IK Multimedia TONEX

[synthpenguin]

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).

 

[Richard_G]

How about the Rex, if you want Marshall?

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

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

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

Edit: Keep in mind that these are v1 captures. But I’m sure Amalgam will revisit them for v2 updates in the future.

 

[synthpenguin]

How about the Rex, if you want Marshall?

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

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

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

Edit: Keep in mind that these are v1 captures. But I’m sure Amalgam will revisit them for v2 updates in the future.

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 :)

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

How about the Rex, if you want Marshall?

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

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

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

Edit: Keep in mind that these are v1 captures. But I’m sure Amalgam will revisit them for v2 updates in the future.

And there’s some extra killing Rex captures he did for me that you can get.

 

[bucephalus]

How about the Rex, if you want Marshall?

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

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

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

Edit: Keep in mind that these are v1 captures. But I’m sure Amalgam will revisit them for v2 updates in the future.

Plus one for the Bartel Roseland. Just a fantastic sounding amp.

 

[Byrdman]

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

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.

 

[Progressive_disclosure]

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.

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!

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

Well the brown 82/84 is fun

 

[Deadpan]

Well the brown 82/84 is fun

Post clips guys! Haha