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Actually it wouldn't surprise me if Line 6 had something planned for this sort of approach. They basically had a similar thing with the DT amps integration.
So basically, when someone screams "you gotta have TOOOBZ!" our first question shouldn't be "have you tried [X] brand of IRs yet?"—it should be "what's your playback system? Ohhhhh... blown PC gaming speakers. Did you expect them to sound and feel like a roaring 4x12?" I guarantee you that's a WAY more common scenario than someone actually hearing/feeling differences between real and modeled preamps through a playback system that isn't by far the weakest link.
It's not perfect but amps feel pretty much like they should through a cab. Just tighter and more immediate IME. I think there's still a difference (you'd definitely notice) but I just live with it because it sounds fine to me.
if it didn't sound good enough I wouldn't use it
end of
I'm too long in the tooth to be uncomfortable on stage
bear in mind before I went full FRFR I was also running a separate stereo power amp and 2 1x12 cabinets
How much easier is that than an amp and a pedalboard?
There seems to be an unnatural resistance to what I'm saying like it can't possibly be true
Ive been on both sides of the fence with what must be a couple of thousand gigs under my belt in everything from tiny pubs to arenas
It cuts the mustard. I don't need to convince anyone but I'm bemused so many people try and convince me I'm not happy with my sound and I secretly hanker after a good old valve Amp
If that's what I wanted that's what I'd do
it doesn't do that bit very well at all
far too much top end
In rehearsal I run the Helix through a couple of JCM Marshall FX loop returns I switch the cab emulation off and it is quite a sound.
Its actually more hassle for me to brig the Helix and plug it in to two amps with an isolator for ground loops than it would be to just bring a small pedalboard and use the Marshalls
good enough
I don't care if a real cranked Marshall stack might sound better than a modelled sound.I don't care if a real Fender Twin might be a little crisper than a modelled sound.
I don't care if a real Dumble might sound better than the Line6 Litigator amp model.
Once the sound is "good enough" it becomes about other factors - convenience, ease of use, flexibility.
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
Put it this way, once it's plugged in I forget about it
I don't think about if it's modelled or if it's real I just play the thing.
Ive got PA to run, lights to trigger, guitar to play,singing to do and performance if there is any time left
I don't recall thinking 'god I wish I'd brought my Lazy J'
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
Once the other factors come into play, you know the sound is "good enough".
What I'm getting at is that a mic is a very, very imperfect method of capture because they seem to colour the sound by definition, and I wonder if a lot of the "I don't like modellers" problems would actually be solved by taking the mic out of the equation.
God, some people.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
edit: This reminds me of the potential for the 'holophonic' dummy head binaural recording technique, which you may have heard used on Michael Jackson's BAD.
or modelled moving air
or modelled trouser flaps