Class D Amps with Plugins...

[logdrum]

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Thanks so much for the education! Now I have to see how I can connect my laptop and DI to an amp...or not .

Of course you can. Just remember that the interface would be line level so control the level accordingly. In my case since the SVT plugin was also emulating a cabinet I played it through a PA. When I was using an amp, I got good results not using a cabinet emulation otherwise it was boomy. I have another interface that had a reamp with a transformer and that was perfect for plugging straight into the amp but it is bulky.

 

[MrDinsdale]

The amp doesn’t seem like the right place to put that stuff IMO.

I have my GT1000core and a couple of pedals on my board which lets me achieve just about any tone I could really want. I can easily swap out preamps or use digital ones on the core etc.

Because it’s all on the pedalboard there are lots of connectivity options. I can go straight into the fx return on just about any rig and get a pretty consistent tone. I can slap a cab sim on and go into a powered speaker or FOH too and go ampless if I really wanted.

It’s all in a very portable and super customisable package with heaps of connection options.

 

[trevcda]

As long as players keep playing through a Twister board of effects pedals and bass cabinets of unknown response it could never reliably sound like the sound it's trying emulate. That's why it works for recording; you're taking both of those variables out of the equation.

 

[SoulReflection]

As long as players keep playing through a Twister board of effects pedals and bass cabinets of unknown response it could never reliably sound like the sound it's trying emulate. That's why it works for recording; you're taking both of those variables out of the equation.

It is always good to get back to the "bassics" of what you are trying to achieve.

 

[Redbrangus]

Pretty much all the major live audio console manufacturers have offered some degree of integration with WAVES plugins for several years now. The Waves company itself has at least one dedicated work surface intended for live sound that's fully integrated and native to the WAVES audio environment. It is now possible for the nitwit FOH guy for a hillbilly country band in Backwoods, Texas to pile 27 different EQs, compressor/limiters, reverbs, delays and various other FX onto his lead vocal "money" channel, all at the same time. And they do... It's one of many reasons I don't regret having escaped that world.

 

[msb]

I picked up a Darkglass Exponent. With the Darkglass Suite you have 22 plugins you can access and it’s easy to craft a preset. You can store any number and load five at a time for easy access.
You program it through a phone or tablet.
It’s a lot of fun to program.