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RE: Digital vs. Analog (Was: Line 6 Tonecore Verbzilla)
I can't wait until we're all, "Does anyone like using
their actual ears instead of going direct into the
brain?"
--- "L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com> wrote:
> true bill,although ive found this to be more
> effective
> for recording,live one amp sound and stomp boxes
> keep
> me busy enough really!
> Luis
>
>
> --- William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com> wrote:
>
> > I go both ways, and have been in general,
> > un-impressed by most digital
> > modelers, with the exception of the Vox tonelab ,
> > which IMO has very few
> > downsides sound and feel wise. If I had my
> druthers,
> > I'd rather use
> > stompboxes, because they are simply easier to
> tweek
> > on the fly, However i
> > would be missing all of those great amp
> simulations
> > to play with.
> > Bill
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin [mailto:kevin@TheNettles.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:11 AM
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Subject: Digital vs. Analog (Was: Line 6 Tonecore
> > Verbzilla)
> >
> >
> > I don't want to seem like a troglodyte or anything
> > but I wonder if
> > people have simply considered a judicious
> selection
> > of analog pedals
> > and a good cab simulator instead of digital
> > simulations. I have a
> > modest pedal board with pitch-shifter, delay,
> > distortion, wah, reverb
> > and chorus but I never seem to run out of
> incredible
> > sounds to create
> > from it. I've tried a number of digital boards
> but
> > the problems I
> > have with them are twofold:
> >
> > First, patches aren't intuitive. I don't know
> > exactly what I'm
> > getting as I do when I'm tweaking knobs. There's
> a
> > discontinuity
> > that I find very disconcerting.
> >
> > Second, digital simulations seem to break down at
> > those very points
> > that I find most interesting when I'm working with
> > analog effects. A
> > digital howl disappears just when I want to goose
> it
> > with excessive
> > amounts of gain or with total abuse of my wah or
> > pitch-shifter
> > pedal. A low level multi-harmonic hum fades just
> > when I want to
> > capture it in a loop.
> >
> > Am I alone here or are their other folks who like
> to
> > abuse analog or
> > even acoustic effects? Or will I finally see the
> > light and buy a
> > laptop to cultivate my very own VST farm?
> >
> > Cheaply,
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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