I’m not sure why, but it never fails for me to be disappointed whenever I use an amp sim.

Whenever I plug in my guitar directly into the DI and load up an amp sim with a cab ir, it just sounds super flat. No dynamics, no life, just very lack luster all around and I have no idea why.

I have recorded guitar tracks while running a distortion pedal into a Mooer Radar Cab IR Loader and it sounded very good. But cannot for the life of me get an amp sim to sound nearly as dynamic when I run just my guitar into the DI

What gives?

  • drewisawesome14@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think it’s a thing I deal with regardless of IR unfortunately. They just sound dead. I looked at the visual EQ and I think what it is is the high and low cuts of the IRs or something. Maybe it’s a closed versus open mic thing? They’re just doesn’t seem to be any life in the tone.

    I feel like I get better sounds when I mic up my cheap crate solid state amp than I do over when I use amp sims.

    I used to have an Axe FX II and didn’t have that problem then with those cab irs. Maybe it’s just the amp sims