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Buttery: (loosely) based on Budda Twinmaster
According to the Fractal Audio manual: “Based loosely on a late 90s specimen Budda Twinmaster. Relies mostly on power amp distortion”. The Twinmaster was Budda’s first amp. Budda is now owned by Peavey.
It’s a hybrid model. Cliff created this model “by ear” only. It was never matched to the real Twinmaster.
The real Twinmaster has two inputs, and Bass, Treble and Volume controls. It’s a 18 watts Class AB amp that runs on EL84 power tubes. More info.
But really, don't compare the model to the original Twinmaster. Just enjoy the model in its own right. Because it sounds great and is liked by many! Come on in, @simeon. Buttery was my edge-of-breakup amp choice for a long time.
It’s a great crunch amp model, like an overdriven Fender. And simple to dial in too: just crank the Master Volume, adjust Treble and turn down Input Drive.
Budda uses custom "Phat" speakers. There are none among the stock cabs. The Buttery model sounds fine with AlNiCo speakers and greenbacks.
Buttery: (loosely) based on Budda Twinmaster
According to the Fractal Audio manual: “Based loosely on a late 90s specimen Budda Twinmaster. Relies mostly on power amp distortion”. The Twinmaster was Budda’s first amp. Budda is now owned by Peavey.
It’s a hybrid model. Cliff created this model “by ear” only. It was never matched to the real Twinmaster.
"I did the Buttery model by ear. I listened to some clips of Buddas (Matchbox 20, remember them?) and tweaked the model until I thought it sounded like one. Screwed around a little with the tube bias points until it had the right balance of harmonics and called it a day.”
"It's still the "ear tuned" version. I bought the amp but because it was so popular as-is I didn't dare change it.”
“Buttery is a virtual amp model that was created by ear. There is no physical, real amp that exists upon which it was based. It's like the FAS models. They exist solely in the virtual world. They all still benefit from the Quantum stuff though as they use the same underlying algorithms for the tube modeling. The amp model, regardless of how accurate it is (and it's probably grossly inaccurate as I never compared it to any actual amp) is very popular and that's why it was never matched to any real amp.”
The real Twinmaster has two inputs, and Bass, Treble and Volume controls. It’s a 18 watts Class AB amp that runs on EL84 power tubes. More info.
But really, don't compare the model to the original Twinmaster. Just enjoy the model in its own right. Because it sounds great and is liked by many! Come on in, @simeon. Buttery was my edge-of-breakup amp choice for a long time.
It’s a great crunch amp model, like an overdriven Fender. And simple to dial in too: just crank the Master Volume, adjust Treble and turn down Input Drive.
Budda uses custom "Phat" speakers. There are none among the stock cabs. The Buttery model sounds fine with AlNiCo speakers and greenbacks.
Cab Pack 6 contains IRs of a 15" Budda Phat cabinet.
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