Hey guys, this might be a stupid question to many, but I guess it's finally time for me to pop this - after quite some time of not being able to find a satisfactory answer.
I've been downloading patches and installing them on my machine, but I have rarely had the luck of sounding the same as those guys demoing the patches. Mine are 95% of the time different - harsher and/or more shrill, sometimes nasal, sometimes muffled. It's that warm tubey quality that is missing most of the time.
My setup: guitar(s) ->Axe FX -> audio interface -> DAW / studio monitors.
Under Global, Power Amp Modeling is set to ON, Cabinet Modeling is set to Active.
Under I/O input levels are set so that they never hit red.
Under UTILITY -> VU Amp1 level is set to -12.5. Level rarely crosses the line.
Earlier today I reset every possible parameter on my system, and reinstalled all factory patches. To my ears everything still sounds a bit thin and digital.
Question #1: How do I make my machine sound more organic and tube-like? This has been my concern #1 ever since I got my Axe FX. There must be something out there I can tweak and fine tune, what would that be?
Question #2: What are the best practices to make sure downloaded patches sound as close as possible to those of their authors (everything else being equal or as close as possible - pickups, guitar, setup, etc.)?
Any ideas/suggestions would be more than welcome. Many thanks in advance.
I've been downloading patches and installing them on my machine, but I have rarely had the luck of sounding the same as those guys demoing the patches. Mine are 95% of the time different - harsher and/or more shrill, sometimes nasal, sometimes muffled. It's that warm tubey quality that is missing most of the time.
My setup: guitar(s) ->Axe FX -> audio interface -> DAW / studio monitors.
Under Global, Power Amp Modeling is set to ON, Cabinet Modeling is set to Active.
Under I/O input levels are set so that they never hit red.
Under UTILITY -> VU Amp1 level is set to -12.5. Level rarely crosses the line.
Earlier today I reset every possible parameter on my system, and reinstalled all factory patches. To my ears everything still sounds a bit thin and digital.
Question #1: How do I make my machine sound more organic and tube-like? This has been my concern #1 ever since I got my Axe FX. There must be something out there I can tweak and fine tune, what would that be?
Question #2: What are the best practices to make sure downloaded patches sound as close as possible to those of their authors (everything else being equal or as close as possible - pickups, guitar, setup, etc.)?
Any ideas/suggestions would be more than welcome. Many thanks in advance.