Yeah, I haven’t really been delighted with most IK-branded capture packs either (I have all of them).
I always recommend Amalgam Audio. You could buy some of their V2 capture packs on Tone.net during this sale.
However, keep a few things in mind:
- Amalgam only offers full amp + cab captures on Tone.net (so for their DI captures, you’ll have to buy directly from Amalgam).
- For users who have bought V1 capture packs directly from Amalgam, they have promised to eventually provide free V2 updates of those packs — but not if the V1 packs were bought on Tone.net.
- Amalgam always offers bundle discounts when buying directly (3 for 2, 5 for 3, and 10 for 5).
So I personally have bought all my Amalgam captures directly from them (typically using the 10 for 5 discount).