www.shortscale.org

[blacktaxi]

does anybody here uses that for recording? what do you guys/gals think? i mean software emulation (guitar rig, amplitube, etc.)
i have my own opinion, but would really like to hear from you ppl
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[Reece]

I use it when I'm recording a demo or something, I generally replace it with mic'ed guitar eventually.

I find it useful when it's late at night or something and I wanna record. I never use it on something final though.
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[More Cowbell]

I'll use amplitube or sansamp for a doubled part.

[Mike]

I mess about with Guitar Rig2 when I want to rock out in Silence at home. I don't use it for recording because I much prefer to just mic my amps.

You can get some good sounds, but some Amps sound better than others - for example in my Guitar Rig2 version I would divide it like this:

Sounds good, realistic etc: Fender Twin Reverb, Marshall JCM800, Marshall Plexi, Ampeg SVT bass Head

Sounds wank, really horrible: Fender Bassman, Vox AC30, Mesa Dual Recifier

[blacktaxi]

do you find simulation greatly inferior to properly mic'ed amp?
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[Reece]

[Sloan]

Check out my posted amp impulses.

SIGNAL CHAIN FOR USING THEM:
Guitar
Interface
Amp sim
Voxengo Boogex loaded with speaker impulse

Here's a clip a dude made with one of my Laney impulses.
http://bestnetworx.com/uploader/files/52/thatdudes_laneyimpulsetest.mp3

[Sloan]

ALSO:
all the stuff i listed is FREE
you can also use your real guitar amp as a preamp and get a more amp-like feel/response. loev it.

[vivadeluxxe]

I sometimes use an old Johnson J Station as it has a fairly decent Twin and AC30 as well as some convincing Marshalls...
I've tried the the amp simulator on Logic, but it's surprisingly bad for such a high quality app....
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[blacktaxi]

[JamesSmann]

I use Line6's gearbox plugin and i love it actually. the diversity of tones is quite nice. and for as easy as it is to dial in an amp and cab combo, i can't complain. if i was going into a studio to record though, i'd want real amps.

[DanHeron]

I use Line6 Gearbox as well and really like it. Obviously not as good as mic + amp but for recording demos its nice and easy. I recently bought some mics and started using the preamps in Gearbox for them, works really well.

[Sloan]

Here's the way to load an impulse in Voxengo Boogex.

Take the highpass filter or whatever on the far right of the EQ (green?) and pull it all the way left to kill Voxengo's shitty preamp shit.
Then turn DRY PRE CAB down thar on the left to 0.0dB.
Keep DRY POST CAB all the way off, shit's shit.

if you don't apply these tipz, your gonna hear SHIT.

[JamesSmann]

[robroe]

i just bought wireless headphones from work for 8 bucks. haha they were org. 120 bucks.
anyways after an hour of running cords all over the fucking place i now have my computer, PA, and Vamp2 all running thru the headphones with independent volumes.
i took the guitar amp out of the loop.
EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!
i could have just bought a guitar program for the computer but its much more organic digital this way = im a nerd with wires.

point is i got fucking wireless headphones which is going to make playing diablo II and guitar at the same time so much more better morest
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[Reece]

Next step: by one of those pointers, attatch it to your headstock and make it so it clicks whenever you play a chord.

Killin' baal with the riffs. (If you play LoD that is).
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