Neural DSP releases CorOS 2.0.1 to beta testers

February 28, 2023 · 1 sources

Neural DSP reported on February 28, 2023 that CorOS 2.0.1, the next firmware for its Quad Cortex, had been released to beta testers. The company said testing would continue but that it hoped to wrap it up and launch soon¹.

The update includes a redesigned Cabsim block. Neural DSP said the redesign is meant to improve the user experience when adjusting microphone positions and to give easier access to other parameters, and that the order of the parameters now mimics the order of the Quad Cortex's footswitches¹. Tapping the selected microphone opens a list of available microphones, and tapping the Impulse Response icon navigates the IRs loaded on the unit for players who use the Cabsim block to load IRs instead of the IR Loader block. Those IRs can be sorted and filtered as they can in the Directory¹.

CorOS 2.0.1 also allows a Cabsim or IR Loader block to be added in the Neural Capture creation screen, so a Capture can be auditioned with a cabinet or IR without adding it to The Grid. Neural DSP said the block behaves as it would on The Grid and can be bypassed to A/B against another output source¹.

Neural DSP also gave an outline of later work. It said CorOS 2.1.0 focuses on new device models and several quality of life improvements, which can be added while the team works on completing the desktop controller and plugin compatibility for future releases. The company said it hopes to show a beta of the desktop controller at the NAMM show in April this year¹. No price or release date for CorOS 2.0.1 was given.