Neural DSP releases Core OS 3.0 for Quad Cortex

October 1, 2024 · 1 sources

Neural DSP released Core OS 3.0 for the Quad Cortex, an update that allows profiles to be uploaded straight onto the unit, according to a discussion of the firmware on the Chairmen of the Boards podcast published October 3, 2024.

The update was described on the episode as one that "allows you, on your Quad Cortex, the big brother to the Nano Cortex, to upload these profiles"¹. The same discussion said the feature starts with a couple of profiles¹.

The Quad Cortex is the larger of the two units discussed on the episode, alongside the Nano Cortex, which the hosts covered at length¹. The Nano Cortex was described as a mono input, stereo output device with stereo outputs for connecting studio monitors, PA systems and FRFR cabs, running on a 9 or 12 volt, 600 milliamp power input, with a dedicated headphone out and MIDI¹. The hosts also noted it has no effects loop and is "basically just like a single signal path"¹. Those details concern the Nano Cortex, not the Core OS 3.0 update itself.

The episode did not give a price for Core OS 3.0 or state which profiles are included at launch¹. The Quad Cortex sits in the multi-effects category alongside other amp modeling and profiling units covered on the site's multi-effects pedals page.