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HtStudios · Post by **HtStudios** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 5:12 am

UPDATE!

GrindMachine is now available for ProTools as an RTAS Plugin!

New:
Improved sound all around!
Minor GUI changes.

Get GrindMachine and GrindMachine Free at http://www.audio-assault.com/product/grindmachine

GrindMachine x64!!! 10 HighGain Amps/20 Dynamic Cabs

Good day everyone,
http://www.audio-assault.com/product/grindmachine/

So I have finished porting my plugin to 64x and Improved the 32bit version aswell
(AU version coming real soon!)
What's New?
* Improved Modelling Algorithms
* Lower CPU Usage (700%)
* New Interface

It's 10 realistic High Gain amps, and 20 Dynamically Modeled Cabs.

So why not check out the sample clips here, or download the free edition of GrindMachine(x86/x64) which includes
the Animal Amp and 3 Cabs!

http://www.audio-assault.com/product/grindmachine/

HtStudios · Post by **HtStudios** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:02 pm

Fixed the audiosamples on the website.

Added a demo in a mix.

HtStudios · Post by **HtStudios** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:06 am

Started RTAS/AAX ports.

Next up is AU!

Agreed · Post by **Agreed** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:49 pm

This sounds good to me. Would you care to elaborate on the dynamic cabs aspect?

I have to admit I initially assumed this must be a SM/whatever it's called these days product, because of the 32-bit, Windows-only limitation... I apologize for that assumption, huh. This is interesting. How well differentiated are the amps? I know it says "grind" right in the product name, so heavy is the name of the game, but there are a lot of flavors of heavy - it seems there's, for example, an ENGL-based emulation, and those are characteristically pretty cool in that they combine the modern cascaded-preamp-tube thing with a power amp that's actually cooking.

Color me interested, and tell me more?

HtStudios · Post by **HtStudios** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:41 am

About the dynamic aspect of the cabs, just try them and you'll hear/feel it.

Kike from Mexican Melodeth band on GrindMachine

Baard · Post by **Baard** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:51 pm

Color-me-interested-bump! I'll check out the free version later tonight, sounds great judging by the demos!

Agreed · Post by **Agreed** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:41 pm

This is a really useful fast-approach tool. Giving it a quick pass right now, will have something on my blog tomorrow I reckon. Intro price is awesome and this sits in a mix really surprisingly easily for basically the equivalent of a "grab and go" rig - no screamer needed up front, post-process as you wish, but this is really nice in terms of offering a collection of interestingly different tones in a really quick to use interface. You can get the tones you hear in the mixes there with pretty much zero effort.

I still don't quite understand the dynamic cab thing, but I use an attenuator live and some people say that sucks the "Feel" factor out of playing and I have never agreed with that anyway, so don't worry about me on that one :p

HtStudios · Post by **HtStudios** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:45 am

UPDATE!
GrindMachine is now available for ProTools as an RTAS Plugin!

New:
Improved sound all around!
Minor GUI changes.

Get GrindMachine and GrindMachine Free at http://www.audio-assault.com/product/grindmachine

Agreed · Post by **Agreed** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 6:11 am

A lot of improvements very fast! I think more people should give this a shot, the demo is dead simple to use and the full version sounds great for gain, too. If I had a wish it'd be for a manual explaining a bit more what each amp and cab are modeled on, though they're pretty simple to use it's just something I like to have to make sure I'm not missing a feature, or whatever. I can tell that you have made improvements to each iteration of it in terms of how the modeling itself sounds, too, though it's hard to say EXACTLY what those improvements are. Gain-lovers, give the demo a shot, see if you don't think there's something pretty cool here...

Dean Aka Nekro · Post by **Dean Aka Nekro** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:58 am

I bought it as soon as I came across it Agreed my friend, I'll totally +1 it and encourage all high-gain fans to try it out. I admittedly haven't even scratched the surface to be honest just yet as there are many heads and cabs to mix and match plus the cab can be bypassed for other solutions, I look forwards to when I get chance to properly scratch well below the surface

All the best to you all as always

Dean

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:15 pm

I don't even like metal, and I still enjoyed this,
I think probably the best 'first impression' of any
amp sim, whether high gain or not. Felt like it
is responsive, instead of just amplifying.
Lepou SoloC Fullstack, and Fender Metalhead 500
are the ones I have usually tortured, but this even seems
much lighter on linux cpu use in wine.
And the interface is fine, even if I'm a little challenged
at finding the volume knob

HtStudios · Post by **HtStudios** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:19 am

I'm glad to know it runs on linux! are you using Ardour?
By the way the volume knob is the one labeled "OUT"

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:52 am

For linux, I use the last wine 1.4x version, and host vsts with Reaper,
or use the fst command, to load a .dll like a standalone, and route to
various linux and windows fx, and recording apps. I input guitar with
a Fender Mustang amp, usb, or line, using a clean patch, the tone from
your Grinder was full of energy, like the St Elmos fire on Grandads
cattle in late summer lightning storms

I have tested Ardour 3 a few versions, and may purchase it with Mixxbus someday, but don't have a version compiled with windows vst plugin support. Reaper is still the best linux audio software out there

Looking forward to future versions and new products

HtStudios · Post by **HtStudios** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:56 am

Yeah, and jack and the realtime kernel rock.

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:03 am

This may be the best RT setup, good for a 'no moving parts'
live rig, when installed on usbstick, and booted into ram.

http://puppylinuxstuff.meownplanet.net/10wt3ch/isos/

It creates a resizeable squashfs savefile at first shutdown,
to save changes and data.

The CCRMA kernel may be in the same league, as used in Fedora.
I've no need to compare, as I'm much slower than all my gear

Your Animal is a joy to use with the z3ta+ multi-fx section,
with all those hundreds of synth crazed presets to dabble with

GrindMachine AU/RTAS/VST x64!!! 10 HighGain Amps/20 Dynamic Cabs