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fastredponycar wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:10 pm I got one too as well as the little capture DI box. Amazon had a huge discount going and I got both of them for about $500.

turns out, my interface can't do the proper routing for capturing (feedback loop) and after talking with a few others, they had problems with their interfaces too. Seems like one of the M-audio units and the focusrite interfaces also struggle with routing.

Sooo, I coughed up another $300 for an IK media interface JUST for captures. It's out for delivery so hopefully I can mess around with that this weekend.

The headaches trying to get all this shit workign and connected only makes me appreciate the Nano Cortex that much more. For capturing amps, it solves literally all the problems and makes it effortless to capture amps.

fastredponycar wrote: ↑Mon Apr 14, 2025 3:05 pm Yeah the 2 mic input unit. I think the Axe I/O.

Which interface did you end up moving on to?

trey85stang2 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:54 pm That is a good question but I doubt it will. I'm kind of hoping they had an undisclosed hardware issue they fixed and yours is going to be fine.

heath wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 6:50 pm The unit sounds great with the stock captures but some of the third-party ones are just insanely good. I bought my first Tonex after not loving the IR-X and wanting to be able to capture my modded ADA MP1 to use live without dragging an aging rack unit. My captures are really close to the sound and feel of the original rack, but those third-party captures from groups like Amalgam, The Studio Rats, Worship Tutorials are just next level.
When the effects sections become slightly more mature, I think I could probably use it standalone. The mod effects are great. I especially enjoy the rotary. The delays and reverbs are good as is, but I would love to see a cathedral reverb setting and maybe a dual delay. The only complaint I have is the Tonex noise gate. I am just so used to the helix noise gates just working how I expect it to.

Maddnotez wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 1:35 pm

heath wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 6:50 pm The unit sounds great with the stock captures but some of the third-party ones are just insanely good. I bought my first Tonex after not loving the IR-X and wanting to be able to capture my modded ADA MP1 to use live without dragging an aging rack unit. My captures are really close to the sound and feel of the original rack, but those third-party captures from groups like Amalgam, The Studio Rats, Worship Tutorials are just next level.
When the effects sections become slightly more mature, I think I could probably use it standalone. The mod effects are great. I especially enjoy the rotary. The delays and reverbs are good as is, but I would love to see a cathedral reverb setting and maybe a dual delay. The only complaint I have is the Tonex noise gate. I am just so used to the helix noise gates just working how I expect it to.

I thought the gate worked for me. Hard to differentiate digital vs real gear to me but the gate was pretty simple and effective. Not sure where the gates come from or how to swap them, they were just already in the capture I chose.

Ive been looking into 3rd party stuff, ive seen the name Amalgam all over regarded as the best, I think I checked it out and it was mostly rock stuff.

Do you guys know any high quality 3rd party places for brutal death metal type of amps for tonex?