Thomas Obester
Experienced
First, let me say those 2 models are one of my most beloved ones. I love how those amp models sounds. most of the time better than the real amps I had.
But this topic bugs me for quite some time and it seems I can´t find the answer anywhere.
I read all the responses from @FractalAudio, which I could dig from forum.
Basically, as Cliff says, fractal amp models does not produce any noise, it just amplifies noise coming from the guitar - understood.
Then, why Cameron CCV 2A at stock settings produce significantly more noise than Herbie 3 with input gain at 3,5 ?
The Cameron is hard rockish levels of gain and darker sounding of the 2, while the Herbie 3 is just tons of gain and plenty bright with treble at 80%, yet the cameron HISS feels like 2-3x louder.
Also noise-wise, the other marshall-ish amps is similar to Cameron. Then, OTOH, USA IIC++ with double amount of gain and set as bright as marshall-style amp models has a lot less hiss.
Is this because of how circuit is designed ?
Shoudln´t it be that all amp models with similar amount of gain has similar level of noise ?
I know it is as it is and it´s not possible to change it.
I would just love to understand the science behind it for my OCD reasons
But this topic bugs me for quite some time and it seems I can´t find the answer anywhere.
I read all the responses from @FractalAudio, which I could dig from forum.
Basically, as Cliff says, fractal amp models does not produce any noise, it just amplifies noise coming from the guitar - understood.
Then, why Cameron CCV 2A at stock settings produce significantly more noise than Herbie 3 with input gain at 3,5 ?
The Cameron is hard rockish levels of gain and darker sounding of the 2, while the Herbie 3 is just tons of gain and plenty bright with treble at 80%, yet the cameron HISS feels like 2-3x louder.
Also noise-wise, the other marshall-ish amps is similar to Cameron. Then, OTOH, USA IIC++ with double amount of gain and set as bright as marshall-style amp models has a lot less hiss.
Is this because of how circuit is designed ?
Shoudln´t it be that all amp models with similar amount of gain has similar level of noise ?
I know it is as it is and it´s not possible to change it.
I would just love to understand the science behind it for my OCD reasons
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