HOW TO USE AN AMP SIM! 

Thanks for the shout and for using the II II II II in this video man

OA is my go to.

I second this!!!!

I third this!

​@@thearachnicog381I fourth this

I’m coming forth, to forth this

I’ve been a subscriber for years and would looooove to see this!! I also have a problem with drum programming and them sounding so basic. Maybe some in-depth details about that too?

Hey thanks for watching!

Noise gate

I just bought a di and I’m still getting noise I can’t pinpoint what it is I’m starting to think it’s cables or electrical interference but I can’t pin point and it’s really starting to piss me off

@@okami_youtubeit could be because your using single coil pickups, they make Alot of noise

Glad it helped!

Will do! Thanks for watching!

You do not need it. Just cleans it up. I personally don’t use one

It's beneficial, but if you have a modern interface, the input for direct is plenty good. His advice is accurate, but not required for great tone.

It's not mandatory but definitely helps. If you consider yourself as a beginner and just play for pleasure, don't spend money on a DI box cause I don't think you'll hear a difference

Some run standalone, but you can’t record with them.

I have a standalone mode yes, but you can't record with it is only drawback.

depends on the software/sim. for instance guitar rig 6 has built-in pre and post recorders so you can both record unprocessed and processed signals. it varies from sim to sim but if they offer standalone, they'll most definitely tell you they have that.

The signal from a guitar is far too weak to feed into the microphone input or USB port of a PC. The audio interface is essentially a pre-amp that increases the strength of the signal before it goes into the computer. You need an audio interface if you want to record guitar on your PC - you can't plug it directly in

has to do with buffer settings of daw and or interface, the plugin has no latency.

I hope this helped!

in my opinion, yes.

Any computer that is 10 years old or newer will have no issue playing my amp the II II II II. I'd get a small interface as well as something like Presonus eris e 5 monitors. If you want less crashes, get Mac.

You'll have no problem, the latency on my plugin, even with 12 year old machines, is ultra ultra low.

Ha! That is THE MOST powerful laptop processor I have ever seen!! You could run a nuclear reactor with ur billion dollar laptop! Amp sims are not that demanding. Like Mr Otto said, basically any computer made in the last 10 years can run them. While ur computer affects latency, it's also about ur audio interface. But again, basically any audio interface is good enough. And one thing that wasn't mentioned in this video is that u should set ur buffer size correctly for ur audio interface (usually 128 or 64), otherwise u might have glitches in ur audio (for example Behringer drivers install u an app in the taskbar, where u can easily change ur samplerate and buffer size).

As per my video, a DI box protects your signal from any outside interference. A cab IR is irrelevant to a DI box. It is like wearing a helmet when riding a bike. You can still ride without it, but it is recommended. I mix my demos in about 10 minutes. No major processing, I’ve just been doing it everyday for 6 plus years. I appreciate you saying my results are pro sounding! Thanks a huge compliment. I’m contemplating on doing a mixing tutorial video here soon! Does this all help? Thanks for watching!

YES it does. I hope you do more vids like this and one on mixing quickly so at least songwriting ideas don't sound like poops. I'd like to learn more about IR s too though. I think you explained it all in simple terms that even people like me can understand. Most vids I see gloss over certain aspects I get hung up on. @@xanderraymondcharles

I appreciate you

It is not, however not every amp has a standalone feature. Most do but not all.

What about using pedals with amp sims? For example switching from clean to dirty or delay while playing a song, Do you just run your pedalboard through the audio interface or is there another foot-switch device for this?

@@markfranx you'd have to get a midi switcher. I however don't like using amp sims live. I have had computers crash wayyyyyyy too may times to to rely on an amp sim at a gig. At most I'd run an overdrive, wah or say a chorus into an amp sim but that's about it. Amp sims for me are strickly for recording and for practice.

@@xanderraymondcharles Thanks Ray, After playing through guitar amps and pedals for many years the thought of using a sim on a computer seemed weird to me, however over the last few months I have slowly started using amp sims. The one I have been using mostly is the ottoaudio 1111 which came highly recommended by you and I’m loving it. Thanks for your videos man, keep up the good work !!

That's exactly what I wanted to ask. I'm not really looking to record at this point. I'm more interested in playing along to some songs on my spotify playlists.

did you get it sorted? I can advise if not...

@OTTOAUDIO thankfully I did. Thanks for the offer!

im not sure i understand your question

@@xanderraymondcharles sorry I’ll try to explain better, on the Scarlett there is a instrument button when you have a standard guitar jack in your supposed to push it, but I remember reading somewhere that when you go through the di box and out into the XLR cable into the Scarlett it forces the “port” te become non instrumental and more of a mic input I could be wrong I have scarlette 2i2 and a radial I should just try and see what it does lol I was just wondering if you can confirm this

@@Djdross ahh yeah I understand now. Correct, using a di box essentially turn the guitar di into mic level or "line" level and is no longer has instrument level signal. This is a good thing! You don't have to engage the instrument level button because the DI box is doing its thing and converting your signal to line level. Line levels IMO are better than the interface instrument cable signals. Hope this helps!

Yes. But some amp sims have a standalone version, so u don't have to open ur daw!

its free, sign up is all you have to do

You’re going to have to give more info. Your setup, studio monitors, headphones. Guitar, Amp sim, etc

download an older version from their site?

My guess would be because you are used to watching creators trying to sell you products in every video, and you are unable to discern the difference between a paid ad and when someone is trying to genuinely educate and help out the guitar community. That would probably be why.