I dont know about Logic because I'm not a mac guy, but I use Samp and it has VANDAL which is a great virtual amp. I also have GTR3.5, GR4 and AT3...I wont upgrade GR or GTR, I'll hang on to AT but VANDAL just made it clear that my best solution is still a real amp. A couple of weeks ago my wife asked (not in a bad way) "how many amps do you need?" (I only have 4 tube amps now) and I said at least one more...ten years from now and a room for just my amps I'll answer the same waypoetugaljazz wrote:I still prefer to mic up guitar amps and use hardware effects 95% of the time, and that is how I normally work, but for the other 5% when I use guitar amp simulators, effects etc, I reckon the ones that come with Logic 9 are the best ones I have tried yet. --> I agree with you rocksure I also tried this and also works for me ok ...
I will be the first to admit that I cannot provide a solid foundation as to explain why, it's probably all in my head (or heads as it were ) and moving a year and half ago helped. I still live in an apartment but before my issue was keeping street noise out (I lived on the main route to a big hospital as well as a haven for harleys and loud stereos...my window was less than 15' from the road). Now I live in a country setting (reminds me of a tree house) and I bought the Jet City iso cab and I'm just happier.
Sims are great, VANDAL is great, you can do anything you want with them and I will be using them on most of my songs when mixing (but very subtle) but they just dont call out to me to play like the glow of the tubes and all them real knobs in front of me...40 years of playing and the last 18 months has been the best...I guess it's the nature of the beast