Uncle Larry's take on digital amp modelers

[BBN]

Right, all possible useful feedback has already happened, from the people here, most of whom aren't full time professionals, on stage or in the studio. Right.

There are plenty of full-time professionals on this board.

 

[AxeManDan]

Not Tom, IMO. AFAIK, it was more of a casual mini rant where he just happened to mention a Fractal as the example.
It's others that jump on it for clicks...


He didn't share it.
There is no dedicated video of it, AFAIK -- just a small rant inside another video.

Agreed, Tom doesn’t give a $hit about clicks, he has zero interest in building a YouTube business. He enjoys sharing and letting the channel be whatever it is. I have followed him for many many years, long before his channel became popular. He had around 1,900 subs when I joined and it stayed there until the corona lessons started.

Tom is who he is and we shouldn’t expect that to change anytime soon.

 

[Budda]

Not Tom, IMO. AFAIK, it was more of a casual mini rant where he just happened to mention a Fractal as the example.
It's others that jump on it for clicks...


He didn't share it.
There is no dedicated video of it, AFAIK -- just a small rant inside another video.

and yet it's ended up here for discussion, which was my point

 

[Corinthian]

John Mayer said (like 3 years ago) that modelers (he was using an Axe FX III at the time) are like 90% of the way there.
So who’s right?

What does 90%, or 50% mean when we're talking about sound? Is 0% no sound at all? Or a sound that contains exactly none of the frequencies of the target sound? Percentages is such a nonsensical way of describing sound, even if they are being sincere, it's hard to take what these people say seriously.

[Edit: respect to Tom. He seems like a great guy and he's a hell of a player. I mean it's hard to take people seriously in the context of talking about modellers.]

 

[Budda]

This is the one.

 

[Countryclarke]

What does 90%, or 50% mean when we're talking about sound? Is 0% no sound at all? Or a sound that contains exactly none of the frequencies of the target sound? Percentages is such a nonsensical way of describing sound, even if they are being sincere, it's hard to take what these people say seriously.

[Edit: respect to Tom. He seems like a great guy and he's a hell of a player. I mean it's hard to take people seriously in the context of talking about modellers.]

Thats kind of my point.

 

[Countryclarke]

Toms rants at the other place are pretty hilarious though, I must admit.

 

[Corinthian]

Thats kind of my point.

I wasn’t disagreeing with you.