Satriani’s last album was a plugin for amp tones.
But as his first sentence makes clear, he doesn't care what other people use. Right? Right?!?
To be fair, he said “people he knows,” but I’m going to have to disagree with your second statement. Micing an amplifier is an art. It’s much easier to plug a Kemper into the board.
This is nonsense.
I’m just sharing information.
Some yes, others friends’, and Dr Bonkers who sells IRs that are well off the beaten track has said he intends to sell captures and I’d imagine some of his will be somewhat esoteric.
But as is said, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. So only time will tell.If you will be doing your own profiling, this approach has a decent chance of success. As for Dr. Bonkers, I tried a bunch of his IRs. Esoteric, yes. Realistic, not so much. Capturing that je ne c'est quoi when tu ne c'es quoi (high school French was a long time ago so forgive errors here) can be challenging. The more you can put your finger on what's missing from a model (or first stab at a profile) and define it with words, the more likely you will be in succeeding . Best of luck and please report back with examples of you do have success! Perhaps you will convince me to take one for a spin.Some yes, others friends’, and Dr Bonkers who sells IRs that are well off the beaten track has said he intends to sell captures and I’d imagine some of his will be somewhat esoteric.
So in general your point about there being a good range of options available from Fractal and Line 6 is true. But to give you a specific example, Line 6 has an EH185 model for the Helix. And it sounds absolutely unlike the real amp. Not even close. The sound of a laminated archtop with a single coil pickup through that amp has a particular sound signature and response and that’s what I’m looking for.
And doubtless there are people who come close to emulating that amp using a Fractal but personally I’m not interested in investigating all the different amp topologies, capacitors, etc, to try and get an approximation. It would really be much simpler to get a capture and see if it satisfies my criteria.
So that’s my rationale and I’m sticking to
I think sometimes I (at least) make mic'ing an amp some insurmountable challenge that it maybe isn't? But plugging a modeler into an interface is for me, MUCH easier when all the circumstances required for properly mic'ing an amp are taken into account.
Sansamp, right? I've used that plugin a lot, especially in the early 2000's. Solid and tweakable.
I'd say these people have already invested a lot of time, effort and money in a setup that allows them to mic real amps and cabs so they have a vested interest in using it. Having learned to work well with it is also its own value.
Yeah, I don't think mic'ing an amp is a huge hassle. But for recording, it means having a separate live room, or monitoring through headphones at a more-than-healthy level, etc. No matter how simple putting the mic up and dialing the amp is, even in a pro studio, it is NOT easier than plugging a modeler into an input channel.
Not for nothing, but it sounds like this product came out at the best possible time for you. :)
Yeah I don’t know him. And I didn’t claim that it’s not done because I know it is.
Boasting won’t get you that far here. Just saying.
Is that really what I was doing? And when you say get me that far, where is it that you actually think I’m trying to get?
This is part of the reason I’m just sending mine back. I don’t want to have to try to negotiate these waters with another buyer. I’ll let IK turn off whatever s/w no longer applies, and that’s that.
