Yep the G100. Damn, I didn't think of turning the emu off. Well, it sounds like an OD pedal direct to board without it, plenty of raw distortion/highs aplenty.
The emu is a bit dark, I suspect it's a copy of the H&K Red Box which sounds pretty similar to me. If you put it after many a device, such as the Tech21 you have, it'll sound too dark and murky. I have usually used it to create a different emulated out for stereo - when I used a Marshall JMP-1 extensively, I would always run left channel from the JMP-1 D/I out direct and the right channel also thru the behringer. Mixing these two together, panned each somewhat to their sides, gave a very very good direct guitar sound indeed. This was before the PODS really took off, and I'd say the sound was on par or better than a POD XT for instance.
Anyway. The Vox OD 'Distortion Booster' I used for OD is quite bright to start with, so it seems to work very well with the behri emulator. I think I like this D/I sound basis slightly better than the Tech21 TriAc sound, needs less EQ and after-the fact tuning. I guess because of the simplicity, there is very little noise and seems like very low noise floor, and lead playing like hammerons really jump out and aren't masked by anything, it has more 'headroom' and clarity than the triac. Surprising, but it almost feels like there's a good noise gate, there is just no drive whatsoever if you don't play it, it's completely 'dry'. Hard to explain. 'In your face', maybe best description.
I think I could easily just bring those two to a gig and ask the soundmand to EQ it a bit and add a touch of verb and it'd work quite fine for D/I. If I ever get into gigging more, methinks I'll start lugging these around for a backup system. It works just fine if I plug it straight to my home stereo, a real nice thick driven sound there too.
Glad I never did get rid of that Behri...it's proven to be real handy every now and then.
Dee
"When life's a biatch, be a horny dog"
Amps: Marshall JVM 410H w/ Plexi Cap mod, Choke Mod & Negative Feedback Removal mod, 4x12", Behringer GMX110, Amplitube 3/StealthPedal
Half a dozen custom built/bastardized guitars all with EMG's, mostly 85's, Ibanez Artwood acoustic & Yamaha SGR bass, Epiphone Prophecy SG, Vox Wah, Pitchblack tuner plus assorted pedals, rack gear etc. for home studio use.