Hi all, strictly for home demos, I have been using the free version of Amplitube, and while it's ok for ideas, I can't get on with the cleans or the overdrives.
It's fine for bass amp sim though.
So looking for a cheap option to try and go into the interface with as much of the guitar sound already treated.
I have a Mooer Audiofile for headphone playing but I gather it's a flat enough cab sim so not sure if this would solve the problem.
What about the other small Mooer Preamps, of which there are a lot? I imagine one of these after my pedals into the interface would solve the problem? Or something like a pocket pod ? The Mooer Radar might be too much, but one of the other ones could solve my problem. I'd basically like to mimic a clean amp with EQ options.
Would I need a power amp to go with the preamp? I would guess not? It would strictly be for home demos.
One of these?
http://www.mooeraudio.com/product/Pre-amp-18#c_product_list-15530818451558466-1
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So if you don't like Amplitube (though I think that might just be because you're only using the free version, the Fender collection models are very highly regarded for clean sounds) you'd be better off trying other software on your computer because all those Mooer pedals are are small computers running nothing but an amp sim of a single model.
I'd recommend trying the 10 day free trial of Scuffham S-Gear - that is very good for clean sounds. Possibly as good as anything.
This was all solved when I got the atomic ampli-firebox, which sounds great and doesn't have any noticeable latency. I record all electric tones directly without any faff. I think one of the main things that really improves the realism is impulse response cab modelling, which the ampli-firebox has!
Additionally, I bring it out when playing with my band, plug straight into the PA and get a consistent great tone which everyone can hear clearly.
P.S. I've had the JD-10, Tech 21 Blonde and Joyo American Sound. The JD-10 didn't leave much of an impression, the latter two were not bad but sounded like a filtered/EQ-ed DI signal emulating an amp, they are certainly usable but the ampli-firebox sounds way better!
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But for anyone who, for whatever reason, wants hardware rather than a plugin, the Atomic really does sound great and is much cheaper than some of the other top notch standalone sims.
I might look at a more expensive one next time around .
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When I occasionally go back to the Atomic it still sounds good so it definitely holds its own but there's no question for me that the profiled amps on the TH-U Rig Player sound even better.
In the end I went for a h&k Redbox.
Do, guitar -> pedals -> HRD -> Redbox -> behringer usb interface.
Sounds good enough to me and a lot less fiddly than amp sims.
I set up a pedalboard with an ABY splitter, going into MXR 5150 OD >mooer Radar> focusrite skarlett 2i2 input 1 > Reaper track 1, track 2 gets a DI from the ABY.
This allowed me to get the sound I like from the 5150 and Mooer--lots of options there, and also a DI which I run through amo sims and IR in the DAW, I have tried all the free ones-LePou are good, and I also have THU with my Slate subscription, seriously--there is nothing that cannot be done with it.
I also tried a line out from a Marshall Class5 head, into the Mooer, and TBH, it is just easier to get a good tone with the 5150.
The Radar is a fantastic little device-I forget how many IRs it stores-but it can also host your own, I find anything works, it is a matter of setting it to a sound, and then eq afterwards to remove anything you dont like.
the world is your lobster with this approach.
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