Amp Emulation that doesn't suck...Acme Bar Gig Head Case

[jhale667]

Partial view of the HC amp stash I've downloaded thus far...

[Coyote]

Laneys too, huh?

[jhale667]

Yep, anything any user's sampled and shared...

[Hardrock69]

Heh....Marshall MegaQuack.....is that somethng GOAT would use?

[jhale667]

GOAT's nowhere near cool enough to use Head Case.

[jhale667]

@jhale667 Sounding awesome Jay!— AcmeBarGig (@AcmeBarGig) February 4, 2013

[Hardrock69]

I decided today I need to downsize. I have 3 combo amps I never use. I have a 4th one, a Park 15-watt combo amp I got for 5 bucks a few years ago, and that is fine for casual household use.

So I am going to unload the three I don't use.

I also am thinking about unloading my ART SGX2000. Live, I only use a TS-9, a noise suppressor, and a tuner pedal plugged direct. And studio wise, with the software available like this fine ACME product, there is no need for the ART unit. I also have an ART Nightbass I might unload as well.

I could easily get 100 bucks each. And for the combo amps I could get about 100 bucks for all three.

With today's plugins, for recording purposes it is no longer necessary to have tons of outboard gear.

[jhale667]

I decided today I need to downsize. I have 3 combo amps I never use. I have a 4th one, a Park 15-watt combo amp I got for 5 bucks a few years ago, and that is fine for casual household use.

So I am going to unload the three I don't use.

I also am thinking about unloading my ART SGX2000. Live, I only use a TS-9, a noise suppressor, and a tuner pedal plugged direct. And studio wise, with the software available like this fine ACME product, there is no need for the ART unit. I also have an ART Nightbass I might unload as well.

I could easily get 100 bucks each. And for the combo amps I could get about 100 bucks for all three.

With today's plugins, for recording purposes it is no longer necessary to have tons of outboard gear.

Nope. Dunno if you have any FX presets saved in the ART you couldn't easily duplicate, but if not... It's still cool to have, but not necessary. Especially considering how good amp and cabinet simulations are becoming. I mean, I'm never gonna part with my Mesa Boogie or 4x12s, but it's beyond cool to have a fairly accurate representation of it (not "one", IT) in Head Case when I feel like tracking something in the middle of the night..

Here's a link to a Duncan article that was published and posted to FB today that was all Head Case sims... http://bit.ly/XVcDHV

I don't think I've opened PODfarm since the direct recording article... there's still a few clean sounds I've saved in it I'll probably use again at some point... but that's about it...

[jhale667]

This week's addition to the library.. The Crow!

They're still coming up with new heads, and a lot of them sound really cool! I did most of the dirty tracks for this with one I downloaded last week called "the Crow"...not bad!


Voyager PGn Total Neckdom! by jhale667

[jhale667]

Here's the first one I've done that's almost 100% Head Case "Mimic" cabinets... sounds pretty cool... add that to Recabinet, and we're talking tons of tonal options... ME GUSTA!!!

Bubble Rhythm guitar tracks by jhale667

[ELVIS]

With today's plugins, for recording purposes it is no longer necessary to have tons of outboard gear.

I disagree with that...

Why use up all of your processing power with crappy to fair sounding plug-ins ??

[jhale667]

Newer plugins use less CPU power... and why lock yourself into something you can't change on the fly and tailor to the mix later? I can see using outboard gear more for mixing purposes, but HR said recording...

[ELVIS]

Digital guitar processing pretty much sounds like shit...

I'm using all outboard analog gear and converting that signal to digital at the very end of the chain, and running that into a Mac, optically...

You're correct in that I won't be able to change my basic tone after that, but I wouldn't want to anyway...

I can add EQ or digital effects later after seeing how the basic tones fit in a mix...

[jhale667]

Right , but if that basic tone doesn't fit in the mix, no amount of tweaking is gonna fix that. With re-amping you can completely change out the amp head if it's not working to something that is. Plus you have a direct track with the part performed the way you want, that you can then mechanically double if you choose to and add another different amp for more tonal flexibility.


Plus emulations are getting better all the time... HC, Mimic cabs and Recabinet all being pretty much idisputable proof of that. Not just talking about my stuff. There's other demos of HC out where you also wouldn't know it wasn't a real amp unless someone TOLD you. In fact, I can personaly attest that when I post stuff sometimes I'll get comments like "Your Boogie sounds AMAZING" little to they know it was the emulated version...

[ELVIS]

Well, I disagree...

And I'd never re-amp anything...

There's no life in the digital realm, and it get's you hooked on insanely tweaking your DAW instead of focusing on song...