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TotcProductions · Post by **TotcProductions** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:40 pm

Out of curiosity, what sounds are you trying to achieve JBM?

grymmjack · Post by **grymmjack** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:49 am

Jason Brian Merrill wrote:Yes i play guitar.

but any sound i got out of it was crap.

so im asking if anyone else got a decent sound out of it to show me -- as perhaps i dont know how to properly program the thing... funny, cause PODXT and even guitar rig seem to give me great sounds much faster than this thing.... but hey, if you need something free...

i just wouldnt go around calling it an amplitube 2 killer just yet.

no one said it was a killer of anything.

i've gotten some good sounds out. i like them anyway. sound of an amp/effects/guitar tone (especially the later) is extremely subjective. what one likes, another thinks is shit.

don't use it if it doesn't suit you within the alloted time you've spent judging it, comparing freeamp to commercial products with teams of programmers, designers, and the most important ingredient money to pay them all.

you wont hurt anyones feelings

bobsled · Post by **bobsled** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:07 am

TotcProductions wrote:Out of curiosity, what sounds are you trying to achieve JBM?

Hmmmm...Jason's "usually" got pretty good taste, I'm kinda curious myself...

BTW, there are many of you out there who carry a bit of weight due your opinions and creations over time...deal with it...

FrettedSynth · Post by **FrettedSynth** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:42 am

Jason Brian Merrill wrote:
FrettedSynth wrote:
Jason Brian Merrill wrote:nice work, but i have found most of the sounds in this to.... [pretty much be crap. has anyone any samples of a decent sound they have gotten from this thing?
Went to a garden party!
and that means.... what?

No ill-will intended

Comes from an old song that goes on to say "you can't please everyone so you've got to please yourself"
Thats where I am at building FreeAmp

Amazing the different replies I have seen on this thread and others on the net! some say "great clean" not so good crunch, high gain? Others "great crunch" clean is weak? Others wow "great high gain" so I keep the spirit of "you can't please everyone so you've got to please yourself" And have a great deal of fun to boot, so it will grow

And I think you are the first to mention a killer of anything by name? I try to discourage it

Think advertizing of today sucks, and really dislike any company that dogs another by name, "we beat??" wont get my business.

Thanks for trying it
Fretted Synth

MadChicken · Post by **MadChicken** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:00 am

Jason Brian Merrill wrote:Yes i play guitar.

but any sound i got out of it was crap.

so im asking if anyone else got a decent sound out of it to show me -- as perhaps i dont know how to properly program the thing... funny, cause PODXT and even guitar rig seem to give me great sounds much faster than this thing.... but hey, if you need something free...

I liked the Rock preset with my single coils... it has the "angry amp" sound.

What kind of pickups are you using? What kind of input into the computer? I ran my PODxt bypassed (an empty "User" patch) through USB and it didn't sound great, not bad, but not great. I plugged straight into my sound card and it sounded much better. Who knows maybe one was hotter than the other.

I think you'll have to experiment. Not sure what sound you're looking for. For the high gain sizzling sound, maybe the GuitarSuite is better, but I kinda like the "all in one" package this gives you. I also prefer the rock/crunch tones from this.

Newbie Brad · Post by **Newbie Brad** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:51 am

JBM, I'm puzzled. FreeAmp does a good job in my opinion. Your assertion "any sound I got out of it is crap" is puzzling. And you seem to be implying that which is free is degraded in some way. What about Reaper, you like it, it's presently free. Get real, audio software developers often stun me with the high quality of their free offerings.

6 6 6 · Post by **6 6 6** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:59 am

I dont get it, sorry guyz,
this thing, at best , couldnt touch ANY Guitar rig, or ANY other proggie that emulates a
guitar amp.
Ok, I know Flame me, whatever, but I DL'd it, and Im not even impressed, especially with
all the bullshit U guys are talking about it!!!!???

whaaaaa???

I think it a good start to a vsti, but not much more then that!

It couldnt even begin to touch what Guitar Rig, and Waves are doing... PLEASE!!!
Its at best , a good try at a begginners rated emulator, and if you think its that great,
Then you just havent played thru enuff guitar (REAL) amps, or DONT really play guitar to
call this a 'close' emulation of a guitar AT ALL!!!!

Come on, get to the music store, plug in a REAL guitar to a REAL AMP.....
this thing dont even come close, in fact, its Laughable, COME ON!!!

nice try anyway.

bi-bi

Jim Roseberry · Post by **Jim Roseberry** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:24 am

6 6 6 wrote:I dont get it, sorry guyz,
this thing, at best , couldnt touch ANY Guitar rig, or ANY other proggie that emulates a
guitar amp.
Ok, I know Flame me, whatever, but I DL'd it, and Im not even impressed, especially with
all the bullshit U guys are talking about it!!!!???
bi-bi

How picky do you want to get? It's all relative...
Hardcore amp tone buffs will never be happy with a sim.
A friend of mine plays on many major label releases... and he can't stand GR2 or Waves GTR.
He has the best guitars/amps that money can buy... and would never settle for anything less. But that's not where many folks are coming from...

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:45 am

Wow, it's one thing to say you don't like it. But to degrade a huge amount of hours that somebody has given to give you something free, that you are not forced to use, is pretty sick.

Nobody is required to like it. But it's your opinion. There are some people on here who have played through REAL amps, and they are saying it sounds fine. But attacking people like this, get a life.

If you don't want to use it, fine. If you want to let us know that you don't think it sounds good, fine. But insulting somebody's work like that? Nobody here really cares what you think.

Brent

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:48 am

By the way, there is no dongle, no cost, no false claims, no bragging, no begging you to use it, yet you complain that way? I don't get it.

TotcProductions · Post by **TotcProductions** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:49 am

6 6 6 wrote:I dont get it, sorry guyz,
this thing, at best , couldnt touch ANY Guitar rig, or ANY other proggie that emulates a
guitar amp.
Ok, I know Flame me, whatever, but I DL'd it, and Im not even impressed, especially with
all the bullshit U guys are talking about it!!!!???

whaaaaa???

I think it a good start to a vsti, but not much more then that!

It couldnt even begin to touch what Guitar Rig, and Waves are doing... PLEASE!!!
Its at best , a good try at a begginners rated emulator, and if you think its that great,
Then you just havent played thru enuff guitar (REAL) amps, or DONT really play guitar to
call this a 'close' emulation of a guitar AT ALL!!!!

Come on, get to the music store, plug in a REAL guitar to a REAL AMP.....
this thing dont even come close, in fact, its Laughable, COME ON!!!

nice try anyway.

bi-bi

Well, that's great. but who the f**k are you?

WoJ · Post by **WoJ** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:01 am

6 6 6 wrote:I dont get it, sorry guyz, flame flame flame blah blah

Yea, but with such an uber-cool name as yours, why do you even need a guitar amp?

WoJ

grymmjack · Post by **grymmjack** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:13 am

the haters are coming

Gregjazz · Post by **Gregjazz** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:22 am

Well, let me say I like this FreeAmp plugin WAY better than GuitarRig. GuitarRig sounds plastic-y and fake.

Now between FreeAmp and Amplitube, that's a harder decision...

EDIT: Forgot to say, this FreeAmp works really well with highly distorted leads! The gate is so nice that you don't get those weird noise "aftershocks" after each note like in Amplitube.

Jason Brian Merrill · Post by **Jason Brian Merrill** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:45 am

it just all seems very muddy to me.

FreeAmp2 beta testing started