VSTs of Pedals

[jules99]

Thank you all, those are some amazing suggestions!

I'd not be surprised if IK Multimedia don't realease Amplitube 6 along with ToneX 2 sometime this year, maybe that will have even more pedals.

[Magic Russ]

Arturia’s Dist OPAMP is based on the RAT: https://www.arturia.com/products/softwa ... 1/overview

Klon clone: https://www.nembriniaudio.com/products/ ... FiiQSyZV0A

Oh wow, I never knew that. Cool plugin, for sure.

You didn't know that it was based on the RAT because it is based on the Tech 21 SansAmp. If the number and the livery weren't clues enough, it even says so on Arturia's site.

Halfway down the page under the caption "A direct hit"

This growing demand in alternatives to the old-school of heavy, temperamental amps was answered by a number of manufacturers and industry names, who raced to emulate the elusive tube sound - that’s where Tech 21* came in. The SansAmp®* was released in 1989, and it was a guitar pedal that immediately looked like it had a lot going on under the hood. More than just a distortion pedal, this little black box was designed to give guitarists a convincing amped-up sound straight into the desk. To this day, it’s considered the first ‘amp in a box’ solution offered to musicians.

By today’s standards, its amp emulation may not be perfect. But, like many innovative and novel bits of gear, it ultimately transcended its original purpose. Its relative wealth of controls, modes, and coloration options made it a surprisingly effective saturator, great for injecting grit and warmth into any sound. Its notoriety landed it in the hands of countless musicians, from Kurt Cobain’s iconic screaming guitars to Tchad Blake’s signature parallel saturation heard on records by Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, and many more. Today, Dist OPAMP-21 puts all that op-amp character - and more - right in your DAW.

[zerocrossing]

Arturia’s Dist OPAMP is based on the RAT: https://www.arturia.com/products/softwa ... 1/overview

Klon clone: https://www.nembriniaudio.com/products/ ... FiiQSyZV0A

Oh wow, I never knew that. Cool plugin, for sure.

You didn't know that it was based on the RAT because it is based on the Tech 21 SansAmp. If the number and the livery weren't clues enough, it even says so on Arturia's site.

Halfway down the page under the caption "A direct hit"

This growing demand in alternatives to the old-school of heavy, temperamental amps was answered by a number of manufacturers and industry names, who raced to emulate the elusive tube sound - that’s where Tech 21* came in. The SansAmp®* was released in 1989, and it was a guitar pedal that immediately looked like it had a lot going on under the hood. More than just a distortion pedal, this little black box was designed to give guitarists a convincing amped-up sound straight into the desk. To this day, it’s considered the first ‘amp in a box’ solution offered to musicians.

By today’s standards, its amp emulation may not be perfect. But, like many innovative and novel bits of gear, it ultimately transcended its original purpose. Its relative wealth of controls, modes, and coloration options made it a surprisingly effective saturator, great for injecting grit and warmth into any sound. Its notoriety landed it in the hands of countless musicians, from Kurt Cobain’s iconic screaming guitars to Tchad Blake’s signature parallel saturation heard on records by Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, and many more. Today, Dist OPAMP-21 puts all that op-amp character - and more - right in your DAW.

Memory updated.

[Tubeman]

While there are all of these VSTs like Amplitube or the Neural DSP stuff that come with pedal modules, there don't seem to be a lot of singular plugins that model just one pedal.

At least to my knowledge. That's why I am asking here: which VSTs do you know of that model individual pedals? Like a RAT, a KLON, or a DL4.

I am aware of Cytomic's The Scream, which models a Tubescreamer pretty well.

There are lots and hundreds of singular plugins that model just one pedal. What on earth are you talking about? Start by clicking "Products" on the top of the KVR screen and go from there.

[jules99]

Oh, KVR, never change your snarkiness. Case #768 of things you wouldn't say this way in person in this forum.

[Tubeman]

Oh, KVR, never change your snarkiness. Case #768 of things you wouldn't say this way in person in this forum.

Plugin Alliance has some pedals including the mentioned RAT and Tube Screamer in their free pack and also Ignite Amps free pedals are nice.

[Magic Russ]

There's really no shortage of effects that model RAT and TS. Klone VSTs are not quite as common but are out there.

The DL-4 could be a problem. I don't think anyone makes a model of that per se. Of course there are plenty of VSTs which model the more popular effects that it models, but not so much for the swell in or filter delays.

[VladK]

Here is what I found in my spreadsheet:
Analog Obsession - PEDALz
Bipolar Audio - bplrAudio_Volture (distortion)
Chaos Audio - 7 pedals
chowdsp - BYOD and ChowCentaur
DSPTone- ExoDelay
Dystopian Waves - Wah Pedal
Ignite Amps - ProF.E.T., TSB-1 Tyrant Screamer, TS-999 SubScreamer
Plugin Alliance / Brainworx - 7 pedals
Steven Atkinson - NeuralAmpModeler (NAM) - hundreds of pedal captures
ToneLib - Tonelib-BassDrive
VZTec - Fuzz

[CapnLockheed]

And frankly, what more does one need aside from a good metal zone VST?

Almost anything??

[audiojunkie]

And frankly, what more does one need aside from a good metal zone VST?

Almost anything??

"I’m told I lie constantly when I say Linux is great — which is wild, because I’m apparently “misleading” you with things like: it boots, it runs my audio workflow, it stays stable, it gets updates, and it keeps existing despite being declared dead every year since forever. Also yes, it’s “too hard,” “too niche,” “no devs will ever care,” and “Linus complained once,” so clearly I must be fabricating my entire operating system out of pure delusion."
-----The Delusional Linux Advocate

[jamcat]

This is in no way a complete list, and I can't guarantee that all assumptions or models are 100% accurate to the original pedals.

[BertKoor]

"I’m told I lie constantly when I say Linux is great — which is wild, because I’m apparently “misleading” you with things like: it boots, it runs my audio workflow, it stays stable, it gets updates, and it keeps existing despite being declared dead every year since forever. Also yes, it’s “too hard,” “too niche,” “no devs will ever care,” and “Linus complained once,” so clearly I must be fabricating my entire operating system out of pure delusion."
-----The Delusional Linux Advocate

True to the old analog pedals, I'm getting a very low S/N ratio, iow a humungous noise floor.

[mystran]

And frankly, what more does one need aside from a good metal zone VST?

That's a stupid question, because the answer is obviously more Metal Zones:

[Tubeman]

And frankly, what more does one need aside from a good metal zone VST?

Almost anything??

And frankly, what more does one need aside from a good metal zone VST?

That's a stupid question, because the answer is obviously more Metal Zones:

No no, don't use Metal Zone they suck:

[mystran]

No no, don't use Metal Zone they suck:

Some old Finnish death metal sounds like they did the same thing, but used two of those in series.

ps. I like some of the music, but not a huge fan of the "production values."