The NDSP Nano Cortex…

[JCW308]

Anyone know....with the latest update, if you keep the signal chain the same on say four presets in a bank, will there still be gaps when switching presets? Kemper Player has no gaps anywhere no matter what I did. I'm hoping similar signal chains will make the Nano be gapless.

 

[Sedaxel]

Yesterday I received an e-mail from NDSP. It was a survey for the research team, asking for desired features and suggestions to improve the unit. They asked about MIDI, effects, accesories, etc. And there was also some fields to write what you want with a little more detail. They also offered me to enter some kind of users research team (don´t remember how they called it).

It´s the first time that I receive such a detailed attention on a unit. I had a lot of units from several brands (Boss, Zoom, Atomic, Line6, Fender...), and this is the best experience so far. Line6 was great in the helix ideascale, they listened to users and always added features that people wanted. But this Nano Cortex guys are delivering too, and the survey is a great thing if they actually use it to improve.

 

[jellodog]

Yesterday I received an e-mail from NDSP. It was a survey for the research team, asking for desired features and suggestions to improve the unit. They askid about MIDI, effects, accesories, etc. [...]

We've theorised here before that there may be a separate team for the Nano Cortex, and this news makes me think that it might be true because it does seem like markedly different behaviour to what we've experienced for the rest of the NDSP products.

 

[GTR37]

Yesterday I received an e-mail from NDSP. It was a survey for the research team, asking for desired features and suggestions to improve the unit. They asked about MIDI, effects, accesories, etc. And there was also some fields to write what you want with a little more detail. They also offered me to enter some kind of users research team (don´t remember how they called it).

It´s the first time that I receive such a detailed attention on a unit. I had a lot of units from several brands (Boss, Zoom, Atomic, Line6, Fender...), and this is the best experience so far. Line6 was great in the helix ideascale, they listened to users and always added features that people wanted. But this Nano Cortex guys are delivering too, and the survey is a great thing if they actually use it to improve.

Honestly that product is actually pretty solid i can only think of 3 additions
Allow mod fx pre and post
Add plate spring verbs
Fix the gapless switching

Really beyond that I think it is pretty dam full featured for the $$$

 

[Sedaxel]

Honestly that product is actually pretty solid i can only think of 3 additions
Allow mod fx pre and post
Add plate spring verbs
Fix the gapless switching

Really beyond that I think it is pretty dam full featured for the $$$

Yeah, I agree.

I´d also add some more things:

- More MIDI capabilities (another expression CC message, to use a couple expression pedals connected through a MIDI controller).

- Global volume, controllable through exp/MIDI.

- A second capture slot, to add pedals or compressors captures along with the amp one.

- Allow cyclyng 4 presets with the capure selection button (instead of captures, which isn´t too useful anyway), so you could use the footswitches in different combinations of 4 presets, without a MIDI controller.

- Some more effects (not many, maybe several which are not present, like a harmonizer or something like that).

- The USB MIDI doesn´t work with some host midi controllers (such as the Luminite). This is not exactly an issue from the Nano, but from Luminite, though.

- Dual mono outputs. Currently you can have stereo, dual mono if one output has IR bypassed, or mono if there´s just one output connected. But if you want both outputs to send the same mono signal with IR, you can´t. That´d be useful if you want to send one output to PA, and the other output to your own FRFR monitor. Currently you could only do that with a DI box (using the link port) or a splitter. Not a big problem, but you know... it´s very easy to fix it (they added the mono autosum when only one port is connected in the last firmware).

But now, as is, the unit is very capable. And most important... it sounds stellar.