The Prince is a plugin of my homebuilt transparent overdrive style pedal, cloned using neural networks. The graphics were created from actual photos of my pedal using a "stop motion" technique. The plugin features three GuitarML neural network models conditioned on the Gain and Tone knobs, one each for Overdrive, Boost, and Distortion modes. The Prince should be used with an impulse response plugin (such as Pulse) to emulate playing the pedal through an amplifier. Use two instances of the Prince to emulate a highly sought after dual overdrive.
This plugin is intended as an example of how a pedal/amp builder (hobbyist or professional) can faithfully recreate their work in the digital world using neural networks.
Check out the source code and info on the actual pedal on GitHub.
Reviewed By Faydit [all]
December 31st, 2022
Version reviewed: 1 on Windows
Nice sounding, maybe a little bit too bright and digital for my taste. I unfortunately am not really a big fan of the real pedal, as little as one of it's bigger brother (POT, KOT), as they sound much too neutral and meaningless to me.
Also the diode switching did not convince me so much. Promises more than it really keeps, similar to a Timmy.
If I use an SD-1, a Zendrive, Klon Centaur, RAT or OCD, I get some very specific sounds, even from a COT50, which I can like or dislike, but they have their own unique character, while this one just sounds, but nothing more.
I had the original pedal for some time, but soon sold it again, because of this completely colorless, much too neutral, if not to say, too boring sound. Also the harmonics reproduction is poor. It also hardly can be used as tube amp replacement, as it does not offer any individual amp character or dynamics.
Nevertheless a good sounding plugin, if you look for a POT simulation. Also the GUI looks nice.
But what I really find annoying is, that a digital plugin clicks even more than the real analog pedal, if you use the three-way switch. This issue any average programmer should be capable of avoiding, even more, if you can also avoid these clicks in reality with some additional resistors easily too.
Could have been five stars, but because of these annoying, but avoidable and unnecessary clicks only four.
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