How Neural DSP Became a Leader in Digital Modeling

Welcome to Products of Music, a podcast sharing Inside stories and expert insights on product innovation in music technology.

In this episode:

Host Adam Wakeling speaks with Francisco Cresp, co-founder and CPO at Neural DSP, about his founder journey, how the company approaches product development and inside stories from one of the leading names in digital modeling for guitar and other instruments.

Chapters:

00:00 Preview

01:15 Intro

02:36 Francisco's founder story

09:00 Working with Doug Castro

11:00 Neural DSP's product development

16:03 Chase Bliss sponsor section

16:47 User feedback mechanisms

19:05 John Mayer X development

23:02 Plugin compatibility challenges

26:10 How Neural DSP prioritises

27:42 Why a vocal plugin?

31:30 Quad Cortex for vocals

33:10 Analog versus digital debate

34:48 Tom Morello JCM800 differences

37:40 Love of analog synths

38:52 Synth in the Quad Cortex

39:08 Neural DSP as a target

40:36 Latest research projects

41:21 Gen AI in the Quad Cortex?

42:50 Challenges of capturing fuzz

46:06 Noise floors in capture tech

47:33 Quick-fire questions

51:30 FX captures?

53:52 When PCOM for Petrucci?

55:22 Interface gain at 0?

58:24 Software for Nano Cortex?

59:04 Outro

🌐 Subscribe for free on Substack

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts
🎧 Listen on Spotify

🌐 Follow the host on LinkedIn
🌐 Follow the host on X