batsbrew
i'd love to hear someone's example of a sim doing a ac/dc tone.....
 

AmpliTube Rocks on AC/DC’s "Black Ice" Album 

AmpliTube 2 used on the new historic multi-million selling album

Malcolm Young, guitarist and founder of AC/DC has been using AmpliTube on his ProTools system since 2003 and moved to AmpliTube 2 in 2006. AmpliTube has been a constant companion in his work over the years. Malcolm is recognised as one of the greatest guitar players of our time.

In October 2008 AC/DC released their massive new album, Black Ice, which went immediately number One in 29 different countries, including Australia, the UK and United States. The American music magazine, Billboard said '"the biggest debut ever by a mainstream hard rock album."

Malcolm recently told us that he used AmpliTube 2 on two tracks of the new album, 'Big Jack' and 'Anything Goes' and he also used it when preparing the demo/rehearsal tracks.

As he told us "I like the way AmpliTube 2 Rock 'n' Rolls!"

www.ikmultimedia.com/MainPhp.html?NewsDisplay.php&Id=1994
 
 
Personally, I always prefer the real thing, but...

-nevermind-

NOW THAT IS INTERESTING.....
 
gonna check those out

batsbrew
then why even bother replying?
 

 Because that's what I wanted to do. : )

Rain

batsbrew
i'd love to hear someone's example of a sim doing a ac/dc tone.....
 

AmpliTube Rocks on AC/DC’s "Black Ice" Album 

AmpliTube 2 used on the new historic multi-million selling album

Malcolm Young, guitarist and founder of AC/DC has been using AmpliTube on his ProTools system since 2003 and moved to AmpliTube 2 in 2006. AmpliTube has been a constant companion in his work over the years. Malcolm is recognised as one of the greatest guitar players of our time.

In October 2008 AC/DC released their massive new album, Black Ice, which went immediately number One in 29 different countries, including Australia, the UK and United States. The American music magazine, Billboard said '"the biggest debut ever by a mainstream hard rock album."

Malcolm recently told us that he used AmpliTube 2 on two tracks of the new album, 'Big Jack' and 'Anything Goes' and he also used it when preparing the demo/rehearsal tracks.

As he told us "I like the way AmpliTube 2 Rock 'n' Rolls!"

www.ikmultimedia.com/MainPhp.html?NewsDisplay.php&Id=1994
 
 
Personally, I always prefer the real thing, but...

Good find Rain!!
 
I'd love to find the settings he actually used in Amplitube......the article was fairly short and didn't have anymore details.  

Grem

batsbrew
then why even bother replying?
 

Because that's what I wanted to do. : )

ok.
i can see where you are coming from.
 

Ya gotta admit, bats... it is a little humorous that after saying the Malc's tone was impossible to recreate with sims it turns out he actually uses sims himself.
 
:-p
 
and indeed, nice find, Rain. I've heard lots of good things about Amplitude but have never had the opportunity to try it. Still pretty happy with TH2 now that I've figured out some of my input stuff and learning a few tricks with the sim itself.
 
My new favorite trick is putting a TH2 cab IR on a bus being fed by doubled tracks. Just the cab... no heads or effects in the bus instance.

Beepster
Ya gotta admit, bats... it is a little humorous that after saying the Malc's tone was impossible to recreate with sims it turns out he actually uses sims himself.
 

 
well,
i have heard the tracks, and honestly, they are not all that.
 
example
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Anything+Goes/2k4yEo?src=5
 
and i love ac/dc, and really dig those tones.
 
so i cannot say as to how humorous it is...
 
all i know,
is that i've heard a lot of attempts at girthy rock tones, using sims,
and they all fell short.
 
now, if malcom used that program alone, and you could actually hear a good version of just the tracks using it,
that'd be one thing..
 
and it's common with pro mixes, to blend in the sound of sims with the real tracks, so a lot of times, you never know for sure what you are hearing..
 
 
i''m basing my comments SOLELY on my own hearing and experiences in different studios using these programs,
and me personally, i always prefer the sound of the real thing.
 
as far as playing tracks that are fully INSPIRED, i can say without a doubt that no sim i've ever tried, has ever FELT right, and i surely can't play my best if the FEEL of what i'm doing is less than where i've set the bar for myself.
 
 
i'm still waiting to hear something that will knock my socks off.
 
 

i know, i'm being tube amp snobby,
sorry.
 
but the power and the glory of a cranked well made tube amp,
has magic,
not found by pushing buttons on a computer.
 
 

batsbrew
i know, i'm being tube amp snobby,
sorry.
 
but the power and the glory of a cranked well made tube amp,
has magic,
not found by pushing buttons on a computer.
 
 

Hey, no arguments here. Obviously a real, tuned up amp glowing hot orange, properly mic'd in a good room with a competent producer behind the wheel is gonna be better but Malc's tone really is very simple. It wouldn't be hard to mimic it with a sim compared to other player's tones. It won't be AS good of course but the average music listener wouldn't know the difference in the context of a mix.
 
Now SRV's tone is a tricky bastard to get just right... but that's even difficult with an actual tube amp. I've still built some passable prelim setups.