Soldano X88-IR

[Whizzinby]

Where is the shred?
Jk it sounds killer

On Fridays, we riff.

 

[Orvillain]

Dicking around trying to record with it.



This is with the X88 power amp sim. Need to try it with the Axe Tube Pre and then just running to the LXII with no power sim.

Sounds sick as fuck man. Sick assss fuuuuuccccckkkk.

 

[ejecta]

Dicking around trying to record with it.



This is with the X88 power amp sim. Need to try it with the Axe Tube Pre and then just running to the LXII with no power sim.

Dang it I didn’t need to hear this. Wanters kicked back in on this again.

 

[Eagle]

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What more do you need?.

 

[Whizzinby]

Dang it I didn’t need to hear this. Wanters kicked back in on this again.

If it helps, it’s probably the funnest piece of gear I’ve ever bought.

Like I mentioned earlier, the whole rack thing was dying off before I got into playing, but I remembered seeing pictures of those racks in guitar mags as a kid and thinking “how cool!”.

So this thing hits me on some inner 13yo level, YMMV

That said, it slaps.

 

[Whizzinby]

I built a Tube Pre block mimicking the SLO power section and after shooting it out against the x88 power amp sim, it is largely a wash. The SLO has ever so slightly more low end girth, (that’s what she said) but the x88 sim has a touch more cut. (Probably from the slight bit less low end) I did a mix with them back to back and I doubt anyone would notice unless you told them.

I wonder what they used for the x88 power amp sim. (I’m assuming not the SLO since they said it was a 120w pa) In either event, it holds up.

 

[SteveLow74]

can anyone share the ir’s onboard of the x88-ir? Out of curiosity I would like to try the 4x12, cause in the videos they seem very good.

 

[djd100]

I built a Tube Pre block mimicking the SLO power section and after shooting it out against the x88 power amp sim, it is largely a wash. The SLO has ever so slightly more low end girth, (that’s what she said) but the x88 sim has a touch more cut. (Probably from the slight bit less low end) I did a mix with them back to back and I doubt anyone would notice unless you told them.

I wonder what they used for the x88 power amp sim. (I’m assuming not the SLO since they said it was a 120w pa) In either event, it holds up.

One advantage of the Axe is that you can dial in the impedance curve for specific cabs, and adjust the speaker drive, NFB, bias etc, where as the X88's PA is generic and preset.

Did you try minimizing the preamp gain and going old school and crushing both power amp sims to check for any differences?