GT-1000 with 3rd party IR sounds diferent than IR loader

Stick to the X Amps, the Boss Original Amps and the AIRD Boss Cabs ..... at all costs avoid the legacy Amps and forget getting 3rd Party IR's to play/sound "right" .... add this all to the Form Factor and the GT1K is a kick-ass unit.

Here in end'eth the lesson ;)
im not a fan of the x amps feel. sounds good, but the feel is weird to me. But this is me, someone who had the tonex pedal before
 
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im not a fan of the x amps feel. sounds good, but the feel is weird to me. But this is me, someone who had the tonex pedal before
I found with the X-amps you just kinda have to forget anything about guitar amps and dial it in by ear. On no normal amp would I be running the gain at 9/10, but it works. Too squishy? Turn the SAG all the way off. The high gain ones are very sensitive in the EQ, as well, plus or minus 10 from stock is usually more than I need (except the X-Ultra, the bass on that one is awesome ridiculous for me unless I put it at ~25 or do a huge cut before the amp).
 
I used to own a GT1000 Core, and ironically, Katana: Go I got recently actually sounds better and is easier to get a really good tone out of.
While I had the GT, I would always use internal cabs, as I thought IR's sounded off. This pretty much confirms it.
 
Fun update, got a GX-100 (ordered pre-$160 price increase) and IRs sound pretty normal in there. And they load much faster. But on the downside there seems to be some limit somewhere in there and I could get digital-sounding clipping in the signal chain while the meters suggested I was well below hardware clipping. Boss gonna Boss I guess. Outside of that though this little pedal is sweet.
 
For me it's an incredible love/hate-relationship. It does some things no other modeler does right now - but it doesn't necessarily do them properly. The main reason for me to buy it (and keep it for at least a while to come) have been instant switching and global blocks. But the instant switching comes with (sometimes unforseeable) compromises and the global block functionality, while still being the main reason for me to keep it, is realized in a way that I can barely believe this was actually tested at all in terms of usability. There's a risk of accidentally overwriting a global patch setting as you can't see which ones you use in the save dialog and when you copy a patch you would have to deactivate all global blocks (should you not want to use that patch in a "global group"), otherwise you might destroy your precious global settings for that block (there needed to be an option to "de-couple" all blocks from being global).
And let's not even start to talk about anything related to editing. Regardless of doing it on the unit or through whatever editor, compared to any decent other devices, it'a a most gruesome experience - just try to set up and control assignments on the device and you know what having a really bad day feels like (but you of all people obviously know that already).
So, i converted my IR to boss specs, like they told me in support. It does feel less compressed in a way. You should try it, see if it helps with that
 
I did a comparison using the same IR both in the gt-1000 and with a IR loader (Nad IR). The amp was the same, the gt1000s Rectifier model. Somehow it sounds diferent, but why? Its literally the same IR file. The GT-1000 (with the IR internaly in the system) made the IR sound worse.

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One thing I noticed is that the Transparent amp makes a massive spike around 8k, so much that I could always hear it when I played. I forget what other frequencies it affects, but 3rd party IRs do sound different. I haven't tried using 44.1k and shortening the IR lengths though, maybe that should help.
 
One thing I noticed is that the Transparent amp makes a massive spike around 8k, so much that I could always hear it when I played. I forget what other frequencies it affects, but 3rd party IRs do sound different. I haven't tried using 44.1k and shortening the IR lengths though, maybe that should help.
be sure to leave your findings here!
 
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