Quad Cortex Mini

[Los-D]

Looks like and IPhone on it side

Even the notch…

Idk, I guess this just isn’t for me. And I thought the original QC had a great form factor. YMMV and congrats to all NDSP fans.

Also, is the power supply any good? Hopefully the noise issues were addressed as well.

 

[Whizzinby]

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.

Not aiming this squarely at you, but here in the D&M lounge we endure thread after thread of digital folks wanting micro machine devices for everything and NDSP produce a smaller version of their flagship, but without any sacrifice to to the core feature set or DSP power, aka they didn’t bonk it, and now we wish they would have bonked it to hit a price point?

I think that’s sorta what’s badass here. They built to a form factor, not to a price point. It won’t be a Neural-Lite experience, despite the smaller size.

This thing is a massive W in my book. (Unless they Neuraled something in the design, which we won’t know until people start digging in on it)

 

[riffy]

WTF am I looking at?

 

[Dez]

No, I don’t Velcro anything to anything because if I’m buying a modeler with that much horsepower I’m not using other shit with it and mounting it to a board just means more shit to deal with because the hardware wasn’t designed for the task I would ask of it. That’s why I wouldn’t buy something so gimped in on-device performance features.

Do you exclude an expression pedal from this thought process?

 

[ian_dissonance]

Do you exclude an expression pedal from this thought process?

I buy stuff with built-in expression pedals.

 

[AZG]

Also, is the power supply any good? Hopefully the noise issues were addressed as well.

The million dollar question? None of the talking heads mention an improvement so I’m guessing not.

 

[GTR37]

The million dollar question? None of the talking heads mention an improvement so I’m guessing not.

It locks in so you can’t trip over it
I read that so there is one improvement

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

And stick a sideways Kemper on top!

And put it all in a rack drawer!

I've got my Golden Girls color scheme rattle cans of spray paint ready for this project!!!!

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Thank you for this! Size difference is not enough to fuel my irrational GAS. Sticking with my OG QCs.

(And @Boudoir Guitar's pockets are way too big LOL.)

I still like it

 

[mbenigni]

I still like it

Oh, so do I. But I’ll live. Ideally I’d have one of each, but moving a QC in pursuit of a QCM will be too lossy, I think.

 

[namathan_zirwir]

Once some used ones get out in the wild, I will likely grab one

 

[Dez]

Oh, so do I. But I’ll live. Ideally I’d have one of each, but moving a QC in pursuit of a QCM will be too lossy, I think.

I’m lucky I was able to exchange mine to be honest

 

[2112]

I've seen a bunch of QC rigs where they're mounted to rack drawers and being used with MIDI automation. These would be a much more elegant solution for those.

 

[Dez]

 

[Whizzinby]

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I’m glad they’re sold out. I’d probably happy hour one these jokers before I could see the rest of the NAMM lineup. That form factor is badass.

 

[deadpool_25]

Lifeless. Lmao. Okay

With all due respect to Brock, that’s what happens when you are biased towards one thing and against something else. And it doesn’t even need to be a conscious bias. It can just happen because we’re humans.

 

[namathan_zirwir]

With all due respect to Brock, that’s what happens when you are biased towards one thing and against something else. And it doesn’t even need to be a conscious bias. It can just happen because we’re humans.

He deleted his original post, for some reason

 

[Digital Igloo]

Gotta say, it's a cool looking box—Neural's Industrial Design team is great. The price makes perfect sense to be honest. Things are gonna get more expensive across the industry, I'm afraid. Thanks, [thing we can't discuss]!

 

[paisleywookiee]

Even the notch…
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Idk, I guess this just isn’t for me. And I thought the original QC had a great form factor. YMMV and congrats to all NDSP fans.

Also, is the power supply any good? Hopefully the noise issues were addressed as well.

A notch? Ugh. Never mind. Will wait for the QC Mini with a Dynamic Island.

 

[deadpool_25]

“Fractal Audio, we want you to give us a fully featured version of the FM9. Same DSP, same I/O (but you can consolidate TS jacks into TRS jacks to save space and stuff like that), same grid and editor functionality. It should have less buttons, less footswitches, and at least a 50% smaller footprint. And we want it for $1000 instead of the $1800 the FM9 costs.”

Good lord. I do love most of you guys, but that’s just fucking stupid. I’m not calling the people saying it stupid. Intelligent people say stupid shit all the damn time and this is a fine example.