Tonex vs Nano Cortex vs NAM vs Real Amp captures @paulbradshawguitar

Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

If you're interested in the actual amp:
thmn.to/thoprod/598903?offid=1&affid=3523

The amp is still made since been upgraded to mark2 specs from Fryette, added FX Loop, more footswitchable options, I believe the voicing is a bit different as well, a bit beefier sounding maybe

Rabbit hole subject today, where I compare the captures I made of my VHT Deliverance 60, on Ik Multimedia Tonex , Neural DSP Nano Cortex and Neural Amp Modeller, to each other and also to the real amp

NAM capture was done at 700 epochs
Tonex capture was trained in high quality mode

There's lots of tones to dig into in, lots of things to consider, it's hard to compare capture quality given that the captures of the amp will be at a different time and with gain/input level etc.. varying these things all make a difference, stay tuned til the end to find out my thoughts on what's the best

Feel free to check out my capturing tone playlist here:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCWV7AjUDhdWSeuNWbfShjlqOjiC-6YIf

Where i go over the different capture procedures of the different units and share more in depth results on Ik Multimedia Tonex, the Neural DSP Nano Cortex and also NAM / Neural Amp Modeler

The amp capture(s) are on Tonehunt,ToneNet and Cortex cloud respectively, just search for VHT Deliverance 60 - 2005

Or check out the associated videos =)

thanks,

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TIME STAMPS
00:00 Which is the real amp ?
01:23 TONE First test in quick succession
02:21 TONE Second test profiles vs real amp
03:41 DAW & plugins setup
04:47 TONE Second test / VH riff
06:04 Brain melt
06:33 TONE dynamics test
08:08 Thoughts on dynamics test
08:38 A word on input gain
09:24 So what's best?
12:01 Thanks for watching

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Tonex vs Nano Cortex vs NAM vs Real Amp captures

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