Based on the captures I’ve seen, I think it depends what you want to get out of it. A lot of people make different captures with different settings to get a reliable capture of that sound they want to upload. A lot even upload captures with pedals such as boosts, included.
For me, I find it most helpful to capture my amp with the pedals and settings I want from it.
I haven’t done a capture but based on my use of purchased amalgam captures, it is option 2. The capture is of the device at one specific setting, and you can make adjustments around that capture. AFAIK, the controls on the capture are limited, and they wont work the same as the original device.
OK, makes sense. However, how do we use those captures.
To clarify, let’s say you captured your amp with treble at 7, bass at 4.
Then do you play it back with all tone stack at noon position?
Or you set it up the same as original? Or.. all tone stack at full.
Obviously, one has to use his/her ears but some guidance would help tho show how to get there.
I wish Neural would publish a “how to…” about this.
I have been using a few amalgam captures myself. I also end up with some settings similar to option 2.
I think it would be nice to know unity gain positions for tone stack. Because, some amps do not change eq of the signal at noon position and some do that with eq on full position.
I also think some kind of how to form Neural would help. Because this is not really talked about or known subject by the users.
It probably would be that way if you captured your cab too, but when using the IRs available, I just EQ it to sound similar. Even if I capture with a boost, I’ll still add a boost and do my usual routines, just because the IRs aren’t intended to capture the sound of the cab in the room, but rather, a cab after its been mic’d up, and for me, this feature is sorta in my way. I dislike the additional sound of a mic, so I always end up needing to add additional EQ in the end anyway
I use my sounds to record on garageband, on my iPad, so I don’t think I’m using the device exactly as intended. But it works for me
Yes, this is true. However, even though it may not be possible in NC, I like the option of different IRs with different mix, and sometimes software let’s you combine and mix a few different IRs.
It would be nice to connect them to the software and move the virtual mike around in front of the speaker to surround mix the IRs. Logic has this and I believe Quad C has this.
It would be nice to have some comments from Neural for some advice on how to approach this with the existing Nano Cortex software and capture routine.