By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
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When recording directly to the computer i have to use a cable coming from the headphones socket in the amp. ONly problem is that i cant hear what i play when its plugged into the headphones socket. How could i change this so i can still hear it and still record directly to the computer ?