Audiority Heavy Pedal updated to v2.2 - The Swedish Chainsaw - AAX/AU/CLAP/VST2/VST3

[Audiority]

Yes, that's the plan for the future, since the number of pedals here is getting high and it'll be too cumbersome to release them as single plugins.

[Audiority]

Heavy Pedal updated to v1.0.1
– FIX: crash when enabling HQ with some circuit types
– FIX: volume loss when switching to HQ
– UPD: Performance improvements

To update download and install the demo version from the product page or from your User Area account.

Cheers,
Luca

[Tappistry]

Yes, that's the plan for the future, since the number of pedals here is getting high and it'll be too cumbersome to release them as single plugins.

[Raksha]

Thanks, Burillo! Actually our Blue Face is close to our silicon Fuzz Face, while I just got a germanium one and it's NASTY. The DS-1 sounds close too and it actually depends on the amp you are using. Pedalboard Distortion will get a serious reface through the year tho. I have something cool in my mind

First: I own the Blue Face, The Goat and The Tube Modulator. What can I say... these plugs are THE BEST! The two distortions are not for me, tho... But still:
Now I am just one guitarist of millions, but because you respond here, I guess my - and my fellow forum brothers and sisters - opinions are important to you.
I use plugsin a lot, when I work with sketches at home, before rehearsals or studio work. Some times I also do alternate guitar takes at home that replace what's done in the studio, so then it's plugins, and these things really matters to me...

Your pedal sims are great. GREAT! But i wonder: Will you do amps too? I certainly hope so. And I really hope that you will pick pedals and amps for the future that are not covered by everyone else before (like you ave done so far.). We have obviously got enough blackface fenders and tubescreamers. So I hope you will continue doing something else.

Anyeay - My personal list would be like this:

Pedals:
Overdrives:
Klon Centaur
DOD 250
At least the virtual guitarist world need an OD that is close to EQ neutral or at least without that mid hump... There are other great choices, but I have them both and love them both. The reallife Klon (clone) into an amp sim does not work, tho...
Fuzz:
Germanium Fuzz Face - obvious...
Roger Mayer Axis Fuzz - that's my current fuzz on my reallife pedalboard, will get a muff in addition, but the axis is grand, probably my desert island fuzz...
Roger Mayer Stone Fuzz - a modern yet classic fuzz, perfect for the stoners, of course...

Amps (do it, do it, pleeeease, do it!):
- Brownface/blonde Fenders!! We have the Bassdude from Brainworx, and amp A of Kuassa Vermillion sounds brownface to me, but beside of that, brown/blonde era is sadly neglected in the virtual Fender-like world. So I say: 63´Vibroverb, Vibrolux, Super, Deluxe... Awsome amps that have not been done as plugins or at least not properly, as far as I know...
- Vox: I have not playedan ampsim that can make Vox/EL84 tones that are really usable. And those tones are SO essential! There are a few attempts on AC30 tones, but I don't like them. AC30 is a classic, but to me, the holy grail Vox tone would be the EF86 AC15 with the ez81 rectifier. And of course with the vox trem/vibrato to go with it...
Anyway:
There are of course a lot of stuff that has not had a digital simulation yet. But I hope you stick with the slightly unusual stuff. What you have done so far is awesome. It actually matters to me, because I like to have a great guitar tone at home when I do sketches. And if it's good enough, it might end up on record, to...

So: I will watch whatever you do

[acousticglue]

I've done it with other vendors plugs so I will do it even to Audiority but using Modnetic with the pedals here and any amp sim sounds fantastic. I add Xenoverb as well or other plate reverbs. Audiority and Cytomic and even Kazrog all sound very good. And all slightly different. I don't like everything or need everything by single dev but this pedal collection is a mainstay

[cptgone]

[Off Topic]

The reallife Klon (clone) into an amp sim does not work, tho...

Do you mean one cannot record the hardware pedal, and add amp sim in the box?
If so, why not?

[vurt]

it just sulks if it's not plugged in to a tube amp

[Stringzy]

Didn't Kuassa enter Fender "brownface" territory with Matchlock amp?

Not that I wouldn't want Luca to go into amps territory, walking that "gilmourish" path, surely.

Hiwatt DR103, Yamaha RA-200, Fender Twins...

Just saying.

[GaryG]

Maybe model a Fuzz Factory next, guaranteed to give the dev a breakdown. ;D

[Audiority]

There's a lot of work to do and amps are in my list, along with more other pedals (including the Dod and the Klon.. the problem with this last is to find one that costs less than a Mac Pro lol). About Zvex pedals: they are INSANE! I have the Wolly Mammoth and it's a very unique beast

[perfumer]

Kazrog has a model of this in his Thermionik bundle - called Stockholm. Any comparisons?

[Raksha]

[Off Topic]

The reallife Klon (clone) into an amp sim does not work, tho...

Do you mean one cannot record the hardware pedal, and add amp sim in the box?
If so, why not?

If you use it like a boost - drive set to zero or just slightly on, tone and volume set to taste, but for boosting the amp - you will have bad results into a solidstate amp or even a tubeamp that is set way below the sweet spot of starting to break up. This is how I used mine, into a Ceriatone DC30 clone, and a BF Princeton. In this case it is a transparent boost/slight overdrive that adds that special Klon "mojo".
But I have not been able to reproduce this with the pedal into an ampsim, it sounds just like playing into a solidstate, at least to me.
This may be the most popular way to use the Klon, but you can use it more like a traditional overdrive, of course. But I never quite liked it that way - it adds more of a mid hump when drive is increased, and for this use, I like a Tubescreamer or Super Overdrive better.
I often use real pedals into ampsims when recording at home, on my pedalboard right now I have a Roger Mayer Axis Fuzz, modded Super Overdrive, an OD-3, and a BYOC DOD 250 clone. They all work fine into ampsims, but some sims take them better than others. But not the Klon clone. However, I still turn to pedal sims just as often as the real ones.

[Raksha]

Didn't Kuassa enter Fender "brownface" territory with Matchlock amp?

In spite of the tweed looks, the Matchlock is supposed to be more like Blackface amps. But with the mids set high, and tweaking bias and sag, I guess brownface tones are no problem. I have tried it, but it really didn't do something that I didn't have from before.

[Raksha]

There's a lot of work to do and amps are in my list, along with more other pedals (including the Dod and the Klon.. the problem with this last is to find one that costs less than a Mac Pro lol). About Zvex pedals: they are INSANE! I have the Wolly Mammoth and it's a very unique beast

Cool, I'll be looking forward to that.
About the Klon: You would probably be dissapointed if you spent all that money on the real thing. The circuit is hidden under epoxy or some other stuff, that Bill Flanagan used to keep his circuit secret. But over the years, the circuit has been revealed and traced by the pedal hacks, and there are many Klon clones availiable, also as DIY kits, so I would get one of those. BYOC has two, and there are others.
There seems to be agreement between the pedal hacks that they know the correct schematic, but there is more debate on wich diodes Bill Flanagan used. From memory, I think the hacks have concluded on that some rare russian germanium diode was used by Flanagan. I don't remember what I put in my own clone, but I guess changing from one germanium diode to another, claiming to hear a significant difference, would be just an application for the Cork Sniffing Fellowship ;-D

Two variants from BYOC: https://buildyourownclone.com/collectio ... ilver-pony
https://buildyourownclone.com/collectio ... ver-pony-2

[Raksha]

[Off Topic]

The reallife Klon (clone) into an amp sim does not work, tho...

Do you mean one cannot record the hardware pedal, and add amp sim in the box?
If so, why not?

Edited:
If you use it like a boost - drive set to zero or just slightly on, tone and volume set to taste, but for boosting the amp - the Klon is excellent into a tube amp to push it towards or int breakup. But you will have bad results into a solidstate amp or even a tubeamp that is set way below the sweet spot of starting to break up.
I used mine into a Ceriatone DC30 clone, and a BF Princeton, to push it into the sweet spot, making it even sweeter.
This may be the most popular way to use the Klon, but you can use it more like a traditional overdrive, of course. But I never quite liked it that way - it adds more of a mid hump when drive is increased, and for this use, I like a Tubescreamer or Super Overdrive better.
But I have not been able to reproduce the tube amp boost mojos with the real pedal into an ampsim, it sounds just like playing into a solidstate, no matter how the amp is set, at least to me.

I often use real pedals into ampsims when recording at home, on my pedalboard right now I have a Roger Mayer Axis Fuzz, modded Super Overdrive, an OD-3, and a BYOC DOD 250 clone. They all work fine into ampsims, but some sims take them better than others. But not the Klon clone. However, I still turn to pedal sims just as often as the real ones.