A small ampsim test in drop A (SoloC, Le456, TSE X30)

[Tokyurot]

Since the ampsims have become fairly good nowadays, I took a small spin with few of 'em to see if one were superior to another.

I think these free ampsims have already surpassed the ampmodels found on many FX processors,
so a huge thanks to all the amazing developers from this forum, you definitely deserve all the credit!!

Only 2 guitars with EMG85, HP at 100hz & LP at 12k and a narrow 5db notch at 6k with TSS infront, and no bass this time.

What do you think?

SoloC v1.02: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1147572/AmpSimTest - SoloC 1.02.mp3

Le456: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1147572/AmpSimTest - Le456.mp3

TSE X30: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1147572/AmpSimTest - TSE X30.mp3

 

[Ironbird666]

Kind of hard to judge man, they all sounded killer! If I had to choose, I'd say either LE456 or TSE X30 as I prefer the snarl that Engl amps are known for. That in no way means SoloC sucks, as anyone can hear from the clips SoloC sounds really nice.

 

[Frankzappa]

Le456 and TSE are the best sounding. The TSE sounds better without a tubescreamer.

You should do a test with the amps alone and we'll see whitch one wins

 

[onqel]

I'm releasing very soon a new update for the X30, removed some unstable filters that caused artifacts/aliasing, improved tube algorithm (noise reduction), and a little easier on the cpu

and yeah, the input stage of the X30 is not so different from the tone you get from a tubescreamer, so it's a little redundant .. (Altough I'm trying to model the e530 with this one, I have done some custom improvements to the low-end response/picking response that I don't think sounds too good on many commercial ampsims ..)

 

[Tokyurot]

Thanks for the responses guys Personally I find the Le456 and X30 most pleasing from those 3 samples, and equally good as a plugin.
From the samples I'd probably choose Le456 because it kinda seems balancing nicely between SoloC and X30.

I barely touched the surface of tonal possibilities of those sims, especially when the choice for IR's seems neverending,
so I chose the easiest & fastest way for a test, by just avoid making them too middy or scooped. Don't know if I succeeded though, heh!

I used the same IR and TSS settings on the samples, and I also noticed that X30 sounded great without TSS too!

Of course these can't compete with real amps, but I will gladly give the new versions a go when they are available

 

[16S]

Le456 sounds best to me. All tracks are lacking bass for my taste though.

 

[Nuno Filipe]

Le456 it´s the better IMO. Solo C dont have to much meat and the TSE have to much low end.

 

[Tokyurot]

Le456 sounds best to me. All tracks are lacking bass for my taste though.

Yeah, there is no bass at all because I just wanted to compare the ampsims, should've probably left the drums
out as well, but I thought they would give some context to the riffs..

To be honest, I didn't tweak much the X30, so that tells how good sim it is
I'm sure the lowend is easily adjustable giving it abit more time.

Any thoughts on drums btw?