Nano Cortex - First Impressions from a Quad Cortex User

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@StupidGuitar 4 ай бұрын

Good stuff as always. Still way too many people can’t wrap their head around the use for this device and you managed to articulate it beautifully in the intro section

@TheRealChetManley 4 ай бұрын

I got this device the day it was released. It's a great little device. So much hate on the internet about it. It's like people are personally offended by it. They want it to be something It's not. Its not an all in one device like the QC. It captures and loads captures. And it is really good at that. I captured a few of my amps already and it sounds amazing, damn near identical. And no extra hardware or computer needed. Not to mention the cortex cloud which has so many great captures. It's more than I would ever use. And if you really want you could just capture your entire signal chain into a preset and use it like that. I have a fractal FM9 as well. I can setup presets on the fractal and capture them to the NC and have all of my presets in a small format and take them anywhere easily. Heck would be great for traveling.

@6sqd 4 ай бұрын

would you recommend it for someone who only has one amp, and wants it because of the many different tones i can get and its very portable? The cloud app seems like a greta upside to it but im still not sure.

@1Guug 4 ай бұрын

yeah a lot of NeuralDSP fanboys are toxic bedroom axe warriors that think everything is made for them

@tonepilot 4 ай бұрын

The hate is from users who are frustrated that they aren’t in control of NDSP.

@davidcjupp 4 ай бұрын

The lack of an OD slot is a valid criticism.

@tonepilot 4 ай бұрын

@@davidcjupp Not really. That’s not its intended use case. Need a drive but don’t want to put one on your board? You can capture your amp with the drive enabled. Otherwise the Quad Cortex is what you should be looking at or any of the hundreds of sub $500.00 modelers from China.

@peteglase 4 ай бұрын

Nice work here Davlav...per usual!

@andrewfink8361 4 ай бұрын

Great video! One of the better ones out there on the Nano Cortex. Would love it if in a future update, they allowed you to hold the foot switch down on the side you are running a capture, to engage a tap tempo, in the event you are using the delay block. Similar to how the Halo Delay functions. I really feel that without a tap tempo, a delay effect, sometimes end up being useless. And if they added different effects overtime, it would be great if you would be able to swap out certain effects for another, within the app. I currently use a quad cortex as my main rig. I have another smaller board I use for smaller shows and gigs, but use the Tonex on the smaller board. I would definitely upgrade to the NC at some point!

@bonafideguitar 23 күн бұрын

Excellent video!

@GearStuffandThings 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for having a fair and balanced approach

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I figure nobody's paying me for this, might as well say what I think.

@ptalley316 4 ай бұрын

What a great sound!!!

@zigballiveguitar 4 ай бұрын

Very nice review

@tperry5839 4 ай бұрын

Great Review Bro

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@pranavphx 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@robyates136 4 ай бұрын

I think they've done an excellent job of aiming this device at certain parts of the market and all the complaints are from those that look at the device without context. Do I have lots of drive pedals - yes. Do I have an ampless setup - yes (UA Lion, Solar CHUG/Mooer Radar). Would I like to expand the number of amps available to me - yes. Would a device that can "do everything" yet fit in my pocket help me reduce the friction of going to make music with other people? - yes. Would pitch shifting reduce the friction of retuning / having multiple guitars in different tunings - yes. All the internet complaints seem to point to issues that I don't have or don't bother me. Suggests Neural DSP have done their homework for a large market segment not represented by many KZbin reviewers. My Nano is on order - it will drop into my setup easily.

@mmarchi21 4 ай бұрын

I would love to see you do a new DI capture with both the QC and Nano Cortex to see if there any improvement with the Nano. While I also use captures (some purchased), I find that my DI captures handle pedals better so I rely mostly on my own captures.

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

Great idea!

@Gitarnerden 4 ай бұрын

Have you tried comparing Tonex vs. Neural captures (of the same amp)? It seems the general consensus is that Tonex are slightly better/more accurate? Thanks for the vid, very informative as always :)

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

I haven't gotten there yet, but I will. The accuracy is obviously subjective since every amp can be different and so much depends on the skill and equipment of whoever makes the capture/ model.

@duncancartledge1667 4 ай бұрын

Very well thought out review. I’m a Tonex user myself but interested in the Nano Cortex. Have you tried the capture process in Nano Cortex yet? How does it compare to Tonex in terms of setting levels ( especially the send to amp level)?

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

I have made captures with the Nano and found it very straight forward. I think a bit easier than on the Quad Cortex. I have a Tonex One, but haven't made any tone models myself so I can't really compare.

@tsouknosflwrina 4 ай бұрын

So you used it as an audio interface? And how it sounds compared to a midrange audio interface? Thanks great demo!

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

Yes, what you're hearing is direct from the Nano to Logic via USB.

@tsouknosflwrina 4 ай бұрын

@@davlavmusic7070 and how about sound quality and latency compared to your audio interface? And what interface do you use ? Thanks in advance!

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

Previous to this I always just used my Quad Cortex as my interface, even with the NDSP plugins. To me, the latency is not an issue with either the Quad or the Nano.

@tendingtropic7778 4 ай бұрын

thanks, but you can also get OD pedals and put one before it right? the main miss here is an fx loop

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

Yes you can definitely put a drive pedal in front. Works great

@tendingtropic7778 4 ай бұрын

@@davlavmusic7070 any tips

@Sillatrybarn 4 ай бұрын

Is it possible to make a capture of a preset from the quad cortex and download it to the nano?

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

Definitely, within the limits of what a capture can do, of course. But you could capture a combined tone with drives, amps, eq, cabs, etc.

@mrhelpnow 4 ай бұрын

Ive had many issue conecting via Bluetooth 😢

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that.

@TheRealChetManley 4 ай бұрын

You don't have to replace the presets. Go to show all presets and create a new one there. You don't have to assign it to a bank if you don't want. I think the device can hold like 60 presets or something. It'll store lots of captures, just don't assign them to a preset or bank. You can use them anytime by creating a preset and optionally assigning it to a bank. I can store up to 256 captures. You're getting confused between captures and banks. Lots of bad information in this video tbh, lol

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

It's the slots for captures that's the limit. From what I can tell there's only 25 (5 banks of 5).

@willohwell 4 ай бұрын

@@davlavmusic7070 "You can store up to 256 Neural Captures on Nano Cortex." Direct quote from Neural DSP's FAQ.

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

@@willohwell That is true, but you can only get to them in the app (took me a bit to figure out how). From the device you can only get to the 5 banks of 5.

@tonepilot 4 ай бұрын

This unit is screaming for a screen above the nameplate.

@davlavmusic7070 4 ай бұрын

I think NDSP did a good just with the usability on the device without one. The LEDs around each knob make it easy to see what the setting is for the preset. Editing effects requires the app, but the other stuff is easy to do without it.

@tonepilot 4 ай бұрын

@@davlavmusic7070 the trouble is remembering the sequencing of the effects and captures. If you’re not using the device everyday, you’ll need the app open on your mic stand.

@jethrotoe8944 4 ай бұрын

They could have used a third footswitch for tap-tempo instead of this sign, for example. And having to go into the app to adjust the effect is a lousy solution.