Lorin David Schultz wrote:
"Fletch" wrote:

Remember, modelling is also emulation. Repeat after me:
eemmmuulllaaation. It emulates, does not precisely, exactly, can't
tell the difference, recreate your favourite amp.

Yeah, but most of them emulate amps the way a rubber doll emulates a
woman. *Maybe* better than nothing in a pinch, but not particularly
satisfying.

If all you need is to look like you have a second passenger in your car,
the rubber doll is enough to let you into the HOV lane.

There are a lot of applications where it just needs to be seen from a
distance and be vaguely close enough. For lead guitar, yeah, the cabinet
simulators are just awful. But for rhythm guitar in a fairly dense mix,
nobody will ever notice. For backround tracks that are supposed to be
slipped under production voiceovers and for jingles, they're just fine.

The jingle guys really like the POD, because they like having the wide
variety of different tones. No, none of them sound like a real amp, but
most of the jingle guys are just trying to get the feel of something familiar
anyway.
--scott

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