I’ve had my AF2 since Dec 2011, it served me well through a long stent with a popular and busy coverband but there are many posts In these forums through the years to attest to my struggles with the AF2 for recording.
I recently got into the STL Tonehub game and am going back and forth on my opinion of it’s quality. Reamping with the AF2 is clunky compared to using a plugin, which makes Tonehub more attractive and it lacks that weird mid range that I just cannot dial out of the AF2. BUT while the tones in Tonehub seem to occupy less space in and subsequently seem to sit better in a mix, the drive/distortion character of the “models” just don’t seem to be able to hang with the AF2.
some recent conversation has been making me wonder if part of the issues I’m having is with the tonality the IR’s I’m using are imparting. I’ve been mostly using Ownhammer HHC-1 and the GNR cab until Mikko came out. They are both much cleaner than other the stock and older IR’s I’ve used in the past but I think they may still impart that mid that I’m trying to get around.
so with all of this said, I am wondering if there are other high quality IR makers out there that I should check out that could help me get closer to the Mix ready experience I’ve had with Tonehub?
I apologize for the vagueness of my descriptions but I just can’t put my finger on what I’m hearing in the AF2. It seems to be in the mids I believe. With Tonehub it seems the IR portion (but since you can’t bypass it’s just a guess itS the IR portion) has less mids but not in a scooped metal way but in a more natural way than the seemingly fuller frequency I am getting with the AF2.
Thanks to anyone with any input.
I recently got into the STL Tonehub game and am going back and forth on my opinion of it’s quality. Reamping with the AF2 is clunky compared to using a plugin, which makes Tonehub more attractive and it lacks that weird mid range that I just cannot dial out of the AF2. BUT while the tones in Tonehub seem to occupy less space in and subsequently seem to sit better in a mix, the drive/distortion character of the “models” just don’t seem to be able to hang with the AF2.
some recent conversation has been making me wonder if part of the issues I’m having is with the tonality the IR’s I’m using are imparting. I’ve been mostly using Ownhammer HHC-1 and the GNR cab until Mikko came out. They are both much cleaner than other the stock and older IR’s I’ve used in the past but I think they may still impart that mid that I’m trying to get around.
so with all of this said, I am wondering if there are other high quality IR makers out there that I should check out that could help me get closer to the Mix ready experience I’ve had with Tonehub?
I apologize for the vagueness of my descriptions but I just can’t put my finger on what I’m hearing in the AF2. It seems to be in the mids I believe. With Tonehub it seems the IR portion (but since you can’t bypass it’s just a guess itS the IR portion) has less mids but not in a scooped metal way but in a more natural way than the seemingly fuller frequency I am getting with the AF2.
Thanks to anyone with any input.