Amp or Amp Sim

Maxi

You might be able to get a more realistic amp tone by using a d.i 'ed amp head but it just depends on how good the speaker / mic emulation is .

I recon if your going to emulate one part you might as well emulate the whole . That Joyo sounded pretty good . More dirt tends to sound less authentic I.M.E theres something about a piece of cardboard flapping about Smoothing out the harshness of the top end I expect .

PolarityMan

In my experience the DI's from amps sound awful. Amplitube 3 is what I sue for all my bedroom recorded stuff, of course you cant beat a mic'ed up cab though

p90fool

Grumpyrocker said:

Do those Joyo pedals have a speaker sim on all the time? So you can't really use them with a real amp?

Well, sort of. Rotating the "voice" knob clockwise works very well with a guitar amp/speaker though, and turning it anti-clockwise works better with a full-range system.

I'm not sure what it actually controls, but what it does in practice is obvious when you try it. They sound fantastic, and are cheap enough to buy two of them if you're concerned about build quality (I did).