I'm someone who spends a lot of time in the studio with real amps, cabinets and the Axe-Fx. You guys seem worried about something but I'm not sure how many of you have actually done this A/B test in real life. Check this video I made a loooooooong time ago:
Same settings on the Axe-Fx amp sim and the real life Mark IV. An IR shot from that same mic-up used for the real Mark IV clip.
"Is it 100% there?" is not the real question. I'm sure if you did this test with two different Mark IVs you would be getting the same kind of difference as no two heads sound 100% alike either. The real question is "does the Axe-Fx sound just as real and authentic as the Mark IV?" to which the answer is hellls yeeessss it doeses!!1 It's not a matter of opinion. It can be measured and I've done it many times with Orange, Marshall, EVH and Mesa amps.
What the authencity comes down to is the IR's and IR shoot methods. This is why everyone is raving about IR's. You may have the best modeler out there but if you're not using authentic raw unprocessed clean IR's then that's likelier to make you sound unauthentic than something being wrong with the Axe-Fx. You can find authentic stock IR's also if you want to try it out.
Same settings on the Axe-Fx amp sim and the real life Mark IV. An IR shot from that same mic-up used for the real Mark IV clip.
"Is it 100% there?" is not the real question. I'm sure if you did this test with two different Mark IVs you would be getting the same kind of difference as no two heads sound 100% alike either. The real question is "does the Axe-Fx sound just as real and authentic as the Mark IV?" to which the answer is hellls yeeessss it doeses!!1 It's not a matter of opinion. It can be measured and I've done it many times with Orange, Marshall, EVH and Mesa amps.
What the authencity comes down to is the IR's and IR shoot methods. This is why everyone is raving about IR's. You may have the best modeler out there but if you're not using authentic raw unprocessed clean IR's then that's likelier to make you sound unauthentic than something being wrong with the Axe-Fx. You can find authentic stock IR's also if you want to try it out.