Hardware Modeller as a Bedroom Player

[Shask]

Yet it tends to come up for that when people want an amp modeler. Obviously you can pair it with whatever pedals or even multifx if you want.


The Tonex metadata sucks balls and the captures from others can be a very mixed bag. It's kinda like gold panning in a muddy river. I just hate that as a workflow.


I've yet to find Tonex to do anything better than the best modelers on the market. Even with V2 captures I made myself.

To me it's a question of workflow first and foremost. I've learned to work with amps over the years so I know immediately how to get what I want out of most amps, and thus prefer that workflow on modelers as well.

Amp modeler means they want amp sounds. They didn't say they wanted an effects processor. I mean, it is all semantics, but still. Even Fractal units still say "Amp Modeler / Effects Processor" across the top of them.

I dont really have an issue with Metadata, but I do agree there are a lot of crap sounds out there. I found OK sounds when I searched, but have made amazing sounds myself. The main thing I find it to do better is feel/dynamics. I find Fractal has a squishy pick attack that drives me crazy. ToneX has a more immediate punchy attack to it. So does NAM. I want that more aggressive immediate punch when I hit the strings, and most traditional modelers have more of a smooth squishy thing going on.

Workflow is not a big deal to me. How often do people really mess with it? Make a few sounds you like an stick with it. No reason to constantly mess with it. Once you have your sounds, plug and play.