Vintage Deluxe Reverb vs Fractal Axe-FX III
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- čas přidán 15. 03. 2024
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In this video, let's put my vintage 1974 Fender Deluxe Reverb up against the Fractal Axe-FX III. Is one tonally superior? Can you hear the difference? And (maybe most importantly) which example did you think sounded best? To spice things up let's also test my JHS Morning Glory and a digital counterpart. To keep things a bit more fair, I've added a third sound example of a secret source revealed toward the end of the video. Can you tell which is the Axe and which is the amp?
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B has a more defined mid register which has a slightly larger bandwidth - this means there's more to manipulate in a mix setting before the sounds thins out - the AXE FX III sounds are more "pre-mixed" and idealised. This has always been my experience of everything digital from E Drums, to VI synths to guitar modellers - sounds are pre- mixed more "ideal" from the get go. Real acoustic instruments and tube amps etc require far great skills to mix as they are truly raw ingredients. It depends so much on how you approach your productions. If you want to be able to sculpt everything at the mix stage then a tube amp will give you a bigger mid register tone to carve and enhance - if you want to have a faster workflow and mix less - all things digital will get you there quicker.
My faves A,C,B in some cases A and C switched positions nut overall I Would pick A. Thanks Matthew!
I’ve given up trying to distinguish between modelers and real time amps.
I got the A and B correct, but couldn't guess what C was about :)
thats crazy cos i liked everything but b and i had a feeling that was the tube, that makes me happy
I love these Tests, LOVE IT!!! on the cleans B is the modeller. I like A and C and Does not matter what they are, The B has a Telltale DARK sound, I hear this alot on kemper and other modeller demos, so it might be it's give away, DARKNESS almost sounds like a Blanket in front of the Speaker cabinet sound, very DULL for sure, I personally do not like it, but it could be used I suppose and maybe required in a Mix maybe. Great JOB in advance, just LOVE these!!! Let us see if I am right.
B is tube C is AxeFX and A is the secret.
Funny. I've had every AxeFX since the Ultra and I got A and B right, but I was convinced that C was a mix of both. I think that adding the ribbon mic added some of that honk that is present in the real amp. With that said none of them were like "this sounds horrible" or "this sounds more amp-like/modeled"...they just sounded like different examples of the same thing and the fact that they reacted similarly to your dynamics is really impressive. As for preference it'd probably be C, A and then B, but without playing through it myself..yada, yada, yada.
My Favs, in order, C, A, B. I'm guessing the tube amp is B. Edit: Ok, I was "right" but I'm questioning my super hifi sounding preference. Thanks Matthew.
With having a third option I pick four.
I liked A best and did identify B as the tube amp. C to me wasn't quite as transparent.
WOW was i WRONG, makes me want an FM9 really bad now. I would really like to see a set up where or between you and Tom Bucavac, to see if Uncle Larry could be FOOLED and pick the modeller over a Miced actual amplifier. I also would like to see if John Cordy the Wizard of helix could do the SAME. I would even pay to See a Video on this, Session man vs MODELLER KINGS. Would be a Stellar Video!!!!
My guess is A and C are modelers and B is tube amp because there’s more of a hifi clarity to A and C. Preference was C as it was tonally between the others. Will follow up with the reveal!
I preferred A in all the sound clips. C was good in some of them, but A was better. Didn’t care for B too much as it sounded a little nasally.
Well A sounded the best to me and i guessed that was the tube amp. Im an axe owner and the fact that i was wrong pleases me
it would have been interesting to have captured the cab with the mic placement intact and used that IR for the examples. B sounded muddy and under a blanket. I suspect they all would have had that in this scenario and been way harder to distinguish. I will declare modelers better for the simple reasons, lighter, smaller, more features, less overall cost, smaller lighter, smaller lighter and sound just as good in a mix. also did I mention smaller lighter and more features?
I thought in order of like vs not so much A, C, B.
Mathew, recently I switched from Tonex to fm9. I admit it's been a little difficult. Although the fm9 delivers a lot, I'm finding it difficult to adapt to the type of sound offered.
But C DOES sound the best! 😄
at first blush B sounds real and open and not at all digital. on clean 2 i thought C sounded best. on Morning glory 1, A was best for me, and Morning glory 2 B was best to my ears. Jazzy was C for me but all of those sounded almost the same. On Physician, B was my preference,