Amp Simulator
Software that imitates a guitar amp and cabinet
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An amp simulator uses software (or hardware) to imitate a guitar amplifier: preamp gain, EQ, power stage and cabinet colouring can be rebuilt with algorithms or impulse responses. It lets you record without pushing a real amp loud.
It differs from a cabinet impulse (cab IR): an amp sim usually includes preamp and power stage, while a cab IR handles only the cabinet-and-microphone response. The usual mistake is to equate it with a distortion effect — distortion is one stage; the value is the colour and dynamics of the whole chain.
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- 音箱模拟与箱体脉冲的通行做法，参通行录音教材；本文为原创表述
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