I made a step into digital amp softwares!

markd21 said:
Cool!! Recording is fun. I spend dozens of hours a week throwing down guitar parts for various singer/songwriters. It has become a nice side gig for me. I started recording around your age. Have fun!!
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Luckily with this day and age I can do it all out of a laptop!
 
A little over a year ago I won an iRig Stomp I/O at Gus G's Guitar Weekend Apocalypse. It included a code for Amplitube 4 Deluxe. I was a complete noob with these things but after a month of experimenting and installing Reaper on my laptop I was blown away by all the options I now have for quality recording at home on my laptop. Have fun !!!
 
Black-Viper75 said:
A little over a year ago I won an iRig Stomp I/O at Gus G's Guitar Weekend Apocalypse. It included a code for Amplitube 4 Deluxe. I was a complete noob with these things but after a month of experimenting and installing Reaper on my laptop I was blown away by all the options I now have for quality recording at home on my laptop. Have fun !!!
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I had the EXACT same interface! Amplitube was ok at the most, I couldn't get it to work and my interface broke (the female port adapter came out with the thunderbolt cable) It was definitely good but it just wasn't built very well as a scarlett focusrite
 
d4rkst4r said:
It's a ton of fun. Minutes turn to hours real fast. Forty years ago, I had a cassette recorder in front of an amp. If I had the capabilities then that there are today, I wouldn't have gotten away from playing for so long before I picked it back up.

Enjoy it!
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I downloaded Ryan "fluff" Bruce's amp sim from amped roots and got his IR's with that and I'm gonna be using garage band as well for my amps. This is strictly for recording digitally, but I am getting an amp for christmas so I can record via mic with that as well.
 
d4rkst4r said:
It's a ton of fun. Minutes turn to hours real fast. Forty years ago, I had a cassette recorder in front of an amp. If I had the capabilities then that there are today, I wouldn't have gotten away from playing for so long before I picked it back up.

Enjoy it!
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Indeed. Having lived the leap from cassette recorder in front of amp to having a fully equipped studio stored in your laptop is true mind blowing. I remember looking at ads of those 4 track cassette recorders in Guitar World as a kid back in the mid '80s and wanting one so bad to record "quality demos" of my first songs. But I was too young and didn't have the cash.
 
Black-Viper75 said:
Indeed. Having lived the leap from cassette recorder in front of amp to having a fully equipped studio stored in your laptop is true mind blowing. I remember looking at ads of those 4 track cassette recorders in Guitar World as a kid back in the mid '80s and wanting one so bad to record "quality demos" of my first songs. But I was too young and didn't have the cash.
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I remember how excited I was when I finally got my first Portastudio. I thought, “Mike Keneally recorded part of his first album on an 8-track Portastudio, maybe I can do something with this.” I discovered two things in very short order.

One, it’s harder than it looks.

Two, Mike Keneally has a f&@%load more talent than me.
 
Hello there, Im really sorry for bumping old thread, but searching similar info. What soft you use to throwing down guitar parts? I need some help with this question please :)
 
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monikajackson said:
Hello there, Im really sorry for bumping old thread, but searching similar info. What soft you use to throwing down guitar parts? I need some help with this question please :)
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I have several that I use - Scuffham S-Gear and the Waves PRS Supermodels are my go-tos when I use software. They're both very good. S-Gear is $130, but you can catch the PRS amps from Waves for $30 or less if you can wait for a sale.

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Scuffham S-Gear website, the home of professional quality guitar amp modelling, VST, AudioUnit and AAX plug-ins.
www.scuffhamamps.com www.scuffhamamps.com


I also have various amps from Plugin Alliance, Nembrini, Amplitube. Maybe a couple others floating around, I'd have to check on the music computer.
 
alantig said:
I have several that I use - Scuffham S-Gear and the Waves PRS Supermodels are my go-tos when I use software. They're both very good. S-Gear is $130, but you can catch the PRS amps from Waves for $30 or less if you can wait for a sale.

Home

Scuffham S-Gear website, the home of professional quality guitar amp modelling, VST, AudioUnit and AAX plug-ins.
www.scuffhamamps.com www.scuffhamamps.com


I also have various amps from Plugin Alliance, Nembrini, Amplitube. Maybe a couple others floating around, I'd have to check on the music computer.
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When I'm using software modelers as a scratch pad/writing tool, I like the Waves PRS Supermodels, too. One thing I like about them (that several other modelers do also) is that I can load third party IRs instead of the cabinets that are part of the model. As a result you can come closer to your preferred tones, and they're tweakable in other ways.

Universal Audio's own '55 Tweed Deluxe is the best Tweed emulation I've found, as are their Ampeg B15 and SVT models (the Ampegs are actually coded by Brainworx). I like the B15 model quite a bit and have used it on projects combined with an Avalon U5 direct box/preamp. It's the only pretend amp I've wanted to use on a project.

Native Instruments' Guitar Rig may not be the most accurate amp modeler amp-for-amp, but I've found it really useful. Because it employs a virtual effects 'rack' it's easy to explore how the effects chain generates some of the more creative presets (of which there are several cool ones). I've reverse engineered them, if you will, using real amps and pedals to get some interesting things going.

I guess you could say I've modeled modelers using real hardware!
 
I use a Helix LT when I am tracking, and sometimes I'll do reamping outboard with it, or just stay onboard with Helix Native.
 
monikajackson said:
Hello there, Im really sorry for bumping old thread, but searching similar info. What soft you use to throwing down guitar parts? I need some help with this question please :)
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No need for apologies, many here are happy to help! I use a variety of methods/software/equipment depending on what I am doing. My most common (but also pricey) solution is guitar>Fractal Axe FXIII>Mixboard>Windows 10>Cubase Pro 12. If I just want to play with something, I may go guitar>Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2>Windows 10>Cubase Pro 12. In Cubase, I have several plugins including the Waves Mercury package and the Native Instuments Komplete Ultimate package. Both packages have many ways to shape the raw tones into what I am looking for. For a live performance and/or serious tracking work, my first setup would be the choice considering the low latency and quality of the Axe FXIII modeler.

As mentioned above, if you can give us some more specs on what it is you are trying to do and what equipment you are using, the answers can be much more specific and tailored to your needs!
 
Monika

Welcome and be advised .... you will be overwhelmed with advice options and perhaps a bit of confusion going forward ...
as most everyone here has their holy grail of amp strings pickups pedals and interfaces .... the more you can articulate your
needs desires and hopes ... the less static will be conveyed going forward.

Clearly everyone here is willing to throw your money at their favorite rig software and company ... but if you can define your limits
with regards to experience knowledge budget and which computer you have ... it is less likely that you will be lead too far astray

Caveat being ... having watched these threads ... trust no one ... we all will surpass our wildest dreams in designing a solution to our perceived
notions of your needs.

One key is to pick your core components ... place emphasis on them and expect that what you use tomorrow will be obsolete in a year. Which is
a good thing ... so place your budget on those items you will treasure and keep for a long time ... place less emphasis on software and
computer interfaces ... they will evolve and your perceives needs will morph over time.
 
Black-Viper75 said:
Indeed. Having lived the leap from cassette recorder in front of amp to having a fully equipped studio stored in your laptop is true mind blowing. I remember looking at ads of those 4 track cassette recorders in Guitar World as a kid back in the mid '80s and wanting one so bad to record "quality demos" of my first songs. But I was too young and didn't have the cash.
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Tascam 234 here!!! Had one and used the heck out of it!
 
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