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[suislidE]

NO GO TUBE lol. seriously, i hold a grudge against all solid state and digital amps out there. If you dont buy a tube amp, you will eventually want one, so in my opinion you are wasting your money if you dont go with a tube amp. just my opinion btw.

Yea joe, ive never had the opportunity(priviledge) to play a class a amp, so ill take your word for that.. for now hehe. I need to hear some clips recorded from you!! whats taking so long?

 

[JoeVice]

yah, i will never buy anything but a tube amp...i was just trying to be practical...enough hiding it...your crazy if you don't get a tube amp...you can get a quality used one that will last you a life time. my next purchase is gonna be an old mid to late sixties fender bassman head. those things fucking roar. the orignal marshalls were designed as a copy from them.

i will record some clips when i get some cash and experience a powerful motivational surge.

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

<<and as far as changing tubes...it does make it easier...something about it being "cathode based" (usually only with el84s)...no biasing is needed...so you just take the old tubes out, and put the new ones in. with most other amps, re-biasing is needed...which might require a good tech

>> yepp..that was what i was referring to.

btw:

he called me carrot i think i'm going to cry

 

[Rose Immortal]

I got your answer about the guitar in Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

Yes, it was a Strat, which he is said to have plugged directly into the mixing board. The alternative to doing this, if you have an amp simulator, is to set it to Tube Preamp, and you may have to apply a certain degree of compression. I can't tell you how much, because I'm just relaying what I found!

 

[suislidE]

Well nar, alot of amps are self biasing. Most of the laneys are anyway, and not just the class A amps. Dont believe EVERYTHING you hear.

 

[JoeVice]

Well nar, alot of amps are self biasing. Most of the laneys are anyway, and not just the class A amps. Dont believe EVERYTHING you hear.

really? sweet...i'll have to look into that...i had just heard a general statement about el84 tubed amps (including the vc-30) are self biasing, so i just sort of assumed it was a class a el84 thing.

 

[suislidE]

ive also heard somewhere (i could be very mistaken) that el84=12AX7 tubes (kind of like how 5881s are the same as 6L6 valves).. im not sure if this is right but if its not, then i guess you can take the "el84" out of that last sentence joe cause i know the AC30 uses 12ax7s and not el84s.

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

<<Well nar, alot of amps are self biasing. Most of the laneys are anyway, and not just the class A amps. Dont believe EVERYTHING you hear.

>> haha, i am just trying to get some knowledge about all that stuff out of tons of true, semitrue and false information on the internet and by ppl i know. plus many of these infomration are in english which doesnt make it easier for me...


btw: how do i get to know which amps are self biasing and which are not?

 

[Ermz]

The thing I've found with applying some form of compression to my guitar tracks individually in Cool Edit is that the sound weakens up dramatically and it tends to fade in and out as if the compression won't let the tone peak. Ok, given that lets me put more volume into it before digital distortion starts tearing up my speakers, but is there any kind of good compromise with compression that lets me retain the tonal qualities of my sound whilst also letting me get a decent amount of volume for recordings?

The software module, Amplitube, that I use for amp simulation is notorious for making anything above a whisper distort like a motherfucker and I find it very hard to get good volumes going on my recordings...

In these instances, would it be smarter to apply the compression to the entire mixdown afterwards?

 

[Protected Witness]

In these instances, would it be smarter to apply the compression to the entire mixdown afterwards?

Yes.

Mix, compress, master, limit.

 

[KTR83]

I like the way MAYH sounds. It sounds like a storm blowing through your ears. You could call it "muddy" but not in a bad way.