That's not an authentic comparison though, as the hardness is representative of the tubeFor instance compare the JJ with a hardness of 8.4 to the Sylvania at the same hardness. There's a big difference.
That's not an authentic comparison though, as the hardness is representative of the tube
Watch the preamp hardness change as you swap the tube types. From what i can tell, this tends to minimize the differences between the tube types. For instance, the JJ sets to a lower hardness than the Sylvania (I think 7.0 for the JJ and 8.4 for the Sylv). So if you adjust the hardness you can see more difference between the tube types.
For instance compare the JJ with a hardness of 8.4 to the Sylvania at the same hardness. There's a big difference.
Did I?? I can't remember if/when I did that, but have mostly been sticking with default values for at least a couple fw's! 0 sounds awkward though..According to the settings @edo posted a few versions back, he sets the Preamp Hardness to 0. If that's still the case, he may be wondering what the differences are with that value set to 0.
Did I?? I can't remember if/when I did that, but have mostly been sticking with default values for at least a couple fw's! 0 sounds awkward though..
If i remember correctly, the preamp hardness sets the simmetry of the preamp saturation - lower values = softer distortion, higher values = harder distortionDoes using a hardness of 0 imply any kind of bypassing of something?
Ah, I totally forgot about that.. but I think that was back when we only had 2 or 3 preamp tube types.. anyways, I've been using default values since fw 3
Do you use the SDD preamp in front for songs like AIWIY, ISHFWILF, Streets, etc.?
I use it for ishf, gloria, electric co, bad and pride
If i remember correctly, the preamp hardness sets the simmetry of the preamp saturation - lower values = softer distortion, higher values = harder distortion
I checked the wiki. Preamp hardness does affect the symmetry, which results in more even harmonics. So 0.00 is totally symmetrical, which is the softest distortion. Cliff's comments indicate that real preamp tubes are very asymmetrical, though.
just curious if the different characteristics of the different preamp tubes have ever been discussed - say x is warmer, y is tighter, z is cleaner etc. I can hear the difference, but it's so subtle it's hard to tell what the actual difference is!
0.00 is not symmetrical. In fact there is no value that is symmetrical.
There is no correspondence that I can offer as the modeling algorithm is different. What the parameter does now is control the asymmetry of the triode model. The higher the value, the more asymmetrical the clipping. A value of zero would be completely symmetrical which will decrease the even harmonics and increase the odd harmonics. Triodes are very asymmetrical. The default values are rounded to the nearest 0.5 based on the MIMIC measurement for that amp.
Do we need to update the Wiki then? Because it links to this post from 2013: