Re: Re: [Harp-L] modeling vs tubes

["scooter" <10hole@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll be honest here, I know VERY little about modeling amps. I had a couple 
of effects pedals that seemed
to require a degree to operate so I gave up on the overly technical gear 
years ago. If the modeling amps
emulate a tube amp well, that's a step in the right direction. I am curious 
though, do they have the ability
to play warm and drive hard when played hard ?  that's one thing that I love 
about a good tube amp. It
can sound real nice and warm and you can bite in to it when you want and 
drive the hell out of it.

Scooter



> scooter wrote:
> > The only problem with that (for me, not everyone) is that transistor
> > distortion is typically harsh and well, distorted. I've alway's
> > preferred the warmth and overdrive of tubes. That's not to say that
> > I havent heard people sound good through solid state gear. .
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> The "distortion" that modeling amps use isn't traditional "transistor
> distortion".  I agree completely that when a solid state amplifier is
> driven to clip or distort it sounds pretty bad.  But modeling amps are
> designed to run very clean, with the effects of tube distortion
> emulated by signal processing below the clip level.
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> -tim
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> Tim Moyer
> Working Man's Harps
> http://www.workingmansharps.com/
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