SPL Transducer with a great amp & preamp versus digital amp sims

[flex nes]

Hi,

Is the sound quality ( not latency etc ) I get with a nice amp and preamp with SPL transducer much better than pluggin my guitar into something like waves GTR trough a nice preamp and ad?

Cheers

[KarmaPolice]

I´d bee interested, too. The soundfiles on the SPL site have all tons of reverb
which I think is not so great for showing how this thing sounds. I´m using a
preamp into Guitar Rig and am not completely satisfied by the cab sound.

[gpiccolini]

...I don´t know about the SPL transducer, but no plugin comes close to my Fender Bassman...

[beau]

i have a transducer... if you are using amps which don't use a lot of preamp gain, its great.. however, if you are trying to track metal guitars (with tons of preamp gain) it doesn't stand up to a real cab. but for somewhat clean, or pushed guitars, even lightly distorted guitars it sounds fine you just gotta crank the volume on your guitar head...

1. personally, i think a real cab is going to sound more familiar and natural to your ears if you are used to recording real cabs.

2. if you have to track guitars at your house, where you can't be loud, the transducer will work fine. there is also a mod, which requires changing a cap or something, to get a little bit more scratchy top end...

just my opinion.

beau

[Mastering101]

beau,
Were you on America's most wanted last week....I swear it was you. Nice avatar...Satriani uses one...He told me "personally" he direct records EVERTHING "Guitars" in the studio....Someone tell me this is bullshit.please

[flex nes]

Originally Posted by beau

i have a transducer... if you are using amps which don't use a lot of preamp gain, its great.. however, if you are trying to track metal guitars (with tons of preamp gain) it doesn't stand up to a real cab. but for somewhat clean, or pushed guitars, even lightly distorted guitars it sounds fine you just gotta crank the volume on your guitar head...

1. personally, i think a real cab is going to sound more familiar and natural to your ears if you are used to recording real cabs.

2. if you have to track guitars at your house, where you can't be loud, the transducer will work fine. there is also a mod, which requires changing a cap or something, to get a little bit more scratchy top end...

just my opinion.

beau

Thanks !

Do you have any experience with amplitube or GTR or guitarrig or any of those?
I wonder whether I should use software or hardware.

Cheers!

- I dont think I care for metal sounds. I used to be a metal head, but now I mainly use my shredding techniques with a clean, and slightly compressed sound. I would also be interested in what amp, compressor, preamp and guitar that work best with the transducer -