Are you tracking on stereo and high quality mode ? I have about 16% with this signal chain on my PentiumIV.Mister Natural wrote:sounds great - but is it just me or is this sim a cpu hog ?
had a simple chain of kj classic compressor, tse x30 dirt into the lextac then the poulin le cab & my machine(amd 940 black) is showing 39% usage !
LeXTAC - new LePou amp!
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- KVRist
- 42 posts since 12 Mar, 2009
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Mister Natural Mister Natural https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=164174 - KVRAF
- 2891 posts since 28 Oct, 2007 from michigan
Are you tracking on stereo and high quality mode ? I have about 16% with this signal chain on my PentiumIV.[/quote]LePou wrote:
yes & yes - I'm not used to having to dial-back the fidelity over here :=)
thanks
expert only on what it feels like to be me
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- KVRist
- 156 posts since 18 Jun, 2005
Hate to say this, but the demos sound AWESOME. Can't wait to try it.
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- KVRian
- 1392 posts since 28 May, 2008 from Saint Paul, MN
This is ridiculously good! WOW!!
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PurpleCatfishBettie PurpleCatfishBettie https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=211816
- KVRAF
- 3278 posts since 22 Jul, 2009
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- KVRian
- 1085 posts since 3 Aug, 2005 from Chicago
+1 for Hybrit. Makes the Marshalls in Guitar Rig sound silly. I haven't tried this one yet(not a big hi-gain type guy), but if it's as good as Hybrit, I'm sure I'll find a use for it.
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- KVRAF
- 1705 posts since 15 Aug, 2003 from Indianapolis
It's certainly not just high gain. The clean channel is gorgeous. It does everything in between as well.heffus wrote:+ I haven't tried this one yet(not a big hi-gain type guy)
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- KVRAF
- 3339 posts since 19 Mar, 2008 from germany
I've used Hybrit a lot. And I am really surprised about it - a superb sound - it has this special "mojo". If Lextac plays in the same league, o.k. then it is a sensation!
free mp3s + info: andy-enroe.de songs + weird stuff: enroe.de
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- KVRian
- 1392 posts since 28 May, 2008 from Saint Paul, MN
LeCab (also by LePou) default "internal" SoloC cabs sound very nice 
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- KVRist
- 407 posts since 26 Dec, 2008 from Country Victoria, Australia
I am not a guitarist but I have worked a lot with live rock bands and I know what an amplified guitar sounds like up close (and, yes, my hearing is now much the worse for wear!)
I have struggled to find a sample/amp/cab sim that goes even close to recreating this, even though some of them sound very nice indeed and can work well in recordings.
The thing that I had given up hope for was the visceral "attack/body/weight" that live guitar has in abundance but that is usually not available (and to be fair wouldn't be welcome in many mix-a-song scenarios) in sims.
When the signal is processed and friendlied-up during tracking/mixing what little is there is often squeezed out, giving the regulation sounds-just-like-a-guitar-but-not-really.
I know that much of the live impact comes from SPL, and that's not going to happen in a recording any time soon.
Part of me though wants to simulate the experience a bit larger than life so it can survive the patting into shape that recording technology requires.
Some of the ABG sims nearly did this, and some of the recabinet impulses give a hint.
LeXTAC pretty well nails this. Lyrical Distortion's brilliant 'Les Paul Power Chords' through this amp, through LeCab with some lovely recabinet impulses has the best weight and impact I have heard so far.
I love it, and it even does a great job on bass guitar.
Goes to the top of my heap.
I have struggled to find a sample/amp/cab sim that goes even close to recreating this, even though some of them sound very nice indeed and can work well in recordings.
The thing that I had given up hope for was the visceral "attack/body/weight" that live guitar has in abundance but that is usually not available (and to be fair wouldn't be welcome in many mix-a-song scenarios) in sims.
When the signal is processed and friendlied-up during tracking/mixing what little is there is often squeezed out, giving the regulation sounds-just-like-a-guitar-but-not-really.
I know that much of the live impact comes from SPL, and that's not going to happen in a recording any time soon.
Part of me though wants to simulate the experience a bit larger than life so it can survive the patting into shape that recording technology requires.
Some of the ABG sims nearly did this, and some of the recabinet impulses give a hint.
LeXTAC pretty well nails this. Lyrical Distortion's brilliant 'Les Paul Power Chords' through this amp, through LeCab with some lovely recabinet impulses has the best weight and impact I have heard so far.
I love it, and it even does a great job on bass guitar.
Goes to the top of my heap.
Second Star On The Right, And Straight On 'till Morning
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- KVRAF
- 3299 posts since 7 May, 2004 from Athens, Greece
I tried it too last night and I have to agree this is an excellent amp sim. I tried it with the default internal LeCab IR and it sounded great. It's not the typical hi gain stuff. Lovely clean and crunch/break-up tones.
Congrats LePou! This is really a keeper (goes in the same folder with my payware ampsim plugins).
Congrats LePou! This is really a keeper (goes in the same folder with my payware ampsim plugins).
If I go insane, please don't put your wires in my brain
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- KVRist
- 116 posts since 30 Mar, 2004 from shores of lake erie
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- KVRian
- 1085 posts since 3 Aug, 2005 from Chicago
Excellent!! Lepou, you've done it again. It's good to be alive. After Hybrit and this, plus LeCab, I would be wrong if I didn't donate at least a little something.