dogears wrote:Hi Sven,
While I totally agree with you that I prefer to hear clips that don't use an OD pedal, I think the problem is the way you requested.
The OP offered a clip up that he obviously was proud of, where he for better or worse exposes his playing for us. (Good IMO) You kind of beat him down. Maybe had you complimented him and then politely requested a dry clip, things would be different. Your tone was quite combative from the start. Just my 2c.
Once again, I do agree with you fwiw. I always like to hear just the amp OD. Furthermore, I have never felt the need to use and OD or boost of any kind in front of any of my amps, including HRM.
Greetings,
Thanks for this kind, moderate and polite reaction. As for ¨beating anyone down¨, I doubt that very much, as it was rather obvious from my original comment. It was the other way around, my reasonable request and recommendation about standards and usual preferrences, was met with personal commentary that had absolutely nothing to do with the nature of the debate and request.
However, what is bad about it, is that the whole matter was kinda left alone as a perhaps sharp debate, but without need for further continuation. All of a sudden, ten days later (!!!), I had someone here attempt further insults and ¨second round¨ of lynching mob, telling me to use spellchecker, learn some manners, and so on and so forth. That was really uncalled for, altogether. I hope you agree.
And, just my last statement on this subject. Neither engineering, nor designing, nor sound recording, ... nothing, would ever advance if people were fobidden (or exposed to personal insults) to voice different opinions and write some constructive recommendations about recording or any other standards that make comparisons of sound clips, amp designs and so on ... more USEFUL to the forum etc.
In other words, I really do not think that I am attending a ¨self esteem improvement¨ psychological group therapy session here, but, rather, I assumed the stance that I am communicating with grown men who can take one or two comments that are not exactly what they usually expect to hear or read from someone else. I thought that I am communicating with people who can engage in argument about technical merits of one or other method of doing things, without reacting with arrogance. It is incerdible that I would write something like: recording whould be done ¨dry¨, without pedals, with a simple mic and micing technique, in order that we can all indeed COMPARE the sounds of different amps - and than get into this quagamire of personal comments as a result of my intervention. It is really amazing!
As for the comments by one or two other people, I shall not honor them with response; their reaction is below my level of communicating.
All the best,
Sven
P.S. I think that perhaps at least 50 (and even much more?) million Americans cannot spell well enough, and some of them even speak, English language (and I do not only mean Hispanics, Chinese, Koreans, many African Americans from ¨downtown¨ areas, but others as well ...). Fortunately, that qualification does not include (most) members of this forum - so, I really do not see why was my spelling problematic to someone.
I like dry clips too - but I appreciate that you detailed your signal chain. 
