Quad Cortex Mini

[Boudoir Guitar]

Yeah, I mean I don't think we need to entertain at all this product is for you

If only every product developer in existence weren't such an idiot....

 

[Sascha Franck]

If only every product developer in existence weren't such an idiot....

Truer words have never been spoken.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

TBH... if one of those said (Boss RV-5 Modulate Mode) I'd buy another QC tomorrow. lol.

I don't know how the word "Blossom" didn't immediately inspire you to go deflower a shop of a QC already...

 

[Dez]

in this thread we are going to convince everyone to love NDSP and buy a QC product



hahahahahaha

 

[Orvillain]

I don't know how the word "Blossom" didn't immediately inspire you to go deflower a shop of a QC already...

I'm 41. Can't be doing that sort of thing these days.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I'm 41. Can't be doing that sort of thing these days.

Okay, then surely "Nordic Concert Hall" got those five molecules of testosterone you have left swirling?

 

[Orvillain]

Okay, then surely "Nordic Concert Hall" got those five molecules of testosterone you have left swirling?

 

[mbenigni]

Live look in

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You have got me ALL wrong.

 

[AZG]

My first question is whether they fixed the signal to noise and other noise issues common on the bigger QC? I had two original QC in the first year and they both had a lot of noise that no other modeler I’ve owned or tried has had.

 

[Stone]

Smaller isn't always better, id still take the QC over that Gameboy, but that's me

 

[Lysander]

As most here noted, it looks like a cool device, but the pricing makes absolutely no sense IMHO. I think a reduced DSP QC for under $1000 would've been a much better value proposition.

Going through some clips, it's also seems chunkier than photos would have you believe - about 60% of the size of a QC, and with the exact same height.

Props to Neural though for FINALLY fixing this thou!

12 V DC, 1.2 A, center-negative power input with locking 2.1 / 5.5 mm DC connector. Power supply included, with a non-locking adapter for compatibility with standard pedalboard power supplies. Power-on behavior can be set to automatic power-up when connected, or manual power-up using the power switch.

 

[mbenigni]

I have not seen a single NDSP/QC owner ask for, that will expand their profits while not having to put any additional effort into their day to day (that part IS smart business)).

I follow some of the points in your thread, but do you honestly think this (an entirely new hardware design and supporting firmware) was the low-effort play?

 

[Dez]

I would love for someone to hack this thing so I can play all my favorite Zelda roms.

 

[banned]

Just as I’m not surprised to find people attracted to it like moths to a flame, I’m just clueless as to why.

Are you really? It looks slick - people like shiny gadgets, the GUI is nice and modern and the marketing sells it well. That's pretty much it.

TBH, with where NDSP are today, the tones are also great.

But I strongly dislike the company, so I won't be buying one.

 

[mbenigni]

I'd check out the manual

Quad Cortex mini® User Manual 4.0.0

Neural DSP® Quad Cortex mini® User Manual

neuraldsp.com

Probably answers some of your questions

This. I'm not usually one for an "RTFM reply" (I prefer to hear myself talk type) but in this case I think the manual will show you the way. Pretty sure you can get vol/wah on one expr input, one way or another.

P.S. I'm pretty sure those inputs are TRS, but I don't think that necessarily indicates toe switching capability. But again, I think there are effective workarounds.

 

[mbenigni]

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Very excited to hear that Studio Plate 70 reverb. (Except my QC doesn't want to connect to my WiFi tonight. It's Frontier's fault, honest. )

 

[AlbertA]

Well, yes and no - I was actually wondering whether those were TRS. Because you usually need TRS for EXP pedals to work (something I absolutely don't understand, btw - there's TS EXP pedals working with quite some keyboards) and you'd need at least one other connection for the toe switch then. And ideally yet another one for tap tempo. It's what I'm doing with the GT-1000 Core.

TRS => Voltage divider - device sends reference voltage on Ring typically, the wiper in the pedal forms a variable voltage divider and the resulting voltage is sent back on the tip. The device input impedance will be high, so the effect of cable resistance becomes negligible.

With TS - the device measures the resistance between T and S- so readings are susceptible to changes in cable resistance, wear on the wiper/potentiometer of the pedal and temperature changes.

 

[AlbertA]

 

[texhex]

in this thread we are going to convince everyone to love NDSP and buy a QC product



hahahahahaha

After today with what I was just able to do with the QC in an hour, I can't get over how impressed I am with this thig right now. QC Mini would have been an instant buy if it had been out last week, got a QC Fat refurbished for $50 more but damn that Mini is looking damn good.

In case anyone is interested, this is where they post the referb units when they have them in stock. They come and go as available. Unit came factory sealed and looks brand new.

https://reverb.com/item/89989130-neural-dsp-quad-cortex-refurbished

 

[texhex]

I'm so glad that guy finally diched the headband. At least it wasn't Black Nail Polish, that shit on dudes makes me want to jump off a cliff.