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Factory capture decoder

Neural DSP never uses real manufacturer names, and owners say openly that the factory names are unusable unless you already know the amp. Nobody had published a decoder — so here's ours, with a confidence level on every line.

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Neural DSP never uses real manufacturer or model names, so none of this is official. These are our readings, built from the abbreviations, model numbers and channel names they do use, plus the community's interpretations where those exist. The high-confidence ones are barely disguised — 2555 really is the Silver Jubilee's model number. The low-confidence ones are genuinely guesses and are labelled as such. If you own the amp and recognise one we've got wrong, it should be corrected.

Our reading
Nano Cortex device list · Sound On Sound, NanOS 2.0 & 2.1
Guitar captures — 19
On the deviceMost likelyConfidenceWhy
US Prince 65Fender '65 PrincetonFairly confident“US” for American, “Prince” and the year are barely disguised.
US HRDLX ChAFender Hot Rod Deluxe, channel AFairly confidentHRDLX is the standard abbreviation for Hot Rod Deluxe.
Brit 2555 RhyMarshall Silver Jubilee 2555, rhythm channelFairly confident2555 is the Silver Jubilee's actual model number.
Brit 2555 LeadMarshall Silver Jubilee 2555, lead channelFairly confident—
PV 505SigPeavey 5150 SignatureFairly confidentPV for Peavey, and 505 transparently stands in for 5150.
D-Cell H4 Ch2Diezel Herbert, channel 2Fairly confident“D-Cell” for Diezel, “H” for Herbert.
D-Cell H4 Ch3Diezel Herbert, channel 3Fairly confident—
NoMatch ChiefMatchless ChieftainFairly confident“NoMatch” inverts Matchless; Chief for Chieftain.
Bogna X100B Ch1Bogner Ecstasy 101B, channel 1Fairly confident“Bogna” for Bogner; the Ecstasy's model number is 101B.
Bogna X100B Ch3 LeadBogner Ecstasy 101B, channel 3 leadFairly confident—
Bogna Fish+290Bogner Fish preamp into a Mesa/Boogie 2:90 power ampProbable“+290” recurs across several captures and reads as the Mesa 2:90 power amp. Note this means the capture already contains a power-amp stage.
CA John's Ch1Mesa/Boogie JP-2C, channel 1Probable“CA” for California, and “John's” points at the John Petrucci signature amp.
CA John's Ch3Mesa/Boogie JP-2C, channel 3Probable—
CA Studio+290Mesa/Boogie Studio Preamp into a 2:90 power ampProbable—
Custom 3SE+290Custom Audio Electronics 3+ SE preamp into a Mesa 2:90 power ampProbableThe CAE 3+ SE is a well-known rack preamp usually paired this way.
Watt Custom CleanHiwatt Custom, cleanProbable“Watt” for Hiwatt.
Watt Custom VHHiwatt Custom, higher-gain voicingGuessThe “VH” suffix isn't something we could pin to a known variant.
Comet 60A Matchless-style class-A comboGuessTwo captures share this name. Matchless made a Comet, which fits, but we couldn't confirm it.
ENG EnergyAn ENGL high-gain headGuess“ENG” strongly suggests ENGL, but we couldn't match “Energy” to a specific model.
Bass captures — 5
On the deviceMost likelyConfidenceWhy
Amped SV ClassicAmpeg SVT ClassicFairly confident“Amped” for Ampeg, SV for SVT.
Aggi 751Aguilar DB751Fairly confident“Aggi” for Aguilar, and 751 is the model number.
Rodent+SVA ProCo RAT into an Ampeg SVTProbableRodent is Neural DSP's usual stand-in for the RAT — they use it for the overdrive device too.
CA MixBass 3 Amp2A Californian bass amp, most likely Mesa/BoogieGuess“CA” matches their Mesa naming, but we couldn't identify the specific model.
Anima FuzzA bass fuzz pedalGuessListed under bass overdrive rather than amps. We couldn't match “Anima” to a known pedal.
Factory cabinets — 10
On the deviceMost likelyConfidence
110 US PRN C10R1×10 Fender Princeton with a Jensen C10RFairly confident
112 UK C15 Blue1×12 British cab with a Celestion Alnico BlueFairly confident
212 Match D30 Sig A2×12 Matchless DC30 signatureFairly confident
212 US TWN C12Q 00s2×12 Fender Twin with Jensen C12Q, 2000sFairly confident
412 Brit TV GB75Hz '694×12 Marshall basketweave with 1969 GreenbacksFairly confident
412 CA Stand OS A V30 '014×12 Mesa Standard oversized with Celestion V30s, 2001Fairly confident
412 CA Trad S UKV30 90s4×12 Mesa Traditional slant with UK-made V30s, 1990sFairly confident
412 Zila Cust V30 '124×12 Zilla Custom with V30s, 2012Probable
115 Amped Modern1×15 Ampeg, modern voicingProbable
810 Amped VT Aln 70s8×10 Ampeg SVT with Alnico speakers, 1970sFairly confident

Each cabinet is available across five microphones and six positions, giving 300 factory IRs in total. Microphone and position selection only applies to factory IRs — your own uploads get level, phase invert, high-pass and low-pass.

Working with captures

Five things worth knowing

  • Start with the 25 factory captures, not the cloud. They're curated, consistent in level, and shipped with parameters at noon. Reviewers found user captures vary wildly in quality with inconsistent naming and minimal descriptions — the cloud is, in the community's words, a bit of a jungle.

    MusicRadar review · Forum: volume levels not saving between presets

  • Prefer amp-only captures over amp-and-cab where you have the choice. Neural DSP's own position is that they're easier to tame and give you more variation from the cab and IR settings — and an amp-and-cab capture has the cabinet permanently baked in.

    Forum: amp + cab captures

  • Captures whose names include “+290” appear to already contain a power-amp stage. Worth knowing before you feed one into another power amp.

    Our reading
    Nano Cortex device list

  • Factory V2 captures were often recorded with a boost in front, so their displayed gain values won't match what you hear. Per-capture settings are published on Cortex Cloud.

    NanOS 2.2.0 release notes

  • Cortex Cloud “cab captures” are not IRs and will not load into the IR slot — they occupy the capture slot. This confuses people constantly.

    Forum: amp + cab captures
How to read the labels
Official
From Neural DSP's manual, FAQ, guides or release notes.
Community
Reported by owners. Corroboration, not a primary spec.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not something Neural DSP states.
Unverified
We could not confirm this, or sources disagree.
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