The gold bundle of the Gearbox plug-in comes with an ENGL Powerball model... plus, IMO, you can get the Big Bottom model to sound somewhat ENGL-ish with the right settings
Does anybody know a digital preamp VST that comes close to the ENGL sound? I'd like to try it, the preamps I know are Revalver, Amplitube, Juicy77, GuitarRig and Aradaz.
thanks
You should be able to get pretty close to the digital sound if you just buy an engl :zombie: heh
You should be able to get pretty close to the digital sound if you just buy an engl :zombie: heh
hahaha....I have been pretty unimpressed with ENGL - I was kind of curious about them a while ago, but whenever I have played them I end up slightly disappointed. Even the ENGL savage 120 didn't stack up to the Krank, Mesa and Peavey stuff I already have.
That's not to say it was awful or anything, but I'd rather have the other amps.
I'm in love with the edge, clarity, agressivity of those amps. The guitars on the latest Zyklon album gives a good idea of how a PB sounds for example, and of the ENGL voicing in general.
I don't find any other amps to sound like this. And i understand that people that like fat modern polished tones a la Machine Head don't dig the ENGL so much since they have a kinda different if not opposite character.
It kills me not to have my ENGL SE at my place now...
Can't wait to be back home (my real home) and mic it with a 57 and post it here. (I improved a lot in terms of recording/dialing/processing since the last time i posted samples on this forum).
I'm in love with the edge, clarity, agressivity of those amps. The guitars on the latest Zyklon album gives a good idea of how a PB sounds for example, and of the ENGL voicing in general.
I don't find any other amps to sound like this. And i understand that people that like fat modern polished tones a la Machine Head don't dig the ENGL so much since they have a kinda different if not opposite character.
It kills me not to have my ENGL SE at my place now...
Can't wait to be back home (my real home) and mic it with a 57 and post it here. (I improved a lot in terms of recording/dialing/processing since the last time i posted samples on this forum).
Hmm, I find Engl's to have a pretty polished, modern and somewhat processed sound to them as it is. In comparison, Machine Head-esque tones sound downright raw (i.e. 5150 type tones). I really like the Powerball voicing though, and would like to try one out on my own.
The Blackmore seems to be the most raw of the Engl's from what I've heard from people who own them.
Honestly, assuming "Disintegrate" is the last Zyklon album (I'm a little behind the times), I find that tone to be pretty underwhelming, honestly. The example of the all-conquering awesomeness of Engl tones that I always cite is Dimmu's "In Sorte Diaboli" (SE slaved through a Savage power amp). Blind Guardian's "A Twist in the Myth" is all Engl as well, though I'm not sure which one (I think a Savage).