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mman · Post by **mman** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:40 am

VST Amp posts, thay are just ongoing thing aren't they?

It seems that people are having very different opinion regarding what is good and what is not.
I recorded a little guitar track in order to test the most popular free AMP VST.
( Boogex, Cortex, Free Amp SE )

When I get my hands on a new VST Amp I usually test the clean sound first.
So here it is. I created a similar sound ( Twin like sound ) with all of them.
I tried to create the same colour for every single amp. ( I tried to do my best here so be gentle. )
I used a little reverb and nothing else. Guitar: Fender - Strat PLUS (neck pickup)

If some of you want to play this game with me, here is an unprocessed guitar track for you:
Maybe we can add some commercial VST Amps (GRig,Amplitube...) just to see how they do, but please use this track in order to have the same sound for comparison.
http://freeweb.siol.net/mcinku/fender.mp3

So what do you think, which sound is the best?

Thank you shamann!!

NOT CLEAN
1. Waves GTR1
2. Waves GTR2

Tracks are differently normalized. So be carefull when comparing these files.

Ixox · Post by **Ixox** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:44 am

mman wrote:So what do you think...

4 broken links....

mman · Post by **mman** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:34 am

Ixox wrote:
mman wrote:So what do you think...
4 broken links....

http://freeweb.siol.net/mcinku/fender.mp3
http://freeweb.siol.net/mcinku/cortex.mp3
http://freeweb.siol.net/mcinku/boogex.mp3
http://freeweb.siol.net/mcinku/freeampse.mp3

Ixox · Post by **Ixox** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:38 am

You can edit your first message and fix the URL.

mman · Post by **mman** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:53 am

Ixox wrote:You can edit your first message and fix the URL.

Thank you for helping Ixox.

crusces · Post by **crusces** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:59 am

Cortex and freeamp sound like they've got loads more reverb on them than the Boogex sound. Boogex therefore has a lot more presence. I myself like a tight sound, so Boogex would do it for me in this little test. However, none of these amps really blow me away, and I'm interested to hear what the commercial amp sims would make of this...

Samosa · Post by **Samosa** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:15 am

not worth adding no-frills Tubebaby to the list?

anselmoso · Post by **anselmoso** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:00 am

hi mman,
great test! maybe you should try the "Simulanalog GuitarSuite" as well - this one might blow some of the readers away:-)

http://www.simulanalog.org/guitarsuite.htm

RChler · Post by **RChler** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:06 am

anselmoso wrote:hi mman,
great test! maybe you should try the "Simulanalog GuitarSuite" as well - this one might blow some of the readers away:-)

http://www.simulanalog.org/guitarsuite.htm

yop...imo the marshall sim is almost convincing

mman · Post by **mman** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:13 am

crusces wrote:Cortex and freeamp sound like they've got loads more reverb on them than the Boogex sound. Boogex therefore has a lot more presence. I myself like a tight sound, so Boogex would do it for me in this little test. However, none of these amps really blow me away, and I'm interested to hear what the commercial amp sims would make of this...

Would you believe that the reverb and the amount I used is the same for all amps.

mman · Post by **mman** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:18 am

Samosa wrote:not worth adding no-frills Tubebaby to the list?

I don't have Tubebaby yet and I'm at work currently. Maybe you could create this one with the unprocessed track I provided.

mman · Post by **mman** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:24 am

anselmoso wrote:hi mman,
great test! maybe you should try the "Simulanalog GuitarSuite" as well - this one might blow some of the readers away:-)

http://www.simulanalog.org/guitarsuite.htm

Yes, I have GSuite too, I just forgot to use it. I'm not able to do this now. Can you? Just use the fender track.

Sleepgolfer · Post by **Sleepgolfer** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:35 am

rednef twin from simulanalog suite is the shiznit! sounds fat and convincing...

mman · Post by **mman** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:39 am

Sleepgolfer wrote:rednef twin from simulanalog suite is the shiznit! sounds fat and convincing...

Can you prove this? Now here you have a chance.

anselmoso · Post by **anselmoso** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:41 am

mman wrote:
anselmoso wrote:hi mman,
great test! maybe you should try the "Simulanalog GuitarSuite" as well - this one might blow some of the readers away:-)

http://www.simulanalog.org/guitarsuite.htm
Yes, I have GSuite too, I just forgot to use it. I'm not able to do this now. Can you? Just use the fender track.

i'm also at work right now. i think we have enough time til you get home and post the result yourself:-)

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