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Neural DSP Quad Cortex Amp/FX Processor
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Your Price: $2,399.99 CDN
or from $141 CDN/mo
Vulgar Display of Power
Quad Cortex is the most powerful floor modeler on the planet. With 2GHz of dedicated DSP from its Quad-Core SHARC architecture, this ludicrous amount of processing capacity provides limitless sound design possibilities.
Neural Capture
Capture, share and download your favorite rigs' sounds. Equipped with unique biomimetic AI technology, Quad Cortex can learn and replicate the sonic characteristics of any physical amplifier, overdrive, and cabinet with unprecedented accuracy.
Unlike any other, the sophisticated neural network algorithm perceives sound akin to human perception, making it the most natural-sounding capture solution on the planet.
Neural has collaborated with some of the best producers and sound designers to provide an ever-growing collection of free rig captures in addition to the full-circuit models.
As good as it gets
Quad Cortex packs a vast amount of state-of-the-art emulations of your favorite gear with unprecedented accuracy and unbelievably natural dynamic response.
Cabsim
With over 1000 perfectly captured impulse responses, Quad Cortex ships with one of the most extensive IR collections on the planet - and it is the only of its kind equipped with virtual microphones that can be positioned around the speaker like in a real studio. Third-party IRs are extremely easy to load.
Powerful parametric EQ
Absolute control at your fingertips. Taking full advantage of the 7" multi-touch display, our parametric EQ is intuitive and fun to use.
Neural CNS
Seamlessly Integrate Cortex with your favorite devices.
Explore and share endless presets on the cloud using Neural CNS Mobile. It syncs up to your device, and with Quad Cortex's built-in WiFi module all the presets are beamed wirelessly.
Cortex Desktop Controller allows you to control the floor unit in real-time, as well as direct access to Neural CNS for exploring, sharing and downloading presets with the Cortex users community
Switching Modes
Switching modes couldn't be easier, providing easy access to features and switch customization.
• Stomp Mode: Assign and activate any block in a rig to a footswitch like you would with an analog pedalboard.
• Scene Mode: Select any footswitch to instantly activate and control the settings of any number of blocks within a rig.
• Preset Mode: Instant access to 8 virtual rigs.
Features/Specs
• 7" display with multi-touch sensors
• An ever-growing collection of hyper-realistic virtual devices
• Neural Capture
• Proprietary stainless steel stomp+rotary actuators
• 2GHz Quad-Core SHARC architecture
• WiFi module for wireless preset sharing, cloud backups, over-the-air firmware updates, and more!
• Anodized aluminum unibody
• Use Quad Cortex as a high-fidelity interface, with Cirrus Logic codecs and an ultra-low-latency USB audio transmission.
Quad Cortex is the most powerful floor modeler on the planet. With 2GHz of dedicated DSP from its Quad-Core SHARC architecture, this ludicrous amount of processing capacity provides limitless sound design possibilities.
Neural Capture
Capture, share and download your favorite rigs' sounds. Equipped with unique biomimetic AI technology, Quad Cortex can learn and replicate the sonic characteristics of any physical amplifier, overdrive, and cabinet with unprecedented accuracy.
Unlike any other, the sophisticated neural network algorithm perceives sound akin to human perception, making it the most natural-sounding capture solution on the planet.
Neural has collaborated with some of the best producers and sound designers to provide an ever-growing collection of free rig captures in addition to the full-circuit models.
As good as it gets
Quad Cortex packs a vast amount of state-of-the-art emulations of your favorite gear with unprecedented accuracy and unbelievably natural dynamic response.
Cabsim
With over 1000 perfectly captured impulse responses, Quad Cortex ships with one of the most extensive IR collections on the planet - and it is the only of its kind equipped with virtual microphones that can be positioned around the speaker like in a real studio. Third-party IRs are extremely easy to load.
Powerful parametric EQ
Absolute control at your fingertips. Taking full advantage of the 7" multi-touch display, our parametric EQ is intuitive and fun to use.
Neural CNS
Seamlessly Integrate Cortex with your favorite devices.
Explore and share endless presets on the cloud using Neural CNS Mobile. It syncs up to your device, and with Quad Cortex's built-in WiFi module all the presets are beamed wirelessly.
Cortex Desktop Controller allows you to control the floor unit in real-time, as well as direct access to Neural CNS for exploring, sharing and downloading presets with the Cortex users community
Switching Modes
Switching modes couldn't be easier, providing easy access to features and switch customization.
• Stomp Mode: Assign and activate any block in a rig to a footswitch like you would with an analog pedalboard.
• Scene Mode: Select any footswitch to instantly activate and control the settings of any number of blocks within a rig.
• Preset Mode: Instant access to 8 virtual rigs.
Features/Specs
• 7" display with multi-touch sensors
• An ever-growing collection of hyper-realistic virtual devices
• Neural Capture
• Proprietary stainless steel stomp+rotary actuators
• 2GHz Quad-Core SHARC architecture
• WiFi module for wireless preset sharing, cloud backups, over-the-air firmware updates, and more!
• Anodized aluminum unibody
• Use Quad Cortex as a high-fidelity interface, with Cirrus Logic codecs and an ultra-low-latency USB audio transmission.
Media
Youtube video product demo
Youtube video product demo
Q & A
Question: What’s in the box?
- asked on Sep 17, 2024
- asked on Sep 17, 2024
Answer: What's in the box is the Quad Cortex and its power supply.
- answered by David Callender, Brantford, Ontario
- answered by David Callender, Brantford, Ontario
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Believe the Hype. 5 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Calgary Royal Vista, Alberta
Look, if you’ve been saving patiently waiting to get your hands on one of these, let me comfort you in your decision. It is 100% worth it. I own a Kemper - great unit - but is for someone who likes to tinker. Sounds great yada yada, I’ll keep it, but the QC is just far more powerful, and with about 4-5 min of patience, the system is so easy to use, that you’re up and running VERY quickly. The interface is intuitive and as easy as using your phone. THE TONE! I can barely bring myself to move from the first channel “IR” - just the options presented there, are a full STEAK dinner. The notes are clean - and the string response is “tight”. I’m glad that there is competition in this segment, but this little fella is RUGGED and STURDY. The foot switches turn like dials on a normal pedal or amplifier. You can pack this up and throw it in a backpack and be gone in 30 seconds. It’s also insanely powerful. Looper, super sensitive TURNER - SIMPLE TO USE. Buy one, you won’t regret it.
Posted by Aaron Marusyk on Aug 10, 2024
Simply amazing 8 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store London North, Ontario
I've been playing electric guitar for 23 years. I owned a bunch of multi effects units/modelers, a bunch of legendary dedicated pedals, Tube amps, solid state amps, you name it and I feel like... because of how quickly I'm able to dial in exactly what I want and have any tool I desire now under my fingertips...that it's the best thing I've ever plugged into. It just makes me happy. It presents me with a modern day Ipad-like user experience.. and it doesn't easily run out of dsp. I was able to setup custom patches of my favorite amps quickly as presets. I can't stop raving about it to my wife and friends... ya.. 5 out of 5. 👏 bravo Neural.
Posted by Willem on Dec 25, 2023
Wow.l.just wow! 7 of 7 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Courtenay, British Columbia
I’ve been a pedalhead my whole life and was constantly swapping a myriad of pedals to different boards depending on what the gig was and who I was playing with be it solo, duo or band. I was always swapping things and had a big cooler full of pedals, cable and power supplies. My challenge is that I play an Emerald Virtuo which has both piezo and humbuckers out so I needed to run two active signal paths in as small a footprint as possible which my Helix didn't have the horsepower for. Getting older, I am always concerned with weight so when I saw the QC’s in stock, I went for it.
Again….WOW. within literally 5 minutes, I had a smoking nice Marshall tone dialed in that I’m still using a few months later. Unlike the Helix, the QC is very intuitive and logical in its layout. I captured a few of my Strymon pedals and they are on the money. Everything from the Cortex Cloud to the amazing signal routing makes this an incredible music tool. Now I just have 1 pedal to do all of my tone. Simply amazing.
As usual, L&M made it an easy acquisition with they’re first rate service.
Posted by David Gauci on Nov 17, 2022
i traded my dual recto and marshall heads and i couldnt be happier 5 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
Sounds great right out of the box.
The interface is extremely intuitive and i was able to connect to cortex cloud and download addition presets without needing to read a manual.
As i stated in the title, i traded in amps that i had spent years wanting when i bought the cortex. it honestly just sounds better.
For an album, yeah you might want to break out the full stack in a nice room and toss a few mic's on it.
for a live situation, bringing 100+lbs of fragile, expensive analog gear just doesn't make sense. add to that the extra noise and SPL interfering with the sound engineer's mix.
imagine gigging and you just have to bring your guitar, QC and cables instead of cabs/heads/pedalboards etc...
the sonic difference between a well dialed in and mic'd amp and the quad cortex aren't meaningful enough for it to make sense to hang on to the giant clunky legacy equipment.
Posted by Alex MacDonald on Jun 21, 2022
Good idea, bad execution 12 of 24 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Calgary Royal Vista, Alberta
The form factor, UI, and ease of use make the QC very appealing. Compared to other modelers on the market, the QC sounds *good* but as a kemper user for the past 6+ years, I was not blown away despite the marketing hype. The unit was extremely buggy and locked up on me during a live show, prompting a restart in between songs (take 2 minutes to boot). The power supply is cheap and gave a ground loop hum, making it borderline unusable for recording. To make matters worse, NDSP doesn’t really seem to be prioritizing the QC despite their promised at release. There’s still no editor, you can’t use their plugins with the unit yet, and software updates are slow and seemingly incomplete, sometimes breaking things that were fixed with a previous update. I ended up returning my unit and sticking with the Kemper, which has been flawless for me. I may re-visit the QC in a fee years (provided NDSP hasn’t forgotten about it by then) to see if some of the growing pains have been worked out.
Posted by Dustyn on Jun 17, 2022
Unmatched Sounds and User Friendly 1 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Edmonton Whyte, Alberta
Unbeatable sounds and VERY simple to use. After nearly 3 decades of tube amps I’m completely satisfied leaving them at home and bringing this for gigs. Could use more effects, but I’m told these are being developed. If you’re looking for a modelling unit to replace the amp, this is the only choice (note: I have not tried a Fractal yet). In any case, absolutely gobsmacked after capturing my boutique rig. Indistinguishable from the real thing. Most helpful piece of gear I’ve ever purchased. Would strongly recommend to anyone seeking to record direct or leave the amp at home.
Posted by RB on Apr 19, 2022
Really good, But Really Bad 11 of 16 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Burlington, Ontario
I had a QC for about 6 months. The unit sounds incredible straight out of the box. It’s very easy to make great sounding personal presets without having to purchase other 3rd party IRs etc. However, the unit is severely lacking in effects. And also lacking in reliability. I purchased and within the 6 months I owned it, it failed during two live shows! Long + Mcq was very good about returning the unit for a full refund. I literally had a 2800.00 paperweight. This company released this unit probably two years too early. It’s just not ready for market yet!!! And has a lot of bugs in the software. I loved the unit when it was working well. But the unreliability of this unit has brought me back to Fractal. Give this company 2 years or so, and I think they will correct all these issues and quality control at the factory. But today… it’s a sad waste of a lot of money at this point…
Posted by TJ on Dec 7, 2021
Big power in a small package 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Toronto (Danforth), Ontario
I've been excited about getting this product for quite sometime. After placing the order and waiting 3 months I finally received it and am quite happy with it. It's a computer, so there is a lot going on a nd a lot to learn. The good thing is that it's very intuitive. Is it the best product in its category??? Not sure and probably not yet, but after 2 firmware updates I am very confident in the people at Neural and believe that this will be at the head of its class in no time. With tones and sounds similar to the other guys is the same category, the part that I really enjoy is its small footprint and portability. I'm sure I'll love this thing the more I use it and the more familiar I am with it and all of its nuances.
Posted by Trevor on Oct 13, 2021
incroyable 18 of 25 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Québec, Quebec
Je voulais un modeler haute qualité qui était versatile... bref un couteaux suisse sonore. Qqchose qui fitterait a la maison pour jouer avec écouteur, au studio ou live. et idéalement que je pourrais facilement transporter. Le Quad Cortex fait touuuute. Il sonne vraiment bien, Lorsque tu le part tu ne vois plus le temps passer, c'est vraiment une belle machine. l'interface est profonde mais simple a la fois, vraiment c'Est dur de trouver des défauts
Posted by Guillaume on Mar 31, 2021
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Because of this, Long & McQuade provides our customers with a FREE one-year Performance Warranty on most of our products. The Long & McQuade Performance Warranty supplements the manufacturer’s warranty to ensure that our customers receive complete “no hassle” warranty coverage within their first year.
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- Performance Guarantee: Normal wear and tear is covered, so your product will be performing as well as the day you purchased it for the entire duration of the coverage. Band and Orchestral Performance Warranty does not include replacing pads or cleaning for woodwind instruments, unless deemed necessary by our repair staff. Ultrasonic cleaning for brass instruments will be provided if deemed necessary by our repair staff, but is not routinely offered under the Performance Warranty.
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
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| Quad Cortex Amp/FX Processor | 737710 |
