From my experience with my XL+, the stock cabs really don't work for me.
They sound nothing like micing a real amp, whether I'm the one micing it, or some random guy on YouTube.
The majority of the cabs are very boomy in the low end, muddy or hollow in the midrange, and fizzy on the top end.
They're also kind of roomy (in a bad way), and not "in your face".
If I want to create a new tone, I always find myself decreasing the speaker size, adding a bunch of dephasing, air, and preamp drive, exporting that as a new cab, and using that as my new starting point for the tone.
(Or just going for a tonematch)
Again, I'm comparing it to micing a real cab in a studio.
Not an amp in a room, not a mix, not a live show.
Am I the only one who's experiencing this?
Now before you ask, I've tried all stock cabs with many different amps, different guitars, different presets, different volume levels, different monitors, different firmwares, with/without mic sims, and my settings are all correct.
They sound nothing like micing a real amp, whether I'm the one micing it, or some random guy on YouTube.
The majority of the cabs are very boomy in the low end, muddy or hollow in the midrange, and fizzy on the top end.
They're also kind of roomy (in a bad way), and not "in your face".
If I want to create a new tone, I always find myself decreasing the speaker size, adding a bunch of dephasing, air, and preamp drive, exporting that as a new cab, and using that as my new starting point for the tone.
(Or just going for a tonematch)
Again, I'm comparing it to micing a real cab in a studio.
Not an amp in a room, not a mix, not a live show.
Am I the only one who's experiencing this?
Now before you ask, I've tried all stock cabs with many different amps, different guitars, different presets, different volume levels, different monitors, different firmwares, with/without mic sims, and my settings are all correct.