I'm sure this is a familiar situation for many of you
I'm looking for some kind of pre amp/stomp box/else that gives me a good, dry boosted Marshall JCM 800 type sound recording straight to a computer. You know, that has the nice thump when you do palm muting and doesn't sound like a beehive when you play chords. So far I've tried a Vox Tonelab and a Pocket POD. I liked how the Vox sounded but I sold it because I thought I could get better tones from something else. The Pocket POD was awful to set up because I needed both of my hands to adjust some of the parameters. I have no need for a clean sound(I have a volume knob on my guitar) or other effects.
It can also be a real amp since I own a Shure SM57 and a mic preamp however my experiences with micing amps have so far been less than good. The recorded sound mostly consists of the acoustic string noise and my chair squeaking and not too much of the amp sound(And neighbours start complaining if I crank up the amp). :p I'm not playing in a band atm so getting max volume isn't an issue.
Oh, and my budget is around 400USD or 300€
Here's what I've got so far(recorded with Tech21 British and software cabinet emulator)
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~heikkhan/soundi.mp3
I'm looking for some kind of pre amp/stomp box/else that gives me a good, dry boosted Marshall JCM 800 type sound recording straight to a computer. You know, that has the nice thump when you do palm muting and doesn't sound like a beehive when you play chords. So far I've tried a Vox Tonelab and a Pocket POD. I liked how the Vox sounded but I sold it because I thought I could get better tones from something else. The Pocket POD was awful to set up because I needed both of my hands to adjust some of the parameters. I have no need for a clean sound(I have a volume knob on my guitar) or other effects.
It can also be a real amp since I own a Shure SM57 and a mic preamp however my experiences with micing amps have so far been less than good. The recorded sound mostly consists of the acoustic string noise and my chair squeaking and not too much of the amp sound(And neighbours start complaining if I crank up the amp). :p I'm not playing in a band atm so getting max volume isn't an issue.
Oh, and my budget is around 400USD or 300€
Here's what I've got so far(recorded with Tech21 British and software cabinet emulator)
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~heikkhan/soundi.mp3
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