The 100 Dollar Matching Bias Tones in Helix challenge MKII

[pipelineaudio]

Is there a reason for using the vitriol vs like the badonk or epic? Is the vitriol closer right out of the box? I tried to do with the Epic, and I got the curves looking pretty good, but they sure sounded different!

 

[James Freeman]

Is the vitriol closer right out of the box?

Yes, it has the same tonestack as the 5150 and the 5153.

 

[pipelineaudio]

Ahh! Shouldn't the PV panama be a candidate as well then? Or was that one just made weird?

 

[James Freeman]

Very similar, both can be tweaked to sound identical without extra EQ when the Post Gain of the Vitriol is at around 8, the real amp is literally just a 5150 with more bells and whistles.

PS.
I'm not going to redo it pipe, I gave you all the info you need to DIY.

 

[pipelineaudio]

I don't want you to, I'm trying to learn how you do it, working on it now, trying to match your vitriol results with the PV Panama

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

High Fidelity !

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"Sound bar"

 

[James Freeman]

"Sound bar"

*barf
FTFY

 

[pipelineaudio]

This is crazy, you get sooooo close, then there's this last one bit and it wrecks everything. Frustrating seesaw of expectations

 

[pipelineaudio]

I’m pretty happy. Still able to abx between them but barely. Do you think that mooer x2 preamps profiling would get closer? I may end up with an ir as eq after the amp using a match eq

 

[Sascha Franck]

Do you think that mooer x2 preamps profiling would get closer?

Their capturing doesn't seem too bad but the process is awkward and I keep reading about bricked/broken units.
Was interested for a while but that put me off.

 

[pipelineaudio]

@James Freeman do you have any hints on the spectrum settings? I have it set super long, but maybe I shouldn't

 

[James Freeman]

AVG, block size 16k, overlap full.
Click screen to reset averaging.

 

[pipelineaudio]

Keeps getting close, but then the neck pickup sound is drastically different