Too dangerous. The uniformed user could set it to a value that causes the power amp to oscillate and then we'd be getting support calls.
I don't know what "AC/DC Conversion Stage" is. The Axe-Fx III models an AC power supply, complete with hum, ripple and ghost notes.Could you include a dropdown menu or knob which lets the user set the output transfomer high frequency response to maybe 3 or 4 degrees of "modern" settings, for newer, lower quality transfomers, and "vintage" for the old, better spec transfomers?
As far as I know, the status quo is that all OT transformer modeling - no matter if the physical amp did have less than ideal OTs or not -uses ideal OT HF resonance settings. I know many years ago you've also omitted the AC/DC conversion stage modeling, as amp designers would most probably omit it, too, if only they could. In the end, it turned out to be a vital part of the amplifier response.
I'm no expert, but maybe the OT HF resonance might just be, like the AC/DC conversion stage, an ingredient and not an unwanted constraint. Sure, some builders would always choose 60s Dagnalls for all eternity, but I think a good amount of amps is designed and refined around newer OTs and their shortcomings, as they are part of the tone the amp is producing in the end.
I am also aware that not many would like it, but then again, not all people like the standard power amp hardness settings so they choose something that fits their tonal preference.
I don't know what "AC/DC Conversion Stage" is. The Axe-Fx III models an AC power supply, complete with hum, ripple and ghost notes.
I've spent a lot of time measuring amps and finding the resonances of the OT. I don't want to give that information away to would-be competitors by exposing it in the GUI.
AFAIK the model of the newer Plexi in the unit already has a raspier OT modelled as part of it. Have you tried that to see if it gets you any closer to what you're after? If I remember right the new Plexis are the ones labelled 1959SLP, Plexi 100w is the older ones
Obsolete Electronics sold some meticulously researched and blueprinted old Radio Spares clones. Fantastic sounding units. Simcha Delft in New Zealand did the research and study that resulted in the construction details that made them sound so good. I have one in an amp and two on the shelf awaiting amp builds. Turns out the secret to the sound was one key cost-cutting item....My point was that maybe using less than ideal transformers might not be a designer error, but a conscious choice. Most of it is owed to cost-cutting, I'm sure, but there are certainly also decisions which were based on tonality and the holistic effects each part plays in it.
Turns out the secret to the sound was one key cost-cutting item....
And these days, it's even worse. People pull up Amazon, Reverb, or whatever, and they jump on whatever's the cheapest.When it comes to MI gear it's almost always "the cheaper the better". Manufacturers are always looking for ways to save money. Sometimes this results in a positive sonic attribute. Most of the time however...
Too dangerous. The uniformed user could set it to a value that causes the power amp to oscillate and then we'd be getting support calls.
Would it be possible to use a relative scale such as -3,-2, -1, ideal,+1, +2,+3?