IK Multimedia TONEX

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No real biggie ... just taken-aback

I'm no longer in the Tonex [and NAM world]..... and aint going back ..... but I just saw a link to the Amalgam site ... had not looked for some time ..... and their latest packs are getting sooooo fucking expensive !!!! ... as in EURO $35 !!!! per Amp

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Rant start

No real biggie ... just taken-aback

I'm no longer in the Tonex [and NAM world]..... and aint going back ..... but I just saw a link to the Amalgam site ... had not looked for some time ..... and their latest packs are getting sooooo fucking expensive !!!! ... as in EURO $35 !!!! per Amp

Rant end

Its getting really expensive to buy rare and vintage amps, all the studio gear, studio time etc. It's also a free market, so you can buy or not buy from whomever you want, at whatever prices make sense to you.

And there are still 10's of thousands of free captures...
 
I put together this emergency backup board based around the Tonex One and a Waveshare board I got off Amazon that I installed the Tonex OneControl software on and mounted on a meal prep container lid with Gaff Tape. It's on an old Nano board I had laying around. I'm powering it with a Jackery power bank I bought several years back. Ironically, the most expensive thing on there is the DI. Depending on the situation I sometimes need 3 separate sends FOH/IEM Rig/Wege, which is why I got the Canvas. The thing with the knob on it next to the Canvas is just a volume control for the send to my wedge.

I used this at a rehearsal a few days ago, and I have to admit that I can't tell the difference between the captures I made of the main amp sounds I use in my FM9 rig and the actual FM9... Until I turn the effects on... Lol. That said, the effects are passable enough to get me through a show or rehearsal and the core amp sounds are the most important thing to me anyway.

Tonex Board.jpeg


-Aaron
 
Its getting really expensive to buy rare and vintage amps, all the studio gear, studio time etc. It's also a free market, so you can buy or not buy from whomever you want, at whatever prices make sense to you.

And there are still 10's of thousands of free captures...
It's still not as bad as the douche-canoes charging $60 for a "preset pack" for Fractal/Line 6, because "I'll dialz stuf in real gud". Fucking absurd. At least captures/IR's takes real skill, and quality equipment.
 
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