Let me first set this straight: I am truly blown away by the effects. Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Synth, Pitch, ... all incredible, high quality effects. The formant filter is mind-blowing.
But to be honest, I am having trouble getting a nice distortion sound. I don't really have a rack power amp or anything. I simply run the Axe Fx into an interface, and into my computer. The whole reason I bought the Ultra is so that I could achieve great distortion even in home recordings. And after trying out amps, cabinets and compressors for a week, I find I still haven't reached a satisfactory result. The distortion still sounds "cheesy" and "digital". And, if you take away the cabinet simulation, it's really scary how ugly the distorted amps sound.
So am I missing something here? I've experimented with all the knobs and gadgets in the amp simulator menu, and nothing seemed to improve on what I felt was the problem. I recorded a sample that demonstrates one thing that bothers me in particular: a sort of "overdriven fuzziness" on muted power chords. It sounds as if something is clipping, but neither the red light on the Axe Fx output nor the red light on the input of the Tascam interface lit up. Can hear what is happening? And what I can do to get rid of it?
http://www.zshare.net/audio/76622521e9f874b4/
Thanks a lot.
But to be honest, I am having trouble getting a nice distortion sound. I don't really have a rack power amp or anything. I simply run the Axe Fx into an interface, and into my computer. The whole reason I bought the Ultra is so that I could achieve great distortion even in home recordings. And after trying out amps, cabinets and compressors for a week, I find I still haven't reached a satisfactory result. The distortion still sounds "cheesy" and "digital". And, if you take away the cabinet simulation, it's really scary how ugly the distorted amps sound.
So am I missing something here? I've experimented with all the knobs and gadgets in the amp simulator menu, and nothing seemed to improve on what I felt was the problem. I recorded a sample that demonstrates one thing that bothers me in particular: a sort of "overdriven fuzziness" on muted power chords. It sounds as if something is clipping, but neither the red light on the Axe Fx output nor the red light on the input of the Tascam interface lit up. Can hear what is happening? And what I can do to get rid of it?
http://www.zshare.net/audio/76622521e9f874b4/
Thanks a lot.