Amp sims poll for LEAD GUITAR !

[chesterfieldblues]

Hi, another poll, in fact this is the first time I try this kind of game, so I wanted to focus on lead guitar with amp sims on a metal mix, so here we go:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic/Devin Lead Amp Sims shootout/1.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic/Devin Lead Amp Sims shootout/2.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic/Devin Lead Amp Sims shootout/3.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic/Devin Lead Amp Sims shootout/4.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic/Devin Lead Amp Sims shootout/5.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic/Devin Lead Amp Sims shootout/6.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic/Devin Lead Amp Sims shootout/7.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic/Devin Lead Amp Sims shootout/8.mp3


I used an Ibanez RG320 with DiMarzio pickups.

About the lead, there are two tracks, I think both L14/R14 panned.

Now the impulses: nevermind, I tried to choose the best one with the ampsim each time, but it was often the same one at last...

Sorry if not any amp has the same volume as the others (I know I could have done better, first try !)

So ?


-EDIT 05/25/2011- I told the answers several posts below so, newcomers, you can still make your choice without seeing these !

 

[Wyldechyld]

I liked 2 the most, but I also liked 6 and 8.

 

[Robert W]

Thought 5 and 8 were the best sounding out of the available choices.

 

[JoergieN]

1 wins this one easily for me although they all sounded great aside from a couple. Fantastic technique by the way

 

[AllanD]

One sounds most like a synth to me, I love synthy lead tones.

 

[Scottxx]

The best ones are 4 and 8. I bet these are: nº4 Kuassa Amplification Cream (with some fx obviously) and nº8 Overloud TH-2.

 

[JoergieN]

It sounds like you switched from the bridge pick up to the neck pick up a little after halfway. The first one sounds unbelievable, I'm dying to know what you used.

 

[colonel_claypoo]

Ii like 1 the best but i'm not sure I'm fooled by loudness here. 6 and 8 were pretty good too. I'd rank 7 at the bottom.

 

[Fama]

7 is probably worst here too. I vote for your fingers though I always get shit lead tones because I'm not that good at lead playing.

Anyway, I voted 8, although most of them (I'd say 7 and maybe 5 were lacking, although volume was different on them, so that might have something to do with it) were good, although maybe a tad muddy in my ears.

(nice to see I actually hit one of the 2 most voted options)

 

[jeb]

no 1 for me!!!

And we have to know what you used!!!



+10000 for your playing!!

 

[chesterfieldblues]

Hey, glad to see this little poll is alive !

I will give the answers at the end of the week, I think.

Please wait a little more !

PS: thanks for the kind words about my playing ^^

 

[Cheesebone]

I love #1 as well, and fantastic job with the playing too!

 

[chesterfieldblues]

I used DiMarzio Dual Sound (bridge) > It's a Super Distortion pickup with Single Coil Option (but never used single coil on this lead) and Air Norton (neck) > great smooth pickup !

(anyway, someone asked me about my pickups on this thread, but it seems his post has been deleted)

 

[ForHerDeadEyes]

Hey, glad to see this little poll is alive !

I will give the answers at the end of the week, I think.

Please wait a little more !

PS: thanks for the kind words about my playing ^^

I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle..

And also the answers to the poll-clips..

 

[chesterfieldblues]

Here are the answers !

So the great winner is...(as of 15 May 13th, 2011)

Nick Crow 8505 !!!

Capture of the results (20 votes):




Here is the full list:

1 > Nick Crow 8505
2 > Kuassa Creme
3 > Lepou LeXTAC
4 > Mokafix NoAmp
5 > Kuassa One
6 > Lepou SoloC
7 > Overloud TH1
8 > TSE X50 Beta3

Funny to see the first and second choice are 5150/6505 emulations.

In addition, I must say Overloud TH1 has been a main choice for me recording lead guitars, but it seems nobody liked it on this poll...(anyway, I like playing with this amp sim, but maybe I should not have voted for it just listening to...).

For now, my personal main amp sims choice for lead guitar are Kuassa Creme, Mokafix NoAmp and Overloud TH1

Next time I will make a poll, I'll try to spend more time on volumes between tracks, sorry again !

For now, tell me your comments about these results !

 

[AllanD]

What impulse where you using?

 

[Fama]

Thanks for the poll. Nice to see how well the 8505 did, being older than most of those other ampsims. However, I'm not surprised with how well X50 did

 

[chesterfieldblues]

Ok, so I figured out some of my tracks were made with custom chain on Reaper, some with one impulse or the other (principaly Alu's FRAMUS sperimental pack impulse or Catharsis s-preshigh), some with Tube Screamer before amp plugin, some (the "all in one" plugins) with built in delay and reverb (and built-in impulse I see ah ah)...It's like a big mess !

So I decided to make this last raw attempt, each with the same chain, except the amp sim of course !

So, first, here is the chain:

-Kjaerhus Audio Classic Delay
-Lexicon LexHall
-ReaGate
-ampsim
-Poulin LeCab v1.0 with Alu's FRAMUS (sperimental pack) impulse with LPF at 9.00 Khz

And here are the stem lead tracks :

(added the dry tracks, you can notice evident overdubs on track 2, bastard of me ^^)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic...ut/Phase 2 stem lead tracks/Amp Poll_8505.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic...t/Phase 2 stem lead tracks/Amp Poll_Creme.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic.../Phase 2 stem lead tracks/Amp Poll_LeXTAC.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic...t/Phase 2 stem lead tracks/Amp Poll_NoAmp.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic...out/Phase 2 stem lead tracks/Amp Poll_One.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic...t/Phase 2 stem lead tracks/Amp Poll_SoloC.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic...out/Phase 2 stem lead tracks/Amp Poll_TH1.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic...out/Phase 2 stem lead tracks/Amp Poll_X50.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic...ut/Phase 2 stem lead tracks/Amp Poll_dry1.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2816078/Zic...ut/Phase 2 stem lead tracks/Amp Poll_dry2.mp3


Less sexy, isn't it ? (this is exactly what I'm saying to myself everytime I listen to stem guitar tracks of famous songs ripped of Guitar Hero Activision game !)

See ya !

 

[Fama]

I think they all sound pretty good (the reverb/delay is very nice), but I still like the X50/8550/Lepou amps the most.

...which is a little weird, since they're freeware while some of the other aren't. Then again, no AT/Revalver here so you really can't draw a conclusion.

 

[chesterfieldblues]

Hi Fama, don't have any Amplitube or Revalver plugin, but I was never fond of older version I tried, especially for lead sounds !