Perdikament
Power User
At a concert what you are hearing is essentially an IR. Albeit a live IR but an IR nonetheless. It’s a mic’d Cab. It’d be the same thing as Fractal Audio doing a Tone Match and running that tone direct to FOH. You wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. You are not hearing the actual “amp in the room” you are hearing the amp that’s in the room that’s being mic’d then sent to the FOH. That’s is a HUGE difference, & what is being discussed and has been discussed repeatedly on the forum.On that note, I don't know anyone who would confuse a recording of a live show with an actual, live concert. Amp in the room is about experiencing the direct sound of an amp in person rather than through a filter. It's the difference between touring China or Japan over the internet and physically being there, soaking up the sights and sounds first-hand.
Unless you are at a tiny venu and the band is not mic’d aside from the vocals you’re not hearing amp in the room. If they are mic’d then you’d hear some amp but not solely amp in the room. You’d be hearing amp in the room, (from stage volume) PLUS mic’d Cab (live IR basically) to FOH. And hopefully for the sound guy, mostly the Mic’d Cab & not stage vol.
Basically the discussion boils down to the sonic difference between these two sounds:
1. An Amp & Cab being cranked up & played Straight to your cranium vs.
2. The sound of An Amp & Cab mic’d thru FOH/ Recording Studio *
And which tone you prefer.
*Obviously there’s a little more to it due to the fact you can combine IR’s etc.. but you get the point.
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