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?
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It depends. Nigel isn't the best amp sim, but it can work for s
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.
Just to plug another freebie in there. Here's freamp from frette
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.
Don't know about this VST, but too many of these have presets th
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.