KVR Audio

reprznt · Post by **reprznt** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:22 pm

are there any freeware emulations of guitar pedal effects? Not emulations of amp cabinets... but emulations of guitar pedals..... ??? Or, are the effects found on the pedals going to be the same as those found in standard vst effects? thanks

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:44 pm

reprznt wrote:are there any freeware emulations of guitar pedal effects?

Yes.

reprznt wrote:Or, are the effects found on the pedals going to be the same as those found in standard vst effects?

Yes.

There are some more closely modelled on specific guitar pedals, but really the effects in hardware are conceptually the same as the effects in software.

An example of something meant to be similar of a fashion to a guitar pedal is Audio Damage's Fuzz+. It is modelled on a MXR Distortion+ pedal (and adds a low-pass filer), it has a bypass switch, and the GUI is even all prettied up to look like a stompbox. It's a great distortion effect to boot.

There are others that are specifically modelled: Antti's Phase90 comes to mind and some of the Guitar Suite plugins.

reprznt · Post by **reprznt** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:47 pm

i think that i was looking for the novelty of having a photo realistic stomp box looking vst effect.... Fuzz+.... i will take a look at that. thanks very much. How should i search for more examples??? google "guitar pedal vst"??? thanks for your help

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:57 pm

There aren't a lot that look like stompboxes, to be honest. Other than some of the Audio Damge effects, there's all that stuff inside Amplitube, none of which is free.

There's a really crappy distortion thing that Steinberg put out years ago that looks like a stompbox (but sounds nothing like the label suggests, really awful).

GUI makers, when going for hardware metaphors, seemed to have focused more on rack gear.

reprznt · Post by **reprznt** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:01 pm

the reason i ask about all these guitar effects... is that I have been using VB-1 Steinbeg VST bass... i wanted to add some effects, since the sound of VB-1 is somewhat boring.... i just downloaded Fuzz+... what other types of effects will enhance VB-1? Or, do i just download the Simulanalog guitar suite???? I am interested in making my bass sound "funky".. for use in House and/or Hip Hop productions. Thanks very much.

jens · Post by **jens** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:08 pm

shamann wrote:There aren't a lot that look like stompboxes, to be honest. Other than some of the Audio Damge effects, there's all that stuff inside Amplitube, none of which is free.

There's a really crappy distortion thing that Steinberg put out years ago that looks like a stompbox (but sounds nothing like the label suggests, really awful).

GUI makers, when going for hardware metaphors, seemed to have focused more on rack gear.

there's a few more...

http://www.pxe.buntweb.de/

http://207.218.248.76/~fretted/effects.html#effects

also some old Buzzroom-stuff...

and probably a few more I don't recall right now....

AdmiralQuality · Post by **AdmiralQuality** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:27 pm

Try my first VST filter, it's free. It makes a good auto-wah (try the "Ottawa" preset) and even does some tube-amp-like distortions (or worse!).

http://admiralquality.dynu.com/vstdev/?guitfx

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:57 pm

Heh, why "Ottawa"?

As for stomp-box-looking, the Fretted Synth stuff is pretty much the most comprehensive set of such effects. BetabugsAudio had planned a project called "BompStoxer", but it hasn't seen the light of day yet.

Greg

best1812 · Post by **best1812** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:09 pm

AUTO-ADMIN: Non-MP3, WAV, OGG, SoundCloud, YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter and Facebook links in this post have been protected automatically. Once the member reaches 5 posts the links will function as normal.

http://www.dreamvortexstudio.co.uk/documents/35.html (http://www.dreamvortexstudio.co.uk/documents/35.html)

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:30 pm

naturestoned · Post by **naturestoned** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:18 pm

very good freeware stompbox models you can find from www.simulanalog.org.
they are part of the Guitar Suite which also contains a great amp model of a JCM900.

Look under "Current Technology"

tomg · Post by **tomg** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:21 pm

Here's a 12 pack. It's a little old and in need of an upgrade now but still pretty useful

http://www.ele4music.com/vst/stompers.zip

Regards

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:23 am

Just thought of another. PSP Pianoverb looks like a pedal of sorts. It's a fun little thing, too.

mindless · Post by **mindless** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:34 am

This is the only one I ever use:
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1786.html
I like all the FS stuff.

A3ntar · Post by **A3ntar** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:32 am

Amplitube2 will have a "realistic" pedal view when it is going to be released.

vst guitar pedal effects for free?