Re: New tube amps
Marek Cupák <[email protected]>
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Guys, I'd expect ardour-users maling list would serve debates about using Ardour... not flamewars about... well, whatever - tube amps, analog synths, etc. Try gearslutz forum instead, or something like that. On 26 December 2017 at 13:25, Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Dec 2017 11:34:44 +0000, Will J Godfrey wrote: > >First, let's be clear. I am not suggesting a valve amp can't be > >emulated, but your drawing is, to put it mildly, 'basic'. > > When I saw the circuit and the read the comments from Gordonjcp I > decided to stop feeding the troll. However, as already pointed out, I'm > using guitar gear without tubes and already build such gear when I was > a teenager. While some of this gear is very good for some purposes > (I already mentioned the Boss Turbo Overdrive OD-2 and that guitarists > pay a lot of money to get a replica of this stomp box), the > advantage of tube amps is that they could be used for a wider variety > of purposes without complicated adjustments of knobs. In short, the > guitarist could connect the guitar cable and gets a pleasant sound for > what ever kind of style and guitar the guitarists wants to play, without > wasting time with too many knob adjustments. All non-tube guitar amps I > ever heard did sound death directly compared to guitar tube amps, even > when spending hours with adjustments. Maybe there are non-tube amps > available that do not sound dead in direct comparison to a tube amp, but > seemingly it's easier to get a tube amp that does what most guitarists > like to get, than to get a non-tube amp. Btw. I at least own a keyboard > non-tube combo that does weight a lot. Non-tube gear not necessarily is > that different build when it comes to weight. > _______________________________________________ > Ardour-Users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change your mailing preferences please visit: > http://lists.ardour.org/listinfo.cgi/ardour-users-ardour.org > _______________________________________________ Ardour-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or change your mailing preferences please visit: http://lists.ardour.org/listinfo.cgi/ardour-users-ardour.org