Beagledad70
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has anyone used the Moore radar? How would it sound going from my guitar>>>Moore radar>>pod 2.0. ? How would it sound? Would it Drastically improve my sounds?
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The Radar also has a nice EQ as well. It can be Graphic or Parametric. Saved per preset.It’s easiest to think of how a real guitar amp works first, and compare it. The amp head contains the preamp (distortion and eq), and power amp (makes it loud, master volume and depth/presence controls), cabinet is just a box with speakers in.
Your pod 2.0 is a good serviceable preamp, but it doesn’t simulate the power amp, and the cab simulations are not very good (good cab sim takes a lot of processing power and that hasn’t been available cheaply until recently).
The Radar does power amp sim, and cab sim (cab sim in the form of impulses, comes with some stock, or you can load your own).
Then you just need to plug it into studio monitors or a powered speaker, and you’ve got the full signal chain.
Guitar > (boost pedal if nessessary) > Pod > Radar > studio monitor.
I definitely would plan to use the IR loader, mostly for headphone practicing, just trying to envision more ways it could be useful to me aside from that.The big killer feature in the radar is the IR loader (cabinet Sim). I wouldn't bother with it if you don't want that.
I think my main concern is if the power amp sims into a power amp would sound bad or super veiled.Looks like all three parts (power amp sim, eq, and cab sim) can all be on or off individually, when I watched Ola’s video on it.
If you want power amp sim there are only a few units I know of that do it and the Radar is the smallest/cheapest.
Torpedo CAB and the Atomic units also do it.
Yes, you can use the EQ, Poweramp sim, or IR Cab parts independently, saved per preset. There are about 32(?) presets.Sorry to hijack this thread, but can you use only the power amp sims on the Radar? Or just the EQ's?
I use preamp pedals into a Rocktron Velocity most of the time, and was wondering if using a power amp sim in between the preamp and Rocktron would maybe give it a little more life? If not, the EQ would be useful in place of something like a Depth Finder, and I would still have the versatility of the Radar as needed.
What do you run this setup into when using the power amp sim and EQ only?Actually, most of the time I use it, I bypass the cab IR, and use the Poweramp sim and EQ with a Mooer Preamp pedal.
I have multiple setups, so I just kind of jump around from day to day.What do you run this setup into when using the power amp sim and EQ only?