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