tvaillan
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Bear with me , i'm not gloating, there's a point to this ..
I own a mesa boogie triple rectifier. Sounds like a dream .. it breathes, it's blue, it's harsh, it mirrors my emotion ... and yeah it's got a dozen tubes in it. It odesn't have to be a monster .. it can pur.
... she's a high maintenance gal though. I feel a lump in my throat every time i turn her on .. because the inevitable price to be paid is the tube job. ouch.
So what's a poor guy to do?
Well .. it's the quest for the holy grail , or a digital peice of gear that will do the same job for 0 maintenance.
Tried the POD. Tried the korgs, the zooms, the rocktrons ... blech. They are all worth the money .. but don't really come close to letitng you ( and i mean ME) trully dial in the tone you (I) desire.
Then i turned to the computer, enabling direct monitoring at 96KHZ (384 samples, 2ms latency) i tried the vst/ directx world: Amplitube (not bad), Warp VST and some no-names. Not enough flexibility and not enough tweakability.
Then on one faithful afternoon i discovered Izotope Trash. Jebus it's a cool system.
You've got pre-post eq, a compressor, a two stage amp/fuzz/disto and a cab emulator with 3 mic types.
You can emulate , say a punchy input signal with highs trimmed. Sending this into a preamp having 12AX7's . Then send into a overloaded power amp with 6L6's. Finally line this into a vintage 2x12 closed back cab miced using a condensor mic.
64 bits. Total tube responsiveness, warmth .. amazing really.
The distortion can be multi band .. if you're a total freak and want to completely control everything. (The guitar coobook/manual explains why you would want to do this .. i'm too stupid to explain)
I now use this izotope plugin in real time for practicing, laying down chops .. and plan on doing some serious recording with it. It doesn't replace the boogie .. but it certainly replaced the need to fire it up every time i grab the guitar.
Anybody else try this pluginin real time? Dying to hear other's feedback in a non comercial BBS .
I own a mesa boogie triple rectifier. Sounds like a dream .. it breathes, it's blue, it's harsh, it mirrors my emotion ... and yeah it's got a dozen tubes in it. It odesn't have to be a monster .. it can pur.
... she's a high maintenance gal though. I feel a lump in my throat every time i turn her on .. because the inevitable price to be paid is the tube job. ouch.
So what's a poor guy to do?
Well .. it's the quest for the holy grail , or a digital peice of gear that will do the same job for 0 maintenance.
Tried the POD. Tried the korgs, the zooms, the rocktrons ... blech. They are all worth the money .. but don't really come close to letitng you ( and i mean ME) trully dial in the tone you (I) desire.
Then i turned to the computer, enabling direct monitoring at 96KHZ (384 samples, 2ms latency) i tried the vst/ directx world: Amplitube (not bad), Warp VST and some no-names. Not enough flexibility and not enough tweakability.
Then on one faithful afternoon i discovered Izotope Trash. Jebus it's a cool system.
You've got pre-post eq, a compressor, a two stage amp/fuzz/disto and a cab emulator with 3 mic types.
You can emulate , say a punchy input signal with highs trimmed. Sending this into a preamp having 12AX7's . Then send into a overloaded power amp with 6L6's. Finally line this into a vintage 2x12 closed back cab miced using a condensor mic.
64 bits. Total tube responsiveness, warmth .. amazing really.
The distortion can be multi band .. if you're a total freak and want to completely control everything. (The guitar coobook/manual explains why you would want to do this .. i'm too stupid to explain)
I now use this izotope plugin in real time for practicing, laying down chops .. and plan on doing some serious recording with it. It doesn't replace the boogie .. but it certainly replaced the need to fire it up every time i grab the guitar.
Anybody else try this pluginin real time? Dying to hear other's feedback in a non comercial BBS .
