fuzz and distortion vsts help

[phantasm777]

why is it that every fuzz and distortion vst i come across sounds good except for the immense amount of noise it gives ruining the whole deal? even at low vol or low fuzz it's noisely as hell. so noisey it isn't even worth the use and i've tried several? is there such a thing as clean fuzz or distortion vsts?

[Speed Demon]

I just tried out some distortion and overdrive VST plugins, using Audition CS6.
I didn't mess around with settings much, just ran them as-is.
I do not see them as ever coming close to replacing any of the presets in my eBand.
Too much like a stomp box fuzztone or other type of distortion box. Brittle sounds. Not pleasant.

If you are looking for something to enhance your guitar solos, you don't really need distortion.
What you want is smooth overdrive, so you can hold a note as long as you want and still get
a clean legato sound. Distorted sound is best appreciated when listening to playback through
cheap Walmart Special speakers. Radio Shack sells high quality crap, also.

Caveat Emptor.
 

[phantasm777]

im a metal guy, distortion and fuzz are esential. not for every song of course, but a must have for me. i used my own distortion pedal on my guitar for  the cover of - burnin sky i just did. and it sounded great for the song. also like it on leads too but again, not on all leads. it isn't always about sustain, but about the right mean-ness i want.
so far the fuzz and distortion vsts suck bad with loud noise accompanying them. they're all free so perhaps that's how it is. my good old distortion pedal i got 20 yra ago is doing just fine for now.

[na_th_an]

Guitar Rig 3, the one I've tried, works quite nicely and has nice amp simulation. I've tried it using the BR-80 or a M-Audio Fast Track Pro as audio interfaces and you can play in real time and get great sound with not so powerful hardware.

[phantasm777]

I only use my mixer and audacity to record, but I found some cool fuzz and distortion.

[Speed Demon]

My 5150 head utilizes five 12AX7A tubes, cascaded, in the preamp stage. This produces massive overdrive and sustain without a harsh, brittle sound.

My solid state stuff includes a Boss eBand and a Digitech Chameleon preamp/effects device, rack mounted.

I tried distortion pedals but never found one that produced a desirable sound.

I have sixty VST and VSTi plugins covering far more effects than I will ever use.
I prefer to record instruments and vocals with no effects at all, and add them after all tracks are synched
together. This allows me to make endless changes until I'm satisfied with with the overall sound of each track.
It is much easier to synch tracks before adding effects. Echo, delay and some other effects confuse the ear
and you could end up trying to synch to an echo instead of the initial sound.

If you record with effects on a track, you are stuck with that sound and the only way to change it is to record that track again. Extra work that will not be necessary if the tracks are recorded clean.
And never overwrite your original tracks.

[phantasm777]

most times I record all tracks clean, once in a while I will record a guitar with effects on it, but usually cause that is how I wanted it to sound. but with the addition of more effects via VSTs, like I said most times I record instruments clean then add vsts afterwards.