One thing I’ve noticed with Amplitube is that it’s very much like an amp in that your initial gain can make a huge difference, and sending what seems to be a nice healthy signal to it doesn’t often yield the results you want, like using a clean boost pedal does. Also, some cabinet models just plain and simply suck, so I’ve taken to mostly use my own commercial IRs from Ownhammer. So that’s my issue with Amplitube. They could improve all the cabinets that need a touch up. Some are great, though, like the Fender Bassman cab. Not the 1x15, the 4x10. (Or is it 12… I can’t remember) The ones that come with the newer custom packs, like the Satriani or May, tend to be good quality, IMO.bmanic wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:40 amIndeed. Same here, have tried pretty much everything available and Amplitude still sounds pretty bad to me.zerocrossing wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:05 amYeah, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I went on a very extensive test of available modelers, including an AxeFX 3, and I found Amplitube to be among the best.bmanic wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 5:46 pm I don't know what it is about Amplitude but I just don't get it. People keeps saying it's fine but to my ears there is something wrong with the overall sound of it.. like there is some kind of weakness/edge to it that just sounds bad. It almost sounds to me like the whole thing is some kind of "wrapper" that has a bad built in oversampling from input to output.
It's possible that I'm heavily affected by the visual placebo or something but ever since amplitube 2 (the first version I had) I've felt it's just "wrong" somehow. Very strange as I don't hear this same thing in their other plugins.
I also don't like their AI modeled guitar thing. It's edgy and weak sounding to me. Something is seriously lacking in the critical 1-5kHz region.
Probably it's just me..
So far I've been quite impressed by some of the Neural Amp Modeler captures. Some are horrible sounding but others are really impressive. Again, it's weird but some of those captures just don't have the same issues IK Tonex system has. Many of the Tonex captures are congested sounding and a bit brittle. Again, I don't know what I'm hearing but whatever it is, IK multimedia (and you and many other people) aren't hearing the same thing I am. Good thing there are so many options out there.
The thing that got me back into Amplitube was hearing some guy do a very detailed side-by-side of a few different amp modelers next to his real amp… I think it was the PRS model, and IMO, it was one of the best and better than his AxeFX. I was all AxeFX at the time, and it was a bit illuminating. The Fractal is great, but there’s something similar about all the models…. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it’s like seeing a bunch of different paintings by the same artist. You can see the overall style, even if the subject matter is very different. That’s not a bad thing, though. The style is quite good.
I haven’t purchased any of the Neural DSP plugins yet. I tried them out while I was waiting for a Quad Cortex and I did like some of them, but I also don’t like the closed nature of their system. Like, why can’t I use the Rabea synth with the SLO cab or whatever. No, I don’t want to start loading up multiple instances of a plugin just to get a fuzz from one set on an amp from another. I want them to have a system like Amplitube where you can mix and match everything that you purchase. Also, a lot of them sounded sort of plastic to me… I can’t quite explain it, but they reminded me of Guitar Rig models. Maybe that’s just the style of that kind of amp, but I wasn’t into it. I’ll probably pick up the Rabea pack at some point. I had it in my cart with another one… and when I went to pull the plug, the sale had ended, so I said effit. Maybe next time.
