I LEARNED A VERY BIG LESSON - Neural NanoCortex Review

I bought it and returned it in 48 hours. Couldnt find a single capture from anyone i tried that sounded better then the kemper profiles from similar people. Worse then that, i have a whole bunch of pedals ive collected over time and this didnt take them well. I was furious with it 😂

After returning and seeing many more folks praise it, im wondering if mine was faulty. Either way its gone and in the annuls of my gear history now 😂

Glad I stayed for the Song. Nice work Henning, I am a big fan of Swanö. Gude aus der Nachbarschaft.

Phew, the vocalist wasn't a demon Muppet mad about being constipated.

Exactly. These things sound very close in the mix.Very different when playing thru it. I think they get the frequency and its harmonics , but not the relationship of their phases. It aligns phases that were not aligned to start w.

The kemper is no longer only a capture player. See the liquid profile solution ( that came as free update).

Bass captures sounding good ? What's next, guitarists playing thru a Fender Bassman ? ... In all seriousness an amp's an amp, use it as you like. Jack Cassidy got his great bass sound thru a single ended guitar amp.

Just seems like a very niche product. Is it for gigging guitarists who need extreme portability not offered by the QC, but who also have a collection of (or access to) expensive amps worth capturing?

A lot of people were expecting, or hoping for, an entry level QC. Not everyone has a spare $1500 for a QC, but if Neural came out with a slimmed down version (no touch screen, control it with the existing computer software, less footswitches, maybe less processing power, without the capture tech), that would provide a more attainable entry point to the Neural hardware space. I honestly think that would sell a lot more units than the nano.

I put a op amp w a gain of 10,000 thru my Princeton. A 15 V bad square wave basically.....YEAH it can do Metal ! ...... And, I would have picked it first , actually . I know how it sounds in the Real World and would want to compare. I think Ryan over at 60 cycle hum might pick it first too, his poor Princetons are abused too.

I said Sorry!

The song was good! 👍

Excellent review, you kept it interesting and informative.

Can we just admit that the quad is the coolest thing since sliced bread few things have made themselves as valuable from a dollar to utility perspective

Very tricky pedal
I like it but it made curious about the quad
So now quad is on the way and I will have to return one

Great Vid! what was the name of the midi controller you were using

It's a good song. Don't skip.

Great video ! Probably a great product, has great sounds. But not the product I wanted. It happens some times, I would have prefered a mini quad cortex, like a neural dsp hx stomp, idgaf about capturing my two amps. Guess I will just keep my money for later

The reality is that people just wanted a smaller quad cortex but with all the same functionality and for half the price. Obviously that was never going to happen but people moan regardless. Dont like it, then don't buy it. Simple

Ish it could at least stream audio. Would be nice to practice with it.

If the tonex gets the new fx update itt will be a no brainer

Honestly, I see it as a limited product, the idea of ​​being able to capture in less quality than in other systems does not seem attractive to me, especially when you have spent a lot of money on super expensive tube amplifiers, in which case you spend more and buy the big brother, Then, in case you don't have super expensive tube amplifiers in your house and nothing to capture, an option like Tonex with an ecosystem where people share great captures or where you can purchase paid super pro captures, seems more attractive to the rest. of humanity, and this without taking into account that for the next update they include delay and modulation effects for free. 😊

I don’t skip the music - an essential part of the crazy mad world that I enjoy here. If I skipped the music it would be like you wore a sensible jumper and there were no animals at the end……

what is the song called in the unboxing...

I like mine. Not perfect, but I use captures of Vintage Bass Amps and Cabs, sounds great for that.

For app dependent hardware like this, they should build it into the device similar to a modem router and you just connect to its software interface from a web browser which makes it compatible across ALL platforms and won't "expire" anytime in the conceivable future.

All capture players and most modelers sound pretty good nowadays imo - but the song is killer!

Ill stay for the tunes IF and ONLY IF, your cat records vocals for the next song.

I never skip the music.

I would've picked 110, because fender bandmaster used 210 and had one of the most used crunch sounds of the 70s in nashville

Brilliant video, as usual

Deetsel Habberd

ToneX suffocated this at birth with their free 1.8 update, out of beta soon. Well played IK.

I returned the nano because I wanted to use it in a rehearsal and live situation. I captured my preamp, clean and dirty channel so I could switch between the 2 presets. Unfortunately, there is a quick dropout and lag (some call it latency) when switching presets. I have gear that is 35 and 40 years old that when I step on it, it switches immediately with no apparent delay. In 2024, this shouldnt be an issue. I dont want to have to step on a switch a little early and time it just right when Im playing, i want it to be there immediately.
On the other hand, the unit sounded good and if you were gonna leave it on one preset through the entire song, it works great.

Well… I’m never gonna skip Swanö.

Besides the 110...seeing you play Metal on that bloody guitar was the most amusing thing I've seen today! 🤣

I personally don't have a problem using apps to modify presets on units like this or even amps as long as there are iOS versions of them. This is one of the many places where TONEX fails, in my opinion.

The only issue I have with this is Neural claims that the Nano Cortex is made for a live gigging musician. And yet they don't give you the possibility to run one output with a cab sim to FOH and one without to your power amp into a real cab. A dealbreaker for me

MY….OH…..MY…. For well over 8yrs now, we’ve heard political sh!t-slinging towards Trump, from all the fascist, hypocritical, left-wing YT stars (who’d be no one if it wasn’t for a standard less, social media platform…but, I digress). Andertons, 42 Gear Street, Pete Thorn, Spectre Sound Studios, etc, etc.. I don’t know when it happened, but at some point, well-after after 2000, the music industry turned into nothing more than political activism for left-wing politics (right around the time music became nothing but button-pressing, technology…but, again I digress…). Donald Trump just won the biggest landslide in the HISTORY of America. It’s not my nature to “spike the football” (as they say in America), but given that all the usual offenders made it a point ….NO…A F—KING MISSION to shove their left-wing politics down all our throats…(all while demo’ing a piece of gear, no less), I wanted to make sure they got a friendly hello from us conservatives (i.e. law-abiding, people who simply love our country’s culture and freedoms), who remember what music used to be about.* Perhaps, the laugh is on us though, because, to my disgust, I also have to acknowledge that Trump being back in power will help all you hypocritical, fascist, nihilists, globalists as much as it will help Americans, now that people will have more money, and more security (job, and otherwise) to buy, and enjoy, music gear. I’ll end this on a kind note and say that I hope the past 8yrs has given all the usual offenders time to unf—k their hypocritical, ignorant, political views, and re-examine what music was supposed to be about in the first place.

It took 7yrs, and 60million lives to defeat the last fascist, dictatorship that tried to force their beliefs on the rest of the world. I just assume not see it come back with the music industry in tow, simply because weak, broken musicians activists, don’t have the ability to critically think for themselves, or know right vs wrong. But, alas!!! What was this video about again?

I have played many jobs in a jazz big band with my Engl Gigmaster 15 and nobody noticed it was not a proper jazz amp because it worked fine in the context😊

Hi EytschPi, Thank you for this video. Two questions. Which plugs for your cables do you use? Seems you could use them straight and angled. And is it possible to get your captures :)

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Henning…….will you review the Fender ToneMaster Pro ? Would like your opinion.

You are the only one who’s mentioned the fact that this is the most portable stand-alone capture device on the market. Good job!

"comparing it to a quad cortex is just stupid"

It's not stupid, and here's why.

First, if the market wanted a smaller cheaper quad cortex, and you put out a product that seems like it should be what you're asking for, you're gonna make that comparison. It seems like people wanted a smaller cheaper quadcortex, I know that's what I'm interested in and as soon as I found out that it isn't just a small quadcortex I tuned out quick.

Second, the biggest reason the comparisons are made is a due to a marketing error. How does calling your product "nano"cortex not imply at least subconsciously that it is a small quadcortex. Neuraldsp is inviting the comparisons with that naming and the design of the product. Is it fair that this is what happens? Maybe not, but that's how our brains work and companies have been purposely exploiting our brains in this way to convince us to buy shit for a long time, there's no chance this was an accident. Stupid from the marketing team? Yes, but not an accident.

hi! please make a comparison with the hotone ampero 2, now it makes also amp captures with its latest firmware, and it's in the same price range but with many more features!

holy shit, had this on while cooking and had to jump back to confirm the song featured one of my all time favourite singers! 🎉❤

Dude!!!!!!!!!
Where is your Amplified Nation video????

This, seems to be built around the idea that you already have what you like at home and just bring the Nano Cortex on stage with you. Though profiling my own NDSP Plugins seems a bit silly and I am never on a stage anyway.

So, not for me.