[linux-audio-user] [OT] Amp simulators and stuff. was: Guitar amp

[Cesare Marilungo]

Dana Olson wrote:

>On 2/18/06, Cesare Marilungo <cesare at poeticstudios.com> wrote:
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>>Dana Olson wrote:
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>>>On 2/18/06, Ross Vandegrift <ross at lug.udel.edu> wrote:
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>>>>On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:27:04PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
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>>>>>Does anyone have a smallish amp with a really nice sound, of comparable
>>>>>quality to the above two, that they would recommend?  I don't really
>>>>>like the way Marshalls sound.
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>>>>I've heard good things about amps from Line6.  They come in a lot of
>>>>different sizes, come wwith different feature packages, and were
>>>>medium-priced, IIRC  (been a while since I looked at amp; not much a
>>>>guitarist myself).
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>>>>I never really listened to them, but I got the suggestion from asking
>>>>a similar question.
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>>>>Ross Vandegrift
>>>>ross at lug.udel.edu
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>>>>"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
>>>>make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
>>>>have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
>>>>man in the bonds of Hell."
>>>>       --St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
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>>>I can't vouch for their amps, but I have a Line6 POD 2.0, and it is by
>>>far the best investment I've made for my guitar sound, period. My main
>>>focus is on recording guitar direct though, and this thing simulates
>>>many different amps, speaker combos, and some basic effects. You could
>>>use it in front of an amp as well, and get a wide variety of tones out
>>>of it.
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>>>I sold my old Yamaha amp so I could afford it last year. I do almost
>>>miss having an amp, but with headphones, this thing rocks.
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>>>Anyhow, I imagine their amps would sound great too, with a variety of
>>>different sounds in them. I'll probably be trying them out when I'm
>>>ready to get a new amp again. But I liked Fender's Princeton Chorus
>>>the best out of all the amps I've tried thus far.
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>>>Dana
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>>Check out the Zoom G2.1u, also.
>>It's cheap (130 euro, should be around 130-150$ in US) and it can be
>>connected directly to a pc via usb. The resolution through usb is
>>16/44.1 but the converters are 24/96.
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>>http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/g21u/index.php
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>>I know it's not the real thing. But if you haven't enough space you
>>wouldn't be able to properly capture a real amp anyway.
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>>I'm satisfied enough of its sound that I'm using it in my recordings.
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>>I used it on this track:
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>>http://www.cesaremarilungo.com/download/music/Hope.ogg
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>>c.
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>Wow, what a nice song! I generally don't listen to much other than
>metal and industrial, but this song is very nice. There's something I
>can't describe about it...
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Thanks. :-)

There are five albums (now also in ogg) available on the website.

>Anyhow, that Zoom you are using sounds nice. I'm actually surprised,
>because a couple other Zoom things I've tried really sucked.
>Especially the 505II, that thing is noisier than an interstate.
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>So the Zoom you have, it works as a usb-audio device in Linux? What
>else did you use to record that track, as far as the software and
>other instruments are concerned??
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>Dana
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I switched to gnu/linux for music making just some months ago, and I've 
made this track before.

Used tracktion as DAW (mackie was giving away free licenses two years 
ago), a Fender Stratocaster through the Zoom, sampled piano played with 
an old Roland A-33, Crystal Synth and lots of different esoteric 
freeware effects.

I was using an EgoSys waveterminal 2496 at that time (a good card, 
unfortunately it is not supported by alsa). This is the reason thet kept 
me from using gnu/Linux. I had to wait until I bought another interface 
(an Edirol UA-25).

Now, on linux, the Zoom pedal works flawlessly with snd-usb-audio. I've 
used a 505II  also, but this is a lot better.

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c.
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