I have always approached major firmware updates with a 'strip it down and start over' method. V7 is NO different; but it really through me for a loop. It's so good from the drop that I had to not do anything I was doing essentially. It's greatly, IMHO, simplified the entire process.
So I ran through most all my normal bag of tricks - NF/FF, Speaker Resonance, etc - and it sounded... no better (and often worse) IMHO than stock. Hmmm.
I ended up just using an old standby - mixing a classic formula of mic's. Stereo cab block, both IR's panned center. No Motor Drive, no Room, no Air; everything else at default. Using Red Wire IR's, which I own, I went to a speaker that suits the particular amp and used a SM57 at 0" on Cap Edge and the other is a R121 at 0" Cap.
For amps that the SM57 doesn't do justice with (IMHO, namely the Fender and other clean amp types) then swapping out the SM57 for a EV RE20 mic is a really nice combination with the stalwart R121.
Doing *just* this; setting the Drive/MV balance per amp and then further just minor (and quick) B/M/T/P to taste yields exceptional results. You can then use Dynamics page to quickly adjust the feel of the amp (specifically I use the Supply Sag (up for 'give') and Transformer Match (down for 'open') to taste to customize.
I'm not touching the Speaker Resonance page at all. I'm not mixing NF/FF IR's at all.
That's essentially it. I'm finding everything fast, easy, and simple.
IMHO, YMMV.
So I ran through most all my normal bag of tricks - NF/FF, Speaker Resonance, etc - and it sounded... no better (and often worse) IMHO than stock. Hmmm.
I ended up just using an old standby - mixing a classic formula of mic's. Stereo cab block, both IR's panned center. No Motor Drive, no Room, no Air; everything else at default. Using Red Wire IR's, which I own, I went to a speaker that suits the particular amp and used a SM57 at 0" on Cap Edge and the other is a R121 at 0" Cap.
For amps that the SM57 doesn't do justice with (IMHO, namely the Fender and other clean amp types) then swapping out the SM57 for a EV RE20 mic is a really nice combination with the stalwart R121.
Doing *just* this; setting the Drive/MV balance per amp and then further just minor (and quick) B/M/T/P to taste yields exceptional results. You can then use Dynamics page to quickly adjust the feel of the amp (specifically I use the Supply Sag (up for 'give') and Transformer Match (down for 'open') to taste to customize.
I'm not touching the Speaker Resonance page at all. I'm not mixing NF/FF IR's at all.
That's essentially it. I'm finding everything fast, easy, and simple.
IMHO, YMMV.