POD FARM 2
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JayB
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Definitely not , I use Amplitube 2 and Amplitube Metal , along with GTR 3 and their tones are much more realistic than POD Farm's. I use impulses with all of them and POD Farm is easily recognizable as "digital". I use POD Farm for practicing , but that is literally all I use it for.
Um, why? Not being sarcastic or anything, just why would you use POD farm when you have Amplitube 2 and GTR 3 which supposedly sounds far better ( I happen to think they both sound a bit shit tbh, but that's me ).
JayB
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I just use it for practicing guitar as a stand alone application. As far as I know , Amplitube and GTR 3 don't have a stand alone , they are only plug ins
For mixing DI in a song I tend to use a bit of Amplitube on one guitar and TSE X30 on the other , I think TSE X30 is the best one out there when you throw an impulse on it - and it's free!
I quite like a track of Amplitube 3 mixed with a track of TSE X30, it sounds awesome when you mix them together
JayB
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I quite like a track of Amplitube 3 mixed with a track of TSE X30, it sounds awesome when you mix them together
Hell Yes !
Jevil
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JayB
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Rex Rocker
Call me Hugo!
Really? Why do you think that?
I think I should post a clip of some guitars reamped thru my POD XT and then some going thru POD Farm 1.
Rex Rocker
Call me Hugo!
Ah! Here they are!
It's a patch I just dialed in for this test. It's exactly the same settings on both. I tried to get the audible levels as close as possible, but I don't know how well I achieved that. Anyway, here are my comparisons... POD Farm vs. POD XT.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/315457/POD Farm.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/315457/POD XT.mp3
They're Marcus' DI's, as you will probably recognize. For the POD XT ones, I reamped using the 'reamp via USB' feature that the POD has.
It's a patch I just dialed in for this test. It's exactly the same settings on both. I tried to get the audible levels as close as possible, but I don't know how well I achieved that. Anyway, here are my comparisons... POD Farm vs. POD XT.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/315457/POD Farm.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/315457/POD XT.mp3
They're Marcus' DI's, as you will probably recognize. For the POD XT ones, I reamped using the 'reamp via USB' feature that the POD has.
pod farm sounds way better imho.
i don't get why so many people are bitching about pod farm. i think it's really damn good, and slays 95% of the free amp sims out there. the only thing it's lacking is a decent emulation of suitable mic positions.
for most guitar cabs, you can choose between the sm57 off or on axis, as well as the 421 and a royer iirc. now, the on axis 57 sure sounds like DEAD ON the dust cap, fizz city. 421 sounds quite phasey and hollow, as if quite far off axis or even at an angle. cool thing is that with the dual tone feature you can "sort of" mimic a dual mic setup, tone 1 being the fizzy 57 on axis, tone 2 either the 421 or the 57 off axis. beefs things up quite nicely.
anyways, to me that's the weakest part of the whole pod thing. in all other aspects, the only thing that comes close is onquel's engl sim....i used to love 8505, but now it only gets used for scratch tracks if even that. lextac can be cool on some lead parts, but nothing i'd base a full song's rythm section on.
bottom line is, until someone releases a QUALITY version of a dual/triple rectifier, i'll stick with pod farm.
granted, i haven't tried any other *commercial* software like revalver (yet). but the freebies don't really compare imho.
btw, i'm not trying to talk shit about the freebies - they're of exceptional quality, and kudos to their developers. it's just nothing i'd want to end up with on a final product....(same thing goes for pod farm lol. except for bass, loving it on bass)
i don't get why so many people are bitching about pod farm. i think it's really damn good, and slays 95% of the free amp sims out there. the only thing it's lacking is a decent emulation of suitable mic positions.
for most guitar cabs, you can choose between the sm57 off or on axis, as well as the 421 and a royer iirc. now, the on axis 57 sure sounds like DEAD ON the dust cap, fizz city. 421 sounds quite phasey and hollow, as if quite far off axis or even at an angle. cool thing is that with the dual tone feature you can "sort of" mimic a dual mic setup, tone 1 being the fizzy 57 on axis, tone 2 either the 421 or the 57 off axis. beefs things up quite nicely.
anyways, to me that's the weakest part of the whole pod thing. in all other aspects, the only thing that comes close is onquel's engl sim....i used to love 8505, but now it only gets used for scratch tracks if even that. lextac can be cool on some lead parts, but nothing i'd base a full song's rythm section on.
bottom line is, until someone releases a QUALITY version of a dual/triple rectifier, i'll stick with pod farm.
granted, i haven't tried any other *commercial* software like revalver (yet). but the freebies don't really compare imho.
btw, i'm not trying to talk shit about the freebies - they're of exceptional quality, and kudos to their developers. it's just nothing i'd want to end up with on a final product....(same thing goes for pod farm lol. except for bass, loving it on bass)
Sean in Silence
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Really????
I can't get anything I'm satisfied with out of it for bass :/
I'm mainly using the Ampeg SVT (Rock Classic) or the Mesa (California)
always running through the 8x10 Classic cab
Sean in Silence
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Really????
I can't get anything I'm satisfied with out of it for bass :/
I'm mainly using the Ampeg SVT (Rock Classic) or the Mesa (California)
always running through the 8x10 Classic cab.
the trick with modelers is to think outside the box. the 8x10 cab tends to be too bassy most of the time, even though it's like the studio standard in the real world i'm ending up with the 4x10 most of the time. rock classic is great. just go easy on the lows/low mids, it get's muddy real fast.
mult the track, and use just the sansamp BDDI hi/lo passed for grit. adjust to taste given the mix. done.
i'm ending up with the 4x10 most of the time. rock classic is great. just go easy on the lows/low mids, it get's muddy real fast.mult the track, and use just the sansamp BDDI hi/lo passed for grit. adjust to taste given the mix. done.
Erik Monsonis
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Rex Rocker
Call me Hugo!
Yeah... can't really tell if you're being sarcastic 
, but the difference actually was less evident than I expected.
Still... I kinda hear more depth in the sound of POD Farm, aside from the obvious EQ differences.
, but the difference actually was less evident than I expected.Still... I kinda hear more depth in the sound of POD Farm, aside from the obvious EQ differences.
gabriel g.
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Yeah... can't really tell if you're being sarcastic
Still... I kinda hear more depth in the sound of POD Farm, aside from the obvious EQ differences.
I was suprised there was a difference at all, seeing as you used the same DI.
Erik Monsonis
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POD X3/POD Farm is based on more updated amp models than the XT. It's not significant but the difference is there
