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Modeling Comes Alive

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This month, Roger Adler explored the world of digital amp and effect modeling with two cutting-edge programs, AmpliTube 2 and Guitar Rig 2. The effects created by these programs are nothing short of amazing, but you don't have to take our word for it. Below are clips created from both programs, simulating a variety of tones, from sparkling clean to down and dirty. You be the judge.


Vox Sounds

AmpliTube 2
A Vox AC30 clean rhythm tone, using AmpliTube 2. The distortion is tweaked slightly to achieve that "jangly" AC30 sound.


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Guitar Rig 2
A Vox AC30 in Guitar Rig 2, with various parameters tweaked to taste. This clip is a little less ballsy, a softer version of the Amplitube version.


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Fender Sounds

AmpliTube 2
A replication of a blackface Fender in AmpliTube 2. There's plenty of sparkle and twang in this simulation.


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Guitar Rig 2
Another classic Fender simulation in Guitar Rig 2. This example isn't as bright as the previous example, but the spring reverb is much more pronounced here.


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Marshall Sounds

AmpliTube 2
A cranked Marshall lead tone, based on a JCM 900. This is a great recreation of the interplay between a EL34-packed Marshall and a 4x12 cabinet packed with Celestions.


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Guitar Rig 2
Another simulation of a dimed Marshall. This is based off a plexi sound, with the bass cranked. Notice it sounds bigger than the last example, but that might not be what you're looking for in a particular instance.


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total_newbie s
on 08/05/2009 		i'm using amplitude 2 by the way..
total_newbie s
on 08/05/2009 		why can't i get the auto feature on wahwah pedal to work and sound as you played it..? it doesn't even worked at all... theres no 'wah' sound when i switch it to auto. help, please..
Keith Adams
on 09/26/2007 		I have actually seen websites where guys say that a 5watt practice amp is too loud for their apartment. Many have built
simple 1 watt tube amps using a 12AX7 as a output tube. WHY?!!
600 bucks for a low watt tube kit, or 300 bucks for Guitar Rig
and a set of Headphones? You decide. For the most part I still prefer running my Strat threw my real Tweed Deluxe on stage. Emulators are fun at home for recording but soundcards and computers are a pain to deal with on stage. Besides if you try to pull a Hendrix or a Townsend and smash in your speaker grill with your guitar its not as fun with a computer monitor.
Can't do that with a cab simulator! trust me I tried it with my fake Gibson
Jason
on 09/26/2007 		Cool! I like what you guys did here especially the sounds clips and the ability to compare. Modeling is upon us!



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