bloodninja
Inspired
I saw this posted in the Ax8 forum and didn't want to derail the thread, so I'm posting here. Does this match your experience?
"I think if you are comparing any modeler (even *GASP*, FAS) through FRFR to a tube-amp-wielding guitar player "in the room" then you are going to always have this type of experience. FRFR and amp+cab just aren't the same. Even plugging a modeler into a effects return of a tube amp just doesn't sound the same.
The good news though, and where most modelers outshine the competition, is through the FoH PA System. That tube amp gets mic'd up sloppily and runs through the FoH and the audience hears a subpar sound, whereas your sound is exactly what you heard back through your studio monitors at home and sounds glorious."
EDIT: This is with respect to the modeler just not cutting through and getting buried in the mix
"I think if you are comparing any modeler (even *GASP*, FAS) through FRFR to a tube-amp-wielding guitar player "in the room" then you are going to always have this type of experience. FRFR and amp+cab just aren't the same. Even plugging a modeler into a effects return of a tube amp just doesn't sound the same.
The good news though, and where most modelers outshine the competition, is through the FoH PA System. That tube amp gets mic'd up sloppily and runs through the FoH and the audience hears a subpar sound, whereas your sound is exactly what you heard back through your studio monitors at home and sounds glorious."
EDIT: This is with respect to the modeler just not cutting through and getting buried in the mix