Acclaimed audio engineer and producer Steve Albini thinks the use of amp modelling is a "trend" to a certain extent but it's not necessarily one he's against. It's also linked to his specific thoughts on effects pedals, namely how their potential is explored creatively by players.
"The stage that we are at now, where every player in every band has a pedalboard and have this sort of a curated collection of sounds that they come up with, I actually got a preview of that in the late ’80s," Albini tells Premier Guitar in a new interview. "The first time I went to Japan, most guitarists that I worked with had a pedalboard with half a dozen pedals on it, and that’s how they would craft their sound. They could bring that anywhere and plug it into any amp and they’d be happy.
