What are amp plugins not doing?

[riffy]

View attachment 61582 IMO it’s better than ML, and I like that all of their Mark emulations have all the modes and switches


I thought I’d love this plugin but the layout is bad. I don’t mind the kind of “fisher price” aspect of it but it dedicates too much space and attention to things that shouldn’t have priority, and simple things require way more work than they should.

A DAW can simply handle all of that MUCH better. You can move plugins around easily, choose whatever routing you like on a per effect basis. You can mix and match your favourite plugins freely. You can have as much or as little visible as you like. All in one plugins concede a lot to cram this stuff into a plugin, all so you can either save presets or run them standalone. Lots of those tasks are a total pain to do in Paradise.

IMO it’s a strong case for why a plugin shouldn’t try and do too much. Annoyingly, it sounds fantastic, so you’re trading off great sounds for an annoying workflow. I felt similar about Softube’s Amp Room except the tones aren’t as good in that.

I whole heartedly agree with you here. The Mark V in Amplitube does sound simply outstanding. I hate that everything is crammed into
that screen though. I have even dropped in the Tonex offical Mesa Reference amps in it's place, it doesn't take a backseat to even the
captures.

 

[sleewell]

Getting people to shows who have boycotted bands that use digital

 

[BenIfin]

I don't know if this is an Amp model thing or an IR thing .... I have no problems getting the low end to sound as I want .... but the higher end ... from about 3.8k and up is a constant battle between dull, brittle, bright or drill a hole in my ears .... I have found this across all platforms - even my current fave [S-Gear] ... doesn't matter if its profiling / capturing or Axe, L6 etc... both hardware and software/plugins

My workaround for live use is to dial them in on the "too bright side" and hope the Global EQ slope tames them well enough for gig-band use.

 

[ChordInversion]

I just don't like plugging into an audio interface so I can click around to use my gear. I like knobs and buttons when I'm playing. I work at a laptop computer all day, and I hate the idea of my guitar time having anything whatsoever to do with that. So I go with hardware modelers or amps. I gave software a shot for a while because I thought I should, but I'm done with it.

 

[riffy]

I don't know if this is an Amp model thing or an IR thing .... I have no problems getting the low end to sound as I want .... but the higher end ... from about 3.8k and up is a constant battle between dull, brittle, bright or drill a hole in my ears .... I have found this across all platforms - even my current fave [S-Gear] ... doesn't matter if its profiling / capturing or Axe, L6 etc... both hardware and software/plugins

My workaround for live use is to dial them in on the "too bright side" and hope the Global EQ slope tames them well enough for gig-band use.

Live, I find that the cymbals and the snare eat up so much high-end it isn’t funny. I would rather have my amp a little too bright, and I can either turn down the treble or the presence or just turn down the tone control on my guitar if it’s needed. Most of the time for me, with a loud drummer, it’s not needed.

And, just as an aside, the more bodies you get packed into a place, the more high end goes away anyway. And it can’t possibly reflect anywhere. That’s when I have a problem with low end and have to cut it some.

 

[metropolis_4]

Disclaimer: I haven’t used one in a reeeaaaally long time.

I remember wanting to like them, but they always had something to the sound I didn’t like, they felt flat and lifeless, and there was a disconnect I felt when playing them.

For me they were always the perfect example of over promising and under delivering

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Disclaimer: I haven’t used one in a reeeaaaally long time.

I remember wanting to like them, but they always had something to the sound I didn’t like, they felt flat and lifeless, and there was a disconnect I felt when playing them.

For me they were always the perfect example of over promising and under delivering

If you can't get it sounding and feeling as good as any hardware modeller, its user error.