The Watering Hole

It came in yesterday, but had a gig last night on the road. So didn't get to fool around with it until tonight.

Upon my first 15 minutes with it, my initial thoughts were....This-Is-Different.

I knew what to expect...per se....but I quickly learned this isn't a smile-and-dial amp. You have to learn the characteristics of the overdrives, and you have to learn the characteristics of the tube emulations. And how they sound with each other. And there are a lot of combinations to work with.

So I landed on a match of the Super Crunch OD and the EL34 tube combo that didn't suck, and had some nice variation within the gain of the OD. So for the 2 total hours I've spent with this rig (learning how to do what), the last 30 minutes were with this combo.

So then I loaded the 'Insider' software for deep editing and patch saving/sharing/circle jerking/etc.. Cool program. Installed everything needed for my Cool Edit Pro2 to be able to record it as well. I went straight to Cool Edit, and was able to record without having to ask all of you guys how to get my new amp to record. Thank Blackstar for that.

Anyhoo....After 3 hours total with the rig, getting the software in place, and doing a couple of quickies....here is what I have.

And some sacrificial Jet...

BTW...these were recorded from the amp's USB 'out'

No speakers were harmed in the recording of these.....

can't hear the low end very well atm... but that sounds pretty good to me

I'm guessing you didn't buy this for the DI sound.  How's it in the room?  Sounds like it's not easy to get dialed?

No....I got it for Live use. But at least the DI is somewhat usable for noodling around on tracks or whatever. The DI has some sterility to it that you don't get in front of the speakers. It's definitely more organic in the room. And spankier.

Now that I've spent some time with it, I can dial in much faster. Just that initial learning curve of how the different tube emulations sound with the different preamp types takes a little time.