Can anybody describe what cathode follower compression sound like
Read posts here from Cliff... Experiment. Absorb.Slightly off topic but.. how do you guys know all this stuff? I assuming you've been exposed to them from actual tube amplifiers?
My amplifier journey has been Line 6 Spyder II -> Axe FX Ultra + Mesa 50/50 -> Axe FX 3 and Studio Monitors.
For some reason, I didn't see these kinds of settings on the line 6.... lol
What's the best resource to learn about these "advanced" amp settings?
I play with them sometimes but it'd be cool to know what they do, instead brute forcing my tone.
Start here:Slightly off topic but.. how do you guys know all this stuff? I assuming you've been exposed to them from actual tube amplifiers?
My amplifier journey has been Line 6 Spyder II -> Axe FX Ultra + Mesa 50/50 -> Axe FX 3 and Studio Monitors.
For some reason, I didn't see these kinds of settings on the line 6.... lol
What's the best resource to learn about these "advanced" amp settings?
I play with them sometimes but it'd be cool to know what they do, instead brute forcing my tone.
It's electronics... Could be changing out or removing a component (like the bright cap), could be adding something, etc.What types of modifications are there?
Hot is the one I know of by name, because they refer to it that way. Are these mods within the same schematics? And just different components used.. and the mods occur via different arrangements and applications of components.. or is original schematics reconfigured ?
Thanks for the link, I read it and made as much sense out of as I could given the ESL writing.Not really But too me it can a roundness/chunkiness esp on attacks, but this depends in the harmonic parameter. Best way to know is play with it yourself.
Found this article which isn't too technical. Whether it is correct or not, perhaps only Cliff or amp makers here could say. Looks like it's mostly it's asymmetric overdriven character: "[a] mixture of clean and distorted sounds represents the typical flavor – pure attack and dynamic response mixed with a delicious creaminess – of a cathode follower-endowed amp."
http://blog.hughes-and-kettner.com/...h-secret-behind-classic-tube-amp-guitar-tone/