So just that we're clear here, what you're asking has nothing to do with "amp in the room", since you're citing a recorded tone as an example. The question of "how do I get this recorded tone?", is more well defined. Post your preset in a thread in the appropriate forum here, and someone will probably suggest some improvements.
I think you are half right on that. I do want to know how to get his recorded tone.
Maybe I didn’t understand the thread correctly.... or maybe I do not understand the concept of frfr.
Or maybe I’m just... idk. Let me know.
I believe the question at the start of this thread was something like “ do you prefer the amp in the room sound ( till now I do) or the recorded studio sound?”, which I believe is the same as a mic’d amp!? Or is it the mixed sound? Anyhow it then goes on that you need an actual cab in the room to get that amp in the room sound/feel and that it is not possible in frfr... then explanations why ( I didn’t read them all )...
While I can understand what they are saying, it doesn’t matter so much to me because imho I think we can be closer to the amp in the room sound with frfr just because there are recordings that comes even closer in my ears than what I’ve heard on the axe-fx so far. (hopefully I’m wrong).
I think my best example for now will be the vid on YouTube where Petrucci showcases his jp-2c at he mesa boogie tone summit with doug west posted 24 jan. 2018 by mesa boogie. (The long version of 18 minutes)
Listen at 10:12. It’s sounding massive through my studio monitors playing loud. Like I am standing right next to it. I get the same vibe of having an actual amp in the room. I mean the same vibe I get of my boogies I played very loud through 4x12s the last 25 years.
Maybe it’s the amp and his explosive transformer with extremely fast attack and release or the amps extremely percussive midrange that makes it feel more like an amp in the room. Or maybe it is the way they mic’d it with a Sennheiser 421 and a Beyer Dynamic 160 on one side and a AER AR21 and a SM57 on the other cab and a stereo pair of Earthworks QTC-50 room mic’d blended in at 10% of the final mix... idk
My point is that fractalaudio must never give up trying to simulate the amp in the room sound to perfection till it is possible to hear it through a couple of monitors.
I refuse to believe there isn’t room for improvement and that we have to stick with restrictive (guitar) cabs to get that sound/feel. That’s all