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Originally Posted by SoundGuyDave
Exactly. The amp sim and cab IR are massive variables on the guitar tone, but it's simple to play with when you have a stable, non-variable source. Don't like the Lectro (Rectifier) amp sim? No sweat, try the PRS Supermodels, and you don't have to re-record the track to do so. Hell, you could run three different amps and three different cab sims just on sends off the one clean DI track and so some blending there, as well. Bottom end from a rectifier, mids from a plexi, and top end from a Soldano? No problem. They all start with a clean DI track, though. Plus, if you mic your amp, there will be some compression to the signal, and that makes key-gating a LOT more difficult.
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While I don't disagree, I'm not sure how much said flexibility would get you to the "NIN" guitar sound.
That Zoom unit was almost entirely their sound, and I can't really think of any VST/IR versions of it off of the top of my head.