The closest the microphone from the cab, the more precision you get. The closest the microphone from the center of the speaker, the less proximity effect you get, and so you get less lows. Of course, these values will vary according to the pickup settings on your guitar, the settings of the amplifier, and the use of either a clean or a highly distorted sound will greatly influence the relative importance of these elements. From my experience, I would estimate that the sound you get is: 30% from the guitar you use, 30% from the amplifier head, and 40% from the impulse. These tests help to demonstrate how important the choice of an impulse is. No EQ was applied, I just added a slight compression on some demos, and a bit of reverb so that it doesn't sound too dry. Unfortunately, this would take me a considerable amount of time to do, and I cannot afford to do that.Īll the impulses I used for these demos are from Redwirez. Ideally, each amp sim tested should use different impulses, in order to find the microphone and the positionning that fits the amp best, as you would do when recording real amps with real microphones. For instance, in Nirvana's demos, the sound of the Mercuriall demos recorded with a Telecaster is closer to the original sound than what I got with a Les Paul or a Stratocaster, because I made the settings for Telecaster first. Some demos will sound better with one guitar than it will on the other two. The settings of each demo are identical for all three guitars. No distorsion pedal was used, in order to show whether or not the simulations can produce the distorsion needed in some musical genres. With each demo, two different impulse responses (different microphones) were used with each guitar. Each demo includes two guitar tracks, recorded separately (no copy and paste), and panned right and left in the stereo field. Each demo was recorded with all of the three guitars described above, Simon used the Lollar for demos with distorsion, and the Fender for clear demos. Fender Telecaster American Deluxe with 2 Humbucker custom pickups : The neck pickup is a Lollar Regal, the bridge pickup is a Fender Wide Range. Fender Stratocaster American Deluxe with stock pickups. Les Paul-shaped guitar, the brand is SR Guitars, equipped with 3 pickups: a modern Humbucker neck pickup, a vintage P90-like middle pickup, a vintage Humbucker bridge pickup. Guitar: Fender Telecaster ( Fichier mp3) DEMOS SETTINGS Miscellaneous Indications - Microphone positioning Guitar amplifier simulations ACDC, Chic, Depeche Mode, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Niagara, Nirvana, Oasis, Pink Floyd, Simon's Blues, Simon's Metal, The Animals, The Doobie Brothers, The White Stripes IndicationsĪll guitar parts were played by Simon Chenu (guitar player, pianist, drummer, singer, guitar teacher) with three different guitars:
Guitar: Fender Stratocaster ( Fichier mp3) By using light saturations and avoiding to put it forward in the mix, it stills sounds pretty good. You may think it's completely outdated, but it's actually not really the case. Released in 2007, Amplitube 1 was one of the amp sims pioneers. "Time" by Pink Floyd: preset 2 with Thunderverb 200ĭemo made with the impulses included in Amplitube Orange. "Time" by Pink Floyd: preset 1 with Rockerverb 50ĭemo made with the impulses included in Amplitube Orange.
Download preset for Amplitube Orange Thunderverb 200 -ĭemo made with the impulses included in Amplitube Orange.
"Simon's Metal" by Simon Chenu: preset 2 with Thunderverb 200 Download preset for Amplitube Orange Rockerverb 50 -ĭemo made with the impulses included in Amplitube Orange. "Simon's Metal" by Simon Chenu: preset 1 with Rockerverb 50 Only then can I get the sound I'm looking for. They sound a bit dull, and I prefer to bypass the built-in cab impulses and add my own impulse loader and favorite impulses from Redwirez. I use Amplitube Orange and I like it a lot but: the amp heads are very good, but the cabs in my opinion are not. On this page Amplitube 3 Orange - Amplitube 1 Amplitube 3 Orange Ampeg SVX -very good, although it's been here for a while- is dedicated to bass guitars. There are several specialized Amplitube versions, like Amplitube Orange, Amplitube Fender, Ampltube Metal, Amplitube Jimi Hendrix, Amplitube Custom Shop, Amplitube Slash. Like all such products, you may want to avoid the presets and take some time to look for your own sound. The results can be very good if you take the time to polish your settings. Like Guitar Rig, this is a very thorough product, with 51 stomp pedals and effects, 31 amplifier models, 46 cabs, 15 microphones. SITE MAP IK MULTIMEDIA AMPLITUBE (web site) Home page | Simulators | Retail simulators | Amplitube