I was doing some tracking the other day and went straight into an Apogee Ensemble (plus a little plug in delay) and I was FLOORED by the tone I had. It was similar to Devin Townsends Ki tone for reference. It helps that I've gone from 9's to 11's as well but it really made me think about clean tone. Maybe I should start building a robot rig. Shame I don't have 1500 quid in the bank or I'd be buying one asap :(
