Amalgam high gain captures

Quad Cortex
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First time posting. I have bought several different capture packs for the QC. I play metal mostly. I’ve had good results for the most part.

I recently bought amalgam evh 5153 and cobra framus packs. Low gain they sound very good, but the problem is I can’t get any high gain saturation tones out of any of the capture in the pack. Sounding more light crunch edge of breakup.

Am I doing something wrong with how I setup their captures? I don’t have this problem with other high gain captures I own. Do I need a boost pedal in front?

Any input would be helpful. I can hear the high fidelity of these captures. Would love to set them up properly

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Have you talked to Karlis to see if he has any suggestions? He’s very helpful and interactive.

I’d definitely try with a boost or your fav OD or distortion in front.

He definitely specializes in low/mid-gain tones, so it may have to do with how he dials the amps in.

What guitar/pickups are you using?

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Ltd ec 1000 emg 81 85. Dean vnmt seymour live wires. Solar v1.6 Nazgûl

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Huh, those should be pretty hot humbuckers, yeah?

I tried the free Framus Cobra (gain 2) and EVH capture. They both were fairly saturated- the EVH more so, but those were probably not the highest gain out of those sets.

I’m not a high-gain aficionado, but those 2 caps did kind of seem on the “crunchier” side, as opposed to full-bore over-the-top gain.

He interacts daily in the TGP vendor thread, that might be a good place to ask him about your results:

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Thank you for advice!

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Try some different CAB/IR blocks, too. might need a speaker cone more prone to break up.

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These are amp/cab captures. No DI