I've been playing around with all kinds of amp sims for months now trying to get a good tone. Its been real challenging (but fun), particularly since I wanted to see if it was possible to get a Sunn O)), Monarch, type of tone - like not too squashed with distortion, but with a sense of loudness and shaking-floor type bass. I know this requires LOUDNESS in a real room with feedback, but I was up to the challenge and determined:) I tried Bias FX2, Bias Amp 2, the Neural stuff, Schuffham, etc. I was avoiding Amplitube just because it seemed outdated at this point - some of their amps have been around since 2014 or something like that. No matter what I tried, I just couldn't get there - everything sounded unreal and digital and thin. Then one day, on a whim, I re-tried the Amplitube Orange pack (particularly the Thunderverb model) and after some tweaking I was able to get close to what I wanted. I played around with the Thunderverb combined with some Dr. Bonkers and Ownhammer IRs, and finally settled on the Ownhammer Orange and Emperor cabs (with the "REAR" IR for one of the cabs in a dual cab set up). The sound I'm getting now is amazing for an amp sim. With some delay and reverb I'm able to make it sound like a very loud amp played in an actual room, with not too much bass overwhelming the smooth distortion on top. Also sounds good playing through a real RAT pedal into the modeled Thunderverb - this gets me into drone territory. Now I just need to figure out a way to get some feedback going;)
Sorry, I just needed to get that out there. My wife is not a good audience for this crap:)
Anyone else play around with amp sims? Would love to hear some thoughts on how to achieve a sound like this.