Neural DSP - Cortex Control beta, CorOS 2.2 released

[Whizzinby]

I was just ready to give them some props for the customer-friendly moves lately (e.g. price drops, giving away a free plugin to recent customers, making tangible progress on plugins). Hell, I still will.

Do I trust either their communication or their bug-killing and firmware development at this juncture? No.

Yeah I was pleasantly surprised to get that email announcing the free plug. I should qualify having bought #2 in late August. Haven’t gotten the email to redeem yet.

Doesn’t look like I’ll be updating the QC until the fix for the fix drops though.

 

[mbenigni]

Yeah, I don't intend to upgrade past 2.1.1 any time soon. It's not like they've added any actual content I need. Support for a beta desktop editor (for a device with an excellent hardware UI), along with a pile of new bugs? You've got to give me actual reasons to roll the dice like that.

 

[mbenigni]

"If you purchased your Quad Cortex before August 1st, 2023, unfortunately, you won't be able to take advantage of this promotion. However, we've got some good news for you – we've got a special gift waiting for you when we roll out Plugin Compatibility on the Quad Cortex. Stay tuned!"

So it's not a plugin... Whatever could it be? And how could it only be for customers who purchased before 8/1/2023??

Maybe... it's a bug that only affects older revisions of the QC?

 

[gearJunkie]

"If you purchased your Quad Cortex before August 1st, 2023, unfortunately, you won't be able to take advantage of this promotion."

This reads to me like only those who purchased after Aug 1st 2023 are eligible.

 

[Mongillo19]

 

[mbenigni]

This reads to me like only those who purchased after Aug 1st 2023 are eligible.

Agreed. My comment/ joke was about the following sentence, re: the "special gift" for everyone else.

 

[SeeD]

So it's not a plugin... Whatever could it be? And how could it only be for customers who purchased before 9/1/2023??

Maybe... it's a bug that only affects older revisions of the QC?

 

[Los-D]

"If you purchased your Quad Cortex before August 1st, 2023, unfortunately, you won't be able to take advantage of this promotion. However, we've got some good news for you – we've got a special gift waiting for you when we roll out Plugin Compatibility on the Quad Cortex. Stay tuned!"

So it's not a plugin... Whatever could it be? And how could it only be for customers who purchased before 9/1/2023??

Maybe... it's a bug that only affects older revisions of the QC?

Hint: it’s not a new power supply.

 

[mbenigni]

The suspense is killing me.

 

[gearJunkie]

Agreed. My comment/ joke was about the following sentence, re: the "special gift" for everyone else.

Their statement is obviously ambiguous, hence our different interpretation. However, it reads to me like the special gift is for purchases after Aug 1.

 

[mbenigni]

Their statement is obviously ambiguous, hence our different interpretation. However, it reads to me like the special gift is for purchases after Aug 1.

Except for the fact that our interpretations are not different. I agree that the plugin is for purchases after Aug 1. But the "special gift" is for everyone else. And also completely indeterminate.

Slightly ominous, even.

 

[Elric]

Yeah, I don't intend to upgrade past 2.1.1 any time soon. It's not like they've added any actual content I need. Support for a beta desktop editor (for a device with an excellent hardware UI), along with a pile of new bugs? You've got to give me actual reasons to roll the dice like that.

I don't see anything in that discord noise that I'd consider too scary, TBH. I may give it a go... I've only seen a couple of minor issues in Cortex Control, it's been impressively stable. Super happy with it.

 

[gearJunkie]

Except for the fact that our interpretations are not different. I agree that the plugin is for purchases after Aug 1. But the "special gift" is for everyone else. And also completely indeterminate.

Slightly ominous, even.

My mistake. I assumed the special gift was the plugin.

 

[mbenigni]

My mistake. I assumed the special gift was the plugin.

And if NDSP weren't so hellbent on overcomplicating everything at all times... it would be.

 

[mbenigni]

I don't see anything in that discord noise that I'd consider too scary, TBH. I may give it a go... I've only seen a couple of minor issues in Cortex Control, it's been impressively stable. Super happy with it.

I never spend any time on Discord, and when I see screencaps here a) I can barely follow what they're supposed to mean, and b) I sometimes suspect user error. Have you had any firsthand experience with the expression pedal/ wah state issues that have allegedly been introduced?

Not that it would be anything more than an inconvenience for me, personally. All of my Madison Square Garden dates have been postponed for several weeks.

 

[Whizzinby]

Neural is having to compete. Price drops, flash sales of new plugins, plug-in giveaways for new unit sales etc.

I’m thinking the Parallax plugin for my customer appreciation gift.

 

[GTR37]

The free gift is likely a plug-in of their choice as opposed to a plug in of your choice
Maybe a Fortin Nameless or a Nolly

 

[Whizzinby]

The free gift is likely a plug-in of their choice as opposed to a plug in of your choice
Maybe a Fortin Nameless or a Nolly

I look forward to being gifted a plug-in i already own.

 

[yeky83]

"If you purchased your Quad Cortex before August 1st, 2023, unfortunately, you won't be able to take advantage of this promotion. However, we've got some good news for you – we've got a special gift waiting for you when we roll out Plugin Compatibility on the Quad Cortex. Stay tuned!"

So it's not a plugin... Whatever could it be? And how could it only be for customers who purchased before 8/1/2023??

Maybe... it's a bug that only affects older revisions of the QC?

Thinking the “special gift" might be something like “50% off one of our plugins!”

Preorder tier 1 folks were supposed to get something special too after they merged tier 1 and tier 2… never materialized. But this is an official newsletter and not some forum post they can delete, so they'll probably deliver... something, who knows what.

 

[GTR37]

Thinking the “special gift" might be something like “50% off one of our plugins!”

Preorder tier 1 folks were supposed to get something special too after they merged tier 1 and tier 2… never materialized. But this is an official newsletter and not some forum post they can delete, so they'll probably deliver... something, who knows what.

We got a coffee table book about the making of QC