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I can't wait until we're all, "Does anyone like using their actual ears instead of going direct into the brain?" --- "L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com> wrote: > true bill,although ive found this to be more > effective > for recording,live one amp sound and stomp boxes > keep > me busy enough really! > Luis > > > --- William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com> wrote: > > > I go both ways, and have been in general, > > un-impressed by most digital > > modelers, with the exception of the Vox tonelab , > > which IMO has very few > > downsides sound and feel wise. If I had my > druthers, > > I'd rather use > > stompboxes, because they are simply easier to > tweek > > on the fly, However i > > would be missing all of those great amp > simulations > > to play with. > > Bill > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin [mailto:kevin@TheNettles.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:11 AM > > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > > Subject: Digital vs. Analog (Was: Line 6 Tonecore > > Verbzilla) > > > > > > I don't want to seem like a troglodyte or anything > > but I wonder if > > people have simply considered a judicious > selection > > of analog pedals > > and a good cab simulator instead of digital > > simulations. I have a > > modest pedal board with pitch-shifter, delay, > > distortion, wah, reverb > > and chorus but I never seem to run out of > incredible > > sounds to create > > from it. I've tried a number of digital boards > but > > the problems I > > have with them are twofold: > > > > First, patches aren't intuitive. I don't know > > exactly what I'm > > getting as I do when I'm tweaking knobs. There's > a > > discontinuity > > that I find very disconcerting. > > > > Second, digital simulations seem to break down at > > those very points > > that I find most interesting when I'm working with > > analog effects. A > > digital howl disappears just when I want to goose > it > > with excessive > > amounts of gain or with total abuse of my wah or > > pitch-shifter > > pedal. A low level multi-harmonic hum fades just > > when I want to > > capture it in a loop. > > > > Am I alone here or are their other folks who like > to > > abuse analog or > > even acoustic effects? Or will I finally see the > > light and buy a > > laptop to cultivate my very own VST farm? > > > > Cheaply, > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com