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That tone is SOOO good! A very well put together rig. I'm incredibly proud of how far you and Coop have come in the last 10ish years I've known yall since GP. I'm very excited to finally meet you two and both Travis and Johnny also! Safe travels and I hope it's as stress free as possible!
It's going to be an honor to see yall play. Thank you for putting up with the high cost of coming to the States. I'm so psyched to meet you and Johnny and the rest of the band!
When you finish the tour, a cool idea for a video would be to review this setup. Like explain the pros and cons that you encountered and maybe some stuff you would change for the next tour
The situation you described of being at the front and not hearing any guitars because the pa is overhead is exactly what happened to me at an Ingested show last night. All I could hear was the acoustic drums. Stepped back into the pit a few metres and the sound was spot on.
The solution to the Quad Cortex not being visible would be for Neural to make a rack version like Kemper do, it would also fill the gap at the top. Love the video by the way!
Hey Andrew, would you consider making a video about your guitar rig in the context of the rack? Like how your midi switching works with the QC? I couldn't find any videos which covered this properly in a well explained manner. Great video and thank you very much in advance! \m/
hey man great tone great gear. I also own a Quad Cortex. Is it possible that you can maybe do a video explaining how to actually set up midi sends and in ears and all that that someone should know if they ever play live?
I was just about to ask the same thing so I second that! In the video he mentioned wanting to get wireless in-ears in the future but does that mean they use wired or none at all. With all the MIDI synced stuff I would assume they’d have to play to a click. At least the drummer.
Thanks for showing us behind the curtain! I recently got a quad cortex myself and I was wondering what kind of midi interface you're using? The fact I can use that and focus purely on my stage performance vs stepping on pedals is a exhilarating! Have fun on tour, cheers man!
Aw man, this is gonna be an experience for you for sure, so happy for y'all! Might I suggest, if not done already, to also bring a backup laptop, exactly set up as the one you're using with you? Might save you some really embarassing accidents...
Cool video, I'm hyped to see you guys live in Toronto! Question, are you planning on doing any tour vlog type videos over the next few months? It would be very cool to see the behind the scenes of touring at this level and the snags that come with gear, venues etc. Regardless, good luck brother🤙🤙
Andrew we run a QSC Touchmix 30 for out backings (has a daw interface) in ear splits (shure PSM300's with a distro), and direct split outs for FOH. All of our guitar/bass tones from our processors or fed in an independently send out from the Aux's of the mixer thru the 8 channel fan tail. We have a input dedicated for a send from the FOH for the drum mix so we can have drums folded back in. Best option for folded back tones on stage and a smaller footprint option are a good set of self powered speakers (these can be set on an open aux) a good FRFR speaker would be like the K12.2's from QSC. Ill see you in Anaheim my dude.
Makes sense I think haha! I considered going FRFR to save the space and skip the power amps but for now this just made the most sense working with gear we already had
@@BaenaCarcosa Sure sure , It also helps that I work for QSC so being able to outfit the band with gear was a little more easier and economical haha. Im gonna DM you on FB real quick.
Yooooo real cabs, thank god. You’re playing X Ray in MKE and I’ve been to way too many shows there that use fake amps and it sounds so god damn awful because everything coming through the PA. Massive props to using live cabs. Your back won’t thank you but your audience will lol
I love this but I hope the best for your laptop setup. Stuff is a pain for a lot of bands. I’m all for less is better but I get it that for a full experience of the band you want this. Best of luck bud I love your setup
If I ever play live again I’m just going: Guitar > Wireless > DI Box > Interface > DAW > FOH & IEM All patch changes automated in the DAW. I Dig your setup tho and I’m happy great sound is becoming so much more accessible
So you dont have to touch the pedal at all?! What kind of sorcery is this? Sounds great! Hope to see you guys live and hopefully you'll make some nice recordings of the live shows.
Basically his DAW has has an automation lane programmed that can send midi CC to the whammy, making it do exactly the right pitches/movements at the parts of the song requiring them. You can do this with presets on the quad cortex as well, for example, if you need an atmospheric lead tone for an intro, but then you need your classic djent tone, it can switch for you when you get to that part of your song. This also works with synths, basically anything that can receive midi
Bro I do live worship music, put a drawer in the empty space with some foamy stuff in the bottom, you NEVER know when you’ll need some random Gaff or an extra pick, sm58, etc. When you’re more fine tuned remove the drawer.. I’m still with my drawer btw so I’ll shut up now brother! 😂😂
I think there are 4U empty spaces if we take out the blank plate. And if I’m correct and we don’t need 2x SD power stages that would also free up another 2U. Either way we’ll figure it out haha
I’m willing to bet that rig won’t survive the tour. Speaking from experience here, you should get a rack with some shock proofing and thicker plywood. It would be a shame if that gorgeous gear got annihilated in Milwaukee or some other shithole. Other than that, you’re doing some really cool shit with that rig Andrew. I’m gonna have to make a trip to whatever dive you’re coming to whenever you get in the Houston area.
@@BaenaCarcosa I know but I think tour managers have something against us here in louisiana. Seriously. Every tour skips right over us. I managed to book Dope and Motograter to come to a night club in a neighboring city to me. It cost a small fortune to get them here but the money was made back. But that's pretty much the only way we get to see cool stuff around here. If we do it ourselves. There have been other really cool bands we got booked at that club but those were the coolest ones I had part in booking.
This is going to sound like a dumb question, but, are you going to have IEMs when you go on tour? Or if you dont, how do you keep up with the backing tracks and bass? I apologize, I must've missed something!
Sick rig, man! Question: A few years ago, you were using a Helix but then switched over to physical pedals. I’m curious what your reasoning is for that. If my band was going to play live with backing tracks and automation, I would try to use Helix Native VST for guitars and bass. Thanks for sharing!
I've never tried to play live using plugins all based off of a laptop, it still kind of seems sketchy to me not having a physical amp/processor of some kind and fully relying on a computer for everything. The more you add in the mix on the computer the higher the risk of something going wrong I guess is why I just continue to use some form of physical device whether it be a floor or rack based modeller or whatever
Cool, man! That makes a lot of sense! I also agree with you on still bringing cabs! I like to stand upfront and I’m always bummed when a band is only running to front of house because I can’t hear any guitars.
Dude for the life of me I can't get my gojira archetype to sound as good as yours. I don't know how to dial it in or eq it or anything. Is it my settings I need to change or is it just not driven enough cuz like the tone sounds good but it's just not powerful enough
@@BaenaCarcosa damn thats tight ive always wanted to do that so im not having to breakdance on stage but my axe fx ultra is old and i have no clue how to do that haha :(
Haha I think we have one but we don’t have the ability to set it up in time for this tour since our backtracks are just a simple mono send and we don’t have the IEM hardware yet
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Catch CARCOSA on tour in Jan/Feb 2023 and get merch:
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Oh my god he told us what string gauge he’s using
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@@BaenaCarcosa while I have you here, what string gauge do you use?
I order everything i get from Sweetwater because of the crazy customer service, absolutely love them.
That tone is SOOO good! A very well put together rig. I'm incredibly proud of how far you and Coop have come in the last 10ish years I've known yall since GP. I'm very excited to finally meet you two and both Travis and Johnny also! Safe travels and I hope it's as stress free as possible!
Appreciate you
It's going to be an honor to see yall play. Thank you for putting up with the high cost of coming to the States. I'm so psyched to meet you and Johnny and the rest of the band!
When you finish the tour, a cool idea for a video would be to review this setup. Like explain the pros and cons that you encountered and maybe some stuff you would change for the next tour
Yes.
Well...looks like I have plans for Feb. 26th 🤘
So pumped for the tour, will be catching you guys at the Montreal date for sure! 🙌
I want to see you with Carcosa in Europe 🔥
The situation you described of being at the front and not hearing any guitars because the pa is overhead is exactly what happened to me at an Ingested show last night. All I could hear was the acoustic drums. Stepped back into the pit a few metres and the sound was spot on.
Bro can't wait to catch y'all in Austin. You're going to love the venu, it's definitely one of my favorites!
Just learned you were in Carcosa about a month ago...really gonna try and catch one of your shows!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I'll be at the show in Frederick. can't wait
Looking forward to seeing you in Az
The solution to the Quad Cortex not being visible would be for Neural to make a rack version like Kemper do, it would also fill the gap at the top. Love the video by the way!
Idk if I can go, but if I can’t, I’ll absolutely buy merch. Hope y’all crush it on your.
Hey can I have all that stuff? Thanks in advance.
Only if you teach me 5 levels of Archspire
Man you are coming to Montreal….YEAH!!!!
I'll be there in Houston man! Can't wait to see ya live! Love all your shit man.
I'm going to try and get out when you come through Ottawa! Best wishes for you guys on your travels and performances \m/
Can't wait to see yall in Dallas! I'll show some love sir Baena!
Hey Andrew, would you consider making a video about your guitar rig in the context of the rack? Like how your midi switching works with the QC? I couldn't find any videos which covered this properly in a well explained manner. Great video and thank you very much in advance! \m/
Will be cool seeing you guys here in Phoenix 🤘
See y'all in Denver!
Stoked about the tour. My band AMAYA is playing with y’all in Phoenix. 😃
Cant wait to see you in Seattle!!
Awesome set up and good luck on your tour! 🤘🏻🙌🏻
Great news about your band tour, enjoy it. Be careful with your gear pleas take a backpack solution for your laptop 😊
We have a second laptop ready to go :)
that guitar rig sounds so good! im going to try my best to see if i can make a show
hey man great tone great gear. I also own a Quad Cortex. Is it possible that you can maybe do a video explaining how to actually set up midi sends and in ears and all that that someone should know if they ever play live?
I was just about to ask the same thing so I second that! In the video he mentioned wanting to get wireless in-ears in the future but does that mean they use wired or none at all. With all the MIDI synced stuff I would assume they’d have to play to a click. At least the drummer.
Tone is cheek'd up
Thanks for showing us behind the curtain! I recently got a quad cortex myself and I was wondering what kind of midi interface you're using? The fact I can use that and focus purely on my stage performance vs stepping on pedals is a exhilarating! Have fun on tour, cheers man!
Thanks! It’s just a very simple 4 output midi usb device
I’m sure you already have a tech or whatever but at the show in mechanicsburg i’d be more the happy to come help you set stuff up
Always great and informative videos man! And nice rig!
Aw man, this is gonna be an experience for you for sure, so happy for y'all!
Might I suggest, if not done already, to also bring a backup laptop, exactly set up as the one you're using with you? Might save you some really embarassing accidents...
Cool video, I'm hyped to see you guys live in Toronto! Question, are you planning on doing any tour vlog type videos over the next few months? It would be very cool to see the behind the scenes of touring at this level and the snags that come with gear, venues etc. Regardless, good luck brother🤙🤙
Thanks and yeah I am sure I will have videos from the tour as we go! Still not sure what exactly I will be making, but I know I will do some
@@BaenaCarcosa Right on man, I look forward to it
Sad that the digitech whammy is still required with the quad cortex because the qc pitch shifting isnt polyphonic and sounds bad. I do the same.
Andrew we run a QSC Touchmix 30 for out backings (has a daw interface) in ear splits (shure PSM300's with a distro), and direct split outs for FOH. All of our guitar/bass tones from our processors or fed in an independently send out from the Aux's of the mixer thru the 8 channel fan tail. We have a input dedicated for a send from the FOH for the drum mix so we can have drums folded back in. Best option for folded back tones on stage and a smaller footprint option are a good set of self powered speakers (these can be set on an open aux) a good FRFR speaker would be like the K12.2's from QSC. Ill see you in Anaheim my dude.
Makes sense I think haha! I considered going FRFR to save the space and skip the power amps but for now this just made the most sense working with gear we already had
@@BaenaCarcosa Sure sure , It also helps that I work for QSC so being able to outfit the band with gear was a little more easier and economical haha. Im gonna DM you on FB real quick.
Would love to see more videos about the rack updates! Can the powerstage power 2 cabs since it has 2 inputs for stereo?
Austin! Come and Take it? See you there, my man :::)
ill be at that spokane show for sure
Yooooo real cabs, thank god. You’re playing X Ray in MKE and I’ve been to way too many shows there that use fake amps and it sounds so god damn awful because everything coming through the PA. Massive props to using live cabs. Your back won’t thank you but your audience will lol
Mannn this makes me excited even though you guys aren't coming to Columbus OH but eh that's what youtube is for 😂💯
I love this but I hope the best for your laptop setup. Stuff is a pain for a lot of bands. I’m all for less is better but I get it that for a full experience of the band you want this. Best of luck bud I love your setup
If I ever play live again I’m just going:
Guitar > Wireless > DI Box > Interface > DAW > FOH & IEM
All patch changes automated in the DAW.
I Dig your setup tho and I’m happy great sound is becoming so much more accessible
I’ve seen a few bands do that too (I think Humanity’s Last Breath does it this way) and that can sound incredible too!
@@BaenaCarcosa Archispire does too, if I remember correctly. They also have the tracks running in their In-Ears
Fancy seeing you here.
GET THEM TICKETS 🤘
Top down racking.
I may try to get out to the SLC show.
I didnt realize the digitech had midi in, thats sick you can put it on rails.
So you dont have to touch the pedal at all?! What kind of sorcery is this? Sounds great! Hope to see you guys live and hopefully you'll make some nice recordings of the live shows.
Midi controlled stuff does go a long way!
Basically his DAW has has an automation lane programmed that can send midi CC to the whammy, making it do exactly the right pitches/movements at the parts of the song requiring them.
You can do this with presets on the quad cortex as well, for example, if you need an atmospheric lead tone for an intro, but then you need your classic djent tone, it can switch for you when you get to that part of your song.
This also works with synths, basically anything that can receive midi
Man not at Nashville Tennessee:(
Add a day in New Orleans we need more death core in that area
cool
Awesome discovery!
Do you go straight into the cortex?
Bro I do live worship music, put a drawer in the empty space with some foamy stuff in the bottom, you NEVER know when you’ll need some random Gaff or an extra pick, sm58, etc.
When you’re more fine tuned remove the drawer.. I’m still with my drawer btw so I’ll shut up now brother! 😂😂
I’m considering this for sure, even just to hold strings and tools and stuff
Update on the finished rack unit?
Good luck fitting an IEM rig into three rack spaces. That's going to be crammed.
I think there are 4U empty spaces if we take out the blank plate. And if I’m correct and we don’t need 2x SD power stages that would also free up another 2U. Either way we’ll figure it out haha
I’m willing to bet that rig won’t survive the tour. Speaking from experience here, you should get a rack with some shock proofing and thicker plywood. It would be a shame if that gorgeous gear got annihilated in Milwaukee or some other shithole.
Other than that, you’re doing some really cool shit with that rig Andrew. I’m gonna have to make a trip to whatever dive you’re coming to whenever you get in the Houston area.
curious why you went with the SD powerstage and not something like the Matrix units?
Eddie Trunk left the video when you mentioned the laptop playing tracks, he's about to post a tweet complaining about it.
I’ll take the free promo
What keisel does your boy play? Did he cop a dean model?
a KM8 I think
Louisiana always gets skipped right over.
I don’t pick the dates 🤷♂️
@@BaenaCarcosa I know but I think tour managers have something against us here in louisiana. Seriously. Every tour skips right over us. I managed to book Dope and Motograter to come to a night club in a neighboring city to me. It cost a small fortune to get them here but the money was made back. But that's pretty much the only way we get to see cool stuff around here. If we do it ourselves. There have been other really cool bands we got booked at that club but those were the coolest ones I had part in booking.
that’s so sick dude! what do plan on using to send the bass tracks and fx tracks to front of house?
literally just a simple 1/4" output from the laptop that mono sends everything haha. It isn't ideal but for now it is what we can afford
@@BaenaCarcosa Wait so you aren't using an interface?
Just curious, Youre not the only Candian CZcamsr who works with Sweetwater...why not Long & McQuade?
Because L&M doesn’t work with CZcamsrs
@@BaenaCarcosa Then fuck 'em...BTW, new sub and also Carcosa if fucking sick...thanks for the reply...
Quad cortex is supposed to be able to process multiple instruments at the same time right? Why not just use one shared QC? 🤔
Don’t trust it
This is going to sound like a dumb question, but, are you going to have IEMs when you go on tour? Or if you dont, how do you keep up with the backing tracks and bass? I apologize, I must've missed something!
We don’t have IEMs at the moment - we basically just rely on our drummer not fucking up haha - no pressure…
Sick rig, man! Question: A few years ago, you were using a Helix but then switched over to physical pedals. I’m curious what your reasoning is for that. If my band was going to play live with backing tracks and automation, I would try to use Helix Native VST for guitars and bass. Thanks for sharing!
I've never tried to play live using plugins all based off of a laptop, it still kind of seems sketchy to me not having a physical amp/processor of some kind and fully relying on a computer for everything. The more you add in the mix on the computer the higher the risk of something going wrong I guess is why I just continue to use some form of physical device whether it be a floor or rack based modeller or whatever
Cool, man! That makes a lot of sense! I also agree with you on still bringing cabs! I like to stand upfront and I’m always bummed when a band is only running to front of house because I can’t hear any guitars.
Is the quad cortex worth it? How close is it to the plugins
did tosin start the pants drip?
Dude for the life of me I can't get my gojira archetype to sound as good as yours. I don't know how to dial it in or eq it or anything. Is it my settings I need to change or is it just not driven enough cuz like the tone sounds good but it's just not powerful enough
vctms is playing on this tour?? which dates????
Yep for the second half of the tour
Surprised you don't use the pitch shift in Qc
I tried it for two shows and it doesn’t sound nearly as good as the Whammy
Will you have a backup computer? Having the setup running off a single laptop, with no redundancy, sounds a bit dicey....
We have two laptops
@@BaenaCarcosa Thank goodness!!!
How did I know the second guitar was gonna be black? I seen the first guitar and I thought Black and Yellow Black and Yellow
I'm a former bass player learning guitar so I can chug. Any advice from the chug lord?
tune low pick hard
@@BaenaCarcosa I wanna be like you when I grow up
Hey Andrew!! Sick rig! What’s the model of the midi interface??
Thanks! It just says MidiPlus X4 haha I think it's a pretty cheap one
@@BaenaCarcosa thanks a lot bro! 🙏🏼
so are the whammy effects all automated through your daw or ??
Yep exactly
@@BaenaCarcosa damn thats tight ive always wanted to do that so im not having to breakdance on stage but my axe fx ultra is old and i have no clue how to do that haha :(
Where did you get that shirt?
It’s my band Carcosas merch, the link is in the pinned comment
@@BaenaCarcosa Aaaaaand bought my dude. Thank you. Long sleeve merch is so fucking underrated.
What are you using for the bass ? A real recorded basstrack or a bass VST ?
It's all the bass tracks that I recorded for our songs using my Dingwalls, so the same tones as the albums and whatnot
@@BaenaCarcosa Sounds good ! Can't wait for you guys to do a tour in Europe 💯🙏🏻
specific cab irs for so low tuning? or QC built in?
Just one of the stock QC IRs
I am European, soooo I can't come to shows LOL
Canada doesn't have any bass players?
We don’t want one haha
WHO ARE YOU
Too gated sound 😊
For the love of God please dont play at Come and Take it in Austin. Super small venue. Yall need a much bigger venue.
I should have looked at where it was booked before commenting... lol
last 10 years.....every rig rundown axe fx............last couple years..every rig rundown quad cortex.......😂😂😂😂🤣🤣
Its not a real rig if you dont have a x32😂
Haha I think we have one but we don’t have the ability to set it up in time for this tour since our backtracks are just a simple mono send and we don’t have the IEM hardware yet
I'll be your bass player