NDSP Quad Cortex

[GTR37]

If that’s true and it’s around $1500 US then I really don’t get the appeal at only $200 less for the same brains and less on board tweaking

I don’t know Euro to USD but VAT is pretty high is it not ?
I think this will be 1099-1199 USD
Even that without really a lot of foot switching options is kind of ridiculous

 

[Dez]

I don’t know Euro to USD but VAT is pretty high

The euro beats USD every day of the week. Our dollar is weaker and seems to continue in that direction more every day lol

 

[mikah912]

I don’t know Euro to USD but VAT is pretty high is it not ?
I think this will be 1099-1199 USD
Even that without really a lot of foot switching options is kind of ridiculous

Yeah, next to the $700 AM4, I just don't see the appeal here. Someone is going to get the super small touchscren device with a decent amount of power/switching form factor right.

 

[Orvillain]

Honestly, this is kinda cool. It would have to be below £900 for me to want to grab one though. Once you're invested in a bigger modeller, regardless of which one, the sales proposition becomes less attractive on the smaller stocking filler ones.

 

[Lysander]

I don’t know Euro to USD but VAT is pretty high is it not ?

It depends, but 20% average is a good rule of thumb for most of Western Europe.

If price rumors confirm, that'd translate to some ~$1300 in the US - before taxes.

 

[laxu]

I know I'm a bit of a germphobe, the quad having footswitches working as knobs just make me think I'm playing out stepping on bathrooms then go play the gig and trying to tweak something . Now also stepping over the touchscreen?

Better not think what might come off your soles when you stomp on any footswitches on a pedalboard. Or that smartphone you browsed in the bathroom.

 

[sleewell]

they are going to keep making the screens smaller and smaller until ppl figure out how to stream porn on them hahahahaha

 

[laxu]

Honestly, this is kinda cool. It would have to be below £900 for me to want to grab one though. Once you're invested in a bigger modeller, regardless of which one, the sales proposition becomes less attractive on the smaller stocking filler ones.

I agree. I think it's in that territory where the compact form factor and what it can do with its limited processing power is good enough for many, in the same way as e.g Fractal AM4.

Pricing determines if this gets me interested in NeuralDSP. I don't really want a QC again and Nano Cortex sucks due to not having a screen. This lives in that territory where you can slap it on any pedalboard or on the desk, while still being highly useful.

My only hardware modeler atm is the Tonex One and the portability factor is huge with that pedal. You can just keep it with you and use where amp+cab+limited fx is good enough.

 

[GTR37]

Yeah, next to the $700 AM4, I just don't see the appeal here. Someone is going to get the super small touchscren device with a decent amount of power/switching form factor right.

Honestly , the AM4 is a ridiculous value

 

[laxu]

Honestly , the AM4 is a ridiculous value*

*In the US.

 

[Dez]

I agree. I think it's in that territory where the compact form factor and what it can do with its limited processing power is good enough for many, in the same way as e.g Fractal AM4.

Pricing determines if this gets me interested in NeuralDSP. I don't really want a QC again and Nano Cortex sucks due to not having a screen. This lives in that territory where you can slap it on any pedalboard or on the desk, while still being highly useful.

My only hardware modeler atm is the Tonex One and the portability factor is huge with that pedal. You can just keep it with you and use where amp+cab+limited fx is good enough.

We’ll see for sure soon but in the video, they said it was the same device as the QC with a different hardware footprint. Same tech, same brains and all. Same screen too, I think

In that sense, it’s like a Helix LT/Stomp concept

 

[texhex]

Speaking of Quad Cortex.

My refurbished unit just showed up. Other than UPS shipping crunching, this thing looks brand new. It's frozen solid from sitting in a truck the last few days. Gotta let it assume room temperature and then have a look.

Not bad for $1449! Let's hope it powers on.

 

[deadpool_25]

I see a lot of tour-use QC’s in racks. This seems perfect for that situation. Also my QC is currently living on my desk. It would also be great for that. Hm. I was initially kinda “whatever” but now maybe I might grab one.

 

[Lysander]

I see a lot of tour-use QC’s in racks. This seems perfect for that situation.

Yeah, with full MIDI this makes a lot of sense. I've seen HX Stomps in rack drawers on a good number of occasions.

 

[Whizzinby]

Honestly , the AM4 is a ridiculous value

Sorta. Maybe. Where Neural laps the field with the rest of the market is in modern design elements. They don’t look or feel like something from eras past. When you combine sleek hardware and a modern UI with a bunch of IO, modeling + capturing + plugs, and other modern conveniences (WiFi updates, cloud sharing, etc) the value proposition isn’t strictly tones.

 

[Mongillo19]

Someone is going to get the super small touchscren device with a decent amount of power/switching form factor right.

How is this not a contender for that?

From the video it seems they put a ton in this thing. It really doesn't seem to be lacking much and it certainly doesn't seem to be a neutered QC

 

[Blix]

 

[mikah912]

$1400? Hell to the naw.

 

[Lysander]

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[mikah912]

How is this not a contender for that?

From the video it seems they put a ton in this thing. It really doesn't seem to be lacking much and it certainly doesn't seem to be a neutered QC

The switching seems more oriented for desktop. Even in the Sweetwater video, they say you'd probably want to add a MIDI controller for live.

Close, but no cigar. Also, a bad value to me against a used/B-stock QC.