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Because that's where you're going to have to put the mics. That's the problem, as well as the response of the PA (if you're going direct or through a cab with a mic on it).
What could potentially be done is...differential IRs. Calculate the distance (in algorithmic terms) between the output of your modeller and the sound that's coming out of the speakers, and generate a second IR (or other effect) to layer on top to compensate for the difference.
Until guitarists stop chasing the "I want my modeller / plugin" to sound exactly like X amp there won't be much that is actually brand new.
95% of the "doesn't sound like a Plexi" crowd have never been in the room with a real cranked plexi.
Needs a different approach by purchasers, away from duplicate tone chasing (as if 2 Marshalls ever sounded the same anyway!) and to a wider ranging "does it sound good" approach, ignoring the bad pun name on the model. That will allow for more experimentation by the makers. Line 6 at least attempt that with their L6 models in the Helix, but they are still software only tweaks of real amps. So they still half-exist.
Alas I think modellers will always be treated that way.
FX though - I'd be amazed if it didn't have "Source Audio" written on it. They seem to take risks that others don't. The Ultrawave pedal is a good example. Some fantastically bonkers but still useable tones available there.
I really need one!
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Digitech also did a multi FX you could work from your tablet IIRC. So the Digitech unit was effectively the control system, the software was on your iPad. That seemed to have lasted 5 minutes.
The tc Plethora is probably the closest to this concept now I guess.
Some of these things have been fine but people either see them as overly complex or just as not sexy. If the iStomp had looked like a boutique pedal rather than a plain box maybe it would have caught on more. I was looking at pictures of the Fender Cyber twin, I don't know much about them but they attracted some big name users at the time. But they look like someone has jammed a car radio into the front of an old valve combo. There seems to be a slice of the market that hates that look. How to make modelling sexy is a challenge.
I've got no idea what I've done with it though.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Many studios and venues are verrrrrryyyyy picky and specific about who they will allow to sample their room sound. That sound is pretty much the only thing making them money these days, so they have to protect it.
We've had the same problem when making drum samples and wanting to provide IR's of the room. They won't sanction it.
There are libraries out there. But they're heavily controlled and the licensing deals must be nuts.
I'll have to find the pedal.... and the cable and see if it still works.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
With live music, I'd be a bit worried about sacrificing energy for consistency (any lag in the stream compared with the performance would be a disaster I imagine) but I think it was getting a good response when they started testing a year or 2 back.
I was messing around this morning:
Having 2 loopers in a modeller I don't think has been done yet?
That’s cool & it reminds me of Minus The Bear style tones.