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What’s the secret behind your amp tones?

By Kārlis Cīrulis

Spoiler alert: there is no ONE secret. The simple answer is that we do our best to go the extra mile on every step of the way and learn and improve as we go all the time, constantly. Don’t trust what others say, write or suggest – you can’t substitute experience with internet “knowledge”. Most … Continued

AMALGAM AUDIO’S AMP COLLECTION

By Kārlis Cīrulis

We are now over 4 years in into the amp capture business, which can be considered as rather fresh to the game. But those have been some very intense years with a rapid release cycle (on a weekly basis and even more frequent than that in the first years) and we have been reinvesting everything … Continued

Where do you get all these amps from?

By Kārlis Cīrulis

That is one of the most common questions that I get asked by our customers. The answer is – everywhere. US, UK, Japan, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, South Afrika, New Zealand and many, many more places. From specialised guitar stores, vendors, private sellers, off eBay, Rebverb.com, various adds and Facebook Groups and from … Continued

HOW WE DO CAPTURES

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DI VS FULL CAPTURES Our most extensive testing after acquiring our Quad Cortex unit went into understanding, which approach to capturing yields the closest results to the reference amps in tone and response. We arrived at the conclusion that the Quad Cortex sounds most authentic to the reference amp by using DI amp captures in … Continued

HAPPY AMPS FOR HAPPY CAPTURES

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TAP INTO THE MOJO Amps can sound different at different output taps, running into different speaker cabinets and some even sound better when their output impedance is purposefully mismatched to the cabinet one way or another. With some of the oldest amps there is even a difference in tone quality between 8ohm and 16ohm outputs. … Continued

ICONS OF ROCK N ROLL

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We are working hard to add more highest quality captures of iconic amps in near future and to grow the tonal arsenal at your disposal. Feel free to let us know (info@amalgamcaptures.com), what amps you would like to see captured in the future – maybe we can make it happen.