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Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by leeowensoas1 » Sun Oct 13, 2019 4:45 pm

Unlike the rock bands of the 60s, I'm in a constant battle to get QUIETER/silent. Does Orange put out anything that will sound better at low volumes than my RV100 MKIII with the attenuator? It's been more manageable than my tiny terror haha. Also how bout any good amp or cab sims for in ear monitors. I have amplitube orange on my pc, and I just picked up an HX Stomp (which looks like it only has an OR80), and I'd like to be able to get a silent stage setup

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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by northernguitarguy » Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:23 pm

My Rocker 15 Terror has a 'Headroom/Bedroom' power scaling feature. Takes it from 15/7W down to 1/0.5W. I tried to A/B it with a Bad Cat Unleash attenuator and preferred the Bedroom setting, by far.

For a silent stage setup, I use a Two Notes Torpedo loadbox/cab simulator/DI box. I used it today with my Orange, IEM's and no cab. It has an analog cab sim and sounded great at rehearsal.

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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by Arthon » Tue Oct 15, 2019 1:09 am

northernguitarguy wrote:
Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:23 pm
My Rocker 15 Terror has a 'Headroom/Bedroom' power scaling feature. Takes it from 15/7W down to 1/0.5W. I tried to A/B it with a Bad Cat Unleash attenuator and preferred the Bedroom setting, by far.
Exactly!!

The Rocker 15 is a great and silent amp!
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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by Boy_Narf » Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:25 pm

Perhaps an AD5 if you can find one?

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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by Les Paul Lover » Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:39 pm

Boy_Narf wrote:
Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:25 pm
Perhaps an AD5 if you can find one?
Nope.
I'm probably gonna sell my AD5. My AD5 is my loudest amp from the point at which you get a sound from it. (Superb cleans though)

My AD15, R30, RV50 and Genz Benz Black Pearl 30 are all more house friendly.

From that clean point, the AD5 only gets louder if you want some dirt. It sounds glorious though!!!! 8)
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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by Boy_Narf » Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:01 pm

Well then I vote amplitube Orange models and the Omec pedal :)

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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by leeowensoas1 » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:54 pm

Boy_Narf wrote:
Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:01 pm
Well then I vote amplitube Orange models and the Omec pedal :)
Are you able to use this in a live capacity? (I.e. storing the orange amp/cab/mic models on the omec and setting it up on a pedalboard? How would one set this up?

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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by leeowensoas1 » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:55 pm

northernguitarguy wrote:
Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:23 pm
My Rocker 15 Terror has a 'Headroom/Bedroom' power scaling feature. Takes it from 15/7W down to 1/0.5W. I tried to A/B it with a Bad Cat Unleash attenuator and preferred the Bedroom setting, by far.

For a silent stage setup, I use a Two Notes Torpedo loadbox/cab simulator/DI box. I used it today with my Orange, IEM's and no cab. It has an analog cab sim and sounded great at rehearsal.
Which torpedo do you use? Looking at the varieties on Sweetwater I can't super tell which one would be best

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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by Boy_Narf » Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:12 pm

I don't think so. I believe you need something to run the software. It's basically a low latency interface in pedal format.

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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by northernguitarguy » Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:13 am

leeowensoas1 wrote:
Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:55 pm
northernguitarguy wrote:
Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:23 pm
My Rocker 15 Terror has a 'Headroom/Bedroom' power scaling feature. Takes it from 15/7W down to 1/0.5W. I tried to A/B it with a Bad Cat Unleash attenuator and preferred the Bedroom setting, by far.

For a silent stage setup, I use a Two Notes Torpedo loadbox/cab simulator/DI box. I used it today with my Orange, IEM's and no cab. It has an analog cab sim and sounded great at rehearsal.
Which torpedo do you use? Looking at the varieties on Sweetwater I can't super tell which one would be best
I have the 16 ohm version.

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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by beninma » Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:59 pm

I have a Rocker 15 Combo and agree it sounds pretty amazing at low volume.

However I would say the dirty channel if it has enough gain definitely doesn't sound quite as good if the amp is set to 0.5W. As soon as you get to 1W it sounds amazing though. On 0.5W I might say the clean channel + a tube screamer sounds better than the amp's dirty channel. As soon as you get to 1W or higher though the dirty channel slays any Overdrive pedal I've tried.

But the caveat... and this is maybe a reason to think about the Rocker 15 Terror instead of the Combo... the Voice of the World Gold speakers in the Rocker 15/32 Combos are super efficient and are REALLY loud for a given wattage. The Rocker 15 will go > 90dB @ 2 meters out from the amp even on the 1W setting.

The Head + a cabinet with a less sensitive speaker might be a lot better for quiet playing. I bought mine before the Head came out so it wasn't an option for me.

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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by northernguitarguy » Tue Oct 22, 2019 10:41 pm

beninma wrote:
Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:59 pm
I have a Rocker 15 Combo and agree it sounds pretty amazing at low volume.

However I would say the dirty channel if it has enough gain definitely doesn't sound quite as good if the amp is set to 0.5W. As soon as you get to 1W it sounds amazing though. On 0.5W I might say the clean channel + a tube screamer sounds better than the amp's dirty channel. As soon as you get to 1W or higher though the dirty channel slays any Overdrive pedal I've tried.

But the caveat... and this is maybe a reason to think about the Rocker 15 Terror instead of the Combo... the Voice of the World Gold speakers in the Rocker 15/32 Combos are super efficient and are REALLY loud for a given wattage. The Rocker 15 will go > 90dB @ 2 meters out from the amp even on the 1W setting.

The Head + a cabinet with a less sensitive speaker might be a lot better for quiet playing. I bought mine before the Head came out so it wasn't an option for me.
Does your combo have a speaker out?

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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by Norrin Radd » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:09 am

I would think you already have the best option in the RV. I’ve got an RV 50 and no other amp comes even close to quiet but amazing tone as that one. Stop looking elsewhere and trust your RV!
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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by afjungemann » Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:40 pm

Norrin Radd wrote:
Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:09 am
I would think you already have the best option in the RV. I’ve got an RV 50 and no other amp comes even close to quiet but amazing tone as that one. Stop looking elsewhere and trust your RV!
Agreed. The best practice amp I have is the RV MKIII because it is way easier to control volume wise. No matter what amp you choose, if it is tube based, it will suffer in some way when going quiet. The bedroom setting on the rocker amps is really cool but try one out before you buy because it isn't a setting I would ever say is that awesome tone I look for. It just happens to be quiet.
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Re: Best Orange for good tone at low volumes?

Post by beninma » Tue Oct 29, 2019 2:04 pm

northernguitarguy wrote:
Tue Oct 22, 2019 10:41 pm
beninma wrote:
Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:59 pm
I have a Rocker 15 Combo and agree it sounds pretty amazing at low volume.

However I would say the dirty channel if it has enough gain definitely doesn't sound quite as good if the amp is set to 0.5W. As soon as you get to 1W it sounds amazing though. On 0.5W I might say the clean channel + a tube screamer sounds better than the amp's dirty channel. As soon as you get to 1W or higher though the dirty channel slays any Overdrive pedal I've tried.

But the caveat... and this is maybe a reason to think about the Rocker 15 Terror instead of the Combo... the Voice of the World Gold speakers in the Rocker 15/32 Combos are super efficient and are REALLY loud for a given wattage. The Rocker 15 will go > 90dB @ 2 meters out from the amp even on the 1W setting.

The Head + a cabinet with a less sensitive speaker might be a lot better for quiet playing. I bought mine before the Head came out so it wasn't an option for me.
Does your combo have a speaker out?
Yes it does. I'm not particularly interested in buying an external cabinet but that would be an option for taming the volume level. Of course you could just do a speaker swap to a less sensitive speaker too.

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