Do you have Beta Testers? I would think someone would have identified this as a potential "issue".
I do. Unfortunately, the factory presets were not tested initially, as the timing simply didn't align with my beta team, all of whom happened to suddenly have some bizzarre life issues come up coincidentally.
So apparently there was a "problem", which resulted in re-calibration of an earlier version, and in turn caused another "problem" with this release (related to presets). That must have been a fairly drastic re-calibration to create the perceived "problem" I asked about initially.
Gain ranging was adjusted in the first few versions after release, to provide a more seamless experience for everyone. It wasn't a drastic thing, though, and literally everyone has been happy other than you.
And yet, I still felt the knobs do not provide an accurate representation of what I have come to expect from a 5150, ampsim or otherwise.There must have been an error in the science you used to analyze and emulate this gear.
It is an accurate representation of the 5150 I personally own. It's a first year block letter model - they do actually sound slightly different than the later signature panel and 6505s. Some of the component tolerances have changed over time, and minute changes can result in audible differences once you get to the end of a tube amp circuit.
BTW...I am not a fan of presets.
But you spent most of this discussion complaining about one.
Throughout our discussion, you have suggested that perhaps I was not using an impulse that compliments this ampsim or if I was using an impulse at all. You then proceed to tell me about Recabinet.
That was before you posted a clip. Hearing the clip, it was obvious you were using an IR right away.
I'm not even going to respond to your comments regarding what type of tone I look for... it can vary greatly. I was simply looking for an ampsim that recreates the tone and functionality of a 5150.
Thermionik Psycho A does exactly that.
You continued by insinuating that my monitors are possibly a cause and may not properly and/or accurately represent the source material/ampsim. Do I need special Themionik monitors? Everything else I use with my equipment sounds as I would expect.
You seem strangely perturbed by a perfectly usable tone. I've used monitors in some studios that made even great sounding reference material sound awful, so I felt pretty justified in speculating that you may have monitors that are inaccurate. If you're happy with your monitors, then fine.
Even if your ampsims were actually matched impulse responses of various amplifiers I could still produce something that sounded "decent" with enough work. I was looking for more.
All models in Thermionik have been matched and tested against the real hardware. You're getting an accurate emulation of each amp. Maybe you're expecting more from amp sims than you do from guitar amps in the first place? Working with real amps requires knowledge and work as well. Thermionik has been repeatedly praised as having all of the nuance and immediacy of the real amps, though.
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