SOLUTION FOUND: Get a proper loadbox. Two Notes Captor was used here and it was causing all the problems!
Okay so I've been geeking out at the studio lately and I ran into a problem that is huge to someone like me. You may or may not know this but when you plug your guitar into a real amp there's some impedance magic happening that essentially loads down your pickups meaning that it sounds completely different if you have anything inbetween. So my problem is that having the Axe-Fx III inbetween my real amp signal chain changes the sound of my Dual Recto completely. Here's a clip:
1. Guitar straight into the Mesa Dual Rectifier with all knobs on noon. Red channel, modern.
2. Running the signal through the Axe-Fx III
3. Trying to volume match that signal
4. Axe-Fx III Dual Recto amp sim with default settings
5. Axe-Fx III Dual Recto amp sim with master setting at 5 just like on the real amp.
So there is a happy ending. The Axe-Fx III amp model sounds pretty much identical to my real Recto if they have the same settings. This is awesome! But the thing is... I love the sound of my guitar plugged straight into the amp and I also love that the Axe-Fx III sounds just like that. I'm just wondering if there is a way for me to get that same sound by running the signal through the Axe-Fx III.
I even tried using a DI in front so that I split the signal to my real amp and the Axe-Fx III but once I plug the Axe-Fx III into the DI box it also changes the sound of the DI signal going to the amp.
Help! Opinions?
Okay so I've been geeking out at the studio lately and I ran into a problem that is huge to someone like me. You may or may not know this but when you plug your guitar into a real amp there's some impedance magic happening that essentially loads down your pickups meaning that it sounds completely different if you have anything inbetween. So my problem is that having the Axe-Fx III inbetween my real amp signal chain changes the sound of my Dual Recto completely. Here's a clip:
1. Guitar straight into the Mesa Dual Rectifier with all knobs on noon. Red channel, modern.
2. Running the signal through the Axe-Fx III
3. Trying to volume match that signal
4. Axe-Fx III Dual Recto amp sim with default settings
5. Axe-Fx III Dual Recto amp sim with master setting at 5 just like on the real amp.
So there is a happy ending. The Axe-Fx III amp model sounds pretty much identical to my real Recto if they have the same settings. This is awesome! But the thing is... I love the sound of my guitar plugged straight into the amp and I also love that the Axe-Fx III sounds just like that. I'm just wondering if there is a way for me to get that same sound by running the signal through the Axe-Fx III.
I even tried using a DI in front so that I split the signal to my real amp and the Axe-Fx III but once I plug the Axe-Fx III into the DI box it also changes the sound of the DI signal going to the amp.
Help! Opinions?
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