I might have just borrowed a VoxAC30HW2X. I might be recording it in my home studio, using the Axe-FX for effects. I might have been trying to A/B with my Axe-FX and instead recording it direct.
Or I might be using the Axe-FX direct, with no AC-30TB in sight.
I did use the Axe-FX for all the effects (turning them on/off with the editor so there's a slight 'thump' when I switch them in/out).
Even with the best modelers, it's really hard to disguise when you record direct vs. recording an amp in the room. That's a major discussion that goes on (and on... and on...) here and elsewhere on the web.
So... no matter what I have done and am presenting here, I'd like folks to tell me what they think.
The guitar used is my Melancon Custom Artist (as usual) though I really do need to change the strings. The Axe-FX is being used; either just for effects or for the entire signal chain. I might be going out to a power amp and into a cabinet.
Or I might be doing all those things here to see if folks can 'pick it out' when I am doing one of the those possibilities.
I understand these sorts of things are wrought with pitfalls and often done in some manner to dupe and make fun of folks. That's not my intent at all.
I'm pretty proud of the effects I dialed up and am using and I'll admit the Axe-FX is the entire signal chain for at least part of this clip. The clip itself is longer, so you can hear different things and take your time critically listening. I have some chord stuff, some single note stuff, etc.. I was cutting this not so much for a post or thread, but as an internal check on what I've been working on for a few weeks - I've 'blown up' my entire process. I blew out my presets and started with a blank slate as if I've just bought the Axe-FX. I wanted to rethink and rebuild everything from scratch.
So I did, and I've stumbled on to things, learned things, had epiphanies and been taught some lessons. It's time to now get some feedback on what I've done.
So here's a clip. It's a higher resolution MP3. Use monitors, headphones, whatever. Tell me what you hear. Where did I use the Axe-FX direct? Where's the AC30HW2X? One tip - the only mic used is a SM-57. I have two of them.
I know the other modeling units do an AC-30; it's almost required they do. Almost everyone going has used a Vox AC-30 at some point in their lives, or at least heard one in the room with them or at a show. At some point in this clip... there is nothing but the Axe-FX for the amp tones... recorded direct to DAW. There is no way to 'hide' where it is; none of this is buried in effects.
Let's see what you hear. There's no gotcha, I'm not out to 'prove' anything. I learned a tremendous amount and went back to the drawing board after doing a series of higher gain (for me) clips a while back and the feedback was informative and - even when negative - very interesting. I took some of those comments and went back to the drawing board.
There is no post processing. No sweetening, no mixing tricks.
So have at.
http://snd.sc/hJL4tF
Or I might be using the Axe-FX direct, with no AC-30TB in sight.
I did use the Axe-FX for all the effects (turning them on/off with the editor so there's a slight 'thump' when I switch them in/out).
Even with the best modelers, it's really hard to disguise when you record direct vs. recording an amp in the room. That's a major discussion that goes on (and on... and on...) here and elsewhere on the web.
So... no matter what I have done and am presenting here, I'd like folks to tell me what they think.
The guitar used is my Melancon Custom Artist (as usual) though I really do need to change the strings. The Axe-FX is being used; either just for effects or for the entire signal chain. I might be going out to a power amp and into a cabinet.
Or I might be doing all those things here to see if folks can 'pick it out' when I am doing one of the those possibilities.
I understand these sorts of things are wrought with pitfalls and often done in some manner to dupe and make fun of folks. That's not my intent at all.
I'm pretty proud of the effects I dialed up and am using and I'll admit the Axe-FX is the entire signal chain for at least part of this clip. The clip itself is longer, so you can hear different things and take your time critically listening. I have some chord stuff, some single note stuff, etc.. I was cutting this not so much for a post or thread, but as an internal check on what I've been working on for a few weeks - I've 'blown up' my entire process. I blew out my presets and started with a blank slate as if I've just bought the Axe-FX. I wanted to rethink and rebuild everything from scratch.
So I did, and I've stumbled on to things, learned things, had epiphanies and been taught some lessons. It's time to now get some feedback on what I've done.
So here's a clip. It's a higher resolution MP3. Use monitors, headphones, whatever. Tell me what you hear. Where did I use the Axe-FX direct? Where's the AC30HW2X? One tip - the only mic used is a SM-57. I have two of them.
I know the other modeling units do an AC-30; it's almost required they do. Almost everyone going has used a Vox AC-30 at some point in their lives, or at least heard one in the room with them or at a show. At some point in this clip... there is nothing but the Axe-FX for the amp tones... recorded direct to DAW. There is no way to 'hide' where it is; none of this is buried in effects.
Let's see what you hear. There's no gotcha, I'm not out to 'prove' anything. I learned a tremendous amount and went back to the drawing board after doing a series of higher gain (for me) clips a while back and the feedback was informative and - even when negative - very interesting. I took some of those comments and went back to the drawing board.
There is no post processing. No sweetening, no mixing tricks.
So have at.
http://snd.sc/hJL4tF
The very last sound sounded a bit modeler-ish. So it must be the real Vox?
