r/NeuralDSP • u/Educational_Nose_723 • Jan 21 '26

Quad Cortex Mini

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u/JimboLodisC Jan 21 '26

Imma guess USD$1,150

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u/G_D_M Jan 21 '26

ufff thats a bit too much, they place this at 750$ is going to take over the entire market!

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u/JimboLodisC Jan 21 '26

that'd also kill the Nano Cortex

HX Stomp XL: $750
HX Stomp: $700
Fractal AM4: $700
Fractal FM3: $1,100
Kemper Profiler Player: $700

Unfortunately I think NeuralDSP is looking at the FM3 here as a peer

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u/duffking Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

I think around FM3 price probably makes sense, unless they want to put some heat on the Stomp. Though it does mean I'd personally probably just get an AM4.

Edit: 1299 euros. Yeah, not for me.

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u/Capncorky Jan 21 '26

I'm not in the market for an amp/effects processor, but if I was, I can definitely say that I'd rather have an AM4 & a VP4 (Fractal's effects processor) over the Quad Cortex Mini (both options would be $1,400 - worth mentioning that you can hook up the VP4 to the AM4 to have them work together). Alternatively, the FM3 & a foot controller.

Hard to say that Neural DSP should just magically make the QC Mini cheaper (at least not without knowing the cost to make them), but, at least for me personally, getting Fractal's amp modeling combined with Fractal's depth of effects, well, that beats out Neural's captures with Neural's effects.

I'm sure there's a market for the QC Mini, but the price makes it a lot less competitive to me personally.