I'm completely new to working with guitars and amps, so bare with me.
I've worked with a few different amp emulator plugins, and there is one distortion characteristic that I've been unable to attain.
In the attached file, there are three sections:
1. Recorded from an amp.
2. Recorded dry, with an emulator applied.
3. A synthetic guitar with an integrated amp demonstrating the effect prominently.
Listening to #3, when it hits that high note, the distortion "falls off."
Listening to #1, the distortion does the same thing to a lesser extent.
#2 doesn't do it at all. Why?
Is this due to:
-Bad emulation?
-Effects that were applied prior to the "real" amp?
-The part being played differently?
-The virtual amp picking up on the low quality of the dry mp3 (128kbps)?
Incidentally, does this characteristic of distortion (falling off at higher frequencies) have a name?
I've worked with a few different amp emulator plugins, and there is one distortion characteristic that I've been unable to attain.
In the attached file, there are three sections:
1. Recorded from an amp.
2. Recorded dry, with an emulator applied.
3. A synthetic guitar with an integrated amp demonstrating the effect prominently.
Listening to #3, when it hits that high note, the distortion "falls off."
Listening to #1, the distortion does the same thing to a lesser extent.
#2 doesn't do it at all. Why?
Is this due to:
-Bad emulation?
-Effects that were applied prior to the "real" amp?
-The part being played differently?
-The virtual amp picking up on the low quality of the dry mp3 (128kbps)?
Incidentally, does this characteristic of distortion (falling off at higher frequencies) have a name?