mitch236 said:
Not aimed at you at all. I read someone else who stated they never use mic sims, and that poster is considered a bit of an authority here.
That would be me. I did
not say that anyone else should not use mic sims, but I
will say that it is anything but "closed-minded" to know the specific sounds one is going for and to understand how to proceed in order to achieve those goals. Trial-and error experimentation with extra variables - think about how many combinations of cab and mic sims are possible in the Axe-Fx - is highly unlikely to ever lead to a definitively optimal result.
If you want to spend your time experimenting, then have at it. My approach - keeping in mind that this is what works for
me - is to minimize the number of variables I am working to optimize. I have never found a need for mic sims. For that matter, I have never used the factory
cab sims, nor do I ever use the "air" or "drive" parameters in the cab block.