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----- Original Message -----
Thanks, Doug.
Does anyone know of a good (free?) VST that JUST does guitar poweramp and
speaker emulation?
The Voxengo Boogex is the best free VST
tube amp I've used yet...and I've tested over 30 of them, plus sent them all
to the group via a zip file on my server.
Kris
It would be very convenient to use my outboard instrument and preamp
tools (ie, stompboxes) and just let my laptop handle the final tone
shaping. All of the "guitar amp simulator" VST solutions I've tried have
been WAY too CPU heavy.
Doug
On 8/27/07, Krispen
Hartung <khartung@cableone.net>
wrote:
Thanks
for the response on this. I'm sort of back where I was before, using
my
Roland MicroCube or getting a better amp sim box...doesn't sound like
the
FW800 amp sim is that convincing. Plus it's $1500!
Years ago
I used to use the ADA micro-cab (the original). I always thought
that
produced some very nice tone, but I'm avoiding rack size
gear. I
recall someone on this list recommended the SansAmp
too. If anyone has one
of those SanAmps, like the GT2, I
wouldn't mind hearing something like a
jazz tone sample...the sample on
the Tech 21 site are far from a traditional
jazz tone. The only one on
the site, which is for the classic SansAmp, sound
sort of Mike
Stearn-like. I'd like to just hear something that resembles an
old
blackface Fender 1X12 amp, with the high end rolled off, beefy bass,
and
enough gain so that if you play hard, it starts to break up just a
bit.
Kris
----- Original Message -----
>
Krispen Hartung wrote:
>> Can anyone comment on the speaker
emulation filter and tube sim/limiter
>> of the FW800? Someone on
the Max/MSP list commented that it was one of
>> the best amp sims
they've used. See below. Is any other high end
>>
firewire audio interface offering ann amp sim?
>> I am
now focusing on how I can get the most natural electric guitar/tube
>> amp sound on my system, BEFORE going into the laptop (so, no
tube amp
>> VSTs, etc). I need to do it with the audio interface,
or by adding a real
>> tube amp or high end tube amp simulator
(hardware)
>
> Hi Krispen, Group,
>
> It has been
some time since I have messed with the speaker
> emulator/limiter
feature on the instrument input of my FW800 but...
>
> When I
originally got the unit I played with those features with my Strat
>
and a few other guitars and found that for my tastes it was just an
>
add-on/gimmick feature that did not improve the sound. It probably
depends
> on what sound you are looking for, and it would be worth
trying it
> yourself, but I don't expect to use that feature when
going direct with my
> electric guitars. I much preferred the
instrument input with those
> features turned off.
>
>
Someday I would like to find a nice portable preamp to drive my otherwise
> clean/direct setup with, but for my tastes, those features were not
in any
> way a decent substitute. Having said that, I am sure that
someone loves
> those features and uses them everyday. ;-)
>
> Peace,
> -
Sam
>
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