3 Capture
Capture Both Signals
The capture process is simple. Open the Tone Match Block Edit menu
and go to the CAPTURE page. When you’re ready, press the front panel
“X” button to begin capturing the
reference signal
and then let it roll.
You’ll see the spectrum “build” as the incoming signal is analyzed. To
stop the capture, press X again. Avoid excess silence by pressing start
or stop as source as material begins and ends.
Repeat the capture process for the
local signal
using the “Y” button to
start and stop. Remember that if you intend to use the Tone Match to
replace
a Cab, you’ll want to bypass the Cab block while capturing the
local signal. Play your guitar to “generate” material for the block to
analyze. It’s best to play the same chords or phrases as those of the
reference track.
Advanced users may also wish to use the onboard synth block to
generate test tones—white or pink noise or swept sine waves—to
present perfectly consistent program material to both the reference
and local amps.
Tone Match provides best results when you use high quality signals
which sufficiently represent the full tonal range of the source.
Format:
For reference recordings, lossless formats (WAV, etc.) are
superior to lossy formats (MP3, YouTube, etc.).
Production Value:
Naturally, you’ll want to match tones that sound
great to begin with. A crummy recording of a great amp won’t do!
Isolation:
The use of raw, isolated, “lone-guitar” tracks is essential as
additional instruments/vocals/noise (and certain effects) will add
unwanted frequencies which “contaminate” the Tone Match.
Range:
Demonstrating the “tonal range” of the source is key. Ten
seconds of diverse chording and lines does more to establish how an
amp responds than sixty seconds of sustained high notes.
Duration:
By default, the capture process averages about a ten second
window. For more or less time, increase or decrease
Average Time
on
the PROCESS page of the Tone Match edit menu. The “capture window”
is roughly 4-5x this value in seconds—plenty for Tone Match to “hear”
all it needs. If the frequency plot “falls flat” before you press stop, you
have the window set too small. Setting to max invokes a “peak hold”
mode where the maximum is used rather than the average.
Mono:
The Tone Match block analyzes only mono signals, isolating or
summing input channels. Use the REFERENCE CHAN and LOCAL CHAN
selectors on the PROCESS page of the Tone Match Edit menu to deter-
mine how incoming signals will be handled (L, R, L+R SUM).
Quality and Quantity First
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