Thread: Marshall vs. POD? ...THE ANSWERS

Hey Bassmac, it's Crowdog from the DUC, How's it going? ........ I'll take a stab at it. I think sample #1 is the POD, #2 is the real Marshall - only because I think I hear real room on that one, but who knows - I think they both sound pretty cool. My preference is #1 no matter which one it is.

Tony

ok, here's my guess:

1) POD
2) marshall

I didn't like the 2nd take at all - the mids sound pretty messed up - probably out of phase. it quite sounds like the mic isn't on the sweet spot of the cabinet. perhaps too far away from the cone and off-axis?
anyway, that's why I'm pretty sure take 2 is the marshall. looking foward to hearing the result.

all the best.

mike

Hey... the link is not working for me :(

Yeah,
I would say the first is the POD and the second is the Marshall. I would prefer the sound of the POD.

Ian

I would say 1 is pod and 2 is marshall... very nice sound the first one

which pod did you use for the test??

sample #2 sounds like a bad miked cab, plus I used to have a DSL JCM2000 and they are very harsh. so I sold it and bought 2 JCM800s with the money, and it's just a different world, in terms of sound. Also 57s sound harsh to me too, an M88 made a whole difference too.
Sample #1 is nice, I would use a POD if I didn't know how to find the sweet spot, or I didn't have the right mic or the right amp. But having the right elements is even better than a POD.

Joz

1 sounds best to me! But then I just lost a Neve vs Pro Tools shoot out on some 'classical music' recordings, so WHAT DO I KNOW!

:D

I too would say #1 POD and #2 Marshall. And the fact that #1 sounds less offending than #2 doen't prove anything beside the fact that it sounded better in this case with this particular combination of gtr/amp/room/mic(s)+positioning/pre/recorder of which we know nothing. ;) )

So what your test maybe points to is that for somebody without the aformentioned quality ressources, the POD might very well be the best path to useable e/gtr recording but it is a far cry from the quality you can achieved under the best of circumstances!

It is still a useful tool to create different tones than what you have available with your given equipment. And it can definitely help to educate its users to the different characters they can expect from the real different amps, in short: great for preprod! ;) :w: