i’m getting MAD at capturing fuzz pedals.
How comes there’s NEVER one way to get a capture well done on first try?
And more often i have to set ABSURD settings on in1 and in2 to get closer to the original pedal…Yesterday i was capturing one of my fuzzes, the DOD Carcosa… in1 +10 in2 +20… and this way the gain was near the original NEAR but it’s something that changes radically every time.
PLUS, i can’t get that nice compression of the compressed fuzz like the Plasma Pedal capture you already find in the pedalboard… why Neural doesn’t put out a complete capture guide to help every possibile type of distortion to be captured as intended?
Fuzz pedals are notoriously difficult to capture - having to do with the somewhat unpredictable nature of the distortion.
“The missing bit for fuzzes capturing a lot of fuzzes is being able to detected and learn DC offset, in which the DC bias point (clipping symmetry) shifts on a time-dependent manner.” (Doug Castro)
Other capturing devices (e.g. Kemper) completely refuse to capture fuzzes - at least NDSP are trying 
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The plasma coil works in a way that would be really hard to capture. It’s pretty dynamic and depends way different than a normal distortion. Fuzzes aren’t really recommended to capture
That is the right point, maybe.
It’s simply a matter of expectations. But once I know that those types of sounds can be achieved (and in some cases I’ve managed to get them), it drives me crazy that the process is never consistent—especially when it comes to levels that the pedalboard could theoretically handle automatically.
That’s what happens with time dependent capture, what you get at different times might be different.
I’ve captured lots of fuzz pedals and am satisfied with the tonal results. You can’t expect to get the feel/response/compression effects though. You can recreate some of that with compression blocks before and after the fuzz block. But the QC can only do so much with fuzzes (so far)
Also, keep in mind that the IN 1 setting does not affect your capture AT ALL- it only adjusts the level of your instrument input for monitoring the device vs the capture. Changing that level will not change the capture result
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