Most 'Real' VST for a DI GTR?

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 8:08 am

I just got the UAD card that comes Nigel. So I plugged my GTR in via DI and test drove it. Maybe I haven't given it enough of a chance yet, but it really sucked at this application. Am I using it incorrectly?

What VST's are there out there that actually mimic a real mic'd amp?

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 8:27 am

Don't know about this VST, but too many of these have presets that sound "impressive" when soloed, but don't sit in a mix live or recorded. I've spend a lot of time tweaking POD settings - fitting them to different PAs for live use and to sit in the mix when recorded. Takes time and effort. If you are trying to nail a particular sound in your head, it's probably a lost cause. But I've been able to get sounds that I like out of these things, and a lot of other people have as well. Use it on its own terms.

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It depends. Nigel isn't the best amp sim, but it can work for some things. Other options are Amplitube (http://www.amplitube.com/Main.html?prod_AT.php) ; Waves GTR; and NI's Guitar Rig.

For a free amp sim, the JCM in this set isn't bad: http://www.simulanalog.org/ - look under current technology, then click on "Simulanalog Guitar Suite" there is a zip file of the Guitar Suite of plugins about half way down that page.

Amplitube might be the best (only used it briefly and I'm not a guitar player per se), but a real amp may still be more satisfying.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:06 am

Cool thanks guys I will check into the simulalog suite. I may use nigel to dirty up other things, but I really found it muddy. So unless I need some mud on a geek drum mic, it will take some time to find its uses.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:14 am

Just to plug another freebie in there. Here's freamp from fretted synth. It's not awesome but it sounds better than the Digitech pedal I have. No real heavy tones but great for standard rock.

http://frettedsynth.home.att.net/

I'm an Amplitube fan.

Fretted synth also has some cool plugins that let you use your guitar as a midi controller but as you can imagine, tracking is incredibly slow. Anything past 80bpm gets lost and smeared. Cool for a novelty thing though.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:26 am

Cool more toys to try out! Thanks!

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:33 am

I just noticed he took down the guitar to midi thing. I'll see if I can find the files if you want to play with them.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:22 pm

For sure that would cool, does it do chords too?

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:33 pm

Yeah. Surprisingly it does, though as you can imagine, the more complex you play, the worse the potential latency/glitches. Still pretty cool though. I'll pm you when I find the files.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:50 pm

Thats would be great thanks.

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 6:57 am

THE JCM through the NEVE 88RS plug plus the realverb plug sounded very close to the real thing! Thanks guys!

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