
I've not heard high gain amp simulation that is this amazingly unusable before, it's like some kind of sick joke!

I tried lots of different approaches, varying amps, pedals, cabinets, mics, EQ settings, etc., and everything I came up with sounded brittle, digital, and grating. But how does it sound?Īs most of us here would do, I put this thing to the test for a METAL sound first and foremost. Everything looks really cool, and is easy to use, with nice preset menus, A-B, undo-redo, and the other usual Waves niceties. The UI design for the plug-ins is top notch, exactly what we've come to expect from Waves.
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Waves also threw in a very cool Tuner, which I have to say is the best software tuner I've ever used! Variations on the Amp and Pedal plugins exist for mono/stereo, number of pedals per plug-in instance (2, 4, or 6) and number of cabinets (1 or 2.) Generally speaking, the Amp plugin with 2 cabs in mono sounded the "least worst," to paraphrase Type O Negative. Setup: I downloaded the demo tonight and got it registered on my iLok (silly that I should have to do this for a DEMO) and voila, some new plug-ins to play with. I used the Native Instruments Guitar Rig DI footboard unit straight into the Analog input of my MBox.

A lot of hype is surrounding their new Waves GTR plug-in, apparently it's the "hot new thing" in the LA studios, and the "best amp modeler ever," so I was really curious and excited to try it.įirst, the rig: I used my tried-and-true workhorse guitar, the ESP LTD MH 400 NT with EMG 85 (bridge) and EMG 81 (neck) pickups. They are a great company, and their plug-ins are well worth the big price tag. I have sworn by Waves plug-ins for a long time.
