NDSP Quad Cortex

[JiveTurkey]

I don’t think this has ever really been done though - most modellers aren’t doing fully licenced models in the same way. It’s as much up to the companies to want it to happen and to reach those agreements. The landscape has changed a ton in the last 5 years or so too.

I’d personally rather see proper licensing and officially branded products, even if it means HW gets a reduced choice of options. I like that the original amp creators get something out of it.

Agreed. Teaming up with artists for the plugs was a good marketing move, obviously. But it is going to present some royalty payment math difficulties when the company wants to pivot the agreement to include whatever it is on the hardware.

 

[Stone]

Cant those be recreated using the QC? Are they not the same amps cabs and what not thats already in the QC?

 

[Whizzinby]

I’d guess for the more recent plugs they’ve baked in hardware porting into their agreements up front. I doubt they’ll ever do another plug that doesn’t have hardware porting built in to the deal.

Which also explains why the handful that are up in the air are generally the older ones. Those companies probably want new money (can’t blame them) and Neural probably argues that porting leads to an increase of new purchases of the plug from HW owners. If the old plug sales have dried up considerably over the years (to be expected) then you'd be well served to create leverage with Neural for a new deal ($$$) to port them.

If I was Neural I’d just walk away from anyone that they can’t reasonably come to an agreement with. The plugs are still usable as plugs, and the QC needs to move on. Looks like they’ll be able to add the majority of them, and all new ones will be compatible on day one. Neural needs to move on.

 

[2dor]

Cant those be recreated using the QC? Are they not the same amps cabs and what not thats already in the QC?

I think most can (ie. Granophre is on Misha's middle amp) but some can't like the NTS.

 

[Mongillo19]

Those companies probably want new money

I'm surprised Fortin was cool with Nameless being ported but not NTS

 

[Orvillain]

I don't really care about NTS and Morello. I am happy about the free upgrade for the Darkglass Ultra plugin, I'm annoyed it can't come to QC though.

 

[Whizzinby]

I'm surprised Fortin was cool with Nameless being ported but not NTS

It’s one of their best selling plugins, they had to come to an agreement for that.

Neural probably doesn’t feel obligated to rework the deal for NTS in the same way they did for Nameless.