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CD's are actually far superior to vinyl..
they have deeper lows, higher highs and a much much bigger dynamic range..
the audio capabilities of vinyl sits well within what CD can do..
and all this "yeah but vinyl is analogue and CD is digital" argument is just complete shite.. especially when you find out how all this stuff works...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I don't give a shit what writing implement my favourite writers use too!
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The trick for me when I first got it was to have a full band/full PA rehearsal dedicated solely to guitar sounds. That way the other members know it'll be stop/start with lots of adjustments, and they don't get frustrated or feel we're wasting rehearsal time. It's saved us countless hours in rehearsal and soundcheck time since.
Having endless menus and parameters is like having a real amp twenty feet away on a big stage to me, it actually means I STOP fiddling and just play. If it sounded ok last night and the night before then it IS ok, just leave it alone!
haa... awesome... I replaced the band with mp3's for this activity cos it has a higher boredom threshold than the band.. lmao
either way though.. as we've both found, it's all about prepping for live under live conditions...
I have two copies of my patches.. the studio ones [for practice] and the live ones [gig / rehearsals]
this means my practiice experience is the same as live in terms of where things are on the controllers and how they work etc.. so my practice and performance are the same thing [thinking of tones and the extras you need to do with your feet]
Like the once need for a 100w amp and two 4x12s to perform we now need a small 50w 1x12 combo and a few pedals. Next all digital? The advancement in PA technology, portability and affordability means small backline will be the thing of the future for gigging. But just like others have mentioned the best products of yesterday will remain desirable, I mean people still buy second hand Stradivarius violins don't they?
I've only tried to use the cheap end of modelling amps at rehearsal rooms and I hated them. Either they were too sterile clean or bee in a jam jar distortion. So is be interested to know if there is a modeller demo in that interesting in between point.
In terms of an analogue equivalent, the AMT V-1 is good, I still regret selling mine (hence why I'm after another!) - the tone I got through the AMT and impulse responses was possibly the closest yet - perhaps 90%. I wished I'd tried it through a power amp and cab.
I've yet to hear PC / Mac based modelling software that's any good.. they all sound really nasty to me..
Guitar Rig is awesome for keys and other audio processing provided that you don't use the amp and cab modelling..
the only time I've done anything sensible guitar related with Guitar Rig was when adding other fx to either a dry guitar tone that's on it's way into the Axe-FX [stompts before the amp stuff], or when processing the reamped tone after the Axe-FX has done it's thing.. but even then, I have other AU's that are much better for processing the reamped tone [reverbs / delays / limiting / EQ etc]
and all of the lower end modellers are nasty too.. they never seem to really nail the highs which is why most folk [including me] find them fatiguing to listen to..
I can't say that I'd tried or heard every modeller out there.. but of the one's I have:
Axe-FX II: I think is the best / most accurate modeller there is in terms of tone, feel and behaviour. It really is like the real thing and for most of the amps in there.. you'd be pushed to be able to hear / feel the difference. And recorded in the studio, most amp models are pretty much impossible to tell from the real thing..
Kemper KPA: I've never played one, but the tones I've heard recorded are excellent. And the folks I know that have one love it.
Axe-FX Standard and Ultra are very very good. Never tried one of these either, but I've heard gret recordings..
VG-99: In terms of model accuracy it's miles away. So the "JCM800" is a "bright / crunchy" model, but not quite a JCM800. However, the tones themselves [ignoring the amp names and what they are trying to be] are very good sounding / feeling. So although as a 'modeller' it fails, as an all in one guitar FX unit it's excellent. You can dial in some great tones. I've toured one of these many times and really liked it.
Boss GT10 and GT-100 are cut from the same cloth as the VG-99. Great tones that are kinda close to what they're trying to be but not right on the money. So if you treat the model 'names' as a tonal guideline rather than a precise thing, you'll find you can get some lovely sounding and feeling tones in the general tonal direction of the amp model's name
Eleven Rack: know nothing about them, but users of them speak quite highly of them.. so from what I gather they seem to sit at the better end of the scale.
Digitech GSP-1101: I tried one once in a shop.. sounded and felt very nice to me. But fell short of control capabilities so it couldn't meet my needs.. so tone wise this is one of the better units too..
Pod: hated it.. sounded wasp-ish
Guitar Rig / Waves GTR: plain nasty
I've heard good things about the Line6 HD500, but I know nothing about them at all
I think that generally [as with most things] the further down the quality scale you go the worse things get.. but with modellers it's not a very even spread of quality.. most of them ain't that great.. a great many are very nasty, and just a few at the top end are excellent [and costly].. I think the prob with most folks perception of modellers is that generally they tend to only have had experience with those that are most available to try out.. and that vast majority of them are at the lower end.. or worse cos they're PC plug-ins..
Some of them are quite good though. I still think LePoulin's LE456 is a good amp sim, whether it sounds like an ENGL or not is another question. I don't much care as long as it sounds good.
Guitar Rig is awful on guitar. The effects are nice though.
Pod HD is good for some headphone jamming late at night. Not really all that for anything else imho, although I've heard other people get really good tones from it.
I didn't like the high-gain sims on the GSP1101 I had. I really hated *all* of the amp sims on the GT-100 I had. Effects were nice on both of them though.
The Soldano in Amplitube is pretty good. But the Amplitube cabs universally suck.