The First GREAT Mark IIC+ Amp Sim?? (ML Sound Lab Amped Fluff 2C)

[@SonicDriveStudio]

What do you guys think of the sounds?

[@endtimeguitarist]

This is incredible. It makes me not want to purchase an amp. I just wish there was an amazing tutorial video for someone who is totally lost because they’ve never used this before and have no idea even where to begin with what is needed to be able to even use this or how to run it. Can it be used when video recording or playing along with music playing out of your computer speakers?

[@Francisco17Berrios]

Tried, sounds awesoooome, the low end is thereeeee

[@jcugnoni]

Really good indeed!

[@gh0stransist0r]

I'm amazed of its clarity.

[@R-RIFF]

How do you get your drum tracks?

[@mlsoundlab]

Thank you so much Jon for making this incredible demonstration!

[@NONE2NONE]

Youre the best rhythm guitar player I've ever heard...certainly the best on YT.

[@simonr344]

On a separate note, I love your chord progression at 6:39 - big Anathema vibes

[@DVTOM]

ok I'm sold!!! I don't know what impresses me more, the plug in or that world class amp room you're in!!! GEEEEEZ!

[@cmd_f5]

As usual, came for the amp and stayed for the riffs! That baritone demo is insane. Huge lush cleans, and plenty of tight distortion! I'll have to look at grabbing this one. Cheers Jon!

[@garywalker8067]

Phat sounding demo John! Cool riffage too

[@bastianvanstigt6246]

I come here for the awesome riffs. But the amp is cool too

[@rhitosparsha]

Great tones as usual Jon! Particularly loved the clean demo.

[@michaelbarber590]

Bought this 3 days ago. IMO it's the best amp sim they've come out with yet.

[@Le_Comte_De_Toulouse]

Hi dude ! Usually, I play on tube amps and I've never been convinced by virtual amps because they are not as dynamic and natural to play and not warmth sounding compared to tube amps (numeric vs analogic story in fact). But Kyle Bull (thrash and hardcore metal youtuber) is also a tube amp guy. He also tried this plugin and he thinks it sounds awesome too. To my ears it sounds great too and you convinced me to check it out ! Thanks a lot man and keep it up ! 👍

[@DrDanka69]

Bet if I sent you audio clips of real amps and amp sims you wouldn’t be able to point out which is which

[@21stcenturymetal31]

Love that guitar. It's my favorite of your collection.

[@anders2077]

Not bad at all. I do like the 80-s sound you got with the clean channel and was surprised good it sounded with the baritone.

[@PainDive1]

I dialed in your settings on my c+ and it sounded quite different, it sounded really good but not the same. As you said, pushing and pulling knobs can set the tone in many different ways. I haven't heard of any plug-in or simulator that could sound as good as the real c+. I just got a third one of these and its probably the best-sounding c+ I have ever had, full 100W of pure vintage goodness. Hope one day you can get to try it.

[@alphablitz9862]

Crunchy and crispy sounding 🙌 awesome for riff

[@TalalRane]

Absolutely love your tones and moreover your tunes

[@Gizmo-st1ky]

ML sound lab fanboy here! Can’t wait to try this during the weekend! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@wijons522]

Love the Stevie T model!

[@johnhutchin230]

Always my go to for a real sound with new gear 😊

[@davepigram9928]

Great content as always, sounds pretty awesome!!! Also, lookin’ svelte my man, the hard-work is paying off.

[@JackStolz]

Baritone section was next level big dog!

[@simonr344]

Not tried this one yet but the Amplitube IIC+ is really, really good and I barely see anyone talk about it! Will be interested to know if this competes

[@wijons522]

Oh really,? Imust check that out then! Thank you for the tip! Is that one included in amplitube 5? In terms of feel amplitube falls flat on the higher frets in general I find. Compared to a real amp I mean. The latest version of amplitube fixes the dreadfull "It sounds like its covered by a blanket sound" , is fixed, I heard. Tonex also is enormous leap forward for IK multimedia. It's about time seeing Amplitube has buckets of official licensing. Tonex has not.....legal matters probably😅

[@simonr344]

@@wijons522 It's in the "Mesa Boogie 2" pack :) The Mark V in there is great also. Works best if you use your own IRs (you can just disable the cab section and use a separate IR loader if you don't have the full version of Amplitube 5) They were made in collab with Mesa Boogie so it does feel pretty damn authentic. The only bug is the input gain feels low in comparison to the real amps (I've owned a Mark V) so you just need to give that a 6-10db boost to match it properly.

[@joathescientist]

Very entertaining demo video! and great tones/compositions as usual 🤘😎

[@LykaonMetalMusic]

Great Video! Its sounds sick! Will check this out 100%

[@dvdpz89]

Damn

[@cunjoz]

the first riff reminds me of the chorus of "snap your fingers, snap your neck" by demon hunter (actually by prong)

[@milanmihalov5791]

That sound evokes LoG's As Palaces Burn riffs... Brilliant 👍👍👍

[@john2turbo]

I would like to see you test all the V4 preamp and V1😍

[@TalalRane]

Plugin fantastic

[@danielhaney7624]

Hey Jon, what drums did you use for the clean channel demo?

[@GearStuffandThings]

Impressive plug-in

[@SUPREMACY398]

Love that trivium like music throes of perdition vibes,,, at some part

[@e.s.8869]

Are you using any eq on the mix bus? Your tracks sound a lot brighter than some of the other demos I've heard. Thanks!

[@YsAbTones]

hi jon what interface do you use here ? axe fx 3?

[@wijons522]

Super, better than tonex! Great playing fellow dutchman!

[@wijons522]

🤘

[@shanerabey1642]

Great demo and great playing. Have you tried bypassing the cab and using a separate IR loader? It seemed like the levels coming from the plug-in with cab bypassed were very hot. Is that normal? What levels would you expect as input to an IR from York Audio or Ownhammer ?

[@SonicDriveStudio]

I haven't tried that yet but that's how I would use it normally. The master volume control is just a basic volume control so just lower the volume until the levels are good.

[@shanerabey1642]

@@SonicDriveStudio I see. I was wondering why they removed the output level control that’s on the other plugins. Thanks!

[@graemejones218]

Hello Jon, I'd like to ask a little advice. I have 3 amps, one of which I will purchase. It's for home use only & all have an attenuator for low volumes but still allow for full on gain. In no order, they are the H&K Grandmeister 40 Deluxe, the H&K Black Spirit 200 combo, & the Boss Katana Artist 2. I enjoy a variety of tones, but my favourite is Alex Lifeson Signals era. I also love Fast Eddie Clarke from the original Motorhead & Steve Stevens. What would you go for? Or is there anything similar that you would recommend? Thank you Jon.

[@FlightSimDude]

How do you print the Amp Sim onto an audio track in Cubase 10 ?

[@najinelson6742]

Mono amp with such a high cpu consumption?

[@jorismak]

Doesn't helix native have a 2c+ model ? Or only a mark IV ? Or doesn't helix native count as an amp sim ? :)

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Nope. Only a MKIV

[@washaconte3956]

Not to start again the old discussion, but for me amp sims has a sound i dislike that i can't describe and almost every time i CAN'T recognize, specially in a mix. I don't know what it is... is not on the IR, because i use my tube amp with IR and that sound isn't there. I have made blind test and i fail to recognize the amp sim a lot! Yet when i use amp sims i feel that strange sound and cant stop hearing it. Is in distortion, i hear it on the begining of the video, but not in the cleans. What the heck is it?! Maybe is not something i hear but something i can't hear (?) Maybe the amp sims scoop some freq a lot (?)

[@mandubien]

If you can’t tell which is which in a blind test, then I would say it’s some sort of a « hate » effect. It’s like you have to find something bad about it because you already have convinced yourself there will be something bad with it. As for a mix situation, people tend to forget that engineers are not looking for a natural sounding tone (which will be darker in real life), but for a tone that works in the mix, and if possible mix ready so there’s less work at the mixing stage.

[@washaconte3956]

@@mandubien that could be it. I play with amp sims a lot and sometimes i play my tube amp. I love the Emissary from Ignite amps. Yesterday i noticed something, when playing a chord with dist the notes were not clear. On the tube amp the notes were there, weird. This is not what i was talking about on the last comment. Maybe is my interface or something... Just in case, Im not a tube purist or something 🤣🤣 i just feel there is something missing, or there is something different, i dont feel this when using Revv pedals for example. Or lepou Powerball sim, that one is really close to the real one! Axe fx too! I dont know what the heck it is, because it isnt with all amp sims it seems... maybe it really is a hate effect

[@IAmHappyToBe33]

Even though the plugin were pure shit, you would anyway make it shine just like gold, man. Best regards and a great many thanks!

[@DarkStoneCastle]

Good, but I like Neural Audios better.

[@dougb3854]

Nope not falling for that again, you make it sound great I get it and sounds shit

[@wijons522]

Better than ik multimedias tonex!

[@MojoDudeX]

Der einzige Grund warum ein Mesa einen 5 Kanal EQ hat ist um den mittleren ganz runter zu drehen. Ich finde das Scheibe. Außerdem sind's eh die langweiligsten Amps in ihrer Preisklasse

[@samueljones3682]

Living under Iraq? Oh my 😂

[@VanjaSpirin]

Sounds snarly

[@BuckJoFiden]

I had one of those Boogie Mk II C heads. Was a killer amp. I also had old JCMs and JMP Marshalls. I should’ve kept them all. Nothing really compares. 😩