Killerfridge

Just reading through the other forum, and saw something interesting around the Hyper Luminal compressor, and that is: it doesn't compress. No matter than input level, threshold, or ratio, there is no gain reduction. Seems like a bug, but a very weird one!

Like everyone else, not last night but Monday; first jam night since my first child was born (and probably further than that) at the Woking Monday Night Jam. Had a great time, ran into @TrevorR and got to experience his excellent playing (and the generally very high quality of players there). Note for future me: when the crazy fusion guitarist running the jam asks you "do you know Spain?" the correct answer is not "uhh, yeah I think?", because that's how, 4 songs later, you find yourself frantically trying to fumble your way through it! Still, would probably do it again VID-20250529-WA0000.mp4

Apparently Bluetooth is "coming soon", it was supposed to launch with it but a last minute bug was found

I'm sorry, what?!

It's surprising because every other implementation of an "SVT in a box" model models the breakup e.g. SansAmp VTBass, Origin Effects Super Vintage, Ampeg SGT-DI, QC Ampeg Model, Helix Ampeg Model etc. That's one of the key advantages of a model over the real thing, I can get the very aurally pleasing breakup without needing the monumental volume. But even the SVT Classic has a gain control that creates the SVT drive sound (albeit, quite loudly): I genuinely don't understand what's so surprising about our bewilderment that the amp models don't have a gain control, or apparently model breakup in any way?

No problems, it's been a confusing topic because it's a bit weird. There's been lots of "well maybe it's a capture", "if you add a distortion block in front of it it sounds great", "I only use a clean sound anyway" answers, but nothing clarifying what's actually happening

But we aren't taking about a capture here, but a traditional model such as you would get on an HXStomp or plugin i.e. it has all the expected controls of an SVT (bass, mid, mid selection, treble, ultra low switch, ultra high switch) except gain, and apparently has infinite headroom (within digital limits). It just seems like a bit of a weird design choice not being able to make the amps break up in any way beside digital clipping

I think my most "sizzly" bass is my Warwick Thumb with EMGs and John East UniPre

This is what I mean by "mistake" - as in, not working as intended. It feels like such an obvious omission that it can't be intended

I don't doubt it sounds great. It just feels like a bit of an oversight that you can't get a model known for it's driven sound to "drive" without additional models or using captured. It's like they added a SansAmp BDDI pedal model, but it didn't have the drive knob. In that case, I don't think "Well, the clean sounds are great, and you could just a distortion pedal before it/capture of a BDDI if you want a driven sound" would be considered an acceptable answer. It feels to me like a mistake rather than an actual design choice

Yeah I mean if you compare it to the Quad Cortex models and captures: Model: has "input" and "master" controls that both introduce distortion in slightly different ways (master sounds more wooly, like the power tubes overdriving). They are essentially simulations of the underlying circuits, so they simulate the effects of the preamp tubes and the power tubes Capture: has a generic "input" that sounds very similar to the input control on the model, like changing the volume control on the instrument going into an amp set at a certain level. I can use it to clean up a "driven" SVT capture, or drive a "clean" capture. I imagine the NAM captures do the same thing/something very similar

@Dood I'm keen to understand if the rumors about not being able to get a "driven" sound out of the SVT amp model is true

I don't think so, but I think it's quite an interesting etymology of a very commonly used term

I'm going to play the "I knew what it meant and where it came from before it was cool card", but only because I found myself doing research to understand what the Steely Dan son "Gaslighting Abbie" was about, many a year a go

I just heard from Ivan that the Ampeg and GK models don't have a gain control, and you can't push them into distortion. Seems like a bit of an oversight if true