Softube Bass Amp Room

[AudioGeekZine]

Hey Guys

I tried this plug out yesterday and wrote a review.
http://www.audiogeekzine.com/?p=1151

On the rock/metal side of things I think this would be good for tones in the style of:
Deftones
Marilyn Manson (90's)
Black Sabbath
Queens of the stone age
Anything with a big round solid bottom end

Not good for tones in the style of:
Incubus (older fast stuff)
Mudvayne
Tool
Lamb Of God
Killswitch Engage
Punk styles
Anything fast with a pick

I prefer the tones in the second group so I'll be trying out the competition

I do think it sounds great, but doesn't cover all the bass styles I need.

Hopefully some of you will find the review helpful.

 

[GarethSE]

if its good for black sabbath its gotta be good for teh doom dronez

i will check this ish out.

 

[drew_drummer]

As it goes, what would you recommend for a bass tone similar to Tool's? I've got Line 6 Amp Farm, and Ampeg SVX. Neither of them do it particularly well imo.

 

[006]

Hmm, funny Metal Amp Room which I bought a while back lends itself well to doom drone as well... seems Softube is a bunch of doom fans

 

[AudioGeekZine]

A tone similar to Tool should be pretty easy to get with most real amps and a bit of EQ. I like the small Ampeg BA112, it's not too big, not too small good for recording and can do a variety of tones. One day I'll get one for myself.

With software it's not the same, plugging the bass into the interface just results in a really dull uninspiring tone and it's difficult to get it sounding like it's through a real amp. I haven't found anything that FEELS like playing through a real amp.

I'm going to review as many Bass Amp sims as I can find.

 

[Line666]

$199?

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

 

[drew_drummer]

With software it's not the same, plugging the bass into the interface just results in a really dull uninspiring tone and it's difficult to get it sounding like it's through a real amp. I haven't found anything that FEELS like playing through a real amp

Agreed. With guitar, it's kind of passable with TH-1 in my opinion, but with bass, nothing is good enough.

 

[Kazrog]

I'll have to try the demo. The UI is absolutely incredible, I am blown away by the look of Softube's plugins, especially this one.

 

[Ermz]

How does it compare to SVX? I think to expect any amp or sim to provide metal tones out of the box without some hefty tweaking using crossover EQ and separate tweaking of different frequency ranges is a bit wishful. Maybe down the track, but I've not heard the current crop of real bass amps ever do it without some significant tweakage with overdrive pedals and/or splitting highs to a dual rect

 

[devouredremains]

I wonder what the Markbass sim is like? Anyone tried it?

 

[AudioGeekZine]

I'm trying out the GK amplification simulation next

I'll have to email Markbass and request an NFR, unless they've put a demo up recently.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

First reaction on the GK amp, this is more like what I'm looking for! The demo is really limited though, can't do anything except change the presets.
http://www.audiffex.com/EN/gallien-krueger-software-amp-simulation/stat/42/screenshots.html

Visually, not that great, but for a modern rock tone with lots of punch and growl etc. Check this one out!

It's cheaper too. only $99 for the 'pro' version.

 

[drew_drummer]

If you ignore the drums:

http://www.audiffex.com/files/sounds/gka/GKAmplificationProSample.mp3

I think it sounds fairly decent. Would be nice to check it out.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

I sent an email requesting an NFR for GK Amp last night.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Just got the license for GK Amp Pro. I was just going through the demo presets yesterday after I finally set my basses up, this amp seems to be exactly what I'm looking for.
I may even dodge having to buy a real bass amp
I'll have a review out in the next week.

What other bass amp sims should I review?
-IK Multimedia Ampeg SVX? I have the Uno version and it's very limited but does get some use when mixing
-Studio Devil VBA
-Markbass Studio1 There's a demo up now http://www.markbass.it/products.php?lingua=en&cat=5&vedi=93


I'll be emailing all these companies today

 

[The-Zeronaut]

cant wait to see that review