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Post by Guitar on Jun 14, 2022 14:30:31 GMT -6
I liked the Avantone while I had it. It was nice.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 13, 2022 17:55:31 GMT -6
For those of you using Auratones or Mixcubes or monitors like them, are you typically just using one in mono or using two for stereo? I like stereo, tried mono for a while, went back to stereo. Push the mono button if I need to: who cares?
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Post by Guitar on Jun 13, 2022 11:46:24 GMT -6
Don't have time to read other people's responses. I'll just blast you with "AURATONE."
Any kind of single driver, unported cube speaker. This does it for me.
Any kind of Auratone or clone, doesn't really even matter which "brand" you choose, and don't waste time on "snobbing it out" just get one that looks OK.
I built my own, oh well, I had to. I don't even really use them, but they are unforgiving as all hell, and it's fun to click on them once in a while in the speaker selector.
I've learned to work without them.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 12, 2022 20:07:20 GMT -6
I dig these. Video was a lot of fun too. Maybe I’m confused, but do these have a di out? Or do I also need a di box? I could see myself using these mostly for recording. Not sure I would stick this in front of an amp, or even in the fx loop. I feel like the emulations are super duper close. Dream is definitely the closest to the real thing. The vox had a bit of a harder stiffer edge in the high end, but probably could fool me blind. I agree about the tweed. In certain examples is was very close. In others it just didn’t quite nail it for me. Probably gonna grab the dream at some point.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 12, 2022 20:05:20 GMT -6
My four real amps are a Deluxe Reverb, an AC30Hw, a 5e3 Boutique and a Marshall 1987x I have to say that I'm pretty much recording through Load Box right now. Almost exclusively on a Suhr or the Fractal X-Load. So I'm used to hearing these amps outside their natural way. I've compared many ways of recording them and this way makes the most sense to me. I've collected the best IRs to my ears and that's it. I also have a small Helix and I had an Axe FX. With all that said, the demos I've heard of the Ruby and Dream really impressed me. Much more than Strymon or any other amp sim pedal like that. The Rhett video is really good and convincing, altought they are probably testing against the exact amps they've modeled, and with settings that are the closest ones they knpw. Nothing wrong with that, btw. Otoh, the Tweed pedal I didn't like at all. And to my ears it was the most different from the real amp. But I also always found the UA plugin to sound like crap, so probably personal preference.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 12, 2022 10:19:13 GMT -6
IR1 is wonky to me. Finnicky, whacky. You can coax some decent sounds out of it but it's weird. I prefer almost any other IR reverb plugin.
If I was using IR1, I would design some "custom" presets, like I don't know, 5 or 10, and just use it that way.
But even the preset browser is a hassle to operate, it's annoying.
Like notneeson said Sunset Sound is sort of my go-to for this type of thing.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 11, 2022 19:35:56 GMT -6
Deleted most of my posts. I decided it's more rewarding to enjoy John's excitement, than to bloviate about my own non-opinions about a product I'll never buy. I actually feel better now. Rather than saying how you feel, sometimes you feel how you say.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 11, 2022 14:55:26 GMT -6
You're saying it is not a solder job, just a connector for the Pot? Yep. It took longer to unscrew the lid off of the box than it did to swap out the pot. Pretty damn quick. The new parts go bad too... in my case, rather quickly. It probably varies, a bit, the lenght of this thing.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 11, 2022 12:03:50 GMT -6
The big Drawmers are good (I have an MC2.1,) but they have an Achille's Heel. The potentiometers WILL go bad, and you can replace them, then those will go bad again. Resulting in crackly noise and screwing with your stereo image. It's annoying. But other than that, they are nearly "perfect." I just replaced the pot on mine. It was $20 though, and easy to order from Drawmer. It's also a simple molex plug and play thing, so it's super easy to swap out. Pretty painless, considering how much I like the price and feature set of the MC2.1. if I ever need to replace the pot again, I might explore buying one of those expensive Goldpoint switched attenuators. Didn't you swap out your pot too? I've done the swap, yeah, and Goldpoint is the obvious next destination for me too. Just putting it off. Potting it off.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 11, 2022 11:50:55 GMT -6
Shadowk send me some tracks when you've got some! I'm very much interested in hearing you "do your thing." It is definitely weird to be this sort of post-gear gearhead, or whatever, but I think most people eventually end up in this same place. The place of, "It's all good."
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Post by Guitar on Jun 11, 2022 11:18:31 GMT -6
My favorite thing about that is this notion that "It doesn't really matter." And that's true. It doesn't matter if you play a vintage tweed deluxe, a UA $400 pedal, or a $40 Guitar Center combo practice amp. Well it does matter, I've done a recording with the cheapest crap I could get my hands on. Try telling anyone that an $8.00 Korg distortion box doesn't "matter".. I've used some digital combo / practice amps and they were also dire. That's not what we talk about on these forums though, we're not a prosumer group and most of the time it's splitting hairs between one awesome piece of something and another awesome piece of something. I'm just trying to find where that line is. It's a grey area: a very large, expansive one. (Not an "expensive" one, necessarily, but sometimes, yes.) It doesn't matter, and it does. We all sort of find our own water level if that makes sense. Splitting hairs between top shelf uber-expensive gear is so not interesting to me I have to find other reasons to talk on RGO. I guess I'm more interested in people, and ideas, than "things." "Stuff." I've used crappy gear too, but that's not what "we're talking about." :-D In a way, it almost goes without saying. But it's fun to joke around about crappy gear, too.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 11, 2022 8:09:57 GMT -6
The big Drawmers are good (I have an MC2.1,) but they have an Achille's Heel. The potentiometers WILL go bad, and you can replace them, then those will go bad again. Resulting in crackly noise and screwing with your stereo image. It's annoying.
But other than that, they are nearly "perfect."
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Post by Guitar on Jun 10, 2022 21:10:46 GMT -6
I think that's what I like so much about Boss Katana, no screens whatsoever, it works like a "regular amp."
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Post by Guitar on Jun 10, 2022 20:28:57 GMT -6
The other half of "everything matters," is "none of it matters." Too much emphasis on the first one, be reminded of the second one. And vice versa. I think obsessive audio types often skew too far in the neurotic "detail oriented" direction, which can quickly result in psychosis of some sort. You can look at some of the thoughts people have been having here as an example. I fall into that camp, fortunately I came to the simple conclusion that if something doesn't make an immediately noticeable dramatic difference it's not worth entertaining. It's amazing how one small thought changed my perception on everything audio related.. That's it yeah! The one-finger grip on the ledge of the cliff. In time, like Dr. Bill said, this can set you free entirely. Not just in audio but in all walks of life.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 10, 2022 11:27:34 GMT -6
There's a set of chimes available locally... The Chimes they are 'A Changing
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Post by Guitar on Jun 8, 2022 21:41:44 GMT -6
Picked up a pair of Sennheiser/Massdrop HD6XX headphones for $100. I like the M50's I've been using but over long periods of time they feel pretty claustrophobic so wanted to try some open back phones. Those are my main headphones these days, for a while now, love them. M50's get used sometimes too.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 8, 2022 15:39:06 GMT -6
True, as well as Andy Summers, Jonny Greenwood, and the godfather of popular metal James Hetrfield. But I also must have you know, when people "dislike" something, that's exactly what I hone in on. I don't know if I'm trolling, weird, disruptive or what but I love that stuff. Ohhh, I see a bunch of Digi 192s and those green "flintstones" focsusrite pres in your future. Hahaha, meet my alternate persona "the connoisseur." Isn't it convenient that we can do and say whatever we want at any time?
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Post by Guitar on Jun 8, 2022 14:12:35 GMT -6
Story of my life :-D I've been spurned for more trivial things. I seriously need to quote Popeye here, "I Yam What I Yam." X-D Well, in your defense, loads of people love that amp and they were good enough for Robert Smith (among others). True, as well as Andy Summers, Jonny Greenwood, and the godfather of popular metal James Hetrfield. But I also must have you know, when people "dislike" something, that's exactly what I hone in on. I don't know if I'm trolling, weird, disruptive or what but I love that stuff.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 8, 2022 14:02:58 GMT -6
The JC-120 is right up my alley! The band I'm in has two of them, the violin and the lead guitarist both have one. I'm the drummer. I just spent 8-ish hours repairing the violinist's Jazz Chorus and kind of fell in love with the thing. Was damaged from sloppy transit, fell smash on its own face, destroying all pots and dislodging the reverb tank. But it's fine now, I fixed it. I'm verging more in the "jazz" direction of guitar tone/playing. So this is perfect for me. There's a little bit of hum/hiss in this one but it's not that bad. And funny enough, the distortion works for me as a mild overdrive. I currently use a bunch of modern Boss Katana amps, but of course, I'm "dreaming" of someday having a Jazz Chorus 1975 monster amp in my camp. And yet, we’re still friends! 😂 Story of my life :-D I've been spurned for more trivial things. I seriously need to quote Popeye here, "I Yam What I Yam." X-D
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Post by Guitar on Jun 8, 2022 13:07:16 GMT -6
In a similar, but different, "What the hell are they thinking?" vein, this is one of the most hilariously badly written gear reviews I have ever read in my life: Staggering disinformation, strange obsessions with "metal," strange verbiage ("tubular amps") etc, bizarre opinions and so on. All the good stuff! beginnerguitarhq.com/roland-jc-120/Owned one in the 90s. Not a fan for guitar (weirdly cool for bass). But— they are so noisy... that seems like such a dumb trade off in a clean solid state amp. Also, worst distortion ever. Maybe so bad it's now good? The JC-120 is right up my alley! The band I'm in has two of them, the violin and the lead guitarist both have one. I'm the drummer. I just spent 8-ish hours repairing the violinist's Jazz Chorus and kind of fell in love with the thing. Was damaged from sloppy transit, fell smash on its own face, destroying all pots and dislodging the reverb tank. But it's fine now, I fixed it. I'm verging more in the "jazz" direction of guitar tone/playing. So this is perfect for me. There's a little bit of hum/hiss in this one but it's not that bad. And funny enough, the distortion works for me as a mild overdrive. I currently use a bunch of modern Boss Katana amps, but of course, I'm "dreaming" of someday having a Jazz Chorus 1975 monster amp in my camp.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 8, 2022 12:39:57 GMT -6
Whoopsy Daisy!
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Post by Guitar on Jun 8, 2022 12:33:23 GMT -6
plugins don't have anything to do with summing. The Airwindows Console series is an exception, since it adds a calibrated amount of distortion to each channel, and then 'subtracts' the same amount of distortion at the point of summing via a separate buss plug-in, but in a way that aims to mimic the non-perfect action of the virtual earth mixing circuits found in the analogue world. At the risk of starting a forum bush fire, all I can say is that to my ears, they add glue and spacial depth to mixes, and a sense of space around each sound, and I now use them in every project. Here are some tests I did a few years ago - see if you can hear the difference soundcloud.com/yew-tree-magic/sets/airwindows-console5Martin I can hear a difference. The difference "I" can hear, is the Airwindows mixes are way worse! They neuter the punch of the kick and bass sounds, and basically add nothing postive in return. To each your own. And I'm going to continue to be a stickler for technical details. The Airwindows plugins work "around" summing in the same way that Waves NLS, BX Console and others do with separate "channel" and "bus" plugs. But these are really distortion tricks, and in fact are "NOT" summing! They work around summing. These plugins don't sum in any way. Summing is basically a whole bunch of wires converging down to one or two wires. With whatever passive or active electronics and/or algorithmic DSP is required to make this happen correctly. The opposite of splitting or multing. That's it. It's not going to make you sound like Britney Spears and it's not going to get you a dinner date with Paul McCartney or Sting.
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Post by Guitar on Jun 7, 2022 20:45:26 GMT -6
In a similar, but different, "What the hell are they thinking?" vein, this is one of the most hilariously badly written gear reviews I have ever read in my life: Staggering disinformation, strange obsessions with "metal," strange verbiage ("tubular amps") etc, bizarre opinions and so on. All the good stuff! beginnerguitarhq.com/roland-jc-120/
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Post by Guitar on Jun 7, 2022 15:53:37 GMT -6
plugins don't have anything to do with summing.
%THD/N is totally under your control in digital, unlike "analog."
one person's practice is another person's "does not apply to me."
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Post by Guitar on Jun 7, 2022 9:18:05 GMT -6
I want to hear it, so I signed up for the list.
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