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Post by tkaitkai on Aug 22, 2020 5:23:30 GMT -6
Been playing around with Stark by Klevgrand for the past few days, and it's killer. I've always struggled with amp sims for clean guitars — this is the first one to feel really effortless for me.
Kind of a one-trick pony, but it's a really nice trick. I think you guys will dig it. The 'British Compressed' and 'Clean British 3' presets are the closest thing to instant gratification I've ever heard in an amp sim.
It also has a surprisingly nice stereo width control on the cabinet section, along with a VERY cool room reverb. I normally don't bother with that kind of stuff, but Klevgrand nailed it.
This is a good demo, some of the clean tones start around 4:20. Even the tones he describes as "bad" are still pretty cool:
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Post by Guitar on Aug 22, 2020 6:32:05 GMT -6
The Amplitube stuff stands out to me for the cleaner tones, another one to consider. They have a ton of Fender models, Vox, and many more.
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Post by Chad on Aug 22, 2020 6:40:54 GMT -6
tkaitkai , I just listed online to samples on their website. I have to agree. This seems very useful to me right now for doing some additional tone shaping/reamping of guitars and bass for a personal project. I really like the simplicity of the layout. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by nnajar on Aug 22, 2020 7:36:36 GMT -6
Not a plugin, but the little Palmer “pocket amp mkii” is awesome for all kinds of very clean up to very dirty tones. They did a great job with that little box.
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Post by tkaitkai on Aug 22, 2020 7:57:05 GMT -6
Not a plugin, but the little Palmer “pocket amp mkii” is awesome for all kinds of very clean up to very dirty tones. They did a great job with that little box. Hadn't heard of this one, but after checking out their demo video, I'm sold. Sounds awesome and the price is right. Going on my list!
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Post by Guitar on Aug 22, 2020 8:41:13 GMT -6
Another one to look at is the Joyo American Sound for about $29. I haven't picked up one yet but in the shootouts I was convinced by it, very similar to a Deluxe Reverb.
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Post by tkaitkai on Aug 22, 2020 9:00:28 GMT -6
Guitar Totally forgot about that one! I've always wanted to try the Joyo stuff.
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Post by whathappenedlast on Aug 22, 2020 11:18:38 GMT -6
Hi, I really dig UAD’s Fender ‘55 Twin Deluxe and Softubes Vintage Amp Room - especially the custom mic positions and off axis capabilities ✅
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 22, 2020 15:02:19 GMT -6
Hi, I really dig UAD’s Fender ‘55 Twin Deluxe and Softubes Vintage Amp Room - especially the custom mic positions and off axis capabilities ✅ I tried the UAD one a bunch and never liked it...then did a direct comparison with the Axe FX and was able to Dial in a similar tone. Need to try that with the Marshalls. I wish UAD would come out with Blackface Fenders.
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Post by mrholmes on Aug 22, 2020 15:58:18 GMT -6
Another one to look at is the Joyo American Sound for about $29. I haven't picked up one yet but in the shootouts I was convinced by it, very similar to a Deluxe Reverb.
I own one of those JoJo Pedals. It's OK.... but not sounding like real tube amp.... Great for clean sounds...
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Post by anders on Aug 23, 2020 5:50:39 GMT -6
Another one to look at is the Joyo American Sound for about $29. I haven't picked up one yet but in the shootouts I was convinced by it, very similar to a Deluxe Reverb. For DI I am not entirely convinced by mine – I haven't been able to get a proper '12" speaker with a mic' tone, it gets a little too brittle, but I use it a lot as a front end for a mic'ed Pignose amp, and for light crunch/medium drive, that combo sounds good enough that I often won't bother cranking my Princeton.
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Post by johneppstein on Aug 23, 2020 14:14:48 GMT -6
Been playing around with Stark by Klevgrand for the past few days, and it's killer. I've always struggled with amp sims for clean guitars — this is the first one to feel really effortless for me. Kind of a one-trick pony, but it's a really nice trick. I think you guys will dig it. The 'British Compressed' and 'Clean British 3' presets are the closest thing to instant gratification I've ever heard in an amp sim. It also has a surprisingly nice stereo width control on the cabinet section, along with a VERY cool room reverb. I normally don't bother with that kind of stuff, but Klevgrand nailed it. This is a good demo, some of the clean tones start around 4:20. Even the tones he describes as "bad" are still pretty cool: This is pretty good - there's a liquidity to some of the cleans that is lacking in sims in general; this one is pretty close.
Normally cleans fail on amp sims, this sounds useable....
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Post by Mister Chase on Aug 26, 2020 8:26:14 GMT -6
Another one to look at is the Joyo American Sound for about $29. I haven't picked up one yet but in the shootouts I was convinced by it, very similar to a Deluxe Reverb. I did a whole EP with mine. It's designed to be a 5e3 circuit (as far as the drive is concerned)with an alnico speaker and does that stuff well. The cleans are very nice and EQ'able on the pedal and thus you can get nice sparkly blackface ish tones, too.
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