Is this piece the new direction of amp simulation?

[tubedude]

Man I'm listening to these clips and I'm quite surprised. This is no cheap POD... Quite the contrary, I heard they are like $1500.

www.fractalaudio.com

listen to some of the clips. Very clear and sparkly, some of them. The Vox one sounds cool. The boutique one does, as does the recto one. I think its getting better. Everyone always said "some day"
Its getting closer.

 

[travelin travis]

listen to these: http://dynatube.creamware.com/

 

[tubedude]

allrighty-roo

 

[Codmate]

I can only really comment on the 'Fender' one - as I use a Fender amp.

I have to say, that this is a passable guitar sound, however, it doesn't really sound like what it puports to be - "A 'Blackface' amp model into a 2x12 cabinet model and a medium Spring Reverb."

The EQ is about right and, rather impressivly, it sounds as though there is a speaker involved; but that's where it ends really. Where is the slight break up when the guitarist digs in? Where is the dynamic range? Why does the 'spring reverb' decay so slowly, and sound generally so digital.

Considering you can buy a very nice valve amp for less than this thing costs, I wouldn't bother unless you want a specific sound (or sounds) that it does.

 

[Halion]

Not that impressed. That is to say, I think modellers have come a long way and are far from crap, I just don't feel that these stick out amongst the other modellers.

 

[tubedude]

From then samples, I think they sound very polished. Its ahrd to get so many tones so quickly from one amp. I rather like it, and I'm thinking that most of us wouldnt know and couldnt tell the difference in a mix.

 

[mikemorgan]

I have never, ever heard a modeller used on any recording, of any kind.



Then someone told me that they did indeed, use a modeller.




Nobody will ever know if you're using a modeller if you don't tell them....





......they'll just think you used a crappy amp.

 

[tubedude]

Saying stupid shit often comes back to smack us in the face at some point. Did you listen to all the samples before you posted?
I seriously think that in 6-8 years it will be so good it will become the norm rather than the cheap option.

 

[TheRockDoc]

My feedback from a colleague pointed to www.waves.com

anyone have an opinion along with the others?

TRD

 

[scrubs]

While I agree that modeling has made progress and some of those samples sound cool (although they slapped so many effects on there that you really can't assess the intricacies of the amp/cab simulation), they still haven't perfected that "tube amp just starting to break up" sound. Still too harsh in the high end. All in all, decent, but overpriced. I think you could do just as well with a J-station and a Womanizer.

 

[Supercreep]

In the right hands and the right musical situation I guess there are few people here who could consistently tell the difference between modeled and "real" sounds.

Just like all kinds of instruments its all in the delivery. We've all heard plenty of poor sounding or misplaced "real" guitars too.

My inexperienced and amateur opinion, of course.