Universal Audio Amp Simulation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- Nick and Addison are diving into the deep end of Universal Audio's latest amp emulators. Over at JHS, we've always been proponents of the age old adage, "If it sounds good, it is good," and we've never really shied away from amp emulators, but just how good are they? Find out with us on today's live stream!
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Woodrow '55 Instrument Amplifier - www.uaudio.com...
Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier - www.uaudio.com...
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Now we just need a Marshall JCM800 or 59 Super Lead plexi type pedal in the future from UA - please :)
jcm800 is my wish as well & Headphone jack too!
We hear this a lot!!
@@UniversalAudio hope it's jcm800 :), and any chance in the future to connect the current pedals to headphones via Bluetooth connection?
HX Stomp?
@@michaellucas1102 to me, the sound is quite lifeless.
They should make these with stereo XLR out. And an effects loop.
Yes, and if there's enough processing power to run ONE simulated amp, why not all three? I promise I'll only use one at a time!
The pedals feel and sound like when your amp is miked in another room and you are listening on speakers in the control room. It's amazing. When you play these straight into loud, full-range speakers it sounds and feels like real amps. Yes!
They sound great but dunno about that. Tried one through proper speaker cabs and it sounded more like a digitally processed amp signal tbh. Has that element of digi compression and lack of dynamics.
You actually say it exactly correct, they sound like a miked amp, and absolutely not like a real amp in your room. They can by definition never sound like a real amp in a room, because you need a mic to capture the sound. I wish people would be more clear and honest about this :)
These simple (user interface wise) digital modellers have really gotten good. I love the intuitive nature of turning a few knobs and getting a really good sound rather than diving into menu picks. I have an ACS1 which I'm happy with, but these UA units are another level.
Probably in the same way with vintage cars, these pedals will become daily drivers while the good old tube amps will be taken out on the weekends, on a good day. Or during that special photo shoot/recording session. It’s a great time to be around during this convergence of technology and great tone!
It is great to see re-creations of classic amps, would like to see more features of new and interesting amps/circuits as well like what you’ve done with pedals. Bless!
Second this big time. I've got an Orange OR120 that is totally unusable in most situations because it's so damn loud and heavy - but I'd never give it up just so I can crank it every once in a while!
I've also got a Mazda MX-5 (Miata for you US folk) that I take out on track and out at the weekends occasionally and is a blast but is also horribly impractical!
I've been waiting for JHS to come out with a Loud More Good pedal that can be used as a direct box.
This was pedal is so good it makes me mad. I literally sold my tube amps because it is so good. This through a orange pedal baby and a two rock speaker is the best live sound I’ve ever had. I have been converted.
I love the Dream '65! My only moan is that UAD don't (yet) have a desk-top version of the app. It would be so much more convenient for recording than messing about with a phone. It just seems bizarre that you need to connect via USB to register etc. - but you can't also use it as an alternative way to access presets.
Not sure what the state was 7 months ago. But I own the Dream, Woodrow, and Ruby, plus the new Max and the older Starlight. I decided to register them all last week. Crazy software insanity.
Using an Android phone and the app, the three amp pedals registered and downloaded the extra cabs, then gagged on using app to access the presets without using a computer and USB firmware update.
The Max did everything, no problem. The Starlight wouldn't even register. UA tech support is useless. It's as of they used three programmers who didn't know what the other ones had done. It feels like bad software. Updating the firmware should be optional, especially since it's a security update. They wanted me to reset everything, including the pedals. No way. I don't want to lose the extra cabs.
The real question is, how do these compare to the Joyo American Sound and AC-tone 🤣. I am only kind of kidding because those are awesome pedals.
I have both of those Joyo pedals on my board, going into a cheap NUX IR loader. The UA pedals really don't sound any better to me - and definitely not 10x the price better!
The Dream has the best amp simulation I‘ve ever tried. I‘ve been through the hx stomp and the fractal audio stuff, never found a emulation like that. It‘s so simple and beautiful, I don‘t know how they did that.
I’m about to sell my hx stomp for the dream, would you recommend ? How does the dream sound when you go straight to the mixer board during a live event ? The hx stomp requires way too much tweaking man! I seem to never being able to get the tone i want or the volume of the preset is always a problem when i’m playing live. It’s either too loud or not loud enough
Have you tried it with dirty or fuzz pedals?
sounds good?
I have a Kemper fender dlx profile and uafx dream: Kemper still stands out harmonically. It just sounds fuller and takes better pedals. Btw, it’s maybe kemper profile corresponds to a normal channel and uafx dream - to vibrato channel
I have the Ruby and Woodrow. They're jaw dropping,
I have the Ruby and it is incredible. I would buy a Marshall UA pedal for sure.
The only things I don’t like about the platform is not having a desktop app, and not being able to see what the knob settings are on the pedal for the presets. This last part is very frustrating since you know it would be such a simple feature to add.
How is it so simple?
This has been a problem for over 2 decades (and actually more, think the Memory Moog and other analog synths that attempted to integrate stored presets) with virtual (digitally emulated) gear.
In the late 90's early 00's Virtual Analog synths were making strides (still not there) but the most disconnecting/disruptive thing was this failure of UI, which is absolutely HUGE! It sucks pulling up a preset and having your whole UI not represent the sound you just pulled up. ALL the knobs are out of whack, and if you want to do something as simple as changing the resonant frequency of the filter, you've first got to sweep that knob around trying to find where the frequency was in the preset patch, then you have to actually move it to where you want to go.
That disconnect, that first initial step is a constant disconnect between your inspiration and the realization of that inspiration, and honestly, I know it sounds like whiny 1st world problems, I mean it CAN be overcome through studied self control and focus, but if you have the choice between the two a UI that is totally disconnect and a UI that accurately represents what is going on... why would you not choose the thing that actually works directly, immediately to do the thing you want to do?
A metaphor, imagine your car was like this, your steering wheel was digital, someone swerves into your lane, but your steering wheel is on a digital preset, and you've got to turn the wheel all over to find the place where the wheel actually represents where your tires are currently aimed, and then you have to turn the steering wheel to make an evasive maneuver to avoid the accident - could you imagine your level of frustration? And your lack of success? FATALITY!
I have and love a Moog Grandmother, sounds amazing, and the synth is never producing a sound that isn't totally represented by the UI knobs and patch cables. I'm so much more productive with this synth.
This too, the 1:1 analog UI, has its own downside, like if you track a bass line say, with one sound, one position for all the knobs and patch cables, and then you want to use the GM to do a lead line, you've got to disassemble that bass patch, and even if you phone photo it... you may never get it back, as analog knobs have infinite resolution (down to the plank length, then it is digital again), but a sound in your desired sweetspot may never be recreateable. And even if you get it back, you're gonna spend several minutes at the least, recreating it. That is disruptive to production/writing flow. Especially if you've adopted a vst workflow - where you can just instantly save a patch, and if you wanna make another sound, you leave that sound and that track where it sits, and pop open another instance of that synth, and you're off to the races. It truly is almost instantaneous. Some people can't work on analog gear because of this. That instantaneousness is essential and core to their workflow, jumping onto an analog synth that is going to take minutes documenting your current patch, and then stripping that down, and creating a new patch... it is time consuming. Your documentation needs to be exacting. It is brutal.
So there are two sides to this issue.
Some designers have fairly successfully confronted this ui challenge. In the early 00's for example Nord released a Virtual Analog synth with led rings around each knob, which really was an encoder, not a potentiometer, and that sucks too, but I'll leave it. So, when you pulled up a preset, all the lights would change, the ring of led's around each knob would somewhat accurately represent the current encoder's value. This was cool. But expensive, and people didn't wanna pay for it, so it went away. Fast forward 15 years, the Novation Circuits confronted this issue less accurately but still surprisingly effectively for such affordable gear. There is a ring around each encoder (boo, encoder), and rather than an individual led amongst an array illuminating the knob's position, the ring would change colors depending on it's value, so once you sort of mapped the colors to the encoder positions, which just came with working with it, you'd generally know where the value of each knob, or at least, you could get back to it quickly. Not the best, but a good solution.
Chase Bliss used another approach - a high dollar solution to preset UI disconnect, they use flying faders to accurately represent the values of the faders of the preset, and choosing a preset instantly moves the faders to the values stored in the preset. This automated fader solution is the best, and most seamless, but it introduces significant cost to the product, and a fragility. These finely micro tuned automated faders can be damaged fairly easily, OR they can wear out over time. This leads to repair time and costs, down time where you don't have the device to use...
All these UI challenges are real, there are a variety of solutions, all with pluses and minuses. True power is knowing yourself and how you work and finding gear that is within your budget to sound how you need it to sound and works the way you are most effective in working.
Sorry for the length.
@@alphanumeric1529 I'm not reading all that, but I'm gonna stop you right there. I'm quite certain they were talking about seeing the preset settings in the app, not on the UI of the pedal itself. This would be quite simple to do, simple as any VST with presets, You know, like the ones UA make.
Agreed. I'd even be happy with a pdf that shows where the knobs, speakers and mods were set.
@@henryhill92 Yup, I'm just talking about seeing the preset settings within the app. All that information is 100% stored in the preset and just hidden from the eyes of us commoners. lol
Get the ToneX pedal brother. It has everything you want!
Best part of the video: 3:35
The synergy is so real with you guys the response was perfectly lined up - “It’s not. It’s true” double tracked.
Since you are not a tube snob, a deep dive episode on Quilter amps, especially Superblock US and UK series would be great. You seemed to like them very much in one of the episodes from a few months ago. :)
I would love a demo of quilter demo from these fellas
I’ve wanted to see someone go deep on the Aviator Cub for a long time now. Seems like a very cool piece of kit from a legitimate genius.
I love my Matchless HC30 but bought the Dream and done with lugging an amp to gigs. Sounds amazing!
Everyone should give a listen to the 'Tone Talk' episode with James Santiago.
To each his own. I'm not against the progression of technology and trying new things. I have, as a matter of fact. No matter how hard I try I end up back at my tube amp. It's just more raw, real, wind moving, in your face and feeling it in the room. The fact is the average guitar player isn't doing any professional recording. Although I will say the younger crowd is getting more into digital. I bought all the gear, had the DAW and found myself doing post editing to the point it felt artificial. I was only convincing myself otherwise. I'll stick to big gnarly loud tube amps. But again, to each his/her own.
im with you i have bought so much of this digital stuff for decades it still sounds thin and lifeless to me, my tele into my tube amp is so damn good
And if you have that luxury, you should enjoy it. But these fit an overlapping but ultimately separate set of use cases.
Apartment dwellers sighed in relief.
Super happy with the Dream. I understand that it doesn't feel like a speaker at your back, but the feel of playing is certainly there (tracking dynamics, behaving like a real amp, etc), better than any emulator I've played. I don't use any presets. I just adjust as needed, just like an amp. The SRV tones from D-Tex and the EV12 are insane.
These are great I own the dream and ruby and they sound great. Haven’t quite figured out how to stack so many pedals without it freaking out but I have been experimenting with the signal chain. My ruby doesn’t have a reverb other than the room setting and I find that running a really wet reverb or delay before it it gets a little muddy. Gonna try setting the delay and reverb after the ruby in the signal chain. Gonna try and get a walrus audio canvas and run stereo xlr into interface and see if it cleans up some of the artifacting I get with some pedals. It really doesn’t like my obne sunlight running in the front. Some pedals don’t jive well with them for me. Not sure if it’s an impedance issue or what. But it’s been a fun journey.
i have also the dream and the ruby. think the dream is a perfect pedal platform ...the ruby is a bit more challenging to get good tones with pedals ...especially drive pedals.
I use the Dream in the effects loop of the HX Stomp XL and it works brilliantly. Best amp sim ever for me, and I get to use my fav OD's in front of the stomp, together with the line 6 modulation effects after the effects loop containing the Dream. Also Nick congrats on Hey Kid - a thoughtful lyric over a great sonic landscape - more please!
Does the hx stomp effect work really well with the dream ?
I have the Dream and love it. I am debating on adding the Ruby to the mix, but these are some next level amp sim/cab pedals.Have that going to my diso+ line isolator and run balanced direct out for live use and even in the home recording where my wife hates loud noise. I love pushing it with boost pedals, it breaks up and overdrives just like the amp and doesn't shit itself like other amp sim pedals I've had where they just can't handle it.
Based on the comments am I the only one that thinks these sound terrible? Sorry to be a jerk. They have that bad piezo in an acoustic sound that some cheap modelers and amp sims have.
If you count how many "like" were spoken, you get the demo pedals as a gift :p
I have the Dream, and I won't argue with your claim that it is every bit as good as a tube amp. But it's important to mention that an amp "builds" your sound in the room you're in, and no pedal can do that. Sure, if you hook it up to really powerful, expensive studio monitors, you could move the air the way the speaker in your amp does, but at that point, the advantage of portability, as well as the price advantage, are long gone. Also, you're still not playing an amp, you're playing a "recording" of an amp. So if you want the experience of your guitar sound bouncing out of that membrane and hitting your ear physically, the dream remains a dream, and when you wake up, you plug into an amp.
Very good said. Thanks !
The Nick "Like" Loux Drinking Game. You'd be stone dead in the first 3 minutes. I think Nick is trying to hypnotize us into "smashing that like button."
I'm 5 minutes into the video. I played your game. I'm pissed! I wn't smsh tht like-bttn, upfffff.
Nick I had to stop the video and listen to the new song. I am very impressed with the vocal and the mix. It was awesome. I just spent the whole afternoon tracking vocals myself. Good job Nick !!!
Great episode, as always. But Nick's single - that was a beautiful song!
Great job on your new single Nick, I enjoyed everything about it but your singing really stood out to me. Looking forward to hearing more
Wow, thanks for the killer overview of the UA Amp boxes, but it was a hard episode to watch. They all sounded so thin compared to how your JHS show guitars usually sound. Maybe a different effects chain? I know they were direct into your Apollo, but they sounded like an ice-picky direct guitar to me. They guys were so stoked on the tone, it was hard to believe it wasn’t an April Fools type parody…
What is going on here - he keeps talking about how great it sounds , but I don't hear it - every setting sounded the same -artificial and just bad - all sauce and no meat. I 'm not buying it.
"Like" What are you guys, "like" a couple Valley Girls? "Like" you know what I "LIke" mean? lol!
All I want is a room where I can crank my not very expensive amp. And some folks to play with.
These pedals sound amazing.
The idea of a quiet stage and in-ears and good sound quality in a room (or arena) full of noisy people is nice, but it's not a problem I'm lucky or good enough to have.
Waiting for the technology that bypasses guitars and ears and just broadcasts the show directly into the audience's brains.
I have to say where these really shine is ease of use and workflow for recording. Can record silently. No need to setup mics on guitar cabs and easy to use . I have other modelers that do more but running through the screens and knobs can almost be distracting from just getting things down and recorded. Just my 2 cents.
Indeed, one of the main workflows we aimed for.
Nick, your new song “Hey Kid” is awesome! Great production and your voice is amazing. Good or better than anything coming out of Nashville these days,
Dude...i'm sold. The Ruby and the Woodrow are now on my Christmas list. They sound great. And you get soooo much for the fraction of the price of the actual amplifier.
Fellas I have been playing my Dream for two weeks now and it is amazing! I took it with me to my guitar lesson and my teacher who has a Deluxe Reverb Fender amp and he was blown away. He plays a Hybrid 8 string in a band where we live. He has been playing since he was 6 years old also a touring musician in Austin Tx. So he knows ! Great video lots of good info!
Do you need a DI to plug it in a live set up mixer ? I saw comments mentioning this .
I mostly am going after a deluxe reverb sound anyhow and it’s so great that I could just use that and no amp. Especially on the road.
Can they drive a speaker cabinet? If not they are very limited in what they can do and not different from earlier mod pedals. Quilter can do both, drive a cab and go direct for half the cost.
Yes they can. You can turn off the cab emu and use a clean amp to drive a real cab.
I love the sounds of these UA pedals - I just wish they were MIDI capable for those of us with switchers. Its a deal killer for me at this point.
No JHS pedals at all on Addison’s board. Don’t get fired bro.
My Dream just left me stunned. I wish I could convince UA to do a Traynor model, I have a wall of those beasties and many will shake the foundations apart if I wanted "the sound".
The main problem with these things is that they will lose their software support one day, while an analog preamp will just keep going.
To play devil's advocate. I know where you're coming from. But just because software support stops doesnt mean these will stop working. They will lose some of their functionality (depending on the IR/cab box) typically it is just going to be that you lose some more advanced tweaking or custom IR's being loaded.. Now this is the thing, it will take a very very long time before that will ever become a major issue. I'm in IT and can tell you that even for old hardware that runs on things like say windows 98 or XP, you can still use them with virtual machines, it is another layer that some people wont be willing to go through but it will work. The other thing is these all have dials and knobs and can be used without ever plugging them into a computer.
I get where you are coming from, but If the app loses support, you still have 90% of the functionality of the pedal. It's not like the pedal is dependent on the app to function, unlike some others.
Flipside- try finding tubes, through hole components, and he he who know what they are doing to fix the original amps. Hard now, will be impossible soon.
Addison, is that a K-Line guitar? If yes, would you recommend it as a good t-style option?
That's def a K-Line, and the best tele I've ever played. Do not hesitate on these, Chris is the real deal.
I love walking up to a cranked amp and getting the cry of feedback. I feel amp emulators limit my musical expression without the element of "playing" feedback.
You can get it np when you've got a good loud monitor.
This is a great episode and explores the solution many guitar players need to utilize these days for a variety of reasons. Please consider taking a closer look at the DSM Humboldt Simplifier DLX. It’s like a Ruby, Dream, and whatever they do for a Plexi in one analog box. It has reverb, an fx loop, stereo, and a ton of flexibility. I absolutely love this pedal.
I watched this VOD while playing my Simplifier DLX. As a bedroom guitarist with little experience of "real" amps I was comparing tones and, I've got to say, the Simplifier was closer to the sound I'm aiming for, but then: I've had a long time dialling it in with my own guitar and effects. It's taken me a while to really get to grips with the Simplifier but I feel that where I am with it now it's better for my needs and I love switching from light Fender to mid VOX crunch ... something you can't do with these "single amp" modellers. I do think, however, that the UAD is more practical for a gigging guitarist because everything can be on presets, which avoids the situation where you've knocked a couple of switches or dials into the wrong place and can't quickly work out which.
@@sordel5866 You’re probably right about the presets element of the UA pedals, and most people who use them are genuinely impressed with the sounds they get. I haven’t used them myself, by I am impressed with what I have seen. I just feel like the SImplifier DLX gets you the same tones, the same dynamic response, a Marshall option, and a ton of flexibility as a amp/cab sim and a pedalboard hub for silent stage, four cable method, stereo out to FOH or DAW. It’s an incredible tool and I feel like no one is talking about it. DSM Humboldt makes incredible products and they’re like a great secret weapon that no one knows about.
@@danmorris9899 Depends on where you are. Andertons in the UK has sold a metric ton of Simplifiers and I think that they're pretty well known in that corner of the internet. Because they aren't digital they often seem to get missed out of the conversation around Iridium, Walrus etc. but they definitely have their fans. I actually think that they're a bit difficult to demo because they do, if anything, too much and you're going to get a lot more out of them with your favourite pedals in front of them.
Thanks for the tip
@@sordel5866 I spent some time with the dlx? And it does sound good, feels ok and has the connections that I personally need, but compared to the UA it can't keep up:(
The lack of reasonable bass control was actually a reason why these pedals didn’t work for me.
Wish that "room" knob was on the Dream 65 pedal too. That slight bit of room (see Iridium) adds so so much.
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Roland Jazz Chorus please @UniversalAudio 😊😊😊
Correct me if I'm wrong but.... if you connect one of those amps to a synth amp ( that it should be like an line amp), it would be like having a real physical amp right?
Ex: Roland KC-80
Sansamp Classic and GT2 it's still a good option!
I dig hearing these! One of the guitarists at my church plays his board through a mic'd up AC15. His rig sounds amazing. Another guy could be using the Vox, but prefers the simple setup of playing through an old Tech21 Liverpool into an EHX Holy Grail. Though my preference still leans toward using the "real thing", a lot of the sonic and tactile differences seem to fade a bit when you're using IEMs and running everything through FOH.
Newbie question here... how does it actually work? I mean... do you just buy a pedal like that and a cabinet? Can it work with a Katana?
Are y'all just listening through in-ears or do you have them running through a cab/FRFR of some kind in the room?
I don't know! I bought the Dream '65, but was quite underwhelmed. I sold it after a few months. Sure, it's more touch responsive than the Princess amp in my Helix. Still, I find that it needs so much processing that it really isn't worth it. I guess, it really is the speaker sims that are lackluster. The high hiss above 6K is still there. You definitely need to tame the mids if you are playing with distortion. It has pretty much all the same flaws as most other amp sims. It's just more touch responsive. It has that "metallic clang" that I really like, but it's still not worth it imo. It really does not take pedals all that great either. At least my ODR-1, Keeley Phat Mod and Xotic Super Sweet sound better with my Helix than the Dream '65. By cutting all the highs above 7K, some cutting at 4K and a little work down in the 2K register and the low mids I can get a much better and more "3D sounding" sound with my Helis. It's not quite as touch responsive, but since I always use a compressor it really does not seem to matter all that much. The only thing I'm missing is that "metallic clang". The reverb and the tremolo are fantastic though.
Is Nick’s song on Apple Music by any chance?
It is! Nick Loux. The song is pretty dang good
@@NateTheMeh sweet! Thanks chief!
I have the Dream pedal and think it’s great too! Btw, im pretty sure the green lights, show the speaker cabs the pedal’s come with, and the red lights are the extra speakers you get after you register it
Red ones are the originals, green are the extras.
@@jonnes_m oh dang lol. I’ve had it reversed in my head this whole time 😂 thank you!
Was 😳 shocked u guys didn't know which order a pre and power amp went... what?! Um....pre....amp..... 😂w all the modeling being used and gear running everywhere it was just surprising.. obviously I'm just picking on u guys...
I have a Princeton and an AC-15, but they aren't no '65 Deluxe or '63 Vox. They still got the original speaker.
Holy crap - I want a chrome Tele!!!
Check out the pedals from moor. They have amp sim pedals of all variety and they sound great. Paired with their cab sim pedal you don’t need an amp at all on stage. I’ve been using them live for years and sound guys always love it when they don’t have feedback issues to deal with
Been sitting on the fence with these. I’m going to get one. Thanks!
Just finished a song using only the UAFX Woodrow 55. It’s a great amp in a box!
Anyone got any suggestions on the best way of using these live with some volume?
Cabinet and power amp? Or would that just ruin the sound?!
Universal Audio knocked it out of the park!!! Now we need the JCM800 and SLO100!!
Ruby is a SICK! beasts…..
The UA Team is one of best Team doing modeling. 5 Starts!!!!!
I made an amp sim pedal that I use, kinda sounds like these but more like a late 60's drip tray silver face deluxe reverb with a speaker mod to switch between celestion and ripped jbl sounds and simulates the bright cap clipped. I been using it with 2 king of tones, ts9, 1970s vintage fuzz, strymon el capistan and an axefx III in the loop to run after my pedals and my hx stomp and into front of house it sounds insane
I'm 23 minutes in.... I really want to know how you gig them without a power amp? No XLR out to a mixer? I wish they had show'd the WHOLE signal path, not just the pedal boards.
you would do quarter inch to a direct box, then the DI to front of house. hope that helps!
@@jhspedals Do you guys make a direct box? Or which one do you use?
Noob question: if I buy one of these instead of a traditional amp, what kind of speaker do I plug it into? Do I run it into my computer and then listen to through the computer speakers or do I plug it into a speaker cabinet in the same way that I’d plug an amp head into a cabinet?
I use an active PA speaker mainly, but you could use an interface with headphones, studio monitors, or even regular speakers but those won’t sound the same as the prior options. Also there are speakers made specifically for modelers like the head rush, powercabs, etc.
Dream sounds exactly like the amp, ruby and the other have some slight differences
In control room? I guess we need to readjust our hearing expectations to what it sounds like in the control room. And quit getting off on loud amps in a room
Addison doesn’t have a single Jhs pedal on his board, or Poison Noises. I don’t know which is weirder (?) 😂
I tried the Ruby into a Syrincs cab and it was so bad that I returned it the next day. I own a Tonemaster Deluxe Reverb and because it has no fx loop, I want to move to an amp pedal but what would work? Help? Anyone?
I use Full Range Flat Response (FRFR) speakers by Headrush with a Walrus Audio ACS1. Sounds great.
Also, look at the reviews of the UAs on Reverb. 3 1/2 stars outa 5 on most. Not great.
@@eternalvernal1286 have you tried an Iridium? Also considering HX Stomp
@@eternalvernal1286 i have some gear to sell. Is Reverb okay or full of scams?
The DSM Humboldt Simplifier DLX is a great unit. Three different amps, gain stages, cab sims, fx loop, reverb, stereo xlr and 1/4 inch outs, and all analog!
Had the same issue with underpowering an Engl Cabloader and thought it burnt out. I was so destroyed... until I found out... 😅
These don't sound weird and boxey like Mustang and Katana?
I liked both of them from a cold start.
But then, as soon as you play through a real amp, you realize how bad they sound.
Even compared to a 20-watt orage crush.
I found a Mustang v 4 150 watt with 2 12s for 175.
The celestions were replaced with eminence fender speakers.
They sound better than the celestion.
Was thinking of getting an ir maybe I'll look into one of these?
How many "like"s can you put in one sentence?
Nick: Hold my beer ;o)
Nice video though!
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Universal Audio is incredible. Malaysian manufactures have really hit the ball out of the park. UA is undeniably leading the world with digital technology. Everyone is saying it feels and sounds like analog. If I can replace all of my analog pedals with one digital effects unit that sounds and feels analog, I’m all for it! 💜
Great video.
WARNING: do not use this as a drinking game using the word “LIKE.” YOU WILL DIE.
This might be a stupid question, but can I use this through my clean channel of my amp and get good results?
You could. You can turn the cab emulation off, which I would recommend. I actually run it in the power amp in on a Boss Katana. Sounds great!
I already have ACS1, but these UA sims sure look good. Should I get one? Not sure if it’s that different from acs1 and acs1 seems more versatile, cause it has three different amps in it.
Can anyone enlighten me on this aluminum tele? What Nick said is unsearchable.
Nick, let's us know how you setup at your show. Did you bring a pa or run the ruby or dream in front of house? How did it sound? I would also love to hear you guys play with either the Dream or Ruby when you guys play a song on the show. I want to hear how they sound when you play with drums and bass. I have the Ruby and love it. Have not used my amps much.
Really solid song man! Question if you’re playing in a room or live are you using an FRFR?
i got a dream 65 a month or so ago. I'm using it in a small church setting. It's WAY better than the little supro 1 watt i was using. When you have an in-ear rig going as well, there's no difference between this and an amp room off stage.
i did order an FRFR speaker to get some off-stage volume for a bigger room. Still have plenty of tube amps at home for other stuff, but the Dream is SICK
have the dream and the ruby ...perfect pedal platforms ...the dream is a dream for pedals 😎 the ruby is a bit more challenging in combination with pedals to get good sounds i think. hope they do a plexi in the future! ...cool video as allways!
Great show and video,... just trim down on your entry of the word "like" throughout the conversation and you'll be one step closer to a pro status.
What are these sounds coming out of? Studio speakers or whats?
Wait, who died? Today’s episode has this weird feeling…
I am so BORED with the Tube worship. I’m inventing a slur, right now: TOOBIES.
I haven't used an amp to record since 1992 - started with a Scholz Rockman, then a Tech21 Sansamp (the original one!), then Line6 XTLive which I used for nearly 20 years. I tend to prefer "amp" distortion rather than pedals - these new effects are finally beginning to capture these sounds. I now use a Line 6 POD Go, or a Strymon Iridium. Both are such realistic sounding solutions for recording.
@JHS Can you run these into the front of a clean amp?
We need them to do a Dumble, that way there can finally be a real "Dumble in a box".
I have a board with the dream and ruby into the fx loops of an hx effects with an expression pedal. Cool thing with that is I can create all my patches and presets switching between the two amps where I have core sounds saved in the presets of each. Then with the effects loop blocks I can get all patches gain stages volume wise since each has an input and output. Added bonus is if you have a basic cleanish tone and want a more pushed sound, you can just drive the i out of the amp more and control/attenuate the output for consistency on patches.
Nice overview guys! I really love the Dream because I think it has the most room for pedals and it's best for playing clean when you use it with single coils - getting that edge of break up with this pedal is great. It can get dirty as well, especially if you plug in a guitar with humbuckers. Its awesome that you have a dedicated Output knob so you can adjust your gain levels for recording without losing the tone.
How do you monitor it live? Thats where these devices fall short for me. I dont use IEM's and to me theres nothing worse than FRFR or a wedge monitor.
IEM life is hard to jump into, but once you do it’s hard to go back
Speaking of... I have a little rolls personal mixer that I can monitor myself and a mix send from the board. It’ll power off my pedalboard power supply too. Pretty handy.
I used it with great success for this fly out performance: th-cam.com/video/ZalQDArnSAw/w-d-xo.html
(I’m the one with the green tiger guitar. Stage monitors are dead for the set. Pretty much footrests 😂).
@@JoelCaseyJonesMusic too old too set on real amp tone and feel I guess
@@lickysixx yeah I get them. I’m of the generation where there was no IEMs when I starting playing in bands so it was a hard transition. The cool thing is that if you go down the road of emulation of modeling you can always take your output and go into the power amp section of a tube amp (don’t forget to bypass your IR) and it’s just like what you’re used to. Feels right too. With something like a Helix or HX stomp you can also have 1 output keep the IR or speaker emulation to feed in ears and do both. That video link I sent that’s what I did to keep a little stage volume pushing air. Anyway I hope that helps
@@JoelCaseyJonesMusic Thats what I did when experimenting with digital amplifiers after realizing FRFR wasn't for me. I used the FX return of my tube amp but at that point I might as well just use the tube amp. The reason behind the digital unit was to lighten the load...now I was dragging both, Didn't make sense.
With that pedal board, Addison is definitely playing in church😇
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Multiple delays multiple reverbs and a volume pedal? What was the give away? 😂 I’m not speaking from experience or anything..... 🥴
Couldn’t listen to this. The guy say “like” more than a drunk valley girl.