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[Jim Soloway]

 

[FuzzyAce]

Welcome to the forum Jim! I like the tones. Very warm and punchy midrange. I'm assuming you're also using a hollow or semi hollow?

 

[jellodog]

The Durango was my favourite. Very sweet tone!

 

[newholland]

they all sound super usable, but that maui sounds really good.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Thanks and no, that's a cheap solid body plank with Thomastik flatwounds. It gets some help from a brilliant pickup from Craig Vineham.

Wow. Sounds fat!

 

[laxu]

Welcome! Sounds nice, but the plugin is visually terrible looking IMO.

 

[MadMaxG79]

Welcome! Sounds nice, but the plugin is visually terrible looking IMO.

I agree. I know that shouldn't matter, but the late 90's, early 00's vibe I get from the UI would seriously turn me off...

 

[MadMaxG79]

I guess it's a matter of perspective and priorities. You may find the UI unattractive or dated but I find it incredibly easy to navigate and to me that's a lot more important. My single biggest complaint with a lot of modern amp sim plugins is that they are not at all intuitive and they make dialing in the sound I'm after a lot of work. I was able to get deeply into the tone shaping power of Noir Tones almost instantly. Anyone who knows how a mixing console works can use those mic controls without any thought while the amp controls simply mimic the minimalistic controls that are typical on a vintage amp.

I'm all for simple and easy to use controls. I was only referring to the visual representation of these controls which in my eyes are so outright hideous that it would actually prevent me from using it. Just like a guitar might sound and feel great but if it doesn't appeal to me visually, I'm much less likely to actually play it.

 

[[Nathan]]

We’re basically beyond the point of getting high quality guitar plugins for free, cheap or for a premium price. Having a quality interface that’s both visually appealing and useful are more important than ever.

I’ll give this a proper listen later but flicking through and looking at the interface….. I’ll be blunt and say it looks like freeware. IMO you would struggle to get people excited about the plugin with this interface, and getting people to pay, big task.

 

[2112]

Lovely playing.

Those graphics are straight out of the POD farm era unfortunately.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I like nice graphics too, but I'd take sound quality over that any day. $40 seems like a decent price, but the issue is guys that are used to a certain level of interface aesthetics may not give this product a second glance. I think the Windows 98 look is kinda charming though.

I'm loosely interested in this plugin but I'd have to hear more clips in various contexts.

 

[ian_dissonance]

Just to be clear, it is not my software. I was just a beta tester. That being said, I'm both a bit baffled and surprised by all the focus on the graphics. It's a tool meant to provide a solution to a specific tonal need and it's a solution that very few amp sims provide well. There seems to be a universal agreement that the quality of the tones is very good and I know that getting those tones was very easy. Several of you are telling me that you would never use it because you don't like the graphics. I find that notion to be beyond my understanding. If a tool works well and easily, then I really don't care what it looks like. It's just a tool. But clearly my opinion is something of an outlier.

They’re unique tones but I don’t think they’re highly sought-after or too far from things available in other places, so usability and interface are important. Visual appeal also suggests the makers are interested in the product and that suggests maintenance and updates, which people like. When something visually looks like freeware people expect it to be treated like freeware, which usually has minimal to zero support.

 

[Devin]

I like the old school look of it personally; very nostalgic

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

New members shilling for new products with their first post, not participating in other threads…

 

[Mikael Dez]

Just to be clear, it is not my software. I was just a beta tester. That being said, I'm both a bit baffled and surprised by all the focus on the graphics. It's a tool meant to provide a solution to a specific tonal need and it's a solution that very few amp sims provide well. There seems to be a universal agreement that the quality of the tones is very good and I know that getting those tones was very easy. Several of you are telling me that you would never use it because you don't like the graphics. I find that notion to be beyond my understanding. If a tool works well and easily, then I really don't care what it looks like. It's just a tool. But clearly my opinion is something of an outlier.

We pick EVERYthing apart here - just the nature of the forum haha. Every product gets criticized and that's a good thing that can turn into a bad thing but I think it's mostly a good thing here.

 

[Devin]

@Jim Soloway who was the guy you built guitars for that would play with the guitar sitting up vertically in his lap?


I remember you posting it on HC wayy back in the day

 

[Devin]

That's me. I'm now retired and living in Victoria BC.

Enjoy your retirement, kimg!

 

[Orvillain]

New members shilling for new products with their first post, not participating in other threads…

Precisement.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Why delete the post?

Nothing wrong with saying that the GUI looking like a freeware 90’s plugin when that’s precisely how it looks

 

[Mikael Dez]

Well that was fast lol