Ampeg SVX Emulation Software

[DinoRock]

Any experience with this software? Thoughts and comments appreciated.

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[Timi]

Best thing about plugins is being able to demo and decide for yourself!

I know this plugin gets a lot of praise but as someone who has recorded quite a few Ampegs I don't think it sounds very realistic or very good. I can get much better results with a VT Bass, particularly when disabling the cab sim and using an impulse response. Just my opinion...

 

[silky smoove]

I would agree with @Timi that a VT Bass pedal with the cabinet simulation disengaged and a good impulse response inside of a good convolver (or a hardware IR setup like a Two Notes Torpedo or similar) will deliver better results than the SVX plugin. That said, for most people the SVX plugin will do a perfectly adequate job. It sounds good for what it is. I have a similar feeling with Positive Grid's Bias Desktop plugin and their bass amp selection. They aren't going to sound as good as the real thing in a good room with good acoustic treatment with a good mic setup by a good engineer and run through a good preamp and a good converter, but for folks without those luxuries (not really luxuries, but you know what I mean) it will do a good enough job. I've been given stems to mix by folks who didn't know how to mic a bass amp, or used a poor mic selection, or how the cab in a horrible room, and I would have been MUCH happier with a clean DI that I could run through SVX or Bias Desktop.

 

[seamonkey]

Try it and record yourself with a demo.
Watch for a sale, also people do sometimes sell it used. It more of you buy their account. IK Allows it.
There are many options with software modeling these days.
There's other bass amps in the gear shop, and guitar amps work for bass as you can split/high pass to a guitar amp, and send the lows to a bass amp, or straight through.

 

[bigsnack]

I think that there are much better products out there personally.

Mark Studio 2
Kuassa Cerberus
GK amplification Pro

I use all of the above, and have long since stopped using SVX.

 

[DinoRock]

I think that there are much better products out there personally.

Mark Studio 2
Kuassa Cerberus
GK amplification Pro

I use all of the above, and have long since stopped using SVX.

Thanks! It's hard to tell from the descriptions. If it makes any difference, I use studio one v2 pro at home. Bass has been sounding very good just via DI and appropriate compression and EQ and filtering and the like. (I am fortunate to have many basses to choose from, which helps.)

So, if I wanted to start an exploration into bass amp sims, which would you recommend I start with? I know I could demo some but I'd prefer to utilize knowledge from the communiry, jump in, and then really explore options while doing whatever next bunch of tracks is ahead of me - typically several per month that get recorded in my home studio for use elsewhere - those do give me the option to fool around for personal enjoyment even though the native, unedited, and unenhanced track goes to the studio (or artist).

(I mostly do studio work these days - almost all DI. When I do need to back folks for a benefit or whatever, I'm typically just flying in with a couple of basses and using what's provided. Back in the day, I used Ampeg, Sunn, and Carvin. Way before all of these newer, and very nice, bass amps were available.)

Thanks.

 

[bigsnack]

No problem! If you want something that has fewer options and can get you a great sound quickly, then I would go with Cerberus. It's ridiculously cheap too, so it's well worth the purchase. Mark Studio 2 has a lot of options, multiple heads / cabs / mics to choose from, and is very versatile. You can get lost in the options on that one though, unless you really know what you want or you just love to tinker. The GK sounds really good, but has the GK tone baked in (as you would expect). If that's what you are into, you'll love it!

 

[VincentB]

I will check those amps out! I'm estremely interested in this topic. I own IK multimedia's ampeg a SVX. My favorite and go to amp in actually Apple logic bass amp designer. I turn off the cab part. Use the preamp option and then use a high quality true stereo convultion reverb. I haven't been able to find a better tone and clean too. It seem light it preserves the entire audio spectrum rather than clipping frequencies like everything else I've tried. What's everyone else's thoughts on logic's bass amp designer?

 

[fokof]

The best SVT emulations I've heard , and by a wide margin , are UA's.
Made by Brainworx.

Absolutely marvellous and workable.

But you have to use UA hardware.....

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[Zoot H Rollo]

I just tried a bunch of these plugs.

For ease of use and great tone, i'm gonna spring for Cerberus.

$49.

Can't really go wrong.

I think it sounds fantastic.

 

[Frenchy-Lefty]

I do a lot of studio producing and as much as I despise my Sansamp BDDI for live playing, I feel it sounds much better than any simulations for recording. (I only owned the first version of Sansamp VT, the one without the option to disable the cab simulation, but it did not do it for me).
For a cleaner sound DI + Eq will be just fine.
A little tip on the Sansamp: the best sound is with every knob around 12 O'clock.

 

[Zoot H Rollo]

For live i recently got an OmniCabSim.

Love it.

I needs pushed air to come to life.

The vst sim kills it for recording.

Helps to have decent basses.