bishop5150
Fractal Fanatic
Thanks for the free preset. Sounds great.
Thank you Bishop! I'm sure you can make the Axe-Fx sound like anything but this sounds pretty much identical to the real life amp I'm most familiar with.
I hear ya. My real life amp is the 5153. Been using it since 2009 so I know how it's supposed to sound which makes it easier for me to dial in the Fractal version. I personally can't hear the difference between the real one and the digital one. But 20+ years of halfstack's blaring behind me and standing next to cymbals my ears aren't quite as sharp as they used to be.Thank you Bishop! I'm sure you can make the Axe-Fx sound like anything but this sounds pretty much identical to the real life amp I'm most familiar with.
I also had the 50w version of the 5153. I also thought it was spot on similar as far as the preamp goes. We only had the 100w version of the 5153 amp sims back then.I hear ya. My real life amp is the 5153. Been using it since 2009 so I know how it's supposed to sound which makes it easier for me to dial in the Fractal version. I personally can't hear the difference between the real one and the digital one. But 20+ years of halfstack's blaring behind me and standing next to cymbals my ears aren't quite as sharp as they used to be.
A very realistic and raw Mark IV sound for sure.
Definitely has that Contant Motion whistle in that sound. Good job buddy!
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Tell me about it. I can not for the life of me slightly palm mute the same way and down/up pick the exact same way etc. Getting my playing to be somewhat close was the biggest challenge here.I think that the two guitars and players are the most important difference between the two clips.
I remember helping out a guy who needed to create some sound for his Schecter 7 and 8 string guitars, when i tried the preset with a Caparison the sound was just different
Yeah these PRS 24 fretters have quite a high output with a lot of beef to them. Actually for this EP we used a JPXI and PRS Custom 24 through these amp settings. Could be that the Custom Custom is brighter also.
I was really just making an observation on how much each guitar contributes to the sound. Very often a preset will only sound good with specific guitars. Personally, I find it very frustrating because there's no guitar that does everything, as much as I wish there was.Yeah these PRS 24 fretters have quite a high output with a lot of beef to them. Actually for this EP we used a JPXI and PRS Custom 24 through these amp settings. Could be that the Custom Custom is brighter also.
If you feel like there isn't enough gain then raise the gain knobs to about 9. We changed the gain level based on every riff on the official record we did for my band with the Mark IV.
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I still love geeking over IR's. Thank you so much @NickCormier
No guessing here. First one is the Axe-Fx and the Preset-Cab Bundle that I'm sharing for free. The second one is the real Mesa Mark IV and a real Mesa 4x12 Traditional cab with an SM57 in front of it. The IR shoot is a bit dirtier than my Cab Packs but it's close enough. (didn't remove all the color from mic pres, cables etc. as I do with my Cab Packs)
Different guitar player. Different guitar. Different palm muting style is pretty evident. Same exact amp settings on the real amp and the amp sim. The GEQ is a bit different and the speaker page has been fine tuned to somewhat match the real amp. There's a high mid bump on the real amp that's been compensated for with a PEQ which you will see in the preset. You can tweak it even closer to the real amp as this is just what I got after around an hour of tweaking today and I felt I got close enough to where I'm happy.
Try the preset out and let me know what you think. The guitars used here are a PRS Custom 24 and a PRS CE24.
EDIT: There's now an AX8 version of the preset as well thanks to FracTool!
