How can this be?
For example, combo amp captures. A few seem fine. I plug my Tele in, and with a little tweaking, it sounds great.
But for the vast majority, the capture is impossibly dull sounding regardless of how I twiddle the knobs.
I’m leaving the QC input set to zero. I’ve tried all impedance settings.
Ideas?
are you talking about Factory captures, or users’ on the CLoud for DL?
Everyone’s signal chain is different and personalized. You have to find what works for yours. Obviously thousands of users are finding success with captures, but it can take some time to find the right ones. Captures in general aren’t not meant for ‘knob-twiddling,’ they are a static snapshot of one particular setting of an amp and the setting controls of the capture will not adjust it like they would on the actual amp. If the capture doesn’t work for you, it’s best to move on to another one.
Perhaps some specifics would be more productive:
what tone are you looking for? What kind of amps do you favor? What other blocks are you using in your preset?
If you’re talking about combo amps captures on the QC, none of the Factory captures have speakers included. For some, this would work ok without a cab- the clean ones will sound clean and bright. Once you pick one with some OD though, they will be brittle and harsh and require a cabinet or IR.
Hey man, there’s a lot that goes into this equation!
What kind of pickups are you using? Is it factory pick up height?
A good set up will go a long way. I’ve been buying presets from others since I was 17 and it wasn’t till I got my guitar professionally set up that I really started enjoying capturing units.
All that said, if you need a capture that you know hasn’t been fiddled with, you’re welcome to follow me on Cortex Cloud and I’ll share you something to test with. Let me know!