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RE: Digital vs. Analog (Was: Line 6 Tonecore Verbzilla)



yes but we are all tone deaf u see;-)
Luis

--- mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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