Today, I want to answer one question: can vintage profiling tech recreate the sounds of vintage amps?
Read on to find out.
Continue reading “Can The Kemper Profile Tweed Tone?”New Arrivals: May 2024
This month, I’ve picked up a couple of bucket-list tweed-tone pedals, a couple of new instruments to learn … and hopefully a replacement for one of the biggest disappointments that I’ve ever bought.
What did I get? Read on to find out.
Continue reading “New Arrivals: May 2024”First Impressions: ToneX One Modeller Pedal
I recently bought a ToneX One pedal.
What do I think of it? Read on for my First Impressions.
Continue reading “First Impressions: ToneX One Modeller Pedal”Studio Diary #44: Key Decisions About Cab IRs
‘Studio Diary’ is an occasional series where I talk about building a home recording setup for hobbyists and enthusiasts like us. I share my personal experiences, and the thinking behind some of the decisions that I’ve made along the way.
Fractal Audio have recently overhauled their amp modelling in the Axe-FX 3 / FM-9 / FM-3. And my recent dive into the Orange Getaway Driver has shown me that I need to revoice my signal chain. I’m taking this as an opportunity to re-evaluate everything about the pedal preset I’ve built for the Axe-FX 3.
Before I get into detail about dialling in each amp and cab, I want to first discuss some more general things I’ve learned about impulse responses (IRs for short), and how that’s led me to some key decisions (or, if you prefer, design constraints) that I’m going to use to guide me as I dial in the amps and cabs.
Continue reading “Studio Diary #44: Key Decisions About Cab IRs”Studio Diary #43: How I Level-Match Demo Tracks In Universal Audio’s LUNA
I’m just prepping the audio for an upcoming blog post, and I thought it would useful to document how I go about it …
… because there’s a couple of gotchas that I’ve run into, that I don’t want to forget about.
And if I didn’t know this, maybe it’ll help someone else who needs to do the same thing? Or maybe someone who knows better will see this and leave a comment with helpful advice?
Continue reading “Studio Diary #43: How I Level-Match Demo Tracks In Universal Audio’s LUNA”Studio Diary #42: Why I Need To Support Different Guitars In One Preset
‘Studio Diary’ is an occasional series where I talk about building a home recording setup for hobbyists and enthusiasts like us. I share my personal experiences, and the thinking behind some of the decisions that I’ve made along the way.
Fractal Audio have recently overhauled their amp modelling in the Axe-FX 3 / FM-9 / FM-3. And my recent dive into the Orange Getaway Driver has shown me that I need to revoice my signal chain. I’m taking this as an opportunity to re-evaluate everything about the pedal preset I’ve built for the Axe-FX 3.
In this post, I want to explain something that I haven’t seen other people do; namely, why I build support for different guitars into the same pedal platform patch.
Continue reading “Studio Diary #42: Why I Need To Support Different Guitars In One Preset”Studio Diary #41: Revoicing The Axe-FX 3 Pedal Platform Patch – Amp & Cab Requirements
‘Studio Diary’ is an occasional series where I talk about building a home recording setup for hobbyists and enthusiasts like us. I share my personal experiences, and the thinking behind some of the decisions that I’ve made along the way.
Fractal Audio have recently overhauled their amp modelling in the Axe-FX 3 / FM-9 / FM-3. And my recent dive into the Orange Getaway Driver has shown me that I need to revoice my signal chain. I’m taking this as an opportunity to re-evaluate everything about the pedal preset I’ve built for the Axe-FX 3.
The heart of the preset is the amp & cab combination, so let’s get straight into that, and work out what I actually want.
Continue reading “Studio Diary #41: Revoicing The Axe-FX 3 Pedal Platform Patch – Amp & Cab Requirements”Studio Diary #40: It’s Time For A New Pedal Platform Patch
Fractal Audio have recently overhauled their amp modelling in the Axe-FX 3 / FM-9 / FM-3. And my recent dive into the Orange Getaway Driver has shown me that I need to revoice my signal chain. I’m taking this as an opportunity to re-evaluate everything about the pedal preset I’ve built for the Axe-FX 3.
So let’s start by taking a step back, and revisit how the Axe-FX 3 sits in my overall signal chain.
The discussion here applies to anyone who’s swapped real amp & cab for a digital modeller of some kind. It’s not specific to Fractal Audio’s Axe-FX 3; it’ll work with any modeller that supports the four-cable method (4CM for short).
Continue reading “Studio Diary #40: It’s Time For A New Pedal Platform Patch”2023 Review: Home Studio Gear
Rather than do a ‘best of’ style post, every year I’m doing a rundown of what home studio gear I’ve used this year, and why.
Previous years: [2019] [2020] [2021][2022]
Continue reading “2023 Review: Home Studio Gear”Studio Diary #39: Why I Use DAW Plugins For Delay And Reverb On My #TweedTone Comparisons
‘Studio Diary’ is an occasional series where I talk about building a home recording setup for hobbyists and enthusiasts like us. I share my personal experiences, and the thinking behind some of the decisions that I’ve made along the way.
This time around, I want to answer a question that nobody has asked me. Why am I using DAW plugins for delay and reverb, instead of my Axe-FX 3?
Read on if you’re interested in my thinking behind this decision. And if you’re not interested, no worries 🙂
Continue reading “Studio Diary #39: Why I Use DAW Plugins For Delay And Reverb On My #TweedTone Comparisons”