Closing The Gap Between Tube & Modeling Amps (@NeuralDSP TINA)

Episode 111: Closing The Gap Between Tube & Modeling Amps (@NeuralDSP TINA)

Welcome to the Chairmen of the Boards Podcast! The ultimate pedalboard podcast with the foremost rig builders in the world: Grant Klassen (Goodwood Audio), Brian Omilion (Omilion Audio), and Mason Marangella (Vertex Effects/The Rig Doctor). We've teamed up to democratize great tone and provide you with our best tricks, tips, resources and hacks so you can build the pedalboard of your dreams!

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//TABLE OF CONTENTS//
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Today's topics
01:18 - Topic #1 - Neural ‘TINA’
01:52 - What is ‘TINA’?
04:57 - Grant's thoughts on ‘TINA’
09:36 - R&D cost must be so high
10:40 - Brian's thoughts on ’TINA’
13:36 - Do we think 3rd party plugins will work with it?
14:49 - What’s the main area of competition?
15:52 - Quad Cortex ‘COROS 3.0’ update and 3rd party integration
19:25 - The genius of Brian Neunaber and Neunaber pedals
28:16 -Topic #2 - Rhett Shull and ToneX
29:30 - Mason on capturing an amp on ToneX vs Quad Cortex and the differences
33:29 - Grant's thoughts on Rhetts video
37:38 - Brian's experience with the ToneX
39:57 - Stock sounds aren’t always the best
40:52 - Rhett's ‘capturing’ process with ToneX
43:19 - Mason's experience with the native plugins on ToneX
44:04 - We don’t typically see critical videos like this in the Youtube space and out thoughts
1:00:54- Topic #3 - Mason's Novo Serus J video
1:05:57 - Novak vs. Fralin pickups and the Jazzmaster tone
1:08:44 - Grant on Jazzmasters
1:11:27 - Brian on Jazzmasters
1:12:56 - The look of the Novo Serus J
1:16:40 - Its a great guitar!
1:20:21 - Closing thoughts

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