TONEX will make captured amps behave like adjustable models

IK Multimedia has announced Parametric Tone Model technology for TONEX, shifting the capture process from one fixed setting toward a model that follows an amp or pedal’s controls. A capture can cover up to six knobs or switches, with as many as ten sampled positions for each control. The resulting neural model predicts the sonic behavior between those points and across combinations of settings.

That changes the familiar profiling workflow. Instead of collecting several separate snapshots to cover clean, edge-of-breakup and driven settings, a creator can publish one Parametric Tone Model whose gain, tone and other mapped controls remain adjustable. IK says the models keep the captured hardware’s familiar control behavior, so players can work with the virtual rig more like the device that was sampled.

The technology is scheduled to debut in November 2026 as a free update for every TONEX Player version, including TONEX CS, and for TONEX Board. The launch set will include 11 free models—ten amps and one pedal—with commercial collections due in December. Support for TONEX Pedal, TONEX ONE, TONEX ONE+ and TONEX Plug is planned for the first half of 2027.

Existing Tone Models remain supported, preserving a library that IK says already exceeds 60,000 community models on Tone.NET. Parametric models therefore extend the ecosystem rather than replacing it, adding a more flexible option for hardware whose tone depends strongly on interacting controls.