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Hi Kris, you may consider me crazy but since at least 10 years I play with no speaker simulators at all. When I play live I go direct into the converter ( FF400) just after having passed an overdrive, a compressor and a volume pedal. The outputs of the FF go direct to PA. When I record i have a few preamps to place before the converter to have a certain sound or to add what you call the tube drive/compression you get when playing harder. If I need to tweak the sound of a track I prefer re-preamping than record with a preamp placed between my rig and the recording converter; this way I keep all options available. I think that preamps are the item I checked more during the last 15 years. I tried all the Mesa, Ada, Alembic, Swr, Ampeg, Brunetti, Hughes & Kettner, Soldano, Trace Elliott, Sansamp, Carvin, Pod, Vox Tonelab, Summit, Avalon ... I still have my old Alembic F2-b, Mesa Boogie Studio pre and Spl Gainstation 1. 1st thing I noticed: most guitar preamps are pumping the mids in a way that even if you cut all of them you can't get a good "flat" signal. 2nd thing: bass preamps are usually more sensitive, natural and wide in frequency range. 3rd thing: most voice channels that offer a DI input are usually darker sounding. 4th thing: a good preamp can go direct to board and allow you to tweak your guitar later in the processing ( if you like). All my albums have been made with this system, being them ambient or rock or jazzy or .... I think that the ideal preamp ( don't forget pickups) has to be natural sounding, replicating the real, acoustic sound and character of your electric guitar. I look for wideness ( in the frequency range), dynamic sensitivity, the right amount of thickness and that subtle valve deepness that valves can deliver. Most of the speaker emulators I tried are just equalizers, in fact I think that speaker emulators are just a clever way to steal money ( I am not talking of those speaker emulators you place on the outputs of a real power amp). So I encourage you to look for those things you really need a preamp for that are gain, dynamics, wideness ... so that you still have ALL you original sound. You can always cut and eq. my 2 eurocents ;-) luca www.unguitar.com Krispen Hartung wrote: > Can anyone comment on the speaker emulation filter and tube > sim/limiter of the FW800? Someone on the Max/MSP list commented that > it was one of the best amp sims they've used. See below. Is any other > high end firewire audio interface offering ann amp sim? > > I am now focusing on how I can get the most natural electric > guitar/tube amp sound on my system, BEFORE going into the laptop (so, > no tube amp VSTs, etc). I need to do it with the audio interface, or > by adding a real tube amp or high end tube amp simulator (hardware) > > Kris > > > > "The FireFace 800's Hi-Z instrument input offers a soft-limiter, which > has been tuned especially for musical instruments. Due to a soft > transition and deliberate creation of harmonics, the input signal is > compressed steplessly according to taste, or the limiter can be used > for distortion with tube sound. Activate the Drive circuit too for > broad guitar distortion. The Speaker Emulation filter, which can also > be switched on separately, takes low- and high-frequency disturbances > away and guarantees an optimal basic sound even when recording > directly into the computer, or when monitoring through a mixing console. >" > > > > >************************************************************************** > Krispen Hartung > www.krispenhartung.com <http://www.krispenhartung.com> / > www.myspace.com/krispenhartung <http://www.myspace.com/krispenhartung> > Performance Calendar: > http://www.musi-cal.com/search?performers=Krispen%20Hartung > info@krispenhartung.com <mailto:info@krispenhartung.com> / 1.208.724.5603 > Discography - http://www.krispenhartung.com/catalogue.htm > CD Baby Discography: http://cdbaby.com/all/khartung > > > __________ Informazione NOD32 2485 (20070826) __________ > > Questo messaggio è stato controllato dal Sistema Antivirus NOD32 > http://www.nod32.it