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yzcoruhT · Post by **yzcoruhT** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:29 pm

Hello,
can you recommed me one?
Win11, VST3

I'm not trying to simulate a distorted sound similar to an electric guitar sound, I'm just looking for a good amp simulation. Clean, possibly crunchy.

FL Studio is not "guitar players friendly" and only one plugin I know is Boogex - but I don't like it too much on acoustic guitar.

Thanks for reading and help.

y.

imrae · Post by **imrae** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:45 pm

A good acoustic amp will have a clean solid-state amp and add very little distortion.

Non-free suggestion: MCabinet could work well; can simulate a bit of speaker resonance and apply (dynamic) EQ for more shaping.

For free, maybe there are impulse responses available for wide-range speakers? I'd still expect EQ to do most of the work, which can be the DAW stock EQ.

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:07 pm

As above for this kind of thing you'd want something with a pretty full range speaker response. Blue Cat's free BC Free Amp is pretty good for that with it's tone control going pretty high up;

https://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_FreeAmp/

hotmitts · Post by **hotmitts** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:49 am

You want it to sound like an acoustic or an electric?

yzcoruhT · Post by **yzcoruhT** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 5:55 am

hotmitts wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:49 am You want it to sound like an acoustic or an electric?

An acoustic. But like you put it in a guitar combo.

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:06 am

Get TONEX CS.

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/tonex/

yzcoruhT · Post by **yzcoruhT** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:13 am

Thank you. I already have an electric bassguitar and bass guitar combo, but I don't like the sound of it with acoustic guitar, also because it was the cheap one with lot of noise and low end rumble. And bass guitar combo is not the same as guitar combo.

Edit: I bought a bass guitar combo only for playing on bass guitar. When I record it - I record it directly to my PC through an audio interface without the combo and than I add a bass guitar amp. Wanna something similar for acoustic guitar.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:46 am

Use a convolution plugin with guitar speaker IR's. There are plenty of free options for both. If you already have a convolution plugin, I can send you some speaker IR's.

yzcoruhT · Post by **yzcoruhT** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:30 am

Yep, there's convolution reverb plugin inside FL. This sounds good, no need new plugins.

Could you point me to good impulses? Thank you

hotmitts · Post by **hotmitts** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:57 am

There's probably loads of IR's but I grabbed these quickly and they seem ok

https://worshiptutorials.com/product/ac ... mple-pack/

The main thing about making DI pickups (piezo?) on electro acoustic sound good, seems to me to be playing with EQ settings on whatever EQ you have - dip the harsh mid frequencies.

you could add compression, maybe slight chorus, possibly a clean pre-amp (lots of free vst for those options)

Saffran · Post by **Saffran** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:39 pm

Nylon guitar with piezo seems to need, in my case using Blue Cat's Re-guitar, a hefty lowering of the higher frequencies only.
If i don't the metallic covered strings produce awful background noise.
The lowering doesn't affect the plastic strings that sound the same before and after.

yzcoruhT · Post by **yzcoruhT** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:35 pm

Thank you for the instructions and recommendations...

Don't have nylon strings...

Looking for free good electro-acoustic guitar amp