[VIDEO]:- X50 vs Waves PRS Archon vs BIAS AMP 2 vs Thermionik vs LePou vs Ignite Emissary vs.....

[steelyad]

Hey everyone
I'm at home with the new baby, so today's video is one I could make without making a huge racket.
We're comparing 8 different high gain amp sims back-to-back.

The original guitar source was a Les Paul with BKP Juggernauts into a TS808, into a Tube DI box, then an Audient ASP800 - so super-clean, aggressive and low noise floor.

The Cabs were turned off in all the sims, and Two Notes Wall of Sound was used for the cabs - Hop Pole Studios' BigBeast 4x12 (SM57) and BigBoy Redback (MD421). No prizes for guessing they're my cabs - I'm the guy from HPS!

In the future, I think i'm going to revisit this with Amplitube, TH3, Revalver, a real 6505/5150 via Two Notes Captor, both with TS808 and without. Also possibly a "clean" channel. Then we'll pick the community-decided "best" amp, and switch out the cab sim instead!
Stay awesome.
Adam
HPS

 

[KnightBrolaire]

bias was easily one of the worst besides that blue cat free plugin. thermionik, waves and vadim's heavy5150 all sounded pretty good. tse/ignite/lepou wasn't quite as good as thermionik/waves/heavy5150 imo.

 

[Jobam-Martins]

Nice video. I really like Nick crow's simulators as well. They sound great. Poulin and TSE are also very good to have.

 

[Necky379]

The emissary, heavy5150, and LePou were my favorites.

 

[steelyad]

Nick Crow, you say?
Added to the list.
I'll be revisiting this soon, but adding in:-
A real 6505 (via reamp box and Torpedo Captor)
Two Notes Le Lead
TH3
Amplitube 4
Nick Crow
Revalver
Metal Zone? Just for a laugh? I bet I could get a half decent tone out if I set the controls right

 

[WarMachine]

For me, on its own i think the nick crow sims sounded the best. In a mix, i say the bias 5153 sounded the best.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

That Thermonik sim really killed in the mix. Sat perfectly. Didn't get buried or didn't overstay it's welcome.