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jonnyc
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stash98 said:you don't have to record loud with a tube amp to get a nice tone. You crank a tube amp only if you want it to sound broken up, which is not always the sound you really are going for.
First off, when you mic a tube amp at a regular volume correctly you will always get a more 3d image then through a digital modeler. It's not even close. A micd amp always sounds better then direct guitars. I have used amplitube and Grig for years when I could use an amp, and I never was happy with tones until i went with a micd amp.
Also people that say its the skill of the engineer or whatever..thats nice..but there is no amp plugin that distorts like an amp right now. What you may think is great distortion is probably not as great as you think. Go play a Bogner through a 421 with a TS9 in front and track that. It will have a much more 3d image and a tone that can not yet be replicated though a direct line into a modeler.
I'd have to agree with all of this. I used amp modelers, both hardware and software, for the first couple years I recorded and always thought they sounded ok, not much of a quality difference between that and my little solidstate combo. Then I happened to score a great tube amp at a relatively cheap price and it was like waking up from a coma. The difference in tone and the way a tube amp seems to sit in a mix was night and day when compared to modelers and even my solidstate. I've since sold every modeler and solidstate amp I've owned in favor of a decent tube collection and it really shows thru on my recordings.