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Re: OT: Tube vs. DSP Amps, Mid Range Vs. Botique, etc

That would be interesting.  Or I could just do what a lot of major guitars 
players would do at large arenas...you see a wall of Marshalls behind 
them, 
but if you trace their guitar cable, it goes behind the stage in a room 
with 
an old 10" Music Man tube amp or something like that. So, basically, I 
would 
just use mic the amp at a distance, run the mic input to my laptop, and 
then 
everything else is business as usual at that point.  But these days I am 
playing more mandolin than guitar with my laptop, so I don't really need 
to 
run this setup.

Kris


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 2:21 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Tube vs. DSP Amps, Mid Range Vs. Botique, etc


> On 22 jan 2007, at 04.28, Krispen Hartung wrote:
>
>> Basically, I've given up on finding a DSP amp that will delivery  both 
>a 
>> good tube amp simulation, plus good effects and  combinations. Perhaps 
>it 
>> is possible or even highly probable to get  one or another in one DSP 
>amp 
>> or another, but I couldn't seem to  find both based on my tests and 
>> needs. My ultimate decision is to  focus on just a good amp with great 
>> tone, and then worry about the  effects later...meaning get them with 
>my 
>> VF1.  It is a reasonable  tradeoff until sometime in the future when 
>they 
>> start building rack  amount effect quality effects into boutique guitar 
>> amps...that will  be the day, eh?  I still think they can make a DSP 
>amp 
>> that  emulates a tube amp to the "T", but I don't think they've done it 
>> yet. Perhaps the R&D is too costly to make the investment worth  
>it...but 
>> I have to believe that someone could design and  manufacture a botique 
>> DSP amp that had both great tube emulation  and pro quality digital 
>> effects.
>
>
> What you can do is to stick a mic to that blessed fender and tap the  
>mic 
> signal into your effects. Except for eventual distortion or wha  pedals 
>of 
> course, that go as usual between guitar and amp. Then do a  sound check 
>to 
> set the proper balance between the fender amp mono  feed and your 
>effects 
> stereo feed; public as well as backline  addressing.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> www.looproom.com (international)
> http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast)
> http://www.myspace.com/looproom
>
>
>
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