a slide out drawer for the QC but then I also think a nice board would be cool too.
Anyone running this combo or a similar combo and want to share?

 

[JHowell13]

No QC users!? lol

 

[SFW]

I have my QC mounted to a Pedaltrain 2 with an expression pedal and my Shure wireless. I go to a Lanel LFR-212 cab. Very simple setup that gets the job done. Powering the board with a CIOKS DC7 and CIO-CRX CRUX for the QC.

 

[rob13v]

I have a QC, Fractal EV-2 & a Peterson Strobo-Mini on a Temple Solo18. Outputs 1/2 got to FOH, 3/4 go to a Powerstage 100S & then to onstage cabs. I built looms for quick setup, one just XLR, another w/1/4" & power. Back behind me I have a small rack that has a Shure QLXD for big stages, but on small stages I use an XVive 5.8ghz wireless system. I try to keep things modular so I can scale up/down as needed. I'm currently building a small Nano Cortex board so I give myself more of that.

 

[heath]

Just got the QC mini a few weeks back. Still in the learning/honeymoon phase, but so far, its really good. The built in models are great and the captures I have made or downloaded have been really good too. Stomps the helix in amp models but about the same in effects quality, and the captures are on par with the tonex.

I am direct 99% of the time through in ears or studio monitors at home. I do have a few powered speakers if I want to run w/d/w and a few good cabs with tube power amps if I want to run it live that way.

 

[JHowell13]

I have my QC mounted to a Pedaltrain 2 with an expression pedal and my Shure wireless. I go to a Lanel LFR-212 cab. Very simple setup that gets the job done. Powering the board with a CIOKS DC7 and CIO-CRX CRUX for the QC.
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Very clean man!! How's that laney sound?

 

[JHowell13]

I have a QC, Fractal EV-2 & a Peterson Strobo-Mini on a Temple Solo18. Outputs 1/2 got to FOH, 3/4 go to a Powerstage 100S & then to onstage cabs. I built looms for quick setup, one just XLR, another w/1/4" & power. Back behind me I have a small rack that has a Shure QLXD for big stages, but on small stages I use an XVive 5.8ghz wireless system. I try to keep things modular so I can scale up/down as needed. I'm currently building a small Nano Cortex board so I give myself more of that.

Very cool man! Sounds awesome and easy to use this way.

 

[SFW]

Very clean man!! How's that laney sound?

The Laney has been a game changer for me. It thumps like a real guitar cab. I don't get that "I'm playing through a PA speaker" vibe with it. It feels like you're playing an amp through a cab on stage. And it works great at filling on stage sound so that when you step between the mains, the guitar doesn't disappear.

 

[Rayneman]

I use the QC on a Templeboard Duo 24 along with a Fractal Expression Pedal and a Shure GLX wireless. The board has power and in/output modules so everything is cleanly powered and routed to FOH, I don't use a poweramp, cab or monitor, just IEM.

 

[romanianreaper]

The Laney has been a game changer for me. It thumps like a real guitar cab. I don't get that "I'm playing through a PA speaker" vibe with it. It feels like you're playing an amp through a cab on stage. And it works great at filling on stage sound so that when you step between the mains, the guitar doesn't disappear.

If I get a Fractal AM4, I think I'll end up with one of those Laney cabs.

 

[rob13v]

I used to own a Friedman ASC-12 and a GR 110A cab. The Friedman was a 12" driver, 500w of power and weighed 80lbs. The GR was a 10" driver, 300w in a sub-20lb package. Both sounded GREAT! I used them with my FM3, FM9 AXE-FX III and the QC after I sold all the FAS stuff.

Then I sold both in favor of a small power amp. Now, if I'm playing someplace where I need a 4x12, 2x12, 1x12, 2x10, 4x10 etc I can do that (thank goodness for backline cabs!). The PowerStage 100S will do mono or stereo, the Harley Benton Thunder 99 will do the same in a pedal-sized enclosure.

Those Laney active cabs are awesome & sound great...I just thought a more modular approach was a better fit for me.

 

[romanianreaper]

I used to own a Friedman ASC-12 and a GR 110A cab. The Friedman was a 12" driver, 500w of power and weighed 80lbs. The GR was a 10" driver, 300w in a sub-20lb package. Both sounded GREAT! I used them with my FM3, FM9 AXE-FX III and the QC after I sold all the FAS stuff.

Then I sold both in favor of a small power amp. Now, if I'm playing someplace where I need a 4x12, 2x12, 1x12, 2x10, 4x10 etc I can do that (thank goodness for backline cabs!). The PowerStage 100S will do mono or stereo, the Harley Benton Thunder 99 will do the same in a pedal-sized enclosure.

Those Laney active cabs are awesome & sound great...I just thought a more modular approach was a better fit for me.

Yeah it is going to be interesting if I go back to modelling for gigging. I had the Friedman and a Matrix 1x12 cab and even got the Fender FRFR 1x12 and couldn't get a full sound that wasn't boxy. I've heard good things about those Laney FRFR cabs but could end up using my 1x12s with a power amp.