REAL AMPS VS AMP SIMS BLIND TEST

[Beneath_the_Bliss]

So amp a is the same amp sim/ amp in each clip. Power section was included in the 6505 revalver

 

[AceFireForce117]

all links are dead for me

 

[aeonix]

I have an AxeFX 2, if you want I could actually help you out if you could send me the dry tracks, impulses and some instructions perhaps.

 

[Beneath_the_Bliss]

I have an AxeFX 2, if you want I could actually help you out if you could send me the dry tracks, impulses and some instructions perhaps.

Thanks man, but I think I'm gonna leave the comparison just at this

 

[Siguros]

Dude link me it or pm me and I'll give you a reply

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Cheers!

 

[AceFireForce117]

Edit: weird works fine.. Anyway listened again & again. Honestly i can't tell shit. Seems to me it's just amp sims... oh well

 

[Beneath_the_Bliss]

Thanks to everyone that voted. Results are:

AMP A- Pod Farm 2
AMP B- Real Amp
AMP C- Revalver 3.5

 

[JHA]

All the tones are going through an impulse which is Catharsis S-Pres High (love you Ryan haha).

You should have miced the real amp(s) and use that because I think the real difference comes from miced vs. impulse. Or run both thru a cab and record that.

 

[Patrick (Nemesis)]

You really shouldn't change more than one parameter at the same time for tests like this. That said, I think using IR for all examples is ok...

 

[JHA]

The biggest difference comes from impulse vs real cab not from amp vs sim, at least to my ears.

 

[DanLights]

The biggest difference comes from impulse vs real cab not from amp vs sim, at least to my ears.

I concur. It's cool to have these kind of comparisons, and I understand the logic of using the same impulse in order to eliminate as many factors as possible, but this is just a pre/power amp comparison and not the whole "real vs sim" thing I thought it would be. Still cool, and it is pretty cool to see how when including the power section (AFAIK the torpedo works with the speaker output of the amp and not just the fx loop, right?) the ampsim can actually get pretty close to a real pre/power section.

 

[RandomAwesome]

I already have around 25 votes from a couple of Facebook groups including joeys Facebook group

I know that'd be the first place I'd go to get an informed opinion on live amps...

 

[Djabthrash]

(AFAIK the torpedo works with the speaker output of the amp and not just the fx loop, right?)

AFAIK :

-the Torpedo VB-101 and Live can work with either the speaker output of the amp (using its built-on loadbox, and load compensation function (Torpedo VB-101 only AFAIK) ) either the fx loop/preamp out (and now it features poweramp sims as well)
-the Torpedo VM-202 has no loadbox and is meant to be used after a fx loop/preamp out (and features poweramp sims)
-the Torpedo C.A.B has no loadbox and is meant to be used after pedals, and i guess it can also work after a fx loop/preamp out as well (and features poweramp sims)
-the Torpedo plugins (PI-101 WOS, PI-FREE, ...) have no loadbox (since they're plugins ) feature power amp sims so if you know what you're doing (giving your amp a proper load if needed) you can use it with whatever you want (preamps/fx out, speaker output, ...)