Issues capturing amps when gain or volume on full

Quad Cortex
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After several years away, I’ve purchased another QC - primarily as I was tired of lugging my amps, load box and Axe FX3 to gigs.

I started to capture my amps, and noticed that it seems fine unless the gain or volume is maxed out on the amp; when it is, the capture has significantly less gain than the amp itself.

Tested with a BE100 Deluxe (system volume on 6, channel volume on 6, gain on 8 = great capture… but when gain is on 10, the capture is poor), as well as an AFD100 (gain on 10 = poor capture).

Is this a known issue?

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I’d say no since many of us are getting maxed out gain tones.

What is your capture process? I assume it’s DI/head-only- what kind of load box are you using? I’ve heard many say matching the reactive load is key; if you can have the speaker drawing that load it will react much more realistically. Some attenuator/DI/load-boxes match loads better than others.

Could that be a factor in your case?

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I’ve tried with both a Two Notes Reload 2 and a BOSS TAE CORE; like I said, everything is fine as long as the gain or volume isn’t maxed out. Very odd.

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how do your results compare with this user’s BE100 g10 capture?

I know there are some amp circuits that are notoriously difficult to capture accurately. Not sure if that’s what you’re dealing with, or if it’s some other variable in the chain, but it doesn’t seem like there can be TOO many options- hopefully someone else with those amps might have some advice