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The Friedman IR-X Preamp offers dual channel tube tone and a powerful Impulse Response loader, plus balanced out
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The new Hotone Ampero Mini is an amp modeller with effects and a looper. Now cheaper and smaller than ever, yet still packed with DSP
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The Ampeg SGT-DI offers a preamp, compression, impulse responses and classic SVT and B15 voices. Could this be your next bass rig?
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The Top 5 best amp modellers for live and studio work that you should check out. All offer great value for money and awesome guitar tones
Win a fantastic MAKO ACS1 stereo amp and cab simulator pedal by Walrus Audio worth €417, with three classic amplifier tones. Enter now!
The new Mooer Cab X2 offers easy access to your Impulse Responses in a compact pedal format, with the ability to load and tweak your own IRs.
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Fractal Audio says the new FM9 is its most powerful floor modeller to date - will this mega-modeller get Fractal back in the game?
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Walrus Audio has just announced the third release in its Mako Series, following on from the new R1 Reverb pedal earlier this week. The new ACS1 Amplifier & Cab Simulator pedal has stereo in and ...
The new Audified Linda RockStack is a 3-channel virtual guitar amplifier and speaker cabinet, designed in conjunction with Martin Linda of Linda Audio.
The best of both worlds? The Diezel VHX amp head mixes tube tones with digital IRs and DSP control, adds in a ton of features, modern technology and some serious valve amp pedigree. Whew!
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Has Mesa Boogie missed the mark with its new CabClone IR and CabClone IR Plus cabinet simulation pedals? The quality looks to be there, but are these boxes missing a trick in terms of flexibility?
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A first image surfaces of a new Strymon pedal called Iridium, an amp/cab simulator pedal - we'll keep you posted as new details are released about this pedal. Watch this space!
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Want to sound like David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen or the Stones? With Clearmountain's Domain by Apogee, you can now recreate Bob Clearmountain's signal chain in your DAW.
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Adam "Nolly" Getgood is one of the pioneers of Djent and this new software package captures his own amp collection and gives you all you need to make tight, clean modern metal guitar tones in one software ...
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Mooer says its new Tone Capture pedal can save your guitar's tone as a preset for later recall, letting you play one guitar tone using another instrument. Sounds like an interesting concept...
The AMT Pangaea CP16A-6F22 plug-in module is a PP3 battery-sized Impulse Response loader that can store 16 IRs at any one time. Is this the smallest IR loader on the market?
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The new Gem Box III from Joyo manages to pack in a staggering array of features into a pedalboard format for a low price. But can it match its competitors in sound and build quality?
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Will the new Positive Grid BIAS FX2 have all the features you need in one place? Certainly looks like PG is cramming in the features and the new Guitar Match feature looks like a lot of fun...
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Could the new budget-friendly HoTone MP-100 Ampero be the product to knock Line 6's Helix off the top of the pile? Well, it certainly has a lot of features packed into it, so maybe...
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Joyo's new R-08 Cab Box is a guitar cabinet emulator with lots of built-in virtual cabs and amps, a big screen - and lets you load your own IRs. And all that for under GBP 200!
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Easy to use, good sounds, low price: The Emperor is an impressive new high-gain amp sim plug-in focussing on the heavy guitar tone brigade with tools to build crushing riffs in your favourite DAW.
AmbiVerb HD has 30 spaces beyond the usual halls and churches, with music venues, stairs, and car parks - but you need Noise Makers' plug-in for the binaural stream.
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In this week's Virtual Guitar Amp Roundup I go over IK Multimedia's AmpliTube 4 software and give you an insight into what makes this a very flexible and customisable package for guitarists.
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Which virtual amp software should you buy? In this new series, I give my thoughts and opinions on all the major virtual amp packages. First up on my test bench is Line 6' Helix Native software package