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@WMWM said:
Have you played Telefunken tubes? I bought a NOS pair once, it was expensive but worth every penny!
Almost every day, mine are not new old stock, they are very old, some probably a bit worn, others I haven't used besides on a test bench. I am into old tube driven radio and have traveled around "digging" for these for years. Amprex and RCA also distort well, I use them also. I have a very old timer who is my tube guru, he really knows tubes. I'm pretty much an end user with a little knowledge. That old timer can go on in great lengths about harmonic distortion, digital jitter, gain staging and all that jazz. He won me over years ago on the analog vs digital thing. I remember him saying as I argued for digital...."yes, but our ears are analog". I like amp sims and use them quite often, but I am an analog converte. Just my 2 pennies.
Btw, the only new tubes I've bought are Russian groove tubes, which are cheap. I stear way clear of any Chinese tubes, instantly replacing them if they are in any equipment, that is BAD analog and give an impression that analog isn't worth it. Analog has to be done right or it's pointless, unless your going for harshness.
Where ya at @PaulB , I know your lurking somewhere
Maybe I'm just being thick here, but isn't it kind of stupid to compare the sound of an amp in an open room with an amp simulator over headphones? Again, I'm sure I'm missing the point of the whole discussion. I love my old amps, sure. I wouldn't expect that sound out of ANY of my headphones honestly. That being said, I can recreate some pretty sick tones by plugging my iPad *into my old amps, and the versatility I get out of BIAS can't be matched with my amps. I can't lay down a track recording from my amps and then tweak the tone's after the fact like I can with BIAS or any other IAA in Auria. It's sick. To compare it to a room with an amp in it seems silly to me, though. What's the expectation, I guess...
@boone51 said:
I do the same and am blown away by the endless sonic possibilities
@boone51 - Sure, I think I mentioned that it's a lame comparison above (amp played out loud taking on room effects vs. iOS over headphones), but the point of that might have been that headphones are how the vast majority of people experience an app like BIAS. In theory, a good amp simulator through headphones should sound similar to a mic'ed amp in an isolation cabinet. But I'm talking over my head here, and it also really isn't the point.
I've recently started using an M-Audio BX5 studio monitor and the first time I plugged it in with a synth app, it was a bizarre and power experience for me to say the least! (Being as how I never owned an actual keyboard). With guitar, I've run the headphone out cable to either the studio monitor or even some smaller combo amps, with mixed results. But I don't have a dedicated power amp or cabinet, and if your goal with iOS apps is just to sound great and record good tone, you don't need that equipment. In fact, not WANTING that equipment laying around is kind of the point of the iOS stuff.
Very cool, but you bring up a very good point here, I lost it when the only cost effective thing I could do was buy Russian. I don't like the Russian tubes, can't even imagine what a Chinese tube would sound like.
@WMWM said:
That's EXACTLY what I do! In fact, I split the output of the iPad to a 8" guitar amp and a 15" bass amp. This gives a lot of depth to the sound.
@Muleskinner said:
@StormJH1 said:
The headphone comment makes me kinda sad, iPads never changed the way I pound out guitar sounds or use headphones. I really hope most users of the iPad sims haven't paid all the money for a decent digital interface, just to hear it through headphones. An iPad functions as a pedal board alternative for me in a regular guitar setup and it shines doing it, sans the fact that you have to run on the battery only. I use headphones, but typically only when other people are sleeping and it's been that way forever. Perhaps using headphones and an iPad is a great way to get a first introduction to the real sonic possibilities in a cost effective way for many people as to what these sims have to offer. If that's the case, then great!
@Muleskinner - you might not know this as I guess you are a new poster here? This forum is famed for its diversity, wisdom and its acceptance of posters from all over the world. There are guys like @Flo26 who is from France, @ChrisG from Sweden and I could name you many more; these guys are knowledgeable, versatile musicians and English is not their first language. However, what they have to say is equally as important irrespective of whether their spellings or grammar are first class or not.
Posters disagree here all the time but it is all done cordially. If you must attack someone, then attack their ideas. Everyone has an opinion and that's it! In music, whether you use 12 tones or microtones or whether you prefer an app to a real amp, it is mostly about opinions and accessibility to high end equipment if that floats your boat.
I like and own all the amp emulation apps on iOS but I also have access to some super amps although I don't own any. iOS amp apps have a long way to go before they replace the high end equipment that bands like ChickenFoot use on stage. That said, I love the immediacy and versatility of iOS amp apps.
+1 @FrankieJay. Perfectly said. I'm sure @Muleskinner didn't mean offense by any of it, but there's a level of tact I've seen almost across the board from other posters, and we should all aspire to that goal in disagreements.
I was in France with my wife last year - we were so happy to be visitors in that country, but didn't speak a lick of French. The people there could tell we were American before we even opened our mouth, but by and large treated us with respect and were very helpful to us. I try to keep that in mind when I encounter people in real life or in message boards who aren't native English speakers.
I would include in @FrankieJay's post that there is also a tolerance here (in my experience as an amateur with passable knowledge of some things and zero knowledge of others) for ALL levels of musicians. Maybe you're a 40-year industry pro, or maybe you're a 15-year kid who just got an iPad for Xmas. If you watch for the cues, you can tell who really knows their stuff over time, but I would argue that both perspectives on apps and iOS music are valid and useful, and that communities like this have the opportunity to nurture inexperienced musicians into doing whatever they want to do with music.
Well said @FrankieJay & @StormJH1! @Flo26 is a great guy, and I wish I was as fluent in another language as he is with English!
Nearly 25 years ago, I lived in Korea for a while and got to where I could speak quite conversationally, but that was a long time ago and I've had no practice. I've been married to a native Spanish speaker for nearly 12 years, and though I've studied a lot, my wife says I still speak Spanish like Tarzan [Edit: like Tarzan speaking English]. :-)
I guess I just want to reiterate what has already been said and also mention a European joke that never ceases to remind ME (personally) to not be arrogant about others' language abilities:
Welcome @MuleSkinner! I hope you don't think we are picking on you in any way! :-) You are enthusiastic about music and that's really cool! We just have a unique thing going here at the Audiobus forums that is seen seldom elsewhere, and we want to keep it that way--polite, respectful, useful, and fun! :-)
Tarzan spoke Spanish?
I thought he only spoke American.....er...English. ;-)
Hahaha! Edited for clarity! :-)
De nada...
I'm cool with it, sorry if I rubbed anybody the wrong way. I do just try and call it as I see it...
@FrankieJay said:
That's where you are wrong, I never attacked anybody. I only offered a helpful suggestion. Show me where I attacked somebody and I will respect that. On the other hand, I've seen people try and put words in my mouth here and I don't respect that, as that is definitely not cool. But like I said earlier, I have thick skin and it doesn't bother me.
@Flo26 said:
Awesome, see. We never felt harm either way, we are brothers in music across the pond!
Peace is Peace, clumsy for the French at many times in history, but only recently for America.
Peace has been clumsy and rather unpopular throughout human history from what I've read, but it seems to persevere here somehow.
@boone51 said:
Give it time, musicians who aren't punching each other in the mouth aren't worth their weight in tablature. As a new poster here, I sure get the feeling that some people here are more concerned about possible 'trolls' and disregarding the good stuff in their fears.
@Muleskinner said:
I'm an American of Norse descent (welcome to the melting pot), peace has never been our forte. But I disagree with the punch in the mouth thing.@Flo26 has posted some terrific guitar work, @Muleskinner post some of your work please.
"...in their fears" seems more like in a quest to be accepted. We all seek validation at some point, We are all turkeys (Fripp) in this music thing, some may think they are more but are not. It's the nature of the beast.
If someone hasn't proved thmselves to be worth listening to, then I have no time for the 'Hey, if you don't like how I say things, it's not my problem' attitude. It certainly isn't MY problem and that individual can go whistle to the wind, I shan't be listening. If they contribute something of value and show themselves to be an asset to the community, then I'm more likely to cut them some slack over their 'idiosyncrasies'.
Gobble gobble Mr. turkey, I knew you'd show back up.
@WMWM said:
Seriously? You were the one who asked where I was...
I'm just explaining why I'd kept quiet.
@Muleskinner said:
Telling someone to watch their grammar when they have been posting and contributing ideas and music here for months sounds like disrespect to me. Or, sounds like an "attack" on their intelligence when all they did was disagree with your point of view.
As you can see Flo26 has tried to diffuse the situation. We have lots of these kind of guys here and that is a very good thing. We can all go on an ego trip but accepting a different point of view from others without all the verbals is what makes this site great. You should read a thread here titled something like Where Are You From or the How Old Are You thread to get a feel for the different musicians that post here.
I'm not trying to dissuade you from posting here but I was just trying to make you realise there is a plethora of ideas and a mix of different people here and it is not about scoring points but more about sharing of ideas about what we all surely love and that is music.
I was going to respond to @Muleskinner then saw all the posts that came after and that kind of chilled me out. Peace. Goodnight.