If I were going to record in a home studio with the VT40x I would probably first try it at a medium volume using a condenser mic placed a little farther away. Though it can get loud if you want it, I think it lacks some bottom end punch that would be needed to compete with a typical stage amp. By that I mean these are specifically designed and tuned to sound like a recording of a big amp in a big room, except reproduced on a small system. My overall impression of the VT40x is that it sits at the high end of the "THR10" type of practice amps. On the Marshall model you can get great rock tones with the Gain less than half way up. Also, the Gain knob doesn't need to be cranked on the hi gain models, in fact if you dime it the amp will get muddy. The Power Level sounds like crap in the first 1/4 of the knob's range. Basically you want to keep that Power Level control at least half way up or more, and then turn the Volume knob down if you want quieter bedroom-level sounds. It was a little confusing to me at first so I read other user reviews online to see how it works I found some good advice that helped me get better sounds out of this amp. This amp has a Power Level control along with the Gain and Volume controls, like others in the VT series. All I can say is that the Bass EQ control doesn't seem to do much past 3 o'clock on any of the models I tried. I know it is a small amp but it still seems a bit thin, as though Vox might be employing some low cut filter hidden within the software modeling, maybe to prevent blowing the speaker. My one critique in this area is that the bass seems a little weak for a 10" speaker. there aren't any stray resonant frequencies that jump out. The speaker and cabinet seem well tuned, i.e. The VT40x sounds very natural by comparison, it's very easy on the ears at any volume. Some say the Cube is good for metal, and that might be true, but I'm looking for clean-to-overdrive rock sounds which the Vox does much better. The Cube got returned quickly, it just had a very unnatural and boxy sound to it that couldn't be fixed with the on-board EQ. I also picked up a cheap Roland Cube 40gx at the same time to try them side by side. I've had a VT40x at home for a few days now, testing it out as a practice/recording amp, and I figured I would put my thoughts here instead of creating a new thread. I also have and use a cybertwin se stereo combo and a spidervalve mk2 2-12 combo and get great tones from those as well. I also get good results from my tonelab se but have to use headphones or hook to a amp and speakers to get the mojo and that can be a pain. A real amp is pretty much set and go and i like that.So with my ad/vtx amps its pretty much set and go yet includes the models to choose from onboard( like any modeler i guess) but the power amp and effects are there and work perfect together and the package is to my ears great. In a floor unit sure you can vary using diff amps/speakers/frfr units to vary the tones and get diff results and various new tones even but for me this leads me astray from playing and creating. I like the all in one amp vs floor unit approach as all the components work together and seem to be made to work together well. My needs are simple and while the older vox ad/vtx amps has a ton of amp choices i really only need under 10 amp tones to play with.Most others are simply flavors on these 10 amps(even less then 10 really.maybe 4-6_).Sometimes i find 2 or 3 amp tones on my amp and just play those for weeks on end.sometimes only 1 amp tone will make me happy. because i enjoy my id260 amp and i enjoy stereo effects and a wide stereo sound from an amp. The marshall code is to me looking ok on a cheap level but also not something i would buy. The only company i have seen recently that has some innovation is blackstar and the id/idcore range to me. Maybe i am wrong but for the life of me i dont know why they got off that track they were on and went to this recent sub par track. My guess is that the older vtx amps sounded "too good" and cut into sales of their upper line stuff so they axed it and started making crappier modeling amps that sounded like sub par stuff so it wouldnt interfere with the upper line gear. I think the days of true innovation are over with vox. I have an older as60vtx /an ad120vtx/ and a vtx150 and they are all far superior in tone and even effects. Sure of all the amps in there i liked like 3 but didnt love them. I played the vt40x for a few hours in a closed room with pc editor and was left bummed.
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