Brian Walton

I wouldn't profile the GT8 as the amp sounds won't be as good what you get with 3rd party profiles. The unit does not profile effects so you would have to dial in the built in. Reverb, modulations, delays manually anyway. I did model an Ethos pedal that was my previous go to FOH solution. It did a great job of that, but once I got a great Two-rock and Dumble clean capture that took it up a notch and thus my original became obsolete. I think you would experience the same related to the GT8 but it may take some searching and setup work. Kemper and QC don't offer better sound quality related to the amp capture tech even though they are more expensive. They do have more effect types though.

Also, the software used is the Tonex software itself and then also the software for your audio interface to route audio depending on the inputs and outputs needed. The process doesn't need a DAW or anything like that.

I haven't done it myself (as I have a normal re-amp option) but at your own risk here is another option I've seen posted I've also seen using a DI with some adapters, but I couldn't find the post/video about it quickly.

I've made hundreds of captures. If you have one of the IK interfaces with a DI out it is easy though you need a very good graphics card to do advanced captures in a somewhat reasonable time. That capture unit isn't necessary but is helpful for DI captures without a mic and blasting your amp. It is possible to also capture using any reamp box or even a DI with special cables and setup but that does complicate the process. That said, what gear do you have access to that someone else hasn't captured or sounds and feels unique enough that you would use it over someone else's pro capture? My situation is unusual as what drew me to it in the first place is access to arguably the greatest amp ever made, which very few have seen or heard let alone played. So my interest was in capturing that and being able to get that sound at any volume and not have to put wear on the NOS tubes that would cost over $2.5k to replace.

ODS collection is good. But got that registering my 2nd pedal a while back. Metal Gems was a previous giveaway elsewhere Don't have the pedal one but honestly I have more boutique stuff in physical gear (and have profiled some of it) so was hoping for the Mesa or Satch signatures to register a 3rd pedal. 😁

Racks 6 is quite new and therefore MAX comes with all the T-Racks modules.

yes hope it comes through, they also changed the price probably a few minutes after your order. It was right about that time they updated the website.

I checked out as a guest and it arrived in 22 minutes. FWIW

Similar except sales tax here is more in the 6%-8% depending on the state. 🤔

Greatest invention of the last 10 years, IMO. But if you have JamPoints it could potentially be cheaper for you.

Yikes! Normally this is my source that updates are available. I must have seen some random youtube video post on for this one.

These have been out for about 20 days. Note these are not the "editor" tonex updates we have been waiting for - that comes out mid March.

So you do use EQ but you are letting machine learning do the EQ for you, it seems this in part contradicts your theory as the point of Izotope and SmartEQ is to make the choices a seasoned experience producer would take, that is what the "listen" function does. Most of the time those tools make things sound better than I would on my own (better grasp of bringing out the key elements and reducing things that muddy things or mask areas). EQ is easily the most important aspect of mixing using anything other than the Faders,

From what I recall Scaler 1 was discounted for the first time before the scaler 2 launch. They priced scaler 1 so that the Scaler 1 + scaler 2 upgrade were as low as you could get Scaler 2 for and they didn't have a extra discount plus free upgrade grace period Scaler 2 upgrade came out around (for about $15) 5-25-2020, which is quite a bit different than when bluzdog suggesting the upgrade was given to him. I'm guessing this was a fluke or he had $9 in virtual cash with PB to cover the deeper upgrade discount.

unsuccessful login means they simply have your email address. If you buy the enterprise MS account and have the advanced threat protection service add on you can be notified of any successful attempts (that are outside your physical area). It can also block those attempts depending on the settings. 2FA should be required for anything that has personal and financial data. Things like SoundCloud shouldn't force it on you, but should have it as an option (some people really care about their music or are big enough that a compromised account would be very bad PR of someone started posting things.

It will be $29 USD there. It isn't out for another month for the update.

I don't know if they are going to change something but previously they indicated that with this change of them having both the direct path and through PB that upgrades for old PB users would have to be done via PB. I'm sure they will say more about it at launch. You are correct there was never an additional account activation, simply the wonderful authorization system.

Sure, PM sent along with some "proof" that it applies to the EQ as well.

I'd let my forever $29 voucher go for as low as $40 USD. That would make it $41. There is no transfer fee with a voucher buying the plugin from someone would have the $20 transfer fee.

Lower CPU usage is the only thing that comes to mind when compared to something like the Mix and Master bundle or Smart EQ4. Yes, you could also get into some eccentric differences with the crazy number of curves, bands and options in combo with the dynamic EQ - but practically for most people, I don't think the core of what it does is materially different. I have found it sounds better in an A/B test than other EQs using extreme adjustments, but honestly negligible for any normal use/testing/ears.

Fab has a better UI. Though this is a good option for someone that wants quality and low CPU consumption for close to 1/3 the price. If the investment is already in proQ4 this wouldn't even move the needle.

It has only hit that price with Forever $29. Which hasn't been offered for new signups in TWO YEARS! Always excluded from the really deep discounts. Hornet is not a viable alternative here. Fabfilter and Melda would be. Sonible is good but my experience with the ones I have is too much CPU for a do it all workhorse.

I'd sell my Forever $29 code for less than that, which gets the same thing (or other)

it isn't authorizing for me even though the installer is in my user area and says the particular computer is authorized (with more authorizations available). Not off to a good start.

All good ideas/process but still requires that beast of an installer (and the repeat of that installer every time they update). I've got most of them but just seems like a massive disc space waste as I honestly only use a few of them.