IK Multimedia TONEX

Okay, so I'm finally going to actually buy some captures (see, you really can go this long without doing that! haha). I'm set on grabbing the Benson Chimera and Magnatone Twilighter captures from Amalgam, but since there's the 3 for 2 deal, I'm trying to decide on a third one.

Anyone have any favs from them? Looking for amp only / direct captures, and I play a wide range of stuff, but I'm not particularly looking for high gain amps (at least in the tighter metal sense) right now.

Originally I was eyeing the Tweed Bassman and Vox AC50 as sort of a Marshall-but-fuzzier, but I think the Benson and Magnatone will cover most of those sounds well enough, and I want something that's pretty distinct from those. So maybe an actual Marshall... or a Matchless or something (I don't know much about those amps tbh)? Or maybe I just grab one of those Tonex One amp kits to get a sampling of a few others (also seems to be the only way to get a direct amp capture of an Orange from them).
 
How about the Rex, if you want Marshall?

www.amalgamcaptures.com

MRSH SB67 1967 "REX" ToneX Core DI | amalgam captures

A phenomenal demo by Fabin Ratsak here: https://youtu.be/4FKCFuI4hCk This is the MRSH amp that has ended my personal MRSH journey. It is a 1967 MRSH SB model featuring a dual rectifier setup (a unique feature of some amps from only this year) and relatively low filtering and the same...
www.amalgamcaptures.com www.amalgamcaptures.com

That said, one of my favourites is the Bartel Roseland:

www.amalgamcaptures.com

BRTL RLAND ToneX Essential DI | amalgam captures

Extended playthrough demo here: https://youtu.be/Vb_bdL6aGx4 We are excited to release a capture set of this very unique and highly musical amp from one of the top high end boutique builders. Its deceptively simple controls hide a plethora of tones that can range from AC30 to Blackface to Plexi...
www.amalgamcaptures.com www.amalgamcaptures.com

Edit: Keep in mind that these are v1 captures. But I’m sure Amalgam will revisit them for v2 updates in the future.
 
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Richard_G said:
How about the Rex, if you want Marshall?

www.amalgamcaptures.com

MRSH SB67 1967 "REX" ToneX Core DI | amalgam captures

A phenomenal demo by Fabin Ratsak here: https://youtu.be/4FKCFuI4hCk This is the MRSH amp that has ended my personal MRSH journey. It is a 1967 MRSH SB model featuring a dual rectifier setup (a unique feature of some amps from only this year) and relatively low filtering and the same...
www.amalgamcaptures.com www.amalgamcaptures.com

That said, one of my favourites is the Bartel Roseland:

www.amalgamcaptures.com

BRTL RLAND ToneX Essential DI | amalgam captures

Extended playthrough demo here: https://youtu.be/Vb_bdL6aGx4 We are excited to release a capture set of this very unique and highly musical amp from one of the top high end boutique builders. Its deceptively simple controls hide a plethora of tones that can range from AC30 to Blackface to Plexi...
www.amalgamcaptures.com www.amalgamcaptures.com

Edit: Keep in mind that these are v1 captures. But I’m sure Amalgam will revisit them for v2 updates in the future.
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Thank you, I'll check both of these out!

And yeah, I'm not too worried about v1 vs v2 captures for now. I know they've said they will update them all eventually, and I trust that, but I have a feeling it's going to be quite a while for the direct amp captures since everything so far has been amp + cab. I don't mind the v1s in the meantime :)
 
Richard_G said:
How about the Rex, if you want Marshall?

www.amalgamcaptures.com

MRSH SB67 1967 "REX" ToneX Core DI | amalgam captures

A phenomenal demo by Fabin Ratsak here: https://youtu.be/4FKCFuI4hCk This is the MRSH amp that has ended my personal MRSH journey. It is a 1967 MRSH SB model featuring a dual rectifier setup (a unique feature of some amps from only this year) and relatively low filtering and the same...
www.amalgamcaptures.com www.amalgamcaptures.com

That said, one of my favourites is the Bartel Roseland:

www.amalgamcaptures.com

BRTL RLAND ToneX Essential DI | amalgam captures

Extended playthrough demo here: https://youtu.be/Vb_bdL6aGx4 We are excited to release a capture set of this very unique and highly musical amp from one of the top high end boutique builders. Its deceptively simple controls hide a plethora of tones that can range from AC30 to Blackface to Plexi...
www.amalgamcaptures.com www.amalgamcaptures.com

Edit: Keep in mind that these are v1 captures. But I’m sure Amalgam will revisit them for v2 updates in the future.
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And there’s some extra killing Rex captures he did for me that you can get.

 
Richard_G said:
How about the Rex, if you want Marshall?

www.amalgamcaptures.com

MRSH SB67 1967 "REX" ToneX Core DI | amalgam captures

A phenomenal demo by Fabin Ratsak here: https://youtu.be/4FKCFuI4hCk This is the MRSH amp that has ended my personal MRSH journey. It is a 1967 MRSH SB model featuring a dual rectifier setup (a unique feature of some amps from only this year) and relatively low filtering and the same...
www.amalgamcaptures.com www.amalgamcaptures.com

That said, one of my favourites is the Bartel Roseland:

www.amalgamcaptures.com

BRTL RLAND ToneX Essential DI | amalgam captures

Extended playthrough demo here: https://youtu.be/Vb_bdL6aGx4 We are excited to release a capture set of this very unique and highly musical amp from one of the top high end boutique builders. Its deceptively simple controls hide a plethora of tones that can range from AC30 to Blackface to Plexi...
www.amalgamcaptures.com www.amalgamcaptures.com

Edit: Keep in mind that these are v1 captures. But I’m sure Amalgam will revisit them for v2 updates in the future.
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Plus one for the Bartel Roseland. Just a fantastic sounding amp.
 
texhex said:
Mark IV Mode, same sliders as the other one.

Hit this (and the other one) with a boost if you want. Pretty juicy.

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com www.dropbox.com


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I messed with this over lunch for a short session and it sounds great too! I have not had a chance to dial it in as well as the first and I dont have my Stomp XL hooked up either right now but plan to break it out for different flavors of boosts & OD's

Thanks for letting me check it out!! I'll get a chance to run it a bunch of different ways over the next few days.
 
IK Multimedia said:
ENGL captured their amps, and I'm pretty sure they know how to mic and capture their amps. They were well-versed in the process. Having a negative opinion of the Tone Models is something to which anybody is entitled but acting like ENGL didn't know how to mic and capture an amp is a bit insulting.
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Having reread what I wrote it did come out too harsh. I apologize and it was absolutely not meant to be insulting to either IK or ENGL. I was disappointed that the captures didn’t work for me when it was an official manufacturers collection, which I considered buying.

The only amp I own is an ENGL and I hope there will be a volume 2 regardless!
 
Orvillain said:
I've gotta be honest, quite a lot of the content in ToneX Max is generally quite dark and muffled sounding. Not my cup of tea really. My custom captures sound way better to me - for obvious reasons!!

www.tone.net

ToneNET

TONEX Tone Model sharing community
www.tone.net www.tone.net

There's a lot of fantastic ones I did here of my amps. Nothing V2 yet.
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That’s my experience as well, there’s some darkness, stuffiness and generally under gained (hi gain) captures there.

But I’m going to shut up about it and tap out of Tonex before I piss off anyone else.

I have some of my own captures using the exact same settings of both NAM and TONEX V2 and both are really good to my ears. If anyone wanna check them out I’ve posted links. Or just DM me.
 
Overly dark captures on a free site never surprise me because anyone can share and many people never play in the context of a band/mix.
 
Progressive_disclosure said:
Having reread what I wrote it did come out too harsh. I apologize and it was absolutely not meant to be insulting to either IK or ENGL. I was disappointed that the captures didn’t work for me when it was an official manufacturers collection, which I considered buying.

The only amp I own is an ENGL and I hope there will be a volume 2 regardless!
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My reply sounds too harsh too, that's why I pointed out that opinions are... we'll just say like opinions and all, and mine was based on one amp I got on with in the pack and spent almost all my time with. Also, you can insult IK all you want haha. I was defending the honor of a partner a bit too much, and reading your reply here I totally understand disappointment and know exactly what you mean. I've gone through that SO many times, even with gear and such that I heavily researched, tried, etc. Sometimes it just doesn't "click".

My apologies for being too defensive. Unless ENGL folks are reading this, then I am forced to threaten to kick yer butt or something ;)
 
IK Multimedia said:
My reply sounds too harsh too, that's why I pointed out that opinions are... we'll just say like opinions and all, and mine was based on one amp I got on with in the pack and spent almost all my time with. Also, you can insult IK all you want haha. I was defending the honor of a partner a bit too much, and reading your reply here I totally understand disappointment and know exactly what you mean. I've gone through that SO many times, even with gear and such that I heavily researched, tried, etc. Sometimes it just doesn't "click".

My apologies for being too defensive. Unless ENGL folks are reading this, then I am forced to threaten to kick yer butt or something ;)
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ENGL came to kick ass, but they're all out of gum.... and 12ax7's...
 
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