Neural DSP moves Quad Cortex manufacturing to Finland

June 28, 2022 · 1 sources

Neural DSP said on June 28, 2022 that it had moved manufacturing of the Quad Cortex to Finland, citing silicon shortages and logistics bottlenecks among its overseas electronics suppliers. The move was described in the company's Quad Cortex Development Update #25, written by Doug Castro.

The company said the decision followed a severe container shortage the previous year and lockdown-related disruptions at factories and ports, which made shipping costs higher and several times longer. Castro wrote that the transition involved synchronizing manufacturing and supply chain management from one vendor to another, and that the operation is now running almost at capacity. Neural DSP said it expected to operate at full capacity from late June or July and to ramp up production during the fall to thousands of units per month.

The update also covered the product's software. Neural DSP said it had released 10 CorOS updates and shipped over 15,000 units in the previous twelve months, and that features including the Minivoicer, Looper, Stomp Mode multi-bypass assignment, Freeze, and Preset & Capture bundling had been added. The company said Hybrid Mode and a redesigned file manager are planned for CorOS 2.0.0, and that a desktop controller is in development, with its interface and two-way communication complete.

Neural DSP said it had reworked hardware and software to use different critical components, which meant redesigning PCBs and re-writing drivers. The company said it has a team of more than 100.