Crosstalk 42: Amp Modeling Again -- After Dark
April 17, 2008
If you like pinatas -- and I mean REALLY like pinatas -- listen to this Crosstalk. The gang deals with amp modeling once again, but this time, there's a reason. Gearwire talked to Bob Mothersbaugh about Devo's switch to Line 6 POD XTs live in lieu of tube amps. Since Devo has been one of Britton's favorite bands for quite some time, we had to gauge his reaction.
Check out this episode of Crosstalk if you've been waiting forever to hear Britton's head explode and become severely disappointed when you've realized that I've built up your dreams to an unreasonable level.
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id rather beat a dead henry!
id rather beat a dead henry! oh snap.
wigglewigglewiggle on the
wigglewigglewiggle on the flow
henry you are insidious
henry you are insidious
Wow
Somebody's recently invested in a word-a-day calendar!
Per the topic, I love the "beating a dead horse" clipart. Who did that?
what about it?
what about it?
ReValver MkIII is KING Line6
ReValver MkIII is KING
Line6 is shit
tube > sim
tube > sim
wiggle wiggle wiggle on the
wiggle wiggle wiggle on the flow!
Britton has pretty much confirmed ...
... the notion that the "moving of air" really has more to do with the self-absorbed experience of the guitar player than any clear and unambiguous superiority of tone.
It seems the important thing is to push enough air to vibrate your sack, and not what the audience actually hears.
the difference is in the house
Line6 full stacks move just as much air as an all-valve stack; that's not the bottom line in this comparison at all. I've seen a few bands play medium to large venues with all-modeling gear, and believe you me, the difference can be felt in the house. It's hard enough maintaining dynamic detail in a large room, and modeling gear just serves to flatten everything out even more, until the guitar sound coming from the stage is a two-dimensional wash of near-white noise. Maybe my ears are ever so slightly more discerning than the average concert-goer, but just because most people aren't aware that things are getting worse, doesn't mean they aren't. There are too many historical precedents to cite as evidence of that here (let's not get TOO pretentious, now).
That being said, I do think that modeling has it's place in the studio. In particular, I was very impressed with the Line6 BassPOB rack-unit I used in a three song demo session. We were short on time, and the engineer has more experience producing hip-hop than power trios. The bass sounds better than anything else on the recording.
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