Product Reviews by KVR Members

LIsten, I Freakin HATE Guitar Amp sims,, I Have me my bad ass Peavey 5150 Combo and it is the best, BUt I am a guitar player for almost 20 years now, and I will always try something whether it be another amp sim or POD, whatver it may be I will try it, and until now I have alwasy been left unimpressed, Yeah you can always get a nice clean sound wiht a sim and it is a lot easier to make it sit in the mix properly but always, ALWAYS, Sim's lack something. BUt this thing is almost unbelievable for the fact it is free and with the Super Overdrive or Tube Screamer pedals inserted BEFORE the amp(Jcm 900), you can get some Very Heavy Distortion. I play Death metal and for me to say that an Amp Sim comes close to getting a great sound is hard for me!! haha BUt this DOES.

It is fairly well-known by now but I actually felt this reviews were low considering how good this sounds and how well it interacts with your playing, It has a feeling of a real amp and responds to your playing like a real amp would. Yes there is no GUI or presets and sh!t like that but it doesnt need any,it is a great amp and if you are unable to tweak some knobs or insert an effect pedal sim, then you shouldnt be allowed to create anything ever!!! Twist them knobs, turn channel B up to about 9.5 and you will be happy with that to start//. So I am going to give presets and GUI an 8 to not drag down the score. WIth some real time and money this will probably be one of the leaders in Amp SIm technology in the near future, if not already, Is easily on par and probably surpasses the big amp sims like Guitar Rig and Amplitube, not as flexible obvioulsy but pretty damn close given the stomp boxes that D/L with this.

I still will probably never record and release something with an amp SIm, but for Demos and kepping it simple, FOr me this is great and is easily good enough to record pro quality guitar tracks..

It does seem to not fully recall the settings, but so what remeber em like you would your own amp and you can easily re-create your sound in a few seconds.Read Review

OK I'm not a reviewer on normal days and on bad days I guess I am! Anyway most people surely know this devoloper from Blockfish, Endorphin, or Dominion or any other utility type plugs he had, Since I dont think he is in the business of free plugs anymore, Any way I never tried THD, maybe it was becasue he himself wrote a sort of negative review about this plug saying it could do something subtle or could sound terrible, muddy or god FORBID digital. THis thing is in one word, worthy. I t does what it says on the tin and while it may be subtle in actual sound, unless you push extreemely hard, it makes a big difference in the mix.

I myself play very hard metal/Death Metal, so I may be limited in what this plug can actually do, but I have used on other rock type music and it has performed equally as I would have wanted. In example, while remixing a friends project where only 2 rhythym guitar tracks were recorded (by Sm57). And while these were adequate in technique they lacked in the mix, Since it was fast music and if I brought up the bass guitar too much it would bury the guitars.. Once I tried THD a whole new world opened up and almost by magic, they guitars sat beautifully on top of the bass.. Don't even ask my why it happened, perhaps it almost emulated a phantom tube distant mic, (similar to 2 mic approach to mic'ing guitar cabs), It added a wonderful slight sizzle to the top end that was lacking and EQ would make sound brittle or harsh, and in turn added a subtle but very noticable seperation of bass and guitar. I have used on Vocals as well and as usual I really feel this sounds very tube like, and if thats what you are after then this supplies your needs.
And I read this was his(sascha) first attempt at creating a plug, I think everyones first attempt usually yields some interesting results, and even if this isn't his "best" work, TO me, it is the hidden gem...

As far as interface very simple and straight to the point, you know what to do with it as soon as you open it up..

TO me the sound is warm and very authentic. Although if you use it to much it can almost break up and when it breaks it sounds like a bad tube, SO even in that regard it authentic, Although it usually sounds good used in moderation (i.e less gain, and punch)

Features,, I would say it is a one trick pony since it is basically a saturator, but for the noise freaks out there,, you can get it to make some uncomfortable noise..

I t has a little manual, I didn't read it.

I'll skip support since I dont know if he supports anymore.

Lastly as far as stabilty, every so often I might hear a stray pop or click, but that may be do to the fact it was pushed to hard,, BUt it has never crashed...

Overall if for some reason you havent tried it, do it,, I personally didnt like Blockfish, which is hailed.. But using this plug will have me trying it again in case I missed something the first time,, excellent work and for a saturation device it does what a tube does, not a whole lot in actual SOUND, ,but a world of difference in feel..Read Review