I'd say that S-Gear and BIAS sound the best and most authentic to me across the board.
But I'm picky.īut if you're not picky, then the tonal quality of GR5, S-Gear, Revalver, Overloud, Amplitube, and BIAS are all pretty decent, especially considering the cost (assuming you already have a computer that is). The Helix is up there too, it's just a hair below the authenticity of the other two, and it doesn't have as much tweakability or I might have gone with a Helix. The Axe-FX feels and responds like a real tube amp to a degree that nothing apart from a Kemper has achieved for me. And it's not just about tone, it's also about feel. GR5 just can't do gain tones with the same quality and fidelity. The Axe-FX sounds better and more authentic in every way, moreso for the gainy stuff. Helix as a plugin should give me an idea of whether the AX8 has any competition in its specific space.
a Helix pedal model, but that may not be a fair fight. Your clips sound great though, and don't do anything helpful in my attempt to resist dropping the cash on an AX8 as a hobby/weekend player.the description of how easy it is to carry over to the live setting is massive for me.Īppreciate you taking the time to post this, as I'm starting to really focus in on an AX8 vs.
There are clean tones on nearly every amp sim program I've used that sound great, and usually close to feeling like the real deal. brand, as I feel like ALL of these various programs and models have the ability to sound fantastic, and much of their end result is subjective or genre-focused.įor what it's worth, I've definitely found that distortion and gain-heavy tones are where things immediately become harder to pinpoint a clear winner. If I didn't state it clearly, I'm not at all trying to like flex brand vs. The AX8 has been very very tempting, as I personally feel like the floorboard version of both Helix and AxeFX is an obvious buy over the rack model for everyone not already utilizing a rack setup. You make a good point - I'm basically negating the cost of my MBP Retina (which so far has had the juice to do anything I've wanted) in to the setup, so S-Gear 2 is far from $150 only.hadn't thought about it that way. But I am not selling my AX8 any time soon. But for some having 'the best' is worth something.Įnd of the day I have made music I am happy with - with both. I think once you get past the HD500 or G3 level modelers into the Amplifire or S-Gear level stuff you start to hit diminishing returns. For pure amp tones I think it has an edge. I LOVE how easy it is to transport and setup at the gig. I can integrate it easily with tube amps by simply disabling the amp and cab model for what would be like a next gen Line 6 M13. Things like scenes or X/Y states or presets have become features I couldn't live without for live playing. My AX8 is the size of a small pedalboard, yet is the most versatile rig I've ever played. Second the Axe has a lot of really awesome and easy to use features.
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While most software packs tend to have a few winners and some duds as well. It has like 200+ amp sims and all are very good and very authentic. Also I would say an audio interface is pretty much always useful in any studio setup, so given how inexpensive they can be I'd 100% do it. And there are times when I like to record direct to have the ability to tweak my settings as I am mixing. But this is a little skewed because you're probably not factoring in the cost of the computer. The software route is definitely strong in terms of bang for your buck. Very different amp models so might not be worth much. I don't have a very good head to head clip, but this is an S-Gear clip I recorded and an AX8 clip. Amplitube has some amps I like, but I use the effects frequently. My gigging rig is an AX8 and I also own and use S-Gear and Amplitube 4.
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