OK, I post a lot of replies, but very few new threads - now its my turn... A thought I just had:
Has anyone ever tried to construct the equivalent of a muliple amp setup for recording using modelling devices such as Pod, J Station etc.??
A couple ways come to mind: (3 to be exact)
1) Record a dry direct guitar track and then route that signal to, say, a Pod set on a clean blackface patch and then record the output for guitar track #1. Do that again with the Pod set on a slightly distorted Marshall patch, record to guitar track #2. A Vox patch for #3. etc.
2) Record the dry direct track, and then use multiple iterations of a software modeller like Revalver.
3) If you own 2 or more modelling amps - split your guitar's signal into a Pod, a J Station and a V-amp, recording each on a separate track.
Just curious. When I listen to stuff recorded with my J Station, it sounds ok, kinda like a real amp recorded with a mic, but one-dimensional. Each patch I have built or borrowed has some redeeming quality, but seems to lack something - for example I have a couple "Vox" patches that have some high end sparkle, but are a little too thin sounding. Others have a decent body, but no bite, etc., etc. A little bit of a clean amp patch mixed in with a mildly overdriven tone might help reduce some of that flatulent sounding distortion you get in that transition zone, for example. None have the "magic" of a real tube amp, of course, but it seems like a virtual multi-amp setup might get a little closer. Anyone ??
Has anyone ever tried to construct the equivalent of a muliple amp setup for recording using modelling devices such as Pod, J Station etc.??
A couple ways come to mind: (3 to be exact)
1) Record a dry direct guitar track and then route that signal to, say, a Pod set on a clean blackface patch and then record the output for guitar track #1. Do that again with the Pod set on a slightly distorted Marshall patch, record to guitar track #2. A Vox patch for #3. etc.
2) Record the dry direct track, and then use multiple iterations of a software modeller like Revalver.
3) If you own 2 or more modelling amps - split your guitar's signal into a Pod, a J Station and a V-amp, recording each on a separate track.
Just curious. When I listen to stuff recorded with my J Station, it sounds ok, kinda like a real amp recorded with a mic, but one-dimensional. Each patch I have built or borrowed has some redeeming quality, but seems to lack something - for example I have a couple "Vox" patches that have some high end sparkle, but are a little too thin sounding. Others have a decent body, but no bite, etc., etc. A little bit of a clean amp patch mixed in with a mildly overdriven tone might help reduce some of that flatulent sounding distortion you get in that transition zone, for example. None have the "magic" of a real tube amp, of course, but it seems like a virtual multi-amp setup might get a little closer. Anyone ??
