QC or AM4?

[cardinal]

Do you think the QC is actualy the best gear to do capture ? I m tired to tweak my FM9 , the result isn t as good as my IRX or Imperial pedals or Synergy stuff straight in my daw . But i don t want to carry all that gear ... (i always play live with FM9) not bad at all but ...

I'm tried QC and Kemper, and preferred QC by far. The Kemper profiles I made all had a cocked wah thing that I couldn't figure out how to get rid of. I accept it was probably user error but I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. QC is idiot proof since it does everything (Kemper requires you to "refine" it).

I've not tried NAMM or ToneX since their ecosystems seem more complicated. The Neural DSP stuff is all self contained: just buy the box and use it to make captures and play it back.

 

[Shask]

And what about Hotone Ampero II stage ? Captur is similar to others ?

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The Chinese companies are using a reduced-quality version of NAM, so they are not going to be as accurate.

 

[GJgo]

I was on this fence until yesterday when I ordered an AM4, looking forward to it. What I'm hoping to get is a 4 channel replacement for my tube amps at gigs that require a silent stage. Planning on keeping all my pedals etc., and just dropping this in place of the amp & cab.

I have fantastic amps and cabs & did consider capturing them, however I've learned from recording real amps vs. good sims that getting an amateur mic'd amp to sound as good as a pro sim (on a recording) takes quite a bit of work and was concerned that might translate here.

 

[BenoA]

I never played one but at 699$ the AM4 sounds like a pretty good piece of gear for the price. It also has a very huge community of users out there.

I spent some good time with a QC and really liked the way it sounded through good studio monitors but as for the many multi-fx I tried, I don't feel the "amp in the room sound", it's like playing with a studio processed sound. And at 1799$ it's more expensive than the Fractal.

If you just want to experiment with captures, you could grab a ToneX One and start with this, even the basic built-in effects are not too bad and there are like over 50,000 free captures to try. I own one and it sounds damn fine for the 150$ it cost me.

 

[Clay K]

And what about Hotone Ampero II stage ? Captur is similar to others ?

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I have one and love it. Tried it side by side with a qc and couldn’t justify the price difference.