Let’s go through the basics of guitar plugins (skip this section if you already know about plugins). If you’ve never used guitar plugins before, there are a few things to know before you get started. I tried to focus on a diverse range of options while factoring in popularity and ease of use, because there can’t really be a ‘best’ amp simulator.16.4 Related Guides and Lessons: Understanding Guitar Plugins Just because I haven’t mentioned your favorite guitar amp bears no actual meaning - it might actually be the best of the lot. The unique tones, options and effects that are available on any given guitar amp VST mean that it really does come down to a matter of taste. Guitar amp sims can make for great tonal adjustments to guitars, direct in or recorded with a microphone, but I have personally found more use for them as saturators on vocal tracks, synths and even pianos.īeing able to have such diversity with potential applications is only one appealing aspect of using an amp emulator - the convenience, the sheer amount of sounds at your fingertips, or just being able to get a guitar tone into your DAW at all (I appreciate not everyone has an amplifier or a microphone) are all great reasons to invest in one of the above-mentioned VSTs.Īs always DYODR - do your own damn research - because what may be junk to someone may be gold to another. This means that anything I can use for multiple functions is exciting to me. I’m a particularly experimental music producer - messing around with my ‘art’ allows me to hide any terrible decision-making, poorly recorded pieces and generally mediocre instrument-playing under the pretence of ‘creativity’.
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Thus, there are similarly numerous great bass amps that will be available in some of the larger amp simulator bundles, as well as some plugins that are dedicated to modeling a specific set of bass amplifiers.Īdditionally, as you would know if you bothered to read my past articles (sorry, just ignore my passive aggressiveness) amp simulators are a pretty vital addition when using any virtual instrument in the guitar field - be it a bass or electric - to really add an extra layer of dynamics to some dry MIDI recordings that may need a little bit of magic to slide seamlessly into a mix. It’s not just a bass ladies and gentlemen. I know when most people hear the word ‘guitar’ they think of Eddie Van Halen shredding out some ludicrous solo on a decked out Kramer guitar, generally forgetting the second, too-oft bypassed word that goes with ‘bass’. This is super useful as it really adds to the value of purchasing a guitar amp simulator - even if you hate some of the modeling for guitars recorded D.I into your DAW program - the plugin can still be used for a multitude of other purposes. On vocals, drums, synths or any other instrument you can think of, guitar amp simulators actually offer a huge range of exciting sounds that can give your tracks a level of ‘ oomph’ that you can’t get from your DAW’s native saturator plugin. You don’t need to fiddle around with your amp’s knobs, shifting your microphone stand 2 inches to the left in order to drastically change the tone that fits this one riff, only to have to remember exactly where they were placed for the rhythm section prior.
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If you start buying amp libraries like an absolute maniac it can begin to slow down your computer and become deceptively detrimental to your music-making process - but if you have a powerful PC and plenty of room on your hard drive this is unlikely to exacerbate into a major issue.Īdditionally, there is no need to concern yourself with room acoustics, microphone placement (or just owning a microphone) with amp simulation - all of that is done, and is quite often easily adjustable, within the program itself. That said, simulated amps still do take up space, it just isn’t physical. Once you factor in mic stands, cables - did you just shudder? - it can become a minefield for tangling, tripping or just generally getting frustrated and breaking things of your own accord.
Most hobbyists can’t afford to shell out thousands of dollars per classic amp to create an army of amplifiers to do their creative bidding, yet this is something that many amp libraries offer at a fraction of the price and space.Īmps, especially if you are using a cabinet and head instead of a combo amp (where the speaker and amplifier are contained within the one box) can take up a whole lot of room.
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Unless you’re rich, professional or just a better planner than I am, I doubt you have more than 2-3 amps and certainly not enough space to comfortably fit and eventually record more than 5.Īnd with that, you have it - the easiest justification for simulating an amp.
If you’re an artist with a bedroom in your studio (yes, not the other way around) look around right now.
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