NAM vs QC vs TONEX // Who Rules The STEREO Capture Game?

The test we've all been waiting for is here! Thanks to the Darkglass Anagram and the recent NAM A2 update, we can now test out STEREO NAM captures in FULL quality on a hardware unit suitable for pedalboards. Even though NAM's been around a while, being able to reliably run two captures in stereo has been hard to come by. But now that it's here I wanted to make a test with a pair of the same captures across the 3 most popular capture platforms--NAM (on Anagram), TONEX, and Quad Cortex (V2). This video demos the raw captures themselves with no post processing coming after an analog stereo pedalboard with some minimal effects to start out, and some bigger wet effects later. All effects are run in front of the amps. For your reference, I'm running the following pedals on my board in this demo: Origin Effects Cali76 FET Compressor Shnobel Tone Daily Driver (Stage 1) Audio Kitchen Fake Plastic Trees (Stage 2) Case Study Aspen One (Stage 3) Strymon Timeline (Light Tape Delay) Strymon BigSky MX (Light Plate Verb) For the last two sound examples I use an LXV with a strong Tape Delay and a bigger Cloud reverb on my BigSky MX The captures in this demo are my AC30 and Prosonic https://www.thetoneshepherd.com/ac30 https://www.thetoneshepherd.com/proson - - - - - - - - - - - - Darkglass Anagram Guitar Essentials Edition: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9VxrE0 Neural DSP Quad Cortex Mini: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5kmxn9 IK Multimedia TONEX ONE: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/jrb57P IK Multimedia TONEX ONE Plus: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Gbo2gr Guitar: Jennings Voyager https://jenningsguitars.com/ Pickups: Lambertones Crema (neck) and Grinder (bridge) https://lambertones.store/thetoneshep... - - - - - - - - - - - - Your purchase supports the following ministries: The Bible Project | Understand the Bible Deeply https://bibleproject.com/ Practicing The Way | Spiritual Formation Though the Disciplines https://www.practicingtheway.org/ Global Christian Relief | Supporting the Persecuted Church https://globalchristianrelief.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - ⚡️ THE TONE SHEPHERD WEBSITE ⚡️ https://www.thetoneshepherd.com/ QUAD CORTEX RESOURCES: https://www.thetoneshepherd.com/quadc... TONEX CAPTURES: https://www.thetoneshepherd.com/tonex NAM RESOURCES: https://www.thetoneshepherd.com/nam LINE 6 RESOURCES: https://www.thetoneshepherd.com/line6 FRACTAL RESOURCES: https://www.thetoneshepherd.com/fractal STRYMON PRESETS: https://www.thetoneshepherd.com/strymon POG2 PRESETS: https://www.thetoneshepherd.com/pog2 INSTAGRAM   / thetoneshepherd   For more content like this, please like this video and subscribe to my channel. Leave a comment below to let me know what other content would help grow your heart and skill for the ministry God has given you. - - - - - - - - - - - - ✶ Affiliate Links ✶ Using these links gives YOU a discount and helps the channel as well. Thanks! Lambertones 10% Discount https://lambertones.store/thetoneshep... - - - - - - - - - - - - MASTER GEAR LIST https://www.thetoneshepherd.com/gear - - - - - - - - - - - - SECTIONS 00:00 Intro 00:10 Hybrid Rigs? 00:28 Stereo NAM Captures 01:00 The Test Setup 03:11 TEST LICK 1 - CLEAN 03:29 TEST LICK 2 - CLEAN 03:47 TEST LICK 3 - CLEAN 04:07 TEST LICK 4 - STAGE 1 04:31 TEST LICK 5 - STAGE 1 05:00 TEST LICK 6 - STAGE 2 05:27 TEST LICK 7 - STAGE 2 06:09 TEST LICK 8 - STAGE 3 06:32 TEST LICK 9 - STAGE 3 07:12 TEST LICK 10 - STAGE 3 WET 07:47 TEST LICK 11 - STAGE 3 WET 08:29 First Reaction 09:07 Who Has the Best Capture Tech? 09:54 What's the Best for a Hybrid Board? 10:25 Argument for TONEX 11:08 Argument for Hybrid Setup 11:36 Anagram or QC Mini? 12:24 How Many NAM Caps in Anagram? 13:11 QC V2 Caps are GREAT 13:51 Anagram Lack of DSP? 14:26 Argument FOR Anagram 15:54 QC Mini Wins 16:28 Size Difference Anagram vs QC Mini 17:31 HOW TO ROUTE ANAGRAM FOR STEREO NAM 19:12 No Stereo Effects Post Stereo Amps 20:05 Closing Thoughts