I see three problems with this particular plugin that I don’t see on the original amp.
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Whenever you turn any knob too high it starts to make random clicky noises and it’s really annoying having to render it out and delete it for the final mix. I noticed this especially with the Detail knob.
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Because only one overdrive pedal is available the tone ends up either being too narrow or too clean. I even tried Misha Mansoor’s preset only to run into several problems with it. Even with the mids boosted all the way it’s still very scooped and I have to turn the low knob all the way up just to start to get a half-decent tone. I already tried this with various impulse responses only to end up with the same results. The only silver lining is that there’s an EQ module on it so I was able to use that to just barely get the tone to sound wide enough. And just like any Neural DSP plugin there’s always that soft hiss on every output that’s really annoying and I often end up having to gate it.
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There are also several bugs between the different tube options. The clicky noises come up more frequently when I use the EL34 option and the volume of the plugin drops significantly when I use the KT88 option.