FreeAmp2 beta testing started

[Jason Brian Merrill]

blablabla @ all the haters....

Have some big fun and let me know how it sounds\runs on your setup.

Fretted Synth

thanks to all those messin around with it to try and get a tone i am looking for...

[TotcProductions]

blablabla @ all the haters....

Have some big fun and let me know how it sounds\runs on your setup.

Fretted Synth

thanks to all those messin around with it to try and get a tone i am looking for...

Ok, I finally stepped up to this....I took a break from patching Wusikstation, coz it's making my head spin...

Good news is: I'm getting very very close! Another hour and I think I may have it sir.

peace

[Jason Brian Merrill]

theres a new thread for it

[matthewjumps]

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=142687

[grymmjack]

Nothing wrong with that, but it was taking over the theme of the thread, which is beta-testing (finding bugs). I'm not sure that a dislike of the sound qualifies as a bug (especially when it's way ahead of its free predescesor), that's all.

Oh, and Fretted, if it matters at all, I'm running Sonar in ASIO mode at 24bit/48000. It happens with both Kontakt 2 samples and my now obselete plugsound guitar sampler, so the sampler isn't the problem. And it does it even though Sonar maxes out at 30% CPU usage (though I have got to remember to keep task manager open and see if it records a spike).

I'll let you know if I uncover/intuit anything useful.

shot in the dark, try WDM/KS driver instead. the ASIO support was worse for me than the WDM. worth a shot. WDM provided around the same kind of latency and such too, sonars audio engine shut off all the time with ASIO on and usually not as much with WDM/KS ... give it a try?

[OldGeezer]

Actually I did try it in WDM, I should have mentioned that. The sound cuts of periodically with WDM for me. Strange eh?

I'm gonna make a point of avoiding all FX pedals for a day or two and report back if that narrows it down. If FrettedSynth wants to investigate, least I can do get scientific about it.

[TotcProductions]

Hey Fretted synth....noticed you mentioned 'fixing' the gate....would be great if it were a big tighter.

[Synesthesiac]

This is 2 tracks of slightly altered "May" preset with a bit of eq after recording. Spent more time on drums/bass/mix production than the guitar sound. Lead guitar is same preset with delay engaged.

http://www.geocities.com/t_m94948/fa2.mp3

this is the best i have heard so far. It still has that "wet blanket" effect, but it sounds nice on the leads.
See, this is a good sound, but certainly not one i would use most of the time. You can hear in the palm muting the mud, and you can hear on the open chords the "wah-wah" effect im talking about, except here it is less pronounced, and perhaps wanted, because its a "may" type of tone.

The wah was not engaged, only the overdrive for rythm and then the delay for the lead. And if your definition of open chords is chords utilizing open strings, these were not.

I'm wondering what your monitoring situation is like.

Oh, and these are old light gauge strings and the low E was tuned to B so the chug isn't as tight but yes fa2 isn't that tight in the lows. That and the aliasing could be improved.

[FrettedSynth]

Hey Fretted synth....noticed you mentioned 'fixing' the gate....would be great if it were a big tighter.

Yeh! The noise gate has been changed constantly since I started this thing Think I would have it right by now

Again it would be cool to know how the synth gate is working for you? could'ent really use that for a noise gate because of latency and speed but there might be something there I can use to improve the noise gate?

Fretted Synth

[Jason Brian Merrill]

This is 2 tracks of slightly altered "May" preset with a bit of eq after recording. Spent more time on drums/bass/mix production than the guitar sound. Lead guitar is same preset with delay engaged.

http://www.geocities.com/t_m94948/fa2.mp3

this is the best i have heard so far. It still has that "wet blanket" effect, but it sounds nice on the leads.
See, this is a good sound, but certainly not one i would use most of the time. You can hear in the palm muting the mud, and you can hear on the open chords the "wah-wah" effect im talking about, except here it is less pronounced, and perhaps wanted, because its a "may" type of tone.

The wah was not engaged, only the overdrive for rythm and then the delay for the lead. And if your definition of open chords is chords utilizing open strings, these were not.

I'm wondering what your monitoring situation is like.

Oh, and these are old light gauge strings and the low E was tuned to B so the chug isn't as tight but yes fa2 isn't that tight in the lows. That and the aliasing could be improved.

I know the wah wasnt engaged, its the fact that it almost SOUNDS like it is... anyway, this has migrated to a new thread

[WoJ]

... anyway, this has migrated to a new thread

Thank f**k.

[TotcProductions]

... anyway, this has migrated to a new thread

Thank f**k.

Thank you f**k! Whoever you are!

[Jason Brian Merrill]

.. how cute.

[bduffy]

... anyway, this has migrated to a new thread

Thank f**k.

Thank you f**k! Whoever you are!

[CapnLockheed]

its just my opinion, and i guarantee if you took some of the toneheads from kvr and brought them in here they would have similar things to say about it.

B*llshit little boy.

Your opinion of what "good" tone is shared by a VERY small minority of KVR members as this thread that you've pissed all over proves conclusively. You have a right to your one dimensional opinion of what good guitar tone is but if you think you'll find much support for that opinion here you're sadly mistaken. Obviously you need to save your pennies and buy a triple recto...you'll never be happy with any ampsim hard or soft so why continue to torment yourself (or us for that matter!! ), any longer.

Cheers......CL