I did a gig with the free CAE3+ capture and your IR with my tonex pedal paired with the HXFX. At sound check the sound guy just threw his hands in the air and exclaimed “it’s perfect, I don’t need to do anything”. Needless to say I bought the 2U preamp pack. Now using a mix of the CAE and X88 captures. Thank you Michael!!!
This is very much appreciated Michael...I will definitely be picking this up! My JMP-1 is in storage on the other side of the planet and I have really been missing it. I've been using your Superlead 71 pack for Tonex as well as your Alien Green Two Notes cab which are both excellent. I chose the JMP-1 over the ADA MP1 back in the '90s...but now maybe I'll pick up your pack for that one as well. Thanks again!
Michael, I don’t have a Tone X currently but I’m now going to buy one after listening to this, I’m a helix user but I have to say everything you review or demo sounds awesome
Oh the great thing about this is that I can now use tonex with my Hx stomp xl with the power amp IR in the Hx stomp and place the reverb and mods , delays between the preamp and the power amp where I would traditionally put them. Thanks Michael!
i have been saying for years kemper needed to sell a cheap small unit that just loads profiles. nobody really needs the capture capability when good studio engineers like Brit and Michael here can do better captures
Most stock profiles sound somewhat "dry and honky mids". Awful. Some people sell good quality profiles, but then you again just pay, pay, pay endlessly.
What a generous thing to do, Michael! You just might have made a sale for IK. I’ve been building my own lightweight rack system using Rocktron interface with tc D2 and M2000 units, and find myself at a bit of an impasse to replace preamps - selling a brand new Neuron & a vintage MXR Dist+. Thanks to your great reviews, I’m close to pulling the trigger on this amazing little IK box. I use a JMP1 and ADA1 like you but they are too heavy to cart around; studio duty from now on. I’ll get back to that lightweight rack system another day as well. I’m ready for super compact. Thank you for your info and again, your very generous time.
Just bought the JMP-1. Tonex is 4000 miles away right now but once I get back from my vacation I gotta hit the ground running gig wise so I’m looking forward to using it. Play in a zz top tribute band so gonna pair it with an eminence Governor IR to try and replicate Billy’s live rig as much as possible. Excited to try it out, will report back!
Sweet! I'm totally in the preamp zone these days, but draggin all that to a rehearsal... auch. Very curious to hear if the tonex can completely capture the dynamics of a jcm800 2203. When I take that '83 amp to rehearsal, I'm instantly inspired. Preamp at 8-9, just with my right hand, I can go from clean to friggin kerrraang. and that thing breathes... man. Put and ocd in front and... well yeah. Yet have to get that out of a profiler or modeller. When I tried that in my former helix, it was nowhere close. Tell me Michael, how does the tonex handle that? thx!
@Michael Nielsen Hey, Mr. Michael! Huge fan of how you do what you do, if ya know what'm sayin'. :) Say... I was never able to afford to get into the Kemper but am fully on board with the Tonex and all I can do with it. I know it's arduous labor (read: time consuming) but is there any chance of continuing on through your previous endeavours teaming up with Mr. Dave for the Official Friedman profile packs, Mr. Henning, etc? After running through your Carsten Grace profiles?... I'm all in for the entire collection. MAN, this is fun! Thank you, kind sir. :)
Dude! Nice job! Got tons of NFR from industry partners here (won't name names)...I used to have andl love a JMP-1. Watched your video and bought your stuff. It really helps when someone with engineer / mixing ears / chops does the modeling. Really great man thanks! BTW, which of your cab IRs did you use for the Gary Moore section here?
Michael, Which present pack is the epitome of Dann Huff tone, for ToneX pedal?? Thanks for all the vids!! Excellent Could you give us some info on how to set up the delay And the reverbs / chorus .. for these awesome Huff-y tones??
This is great! It's good to see the people whose sounds I admire making captures or profiles or whatever we call them now. I bought from your DynIRs for my Two Notes stuff so I assume your captures are equally tasteful. I have an old Engl E850 rackmounted amp that has a great preamp as well as a great power amp section with nice saturation when cranked. Together with my JMP-1 there are so many great sounds that I want to capture. I am not sure if the Tone X is the way to go just to have the hardware or if I should do it in Neural Amp Modeler to combine power amp captures and preamp captures. We'll see, but it's good to see the capture technology now reaching everyone playing guitar.
Hi Michael love These😊 thanks for all your work. I only use the Tonex Software. Can i go out of my Apollo Interface and into my Amp through the effects send so i have the Tonex preamp into my Amp poweramp😊? Cheers.
HI! You can, but getting the levels correct can be a little tricky. Also, you'll probably need a dedicated reamp output (I'm not sure if your Apollo has that). Radial makes a good one, if you need to buy one.
Great, now I have to buy a ToneX :). That was an interesting point about adjusting the gain outside of the captured level, because that is something I have said about the Kemper, but was told I was wrong. Since I am a bit of a noob when it comes to capture I assumed I was wrong, but I really don't think I am. Anyway, great stuff. I think I will order one and check out your preamps as I did with the Kemper.
Hi mate, great video! Is there any disadvantage of using Space Designer as IR loader? DId you ever try to capture the power amp sections of your amps. I did and I am absolutely blown away by the results!
Hey Michael! I love your videos and the products you put out there. Really High Quality stuff so thank you very much! I have one question tho, I bought your Trixy rig for Overloud but I notice there are no DI captures. Are there any DI’s in the Trixy collection for Tonex? Thanks
Hi! Thanks! The THU captures are really about recreating album tones, so there aren’t many (or any) di captures. My TONEX captures are ALL DI captures straight from the preamp. So you can run the Tonex pedal straight in a power amp and recreate the classic preamps live, or add my IR and use them to record direct.
Thank you for your quick reply. Last question, I downloaded your free IRs and noticed there are 2 in the zip file: “Preamp-IR” and “Preamp-IR-ALT” (the latest being way bigger file size than the first one) can you please explain the differences between the 2 captures? Thanks!
Interesting. Why do all of these sound like the same preamp? Is that because its a snippet. I have many of these pres, (except for the Fish) and they sound markedly different and respond to the guitar level too. These (in this vid at least) sound almost the same with just a level variation. Strange
MN, i use a SEA BLUE EQ ( 4 knob version) at end of chain in my worship rig ( small room lol) Itsa Katana 50Mk2 After dwnldg McRocklins CLEAN, adding the Sea Blue its pretty AWSM, and a GRT CLEAN boost w/EQ! A Warm Drive into TC Dk matter into a TS-10 ( all stacked n various settings) give me an incredible rig THAT said i AM going to get a Tonex dwnload your stuff, TJs 68 plexi, and a SLO patch from Almagram, as well as a ToneKing Imperial ...gonna be tuff setting (6) presets! :) Thank you for doing this i APPRECIATE IT! OH BTW Can ya get yer hands on a GT Trio preamp? Had (2) Ran a TS-9 on Channel (2) its an amazing preamp too! The MIX function on clean n channel 3 was unreal!
These sound great! Any plans for the preamps to be available on Kemper, Michael? Particularly DI profiles… I have checked your BHP site a few times and haven’t noticed any DI profile packs… unless I missed them.
Kemper is MUCH better at capturing amp sounds that are through a cab. A lot of the direct preamp tones don’t come across the way I’d like, so, I’ll consider it, but hopefully Kemper will update their capturing process to better handle that stuff.
Your guitar look and sounds fantastic (mainly thanks to your magical fingers🎉) ! I don’t know this brand and can not read it in your video. What brand is it ? Do you have a link to a shop so I can see it in every angle? Thanks again for your videos !
thank you ! I'm in love with your guitar, and you make it sound damn good ! @@BigHairyGuitars 🤟🖤 Is it a custom made following your specs ? I see some Seymour like HH and Floyd lookalike vibrato.
I like these sounds *a lot* , but I don't have a TONEX. I do however own the Overloud TH-U plugin. Could I get sounds similar to these if I got some of the tone-capture packs you made for TH-U or are these tone-captures completely different?
Hey Michael, I've bought a couple of your TONEX packs and they're really great. I definitely recommend them. I think I emailed you several months ago but didn't get a response. Not a big deal and I don't even recall what the question was - just wanted to let ya know in case it's not working right.
Hi Master! I have the TONEX MAX sw (and some of your sooo good profiles) but not the TONEX pedal (not yet, but 2 TONEX plus 2 TONEX ONE are in my sight line for a full stereo amp rig plus the 2 separate drivers pedals). Ok... that said... do you think that i can start - for now - with the software loading 2 instances of Tonex, one with one of your preamp profile and one with the power amp/cab IR... or can i do everything with just one instance?
Hi! I think you can run one instance. That’s what I do. Sometimes I don’t use the power amp cab IR. I’ll try a few to see which is working best. But just one instance works great
@@BigHairyGuitars Yep yep i figured it out... sorry... was a stoopid question! Now i have the full Part 1 and Part 2 of your preamp collection (ya know how much i love your work Man!) and your free IR. And about the power amp section... these days is an item that is gainig more and more interest... just because the preamp modeling/profililing tachnology is so fine. Think hardware like the CAB M+ (i have 2 of them... because of YOU!). So... i think that a pair of so good and experienced ears like yours can produce a good and more large library of combos of power amps and cabs IRS (standalone power amps like Fryette, VHT, Mesa, Marshall etc... AND power amp sections of amp heads) . Just put a good price.. and take my money Man! 😁
When you run into a power amp, or FX return, turn off your Cabinet IR. Unless you are using a full range monitor, like a PA system. But if it’s going into a guitar cab, turn off the IR 👍
Hi I was wondering whether using these Tonex preamps and going two notes genome and pulling up a power amp and then your dyn ir signature cab, whether that also could be a good option? Cheers😊
It IS a cheaper (way cheaper) option, and if you're not planning on running into a power amp, or gigging, then the software is probably the best route.
Hey michael, i just bought your single rack tonex pack. Its awesome! Are all of the captures thats in the individual preamp packs , in the big pack? Or are there more captures of each preamp in their individual pack? Hope that made sense lol
Hi. Thanks!!! If you bought them on the Tonex tone.net site, then yes. There are updates, if you send me an email through the bighairyprofiles site, i'll get them to you
Thanks, it’s was just a single reverb. I think it’s Shimmer reverb, and didn’t really tweak the sound, just turned it up and made it longer. It does sound really good!
@@Bradybecmusic I feel ya. That's essentially why I created these packs. I hate turning on my 100w power amp with a huge cooling fan, and 80lbs worth of rack gear for 20 minutes of jamming 🤣.
@@BigHairyGuitars do you have a suggestion on a power amp to run these packs through a 4x12 loaded with v30’s? I’ve been using the return on my jcm 800
The QC is not setup for sound exchange in the same way that Tonex and Kemper are. I am currently talking to them, hoping that they open it up for 3rd party sound designers like me.
HI, It's really depends. I keep it at 0db, but generally speaker the Tonex get's 85% of the gain correct. So, just adjust as needed. Tonex does do a good job of staying true to the original source when you change the gain and eq knobs.
What is the latency like vs fractal/kemper devices? If I play a real amp I can barely tell the latency of my Axe 3, but it’s there and I get used to it quickly.
Why does nobody realize that the parameter knob before the gain is a volume also, everybody keep turning up the Master volume… it is way better to balance all your captures at unity volume and then the master volume can stay a master volume
Nobody realizes it because like most IK interfaces, they're not very straightforward. That's a great tip. You could have said it nicer, but still a great tip! Thanks! 🤣👍
No worries shay. I was just playing. I was actually impressed that you're probably the only person to have read the manual. That's incredibly helpful to have the extra level control. I don't know why they didn't label that control on the face of the unit. Thanks for the tip!!!
I'd still prefer the Kraken to that 3-channels buggy sandbox that they sell without the wireless remote, I guess we could easily turn those cheaper TV decoders we had from China into that same many presets...
@@BigHairyGuitars It reminded me of Waves of Love. Tamas had a great (at least for me) instrumental record out in 1992. The time of Giant, Vinnie Moore, Satriani. Even had some airtime here in the Netherlands. He even did like a double interview with Eddie Van Halen at that time If I recall correctly. Anyways….always good to check him out.
i bought one of these tonex hoping I could plug into my powerstation, so I could play these on a real cab. Sounds like pure garbage and i cannot figure out why.
@@Sticky_Tea i just go into the main setting and turn cab to off right? - but weirdly half of the presets sound better with it on. I am playing it through my bogner 2x12
Did you do your triaxis yet? I dont have a capture device but have triaxis and Tonex pedal. It would be kool to run a Tonex Pedal, with triaxis capture into the left side of a 2:90 and triaxis into the right side.
The are two problems I see with this thing.... 1. A capture of anything is going to be a snapshot of the thing with certain limited settings which won't allow you to deviate from that setting..... 2. There are no effects in the TONEX. IK could've made this an Axe FX killer by adding effects to it but they halfassed it.
True-ish. 1. There is definitely room to grow, but to be honest, I rarely change the settings on my 'real' amps at home. Once I found the sweet spot, done. Like a BF Fender (volume 3 or 7, bass 11:, treble 1:30). So it's easy to make 2 captures for those sweet spots. 2. There is a pretty decent reverb, compressor, EQ and noise gate in the TONEX. Not terrible. IK sells chorus, reverb and delay pedals... so I'm sure they didn't want to step on those sales. I could see them making a $1200 do everything box in the future. I think price point was the king. $400 will sell MANY more than another $1500 modeler box.
I did a gig with the free CAE3+ capture and your IR with my tonex pedal paired with the HXFX. At sound check the sound guy just threw his hands in the air and exclaimed “it’s perfect, I don’t need to do anything”. Needless to say I bought the 2U preamp pack. Now using a mix of the CAE and X88 captures.
Thank you Michael!!!
AWESOME!!!!!! SO KILLER TO HEAR THAT! Thanks!!!!! 🔥
@RDamps: Where did you get the free CAE3+ capture?
Michael, I just bought your JMP1 and X88R packs. They're INSANELY GOOD!! Paired with your IR, it's just plain inspiring to use!
🙏 THANK YOU!!! I'm so glad you like them! 😃
These sound amazing, Michael. Thanks so much for sharing. Now that I'm into my new studio I'll be firing them up ASAP. Cheers.
WOW! Thanks Brett! I was just talking with Leon Todd about how awesome you are! 😁
Awesome... as a big Dan Huff fan I almost cried!
Dude you are freaking awesome man. This is incredible.
This is very much appreciated Michael...I will definitely be picking this up! My JMP-1 is in storage on the other side of the planet and I have really been missing it. I've been using your Superlead 71 pack for Tonex as well as your Alien Green Two Notes cab which are both excellent. I chose the JMP-1 over the ADA MP1 back in the '90s...but now maybe I'll pick up your pack for that one as well. Thanks again!
Hi Michael just bought all your Tonex packs, thanks so much for the great work and making these accessible these old preamps☺️ cheers
Michael, I don’t have a Tone X currently but I’m now going to buy one after listening to this, I’m a helix user but I have to say everything you review or demo sounds awesome
I use Tone X 4cm with my helix with afew of Michael's packs and it sounds killer!!
Oh the great thing about this is that I can now use tonex with my Hx stomp xl with the power amp IR in the Hx stomp and place the reverb and mods , delays between the preamp and the power amp where I would traditionally put them. Thanks Michael!
Awesomness!!! Thank you for all you efforts in tone, you bring the goods brother
i have been saying for years kemper needed to sell a cheap small unit that just loads profiles. nobody really needs the capture capability when good studio engineers like Brit and Michael here can do better captures
I agree. I would suspect that is exactly their next move!
@@BigHairyGuitarsthey will not offer that without any improvement in accuracy…. And I’m not sure they can compete with neural network technology
Most stock profiles sound somewhat "dry and honky mids". Awful. Some people sell good quality profiles, but then you again just pay, pay, pay endlessly.
What a generous thing to do, Michael! You just might have made a sale for IK. I’ve been building my own lightweight rack system using Rocktron interface with tc D2 and M2000 units, and find myself at a bit of an impasse to replace preamps - selling a brand new Neuron & a vintage MXR Dist+.
Thanks to your great reviews, I’m close to pulling the trigger on this amazing little IK box. I use a JMP1 and ADA1 like you but they are too heavy to cart around; studio duty from now on. I’ll get back to that lightweight rack system another day as well. I’m ready for super compact. Thank you for your info and again, your very generous time.
Just bought the JMP-1. Tonex is 4000 miles away right now but once I get back from my vacation I gotta hit the ground running gig wise so I’m looking forward to using it. Play in a zz top tribute band so gonna pair it with an eminence Governor IR to try and replicate Billy’s live rig as much as possible. Excited to try it out, will report back!
Okay the gibbons preset in the pack is phenomenal
Always spectacular sounds 🤟
Definitely gonna get the BHP DMTR preamp! I’ve always wanted one!!
Me too!
nice stuff Michael!...i love Ik for digital guitar ( mixing! ) tools!
Sweet! I'm totally in the preamp zone these days, but draggin all that to a rehearsal... auch. Very curious to hear if the tonex can completely capture the dynamics of a jcm800 2203. When I take that '83 amp to rehearsal, I'm instantly inspired. Preamp at 8-9, just with my right hand, I can go from clean to friggin kerrraang. and that thing breathes... man. Put and ocd in front and... well yeah.
Yet have to get that out of a profiler or modeller. When I tried that in my former helix, it was nowhere close. Tell me Michael, how does the tonex handle that? thx!
Glad ur getting back regular Mike !
Also thanks for making a suitable IR to enjoy preamp captures
I need to know more about that t-shirt! :D
This sounds absolutely amazing!!! 🎉
I will buy a tonex because of this video! I love all these preamps and trust your captures 💯
Thank you very much! I'm a big fan of you and your profiles!
Thanks for this... You reminded me that i have a tonex pedal collecting dust
I think Kemper will have to up their game now! Sounds frickin awesome!!! And your videos are always great, you help me to spend my money! Lol
Kemper still awesome
Only reason I bought my tonex was for your Boggy captures! Perfection
@Michael Nielsen Hey, Mr. Michael! Huge fan of how you do what you do, if ya know what'm sayin'. :) Say... I was never able to afford to get into the Kemper but am fully on board with the Tonex and all I can do with it. I know it's arduous labor (read: time consuming) but is there any chance of continuing on through your previous endeavours teaming up with Mr. Dave for the Official Friedman profile packs, Mr. Henning, etc? After running through your Carsten Grace profiles?... I'm all in for the entire collection. MAN, this is fun! Thank you, kind sir. :)
Thanks!!! I hope so, but it’s hard to pin down Dave is so busy
@@BigHairyGuitars Roger-Roger. Carry on, my good man! :)
Dude! Nice job! Got tons of NFR from industry partners here (won't name names)...I used to have andl love a JMP-1. Watched your video and bought your stuff. It really helps when someone with engineer / mixing ears / chops does the modeling. Really great man thanks! BTW, which of your cab IRs did you use for the Gary Moore section here?
Michael, Which present pack is the epitome of Dann Huff tone, for ToneX pedal??
Thanks for all the vids!! Excellent
Could you give us some info on how to set up the delay And the reverbs / chorus .. for these awesome Huff-y tones??
Ask Dan Huff . He's around
@@GerhardGeficky-jg4ok really? Shoot his contact
This is great! It's good to see the people whose sounds I admire making captures or profiles or whatever we call them now. I bought from your DynIRs for my Two Notes stuff so I assume your captures are equally tasteful. I have an old Engl E850 rackmounted amp that has a great preamp as well as a great power amp section with nice saturation when cranked. Together with my JMP-1 there are so many great sounds that I want to capture. I am not sure if the Tone X is the way to go just to have the hardware or if I should do it in Neural Amp Modeler to combine power amp captures and preamp captures. We'll see, but it's good to see the capture technology now reaching everyone playing guitar.
Both are great, do whichever is cheaper 😎
Yayyyyyy!!! I'm going to Spend the Money and get the Tonex Pedal and then your Collection!!!!!!!
The preamps sound great. I just got the tonex pedal. It sounds great, but I am still learning how to get it to sound that good.
Hi Michael love These😊 thanks for all your work. I only use the Tonex Software. Can i go out of my Apollo Interface and into my Amp through the effects send so i have the Tonex preamp into my Amp poweramp😊? Cheers.
HI! You can, but getting the levels correct can be a little tricky. Also, you'll probably need a dedicated reamp output (I'm not sure if your Apollo has that). Radial makes a good one, if you need to buy one.
Great, now I have to buy a ToneX :). That was an interesting point about adjusting the gain outside of the captured level, because that is something I have said about the Kemper, but was told I was wrong. Since I am a bit of a noob when it comes to capture I assumed I was wrong, but I really don't think I am. Anyway, great stuff. I think I will order one and check out your preamps as I did with the Kemper.
Hi mate, great video! Is there any disadvantage of using Space Designer as IR loader? DId you ever try to capture the power amp sections of your amps. I did and I am absolutely blown away by the results!
Hey Michael, can you do a tonex pack for the Langner preamp? Please?
Nice! Man, that Jake E Lee Friedman just lurking in the corner, could really use a profile of that 😮💨
Hey Michael! I love your videos and the products you put out there. Really High Quality stuff so thank you very much! I have one question tho, I bought your Trixy rig for Overloud but I notice there are no DI captures. Are there any DI’s in the Trixy collection for Tonex? Thanks
Hi! Thanks! The THU captures are really about recreating album tones, so there aren’t many (or any) di captures. My TONEX captures are ALL DI captures straight from the preamp. So you can run the Tonex pedal straight in a power amp and recreate the classic preamps live, or add my IR and use them to record direct.
Thank you for your quick reply. Last question, I downloaded your free IRs and noticed there are 2 in the zip file: “Preamp-IR” and “Preamp-IR-ALT” (the latest being way bigger file size than the first one) can you please explain the differences between the 2 captures? Thanks!
Interesting. Why do all of these sound like the same preamp? Is that because its a snippet. I have many of these pres, (except for the Fish) and they sound markedly different and respond to the guitar level too. These (in this vid at least) sound almost the same with just a level variation. Strange
Mike How does this compare to my Boss GT5 sound wise?
MN, i use a SEA BLUE EQ ( 4 knob version) at end of chain in my worship rig ( small room lol) Itsa Katana 50Mk2 After dwnldg McRocklins CLEAN, adding the Sea Blue its pretty AWSM, and a GRT CLEAN boost w/EQ! A Warm Drive into TC Dk matter into a TS-10 ( all stacked n various settings) give me an incredible rig THAT said i AM going to get a Tonex dwnload your stuff, TJs 68 plexi, and a SLO patch from Almagram, as well as a ToneKing Imperial ...gonna be tuff setting (6) presets! :) Thank you for doing this i APPRECIATE IT! OH BTW Can ya get yer hands on a GT Trio preamp? Had (2) Ran a TS-9 on Channel (2) its an amazing preamp too! The MIX function on clean n channel 3 was unreal!
These sound great! Any plans for the preamps to be available on Kemper, Michael? Particularly DI profiles… I have checked your BHP site a few times and haven’t noticed any DI profile packs… unless I missed them.
Kemper is MUCH better at capturing amp sounds that are through a cab. A lot of the direct preamp tones don’t come across the way I’d like, so, I’ll consider it, but hopefully Kemper will update their capturing process to better handle that stuff.
I bought all your preamp collection, sounds great, even compare to my real one... cheers !!!
OMG! Thanks so much! I'm glad you like them!
Based on this, could you do actual preamps like API and Neve?
In terms of the technology, yes. I haven't tried that to see if it feels 1 to 1
I think it would be amazing. The possibilities could take a basic guitar capture device in a wildly new direction.
Your guitar look and sounds fantastic (mainly thanks to your magical fingers🎉) !
I don’t know this brand and can not read it in your video.
What brand is it ? Do you have a link to a shop so I can see it in every angle?
Thanks again for your videos !
Thanks you so much! Shabat guitars 😍
shabatguitars.com
thank you ! I'm in love with your guitar, and you make it sound damn good ! @@BigHairyGuitars 🤟🖤
Is it a custom made following your specs ? I see some Seymour like HH and Floyd lookalike vibrato.
Please tell me some Michael Nielsen Friedman profiles are coming!
Can these be loaded into the Tonex One? would they sound the same as in this video through the regular Tonex?
I like these sounds *a lot* , but I don't have a TONEX. I do however own the Overloud TH-U plugin. Could I get sounds similar to these if I got some of the tone-capture packs you made for TH-U or are these tone-captures completely different?
Hey Michael, I've bought a couple of your TONEX packs and they're really great. I definitely recommend them. I think I emailed you several months ago but didn't get a response. Not a big deal and I don't even recall what the question was - just wanted to let ya know in case it's not working right.
Thanks so much! Sorry I missed your email, I try to answer all of them.
@@BigHairyGuitars No worries, man. I can't remember what I asked so it couldn't have been that important haha.
Would you ever make full chain Fractal presets? I’d pay for that.
What's the guitar brand?That's cool
Totally thought he was about to play that sample during the capture process. I have nightmares about it
Hi Master! I have the TONEX MAX sw (and some of your sooo good profiles) but not the TONEX pedal (not yet, but 2 TONEX plus 2 TONEX ONE are in my sight line for a full stereo amp rig plus the 2 separate drivers pedals). Ok... that said... do you think that i can start - for now - with the software loading 2 instances of Tonex, one with one of your preamp profile and one with the power amp/cab IR... or can i do everything with just one instance?
Hi! I think you can run one instance. That’s what I do. Sometimes I don’t use the power amp cab IR. I’ll try a few to see which is working best. But just one instance works great
@@BigHairyGuitars Yep yep i figured it out... sorry... was a stoopid question! Now i have the full Part 1 and Part 2 of your preamp collection (ya know how much i love your work Man!) and your free IR.
And about the power amp section... these days is an item that is gainig more and more interest... just because the preamp modeling/profililing tachnology is so fine.
Think hardware like the CAB M+ (i have 2 of them... because of YOU!). So... i think that a pair of so good and experienced ears like yours can produce a good and more large library of combos of power amps and cabs IRS (standalone power amps like Fryette, VHT, Mesa, Marshall etc... AND power amp sections of amp heads) . Just put a good price.. and take my money Man! 😁
You are fucking awesome. Thanks for doing all of this stuff.
Hey Michael,
Can you demo an ISP Theta DSP floorboard?
Link to the tonex collections is broken!
THANKS! www.tone.net/tonex/users/big.hairy.guitars
Michael when running your Tonex pre amp models into your friedman effects return did you have your IR cab models on or off?
When you run into a power amp, or FX return, turn off your Cabinet IR. Unless you are using a full range monitor, like a PA system. But if it’s going into a guitar cab, turn off the IR 👍
What power amp did you use with the preamp captions?
No power amp. Straight from the preamp into my converters to get the most accurate representation of the sound from the preamp
Hi I was wondering whether using these Tonex preamps and going two notes genome and pulling up a power amp and then your dyn ir signature cab, whether that also could be a good option? Cheers😊
These sound killer! I have veen considering the Tone-X for a bit. Have you tried modeling the Peavey Musician?
is the JEL coming soon? put that friedman smallbox pedal in front !!
Are any of These preamps bring built These days? I mean the exact ones you have captured? I believe not? Cheers
No. There's a new version of the Soldano X88 coming, but it's not out yet.
Hi thanks for your time and quick reply😊 will the new Version of the x88 be much different than the old one? Cheers
@@henriksorensen6438 Yeah, the Ch1 and Ch2 is much improved. Ch3 is the same. And it has IR simulation build in, so you can record direct.
Ah ok cheers😊
I’m gonna go for the plug-in option 👍🏼
It IS a cheaper (way cheaper) option, and if you're not planning on running into a power amp, or gigging, then the software is probably the best route.
@@BigHairyGuitars what is the best option about the computer? Is it only MAC ? I crashed mine and it cost so much to get a new one ….
@@davidbricchi It's PC as well. I don't think it's super taxing on the CPU either, so I think any current computer will work fine.
Hey michael, i just bought your single rack tonex pack. Its awesome! Are all of the captures thats in the individual preamp packs , in the big pack? Or are there more captures of each preamp in their individual pack? Hope that made sense lol
Hi. Thanks!!! If you bought them on the Tonex tone.net site, then yes. There are updates, if you send me an email through the bighairyprofiles site, i'll get them to you
@BigHairyGuitars sweet. Thanks man!
Hi Michael. Could I use ToneX One as a preamp straith to my Marshall with your modeled Bogner Fish? Thank you
What about running the tonex with your preamps into an ir loader like the two notes cabm?
That would work perfectly as well
The Amplitube FX sound epic. What are you using?
Thanks, it’s was just a single reverb. I think it’s Shimmer reverb, and didn’t really tweak the sound, just turned it up and made it longer. It does sound really good!
Do you have a video covering the ada captures?
Not reaaaaaally. There's a free capture for all of my packs available on the Tonex ToneNet store. To give you a feel for each of the packs.
@@BigHairyGuitars awesome. I’ve been wanting to pull the trigger on a real ada but can’t force myself to drag a rack system on the road with me!
@@Bradybecmusic I feel ya. That's essentially why I created these packs. I hate turning on my 100w power amp with a huge cooling fan, and 80lbs worth of rack gear for 20 minutes of jamming 🤣.
@@BigHairyGuitars do you have a suggestion on a power amp to run these packs through a 4x12 loaded with v30’s? I’ve been using the return on my jcm 800
Great vid man!
Would it be possible to get a Quad Cortex version of these?
The QC is not setup for sound exchange in the same way that Tonex and Kemper are. I am currently talking to them, hoping that they open it up for 3rd party sound designers like me.
@@BigHairyGuitars I'm hoping your talks will be successful!
I see what you're doing there. RUclips algorithm is at finest and yes, I see Runaways Lead 😆
Haha exactly! If only I could run this through a TC1210 🤣
@@BigHairyGuitars I know right, took 6 years to get it and price is skyrocketing. Idk where these people are hoarding the rack effects 😆
Please do the Morin Preamp also 🙏🏼
Will do.
Regarding Input Level dB should i keep it at 0 dB? Cheers
HI, It's really depends. I keep it at 0db, but generally speaker the Tonex get's 85% of the gain correct. So, just adjust as needed. Tonex does do a good job of staying true to the original source when you change the gain and eq knobs.
Hi Michael thanks very much appreciated😊
Hi again thanks a lot😊
Great
I want this pedal. Do you think it'll run good thru the bluguitar amp1 iridium Mike?
Yeah, that would be a nice compact portable rig. Iridium power amp is powerful
@BigHairyGuitars ....OK great!... thanks for responding back so fast man, I really appreciate that.
@BigHairyGuitars I'll definitely download your Marshall sounds too man, that sounded really good.
What is the latency like vs fractal/kemper devices? If I play a real amp I can barely tell the latency of my Axe 3, but it’s there and I get used to it quickly.
Latency is very low...
Very Dann Huffy intro nice
Why does nobody realize that the parameter knob before the gain is a volume also, everybody keep turning up the Master volume… it is way better to balance all your captures at unity volume and then the master volume can stay a master volume
Nobody realizes it because like most IK interfaces, they're not very straightforward. That's a great tip. You could have said it nicer, but still a great tip! Thanks! 🤣👍
@@BigHairyGuitars sorry, it wasn’t my intention to say it in a non nice manner.
I actually know this because I read the manual :)
No worries shay. I was just playing. I was actually impressed that you're probably the only person to have read the manual. That's incredibly helpful to have the extra level control. I don't know why they didn't label that control on the face of the unit. Thanks for the tip!!!
@@BigHairyGuitars definitely, I also wondered why they did not label it 😂
I even think it should’ve received its own knob
@@shaychromoy I've even mentioned it to IK!!! I honestly think you are the ONLY person (in the world) to have read the manual!
I'd still prefer the Kraken to that 3-channels buggy sandbox that they sell without the wireless remote, I guess we could easily turn those cheaper TV decoders we had from China into that same many presets...
I need to get off my a$$ and get in this profile game these sound HUGE!!!
Did I here some Tamas Szekeres around 6:25?
I don’t know what that is 🤷🏻♂️. I was just messing around… I’ll have to look up Tamas
@@BigHairyGuitars It reminded me of Waves of Love. Tamas had a great (at least for me) instrumental record out in 1992. The time of Giant, Vinnie Moore, Satriani. Even had some airtime here in the Netherlands. He even did like a double interview with Eddie Van Halen at that time If I recall correctly. Anyways….always good to check him out.
hey Michael i sent you a message some days ago about a pack i bought on april from your website,i sent the message from your website
I'll go back through the emails, but if you can resend, that would be great. My inbox got flooded this week.
Boom, Boom, Booom....
i bought one of these tonex hoping I could plug into my powerstation, so I could play these on a real cab. Sounds like pure garbage and i cannot figure out why.
Impulse response and cab simulation turned off?
@@Sticky_Tea i just go into the main setting and turn cab to off right? - but weirdly half of the presets sound better with it on. I am playing it through my bogner 2x12
I like the shirt, but you need an Orioles hat.
😁😁
@@BigHairyGuitars Thanks for the free Demeter and the amp and cab IR captures!
Please capture that Jake E Lee amp
hopefully no cabs baked in
No cabs or power amps baked in. Pure preamps
Did you do your triaxis yet? I dont have a capture device but have triaxis and Tonex pedal. It would be kool to run a Tonex Pedal, with triaxis capture into the left side of a 2:90 and triaxis into the right side.
He does have a Triaxis pack on ToneNET.
Yes there is a niiiice Triaxis Collection. It’s called Big Hairy Guitars Tri-X Collection. www.tone.net/tonex/collections
@@BigHairyGuitars Thanks Mike.
The are two problems I see with this thing....
1. A capture of anything is going to be a snapshot of the thing with certain limited settings which won't allow you to deviate from that setting.....
2. There are no effects in the TONEX. IK could've made this an Axe FX killer by adding effects to it but they halfassed it.
True-ish. 1. There is definitely room to grow, but to be honest, I rarely change the settings on my 'real' amps at home. Once I found the sweet spot, done. Like a BF Fender (volume 3 or 7, bass 11:, treble 1:30). So it's easy to make 2 captures for those sweet spots. 2. There is a pretty decent reverb, compressor, EQ and noise gate in the TONEX. Not terrible. IK sells chorus, reverb and delay pedals... so I'm sure they didn't want to step on those sales. I could see them making a $1200 do everything box in the future. I think price point was the king. $400 will sell MANY more than another $1500 modeler box.