..DROOL...
http://www.theserinaexperiment.net/website/software.htm 5150 anybody? I don't mind if I do. What I'm hearing from this
sim is far better than even the
Peavey Revalver MKIII version I have. It's still in a beta version and is quite high on the CPU consumption, but hopefully that will be addressed in the final version. The ability to switch between
el34 and 6L6 tubes might just make up for it though. Between
Lextac,
NRR1, and x50, I think I'm done looking for amps. Metal heads rejoice! Thanks
Onqel!
Ok, so I pushed the beat a little to much. The point here is the tone, not my lack of "metronomeness".
CLICK HERE FOR MY TEST (using 5150 cab from Redwirez):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3406793/x50%20test.mp3AND AN UPDATED VERSION (using Uberkab and Marshall IR's):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3406793/x50%20test2.mp3
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI just downloaded the X50. You got a really nice tone there. Do you mind share your settings?
Thanks
PlugSlut
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ReplyDeleteOops... :)
ReplyDeleteSure thing...but I'm going to have to do this from memory. It should at least get you close. But understand that guitar and pickup will make a big difference. I used 1990 Les Paul Standard with 498t bridge position (it might be a 57 classic, I've never had it identified)
Onqel's TSE 909 settings Drive: very low if not 0, tone about noon, volume about noon, maybe a little more
Amp settings are pretty standard I think. Low and mid on 3 or 4, high probably a little higher like 6 or 7. Post Gain close to 3 or 4, both poweramp settings somewhere between 6 and 7.
iFace loaded with Redwirez IR's... Marshall sm57 cap at about 1 inch mixed with Soldano Eminence S12Xs Roy121 12 inch from cap on one side panned about 90%. The other side is the same thing with Uberkab sm7 (not 57)instead of the Marshall about 1 inch from cap and the same Soldano.
ReaEQ high/low pass
Epicverb
Taldub III delay
Double tracked sent to a bus track with further EQ where I pulled a hair from the lower mids and slightly raised the very upper end of the mids and the highs.
I think that's it. Let me know how it works out for you.
oh yeah, 6L6 tubes
ReplyDeleteHi again,
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for your rapid response.
I have tried the settings back and forth, and I think they work very well.
I am very new to this and specially hi-gain amps…
One more question if you don’t mind :-)
Adjusting bias: when I raise the level I feel the sound get closer but at the same time the distortion gets more grainy.
On your setting I took it up to -49, but I am not sure what to listen for. Isn’t this a tech control, which normally lies under the reach of the user?
Thanks
PlugSlut
According to Onqel (the developer):
ReplyDelete"The poweramp has a selectable tubes/adjustable bias etc.. If you change a tube, you also need to change the bias and search for that tube's particular "sweet spot" according to your taste.
Each tube has different gain, so you might have to compensate for volume with the output control as no normalization is implemented. The 6L6GC and EL34 tubes has recommended bias settings as of -51V and -39V,
use your ears
Also found in the poweramp section is the negative feedback, there are two settings/models on that circuit. A "dynamic" which is determined by the overall gain of the phasesplitter/poweramp as it appears in
this model, or a "static" which is calibrated after reamps of the actual amp. The difference is barely noticable."
The bias is adjustable because of the ability to change the tubes. I'm fairly certain I didn't touch it. So mine should be set on the default -51 with the 6L6 tubes. However, since I'm not looking at it, I suppose if the default is the -39 setting it could be on that. But I didn't adjust the bias at all because I wanted the 6L6 tubes.
I might have to remember to take a look at this later to make sure.
...and correct, normally you can't control the bias and wouldn't need to because you can't put 6l6 tubes in an amp with el34's unless you do some work under the hood.
ReplyDeleteI hope it works for you....post a clip when you get something you like and I'll take a listen.
Wow –
ReplyDeletethis is a really good explanation. I will continue to investigate this plugin – I want to understand what I really can do with it. It is very deep.
Thanks a lot for your effort. It helped a lot!
Sincerely
Terje (PlugSlut)