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Flight 16
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anyone know of any good Amp Sims...any that souns like the real deal?
im thinking ...ADCD, LED ZEP, LYNARD SKINARD
im thinking ...ADCD, LED ZEP, LYNARD SKINARD
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StudioMxpx
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are you looking for hardware amp sims? or plugins
Rokket
Trailing Behind Again
Line 6 Pod...
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StudioMxpx
New member
Line 6 Pod! V-amp pro is good but it doesnt match up to the destripion of the amp they say it simulates...
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Flight 16
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well i have a Line 6 Pod that i use live through a Marshall power amp
but Di'ing it is ok if you want a real saturated sound... but for a single rythum guitar sound it was a bit two fuzzy... to grainy sounding if you know what i mean...
I was talking about plug ins really.
i have a pretty cool free one than emulates a JMP1 but i wondered if there was any more i should look at....
not my fav band but did you know the Rooster Record was all done on Amp farm
..I got Cubase SX3 though
but Di'ing it is ok if you want a real saturated sound... but for a single rythum guitar sound it was a bit two fuzzy... to grainy sounding if you know what i mean...
I was talking about plug ins really.
i have a pretty cool free one than emulates a JMP1 but i wondered if there was any more i should look at....
not my fav band but did you know the Rooster Record was all done on Amp farm
..I got Cubase SX3 though
bennychico11
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M-audio has that new black box out
looks kinda cool
looks kinda cool
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StudioMxpx
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amplitube or Guitar rig
scrubs
Not of sound mind
Not sure if it's what you are looking for, but there is a free JCM900 plug in the SimulAnalog Suite that sounds pretty damn cool on some things.
http://www.simulanalog.org/guitarsuite.htm
http://www.simulanalog.org/guitarsuite.htm
mattamatta
New member
I like the simulanalog JCM900
I actually recently ran a pair of double tracked backup vocals through a pair of those plugins on "channel B". Did the first one on accident, but it sounded cool and worked, so I did it to the second channel too. Neat stuff, distorted backup vocals is da bizzombombombombombombomb.
I actually recently ran a pair of double tracked backup vocals through a pair of those plugins on "channel B". Did the first one on accident, but it sounded cool and worked, so I did it to the second channel too. Neat stuff, distorted backup vocals is da bizzombombombombombombomb.
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NYMorningstar
Recording Modus Operandi
I use a Roland VG-88. It's a bit pricey but it's the real deal.
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Commander
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You should check out the Izotope 'Trash' plug in, or failing that I use Amp Farm and it sounds excellent.
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CarcPazu
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Simulanalog Bug
I tryed a couple of amp sim recently to see if I could match up my POD.
The thing is I have no amp and don't plan to buy any because of practical reasons.
I toyed with a friends version of Izotope Trash but it was way to complicated for my simple artistic view on the subject, I felt more like a poor engineer trying to understand it than like an artist creating something. But it's surely very powerfull that's for sure.
I tryed Native Instruments' Guitar Rig demo, not bad, I guess I could end up with something good with time but I don't think it worth the 500$can they ask for it, also it only comes with a pedal board wich I really don't need, I don't like to throw money at gear I don't need when I only need a software.
I tryed the free Simulanalog plug-in of the JCM900 : I would say I really love it. It's pretty straight foward interface for a good an simple result.
But I have a problem with it. It's very CPU hungry. At the point where I think it's badly written in a way. Or maybe it's just me.
In Cakewalk Sonar, I made a simple project with a BFD MIDI drum track, a bass track with Guitar Rig and a Guitar track with Simulanalog JCM900. After 2 minutes of playback, the DROPOUT red sign appear and my song stop. Then I though of, I'll just freeze the drum and the bass line, but it didn't change anything, after a minute or so it still drop. Anyone had the same result (in Sonar or anything else). I think it's sad cuz I was considering using it in my project. Any help would be welcome on this issue. (BTW : I have a pretty decent machine P4 3.2ghz with 2gigs of RAM, M-Audio Firewire 410, so I doubt my computer is the problem here).
CarcPazu
scrubs said:
I tryed a couple of amp sim recently to see if I could match up my POD.
The thing is I have no amp and don't plan to buy any because of practical reasons.
I toyed with a friends version of Izotope Trash but it was way to complicated for my simple artistic view on the subject, I felt more like a poor engineer trying to understand it than like an artist creating something. But it's surely very powerfull that's for sure.
I tryed Native Instruments' Guitar Rig demo, not bad, I guess I could end up with something good with time but I don't think it worth the 500$can they ask for it, also it only comes with a pedal board wich I really don't need, I don't like to throw money at gear I don't need when I only need a software.
I tryed the free Simulanalog plug-in of the JCM900 : I would say I really love it. It's pretty straight foward interface for a good an simple result.
But I have a problem with it. It's very CPU hungry. At the point where I think it's badly written in a way. Or maybe it's just me.
In Cakewalk Sonar, I made a simple project with a BFD MIDI drum track, a bass track with Guitar Rig and a Guitar track with Simulanalog JCM900. After 2 minutes of playback, the DROPOUT red sign appear and my song stop. Then I though of, I'll just freeze the drum and the bass line, but it didn't change anything, after a minute or so it still drop. Anyone had the same result (in Sonar or anything else). I think it's sad cuz I was considering using it in my project. Any help would be welcome on this issue. (BTW : I have a pretty decent machine P4 3.2ghz with 2gigs of RAM, M-Audio Firewire 410, so I doubt my computer is the problem here).
CarcPazu 
Ronan
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Do a search about this and you will find lots of debates about this. My experience is that I have not heard an amp sim used for rock sounds that I did not think sounded awful. Others mileage seems to vary.
Blue Bear Sound
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I agree - nothing like mic'ing up a good sounding amp in a good-sounding room!
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CarcPazu
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Mic'ing up
Yes I have to agree with you both (and most people saying here) Mic'ing up is the best result. But very inconvenient. It's pretty much the best solution when you don't 1) A wife at home close to the computer watching Food Network and talking over the phone all day long, 2) Have neighbors, 3) Have to cats running everywhere like headless chickens all day, 4) Have a tight budget for buying an decent amp and headphones, 5) Have close to none experience mixing up multiple live guitar tracks
My projet is an hour long song with many many guitars tracks layered that I compose little by little while recording, wich would need close to a bunch of month of total silence in my home studio wich I can't do. So because of all those reasons, I have to adopt a more convenient way of recording. Beside my projet is somekind of very cold digital type death metal. I know now it will be very difficult to acheive a good decent meaty heavy distortion but I'll adapt my project to the limit of this and try to create something original out of a digitalized guitar tone...
CarcPazu
Ronan said:
Yes I have to agree with you both (and most people saying here) Mic'ing up is the best result. But very inconvenient. It's pretty much the best solution when you don't 1) A wife at home close to the computer watching Food Network and talking over the phone all day long, 2) Have neighbors, 3) Have to cats running everywhere like headless chickens all day, 4) Have a tight budget for buying an decent amp and headphones, 5) Have close to none experience mixing up multiple live guitar tracks
My projet is an hour long song with many many guitars tracks layered that I compose little by little while recording, wich would need close to a bunch of month of total silence in my home studio wich I can't do. So because of all those reasons, I have to adopt a more convenient way of recording. Beside my projet is somekind of very cold digital type death metal. I know now it will be very difficult to acheive a good decent meaty heavy distortion but I'll adapt my project to the limit of this and try to create something original out of a digitalized guitar tone...
CarcPazu
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Kasey
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"good amp simulator" = oxymoron
and line6 is gross.
and line6 is gross.
beezelbubba
Shitty Buddhist
If you're trying to exactly simulate an amp that may be true.If you are just trying to record a guitar,have an open mind and a little talent,they are usable and you can make music w/them!Kasey said:
amra
Well-known member
StudioMxpx said:
Alot depends on the pickups of your guitar. If you have hot pickups, all the medium gain "drive" type amps sound like metal..lol.
tourettes5139
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Amplitube
Uno
I use it, and I think it sounds good. It does only have one amp, (I believe it is based on a Marshall)but for free, it is awesome!
Uno
I use it, and I think it sounds good. It does only have one amp, (I believe it is based on a Marshall)but for free, it is awesome!
Ronan
New member
If you must record direct, take a look at the original Mesa Boogie studio pre amp (aobut $300 on ebay) or a sansamp. They will not have all the extra FX that line 6 puts in their amps sims to cover up the sound, but they will sound a lot better and actually sound OK in a mix.
