I'd also add that you're feeling it, particularly in the low frequencies.The difference is that, when you're playing, you're hearing the acoustic sound of your guitar
I'd also add that you're feeling it, particularly in the low frequencies.The difference is that, when you're playing, you're hearing the acoustic sound of your guitar
It's a good rule of thumb, but not all IRs are created equally. Some need nothing, some need a lot of help. Depends on what you like of course, we're all different.A returning newbie here and found the same thing.
A quick look in the Cab block showed the Lowcut Frq at 20Hz and Highcut Frq at 20KHz (on the Pg2 parameters) which occurred to me as way outside the norm for a guitar cabinet. I simply adjusted the Lowcut to ~70-80Hz and dropped the Highcut to ~7500-8500KHz and suddenly everything sounded fantastic.
Not sure if this was the right way to solve the issue but seemed simple to me and it worked very well.
A returning newbie here and found the same thing.
A quick look in the Cab block showed the Lowcut Frq at 20Hz and Highcut Frq at 20KHz (on the Pg2 parameters) which occurred to me as way outside the norm for a guitar cabinet. I simply adjusted the Lowcut to ~70-80Hz and dropped the Highcut to ~7500-8500KHz and suddenly everything sounded fantastic.
Not sure if this was the right way to solve the issue but seemed simple to me and it worked very well.
It is really interesting that the acoustic sound of the guitar itself can have quite a significant effect on the overall tone.The difference is that, when you're playing, you're hearing the acoustic sound of your guitar along with your amplified sound. When you're using the looper, you take away that part of the sound.
It takes a surprising amount of volume to completely swamp your guitar's acoustic sound.
The difference is that, when you're playing, you're hearing the acoustic sound of your guitar along with your amplified sound. When you're using the looper, you take away that part of the sound.
It takes a surprising amount of volume to completely swamp your guitar's acoustic sound.
That's a different thing. In your tests, you close-miked a cab at considerable volume. This minimized the effect of the guitar's acoustic sound, keeping it pretty much out of the equation. But when they player's ears are the "mic," and he's playing at moderate volumes, and his ears aren't pressed up to the cab like a microphone, the guitar's acoustic sound contributes significantly.We did a test in our studio to test this exact thing...we thought there was a difference in tone regarding the guitar being in the same room as the amp, it turns out the difference is so minuscule that with all the mix in play there is no perceivable change in tone using a 35 watts amps....my personal conclusion is that in the mix and depending on the style of the music the majority of the people listening can't tell if the guitar player was in the room, in the control room or if is its a Axe FX modeling the amp.
if you want a nice transparent boost for solos, try the fet drive. change the clip type to si diode. leave drive on 5, put level on 7, mid on 1 and then use the low and high cuts to fine tune the top and bottom ends. if the amp is already fairly overdriven, this won't increase the overall level though...it will just give you a little more saturation and sustain. place a null filter block after the cab with the level set to 3.5db and this will give you a clean level increase. engage the drive and the filter simultaneously, along with a little delay and perhaps a touch of reverb