Show HN: SmartGuitarAmp – Guitar plugin made with deep learning

Re:Show HN: SmartGuitarAmp – Guitar plugin made with deep le... by dmacvicar on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:02PM (#24742189)

Many prominent artists are touring with modelling amps for years now. https://www.fractalaudio.com/artists/

There are many advantages. Less maintenance, lower stage volumes, better for in-ear-monitoring use, sound consistency, less weight to carry, and the ability to explore hundred of amps sounds with a single device eg. check https://wiki.fractalaudio.com/wiki/index.php?title=Amplifier...

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Re:Show HN: SmartGuitarAmp – Guitar plugin made with deep le... by whiddershins on Sunday October 11, 2020 @07:38AM (#24745106)

Linking to an endorsement page doesn’t tell the whole story.

I would be pretty surprised if Metallica were using the technology you are describing. They have an extremely consistent setup that has worked for decades and an effectively infinite budget.

That’s just one concrete example.

I think a lot of the comments in this thread are missing the fact that if a player thinks a thing has irreproducable properties, they may be happier and more creative while using it.

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Re:Show HN: SmartGuitarAmp – Guitar plugin made with deep le... by dmacvicar on Sunday October 11, 2020 @05:06PM (#24749105)

Metallica IS using this in every single concert they have played after they experimented with them in the Antartica show. AxeFX II, but I saw AxeFX III in a recent photo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6k2ghtbhoU 3:09-7:32.

Megadeth is also using AxeFX. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7vzOjzn0Mw

And from there you can extrapolate how common they are.

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