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I'd like to experience the great "tube sound" that audiophiles talk about. How does the Foobar tube sound component compare with a good quality tube amplifier? Do you know a software/hardware DSP that can simulate a true tube sound? Thanks,
BTW, what's a VST plugin? Is it compatible with a media player like Foobar?
VST is a DSP plugin format mainly associated with professional sound studio apps. I don't know about fb2k, but I know that there's a wrapper plugin that lets them be used with Winamp.
Convolver pretty much replicates the "tube sound", at least to me with my system. It sounds strikingly like the Little Dot series of amps, and I think I'd be hard pressed to distinguish either one (the amp I own + convolver vs. LD) if I didn't know which was which beforehand.
Convolver pretty much replicates the "tube sound", at least to me with my system. It sounds strikingly like the Little Dot series of amps, and I think I'd be hard pressed to distinguish either one (the amp I own + convolver vs. LD) if I didn't know which was which beforehand.
How do I use it? Is it some sort of preset file that make it sound like what you described?
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The Foobar DSP 'Tube Sound' is supposed to be another one. I use it myself because I like the subtle effect, but I've never actually used a tube amp so I don't know if it's actually accurate.
More info+download at http://www.skipyrich.com/wiki/Main_P...oo_dsp_tube.29
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I personally find the Urei impulse to do the trick - there are a lot of presets though, and I wouldn't be terribly surprised if many tube amp "sound signatures" can be replicated by one of those presets. I don't have the equipment to do the corresponding tests though. Experiment around, convolver is a great foobar plugin
I personally find the Urei impulse to do the trick - there are a lot of presets though, and I wouldn't be terribly surprised if many tube amp "sound signatures" can be replicated by one of those presets. I don't have the equipment to do the corresponding tests though. Experiment around, convolver is a great foobar plugin
Thanks for the link.
I donwloaded Convolver and the preset. I couldn't get the Foobar version to work, does it need an older version of Foobar to work?
I could get the Windows media player's version to work, however I can't seem to tell the difference between it turned on and off, both with my speakers and headphones, is the difference supposed to be subtle? Or the plugin isn't working?
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Good tube sound simulator (DSP)
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