GUITAR PLUG INS

Posted on Jul 23, 2002 10:48 pm
Mxmisfit
Member Since: Jul 23, 2002

is it just me,or do amp simulators sound like **edited**? anyone know any guitar plugins that sound good?

dbmasters
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Since: Apr 03, 2002

Jul 24, 2002 05:03 am

Software amp simulators? yuk, some hardware amp sims like the J-Station and the POD are great though...

and watch your language in the forums, please...

Noize2u
Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002

Jul 24, 2002 09:23 pm

I have used AmpFarm and found it to be very good. Lenny Kravitz recorded an entire album with a dry guitar straight into the PC and then wacked it up with AmpFarm, with very good result's.

So I am not sure what amp sim you used, but I would be guessing it was not a good one. Let us know what it was, so we can be aware of the good, the bad and the ugly.

brock
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Since: Jun 28, 2002

Jul 24, 2002 11:26 pm

can amp farm work with sonar?

Noize2u
Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002

Jul 25, 2002 10:53 pm

I believe Sonar come's with what is known as AmpSim. I have only used AmpFarm in TDM, which is ProTool's. I think it is available now in both VST and DirectX, but I am not sure. I will do a little surfing and find out.

brock
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Since: Jun 28, 2002

Jul 25, 2002 10:58 pm

i don't know about you but the AmpSim thing that comes with sonar sucks. maby i just don't know how to work it though :)

Noize2u
Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002

Jul 27, 2002 02:37 pm

The AmpSim light in Sonar take's some practice and patient's to tweak, but it does work OK, not as good as Amp Farm though.

shepherdsam
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Since: May 30, 2002

Aug 06, 2002 07:04 pm

I have also been looking for a decent amp sim. I tried to download a demo for revalver but couldn't get it to work at all.
If I find something that sounds good I will repost and let you know.

Sonico
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Since: Apr 19, 2002

Aug 07, 2002 09:48 am

I agree with Noize, I've found pretty good uses for the cakewalk amp sim, for example to add edge to a bass track and make it cut through the mix or for add a little distortion to a vocal part.
Well for me it has a creative use with any instrument or track and for guitar I like amplitube and even revalver with more tweaking.

Just my opinion!!

Noize2u
Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002

Aug 11, 2002 07:38 pm

Yes, Revalver is a good piece of software. I had forgotten about that one.