All feels like Déjà vu.
Amp Captures and Cabinet IRs "FEELS" all like SAMPLING was in the 1980s. Large collections of captures/samples and not being able to find or change what you have. Feel Modelers/ Synthesizers will not be forgotten for long, and having the most "realistic" amp/cabinet sound will not be as shiny as it is now.
Neural AMP Modeler (NAM) is pretty cool, but getting "your sound" is by downloading and trying out lots of different files, rather than turning a few knobs in a modeler. That it is free must have really impacted many companies in that space.
Such as the TONEX ONE for example, is a tiny hardware pedal that is very much like the NAM. It is not free though. You download up to 20 amp/cabinets or distortion pedals/overdrives into it and can switch between them.
A problem (but some see it as a feature!) is there are 1000s to choose from, and there is that FEAR OF MISSING OUT, that you haven't tried the latest files, as "they maybe better".
I think I prefer the sound I have using the ANVIL amp in my POD Express Black at the moment though. A modeler, not a capture of a real AMP/Cabinet setup.
But I also don't think of myself as a guitarist.
Other Things
Was contacted yesterday about an ex Fairlight Instruments get together in Sydney Friday afternoon Jan 19th. Last chance "while we are all still alive". Myself and a few other will ZOOM it to Sydney. Last time I met a few old colleagues was at the memorial for Alan Galt in 2018. I didn't recognize many!
Avatar 3 hits the cinemas here next week, but I don't think I will go. I didn't see the last one as it required a fair commitment just for the length of it. This one is maybe even longer. Saw the first one in 3D at the cinema with my two youngest and we all hated the glasses and could not keep wearing them. It wasn't till it was actually on TV that I really watched it. The VFX may be awesome, but I really don't care at the moment.
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