Re: Re: [Harp-L] modeling vs tubes

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

scooter wrote:
> The only problem with that (for me, not everyone) is that transistor 
> distortion is typically harsh and well, distorted. I've alway's 
> preferred the warmth and overdrive of tubes. That's not to say that
> I havent heard people sound good through solid state gear. .

The "distortion" that modeling amps use isn't traditional "transistor 
distortion".  I agree completely that when a solid state amplifier is 
driven to clip or distort it sounds pretty bad.  But modeling amps are 
designed to run very clean, with the effects of tube distortion 
emulated by signal processing below the clip level.  

-tim

Tim Moyer
Working Man's Harps
http://www.workingmansharps.com/