Neural DSP releases CorOS 1.4.0 for Quad Cortex

June 21, 2022 · 2 sources

Neural DSP released CorOS 1.4.0 for the Quad Cortex on June 21, 2022¹. The firmware is downloaded via Settings > Device Options > Device Updates on the unit once it is connected to Wi-Fi¹.

The update adds the Minivoicer, which Neural DSP describes as an algorithm that adds two pitch-shifted voices on top of the signal, with a voicing library for root note, modes and chords, and MIDI input for harmonizing the DI signal to MIDI-instructed pitch¹. It sits within the Pitch devices¹. The nine guitar amplifiers model the Bogner Überschall Rev. Blue (Clean and Lead), the Diezel Herbert (Ch1, Ch2 and Ch3) and the Fender High Power Tweed Twin 5F8-A (Bright, Bright Jumped, Normal and Normal Jumped)¹. The three overdrives are the No-Bell OD1 (Nobels ODR-1), Red Drive (Keeley Red Dirt) and Vemural Ray (Vemuram Jan Ray)¹. The ten effects are one delay, five compressors, two modulation devices and one wah¹.

Other additions include assigning the bypass status of multiple devices to one footswitch in Stomp Mode, with no limit on the number of devices per footswitch, and an Input Gate on all Input Blocks that is bypassed by default¹. A new boot splash screen allows Recovery Mode by holding the A and H footswitches within the first six seconds, for a settings reset or factory reset¹. Scenes can be swapped via the Main Menu on The Grid, the text caret can be moved by rotating the UP ARROW footswitch, and a numeric keyboard has been added¹. USB ins and outs can now be set to send dry or wet signal when the Quad Cortex is used as an audio interface¹.

Changes include copying Scenes via the Main Menu instead of long-pressing a footswitch, new default values for Delay devices, and the Mix parameter displaying first on all Reverb devices¹. Mono and stereo versions of devices are marked (M) and (ST)¹. The Tuner now shows both flat and sharp note values¹. Neural DSP also lists fixes to Scene volume ramps, the Utility Gate, Neural Capture copying and Tempo adjustment, among others¹.