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True, but then the small room and mic can eat those up. That's why the Pod is great for recordings when you have less than an ideal room to deal with. If you use something like a Hot Plate with a line out you can even run that into the Pod and turn off the amp model while keeping the speaker model and record direct to the PC through the Pod's USB. It's always a long, treacherous road from fingers to disk.melodichaotic wrote:Yeah, as for the sound, I will keep working to get it better--the room is small so at those volumes it fills up quick, and on the amp thing, I look at it this way, all things being relative:
A great amp will make OK sounding pedals, sounds good...good ones great, and great ones fantastic.
The sound of the the mic'd amp should be compared to the Pod sound to compare apples to apples. I've had great luck with the Pod for recording but don't like it used as an effect into a guitar amp. Of course you can't slam the front of a Pod with a +18dB booster, so if you need that the Pod is not a good choice - nor is it if you're trying to create feedback howls or otherwise need that physical vibration coupling from the amp sound back to the guitar strings. Pods do suck for that. I find that if a pedal is any good for a normal amp it will sound good in the Pod if you know how to set the Pod up. And the direct recording from the Pod will sound better than a great amp and pedal mic'd in a poor room.bsic wrote:Fwiw, I've had bad luck going into the pod with pedals. Sucks tone and high end even with all effects off and bypassing the amp sim. And, pedals in general just don't interact with it as they do an amp-- they sound fizzier and brittle to my ears.
ibodog wrote:The sound of the the mic'd amp should be compared to the Pod sound to compare apples to apples. I've had great luck with the Pod for recording but don't like it used as an effect into a guitar amp. Of course you can't slam the front of a Pod with a +18dB booster, so if you need that the Pod is not a good choice - nor is it if you're trying to create feedback howls or otherwise need that physical vibration coupling from the amp sound back to the guitar strings. Pods do suck for that. I find that if a pedal is any good for a normal amp it will sound good in the Pod if you know how to set the Pod up. And the direct recording from the Pod will sound better than a great amp and pedal mic'd in a poor room.bsic wrote:Fwiw, I've had bad luck going into the pod with pedals. Sucks tone and high end even with all effects off and bypassing the amp sim. And, pedals in general just don't interact with it as they do an amp-- they sound fizzier and brittle to my ears.
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