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HoRNet HDS1 MK2

Reviewed By Faydit [all]
April 23rd, 2024
Version reviewed: 2.0.0 on Windows

Cool, updated version.

Input leveling and Dry/Wet controls are very useful, so is the Less Shrill mod.
Ultra and Seeing Eye are not really so much my taste, but certainly useful for others. I personally prefer the original voicing. Properly adjusted a nice sort of Marshall sound, a little bit different and hotter than the tone of an SD-1 or TS-9.

Oversampling adjustment and VU-meter also are nice features. Anyway already comparably cheap and a more than fair update price too.

An SD-1 with comparable features and mods (C6, more transparency (Boutique), LED-diodes, ...) also would be nice.

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Efektor Omnivibe Optical Vibe Machine

Reviewed By Faydit [all]
March 19th, 2024
Version reviewed: 1.0.0 on Windows

Nice, much more flexible adjustable Univibe based plugin, which also allows some more or less differently voiced sounds in comparison with the original, while on the other hand adjusting a really authentic sound can become a little more complicated.

I personally like it, especially for creating some more unusual sounds.

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TH-U Made In Rock Series

Reviewed By Faydit [all]
February 3rd, 2024
Version reviewed: 1.4.23 on Windows

Concerning only the Jim P:

This is a very cool amp.

Much better and more authentically sounding than the stock-Overloud-Marshalls/Plexis, but also seems to have some sort of unique tone. Tons of treble, bite and not as much low-end in Normal channel as I know it from most 1959's. Ok, this is a JMP50 and with this one I had no experience up to now.

You definitely get very typical Led Zeppelin tones out of this amp, but also a lot of different ones, depending on your own settings and adjustments.

A big advantage is, that you can switch between the possible inputs and input combinations, essential for getting great and authentic tones out of these amps.

Cabinet also sounds good.

A must have for Marshall fans in my opinion. Also a big sound improvement, if compared with older TH-U amps. This really is state-of-the-art.

More in this quality, please.

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Brainworx bx_rockergain100

Reviewed By Faydit [all]
January 16th, 2024
Version reviewed: 1.2.0.0 on Windows

Not only as a plugin, but also in reality one of my all time favorite amps.

Typical Orange sounds, but - if necessary- also much hotter.

Beautiful organically and naturally sounding (British) clean sounds, certainly nothing for Fender clean fans, but with a wonderful bluesy, even jazzy character. There is a reason, why players like Ike Turner or Raphael Saadiq also played/play Orange amps and they certainly are no Rock or Metal players.

Even more interesting is the Dirty channel, classic Orange crunch and overdrive tones of course, but even much more gain, if wished, with a very unique, beefy, but still aggressive, vivid character and wonderful, intense (British) harmonics. A completely different player in the game, without any similarities with amps from competitors.

A unique class of it's own very much instead. The plugin offers exactly this character wonderful and very authentically.

Some players will like exactly this sound, others will not at all. No compromises here possible.

This amp really rocks.

A lot of good sounding, professionally miked cabinet IR's, matching perfectly well to this amp are included (V30, G12K-100, G12M-25, Alnico Blue, G12M-65 CB) and if they are not enough, you can decativate this section and use external IR's instead too. Also the typical additional features of all Brainworx amp plugins in the fx section even expand the sonic fine tuning possibilities.

For me the most naturally and most authentically sounding Orange amp plugin ever.

Also one of my Brainworx favorites.

My only complaint is, that the spring reverb is missing. Maybe also an upgrade to the MK. III version would be nice. Nevertheless awesome sounds, no doubt.

A great alternative for players, who do not really like the sound of a Rectifier, SLO, VH-4 or XTC, whyever and look for wonderful British voiced top notch high-gain sounds.

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UAD Fuchs Overdrive Supreme 50

Reviewed By Faydit [all]
January 2nd, 2024
Version reviewed: 1.3 on Windows

Top-notch plugin of an excellent amp.

I personally prefer this over any other Dumble simulation plugin. Is much more versatile, better adjustable and offers a wide range of very good tones between clean and classic overdrive. With the right settings you can even dial in some Plexi-like overdrive, with maybe a little more American compression but still nicely balanced and biting. The clean and crunch tones anyway are a class of their own and also perfectly adjustable to almost every guitar.

They can sound like a perfectly voiced or customized Fender amp, but also completely different, depending on your personal adjustments.

Also the cabinet/speaker selection matches perfectly well and offers above average quality, just like some other typical features of this amp plugin collection.

Maybe some roughness and dirt might be missing, depending on what you are looking for, but if you look for really beautiful, well balanced, nevertheless perfectly and flexibly adjustable, very naturally sounding tube amp tones, this is most probably one of the best sounding plugins for this job.

A real gem in the digital world of - for me mostly - fake tones. And also much cheaper than the real amp....

Highly recommended.

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UAD Friedman Buxom Betty

Reviewed By Faydit [all]
January 2nd, 2024
Version reviewed: 1.1 on Windows

Does not convince me very much. Every JTM45 offers a better combination of American and British voicing in my opinion.

Much too loose, too muddy bass combined with much too shrill, too thin sounding treble and almost no British mids is not really a great voicing for me. Does not sound like a good Tweed amp, does not sound like a good Plexi to me, much too unbalanced, neither fish nor meat sound for my taste.

Worst of both worlds, so to say. But this anyway is my impression of most Friedman amps. American obviously have not really a talent for British voiced amps in my opinion. They are embossed on typical Fender tones from their birth on.

Germans do a better job, if it comes to British voiced amps, think of Diezel or Engl.

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UAD Friedman Amplifiers Collection

Reviewed By Faydit [all]
January 2nd, 2024
Version reviewed: 1.3 on Windows

The BE-100 is not really my taste, as the basic sounds differ for me too much from a real Marshall. It simply does not "nail the tone".

The DS-40 I like, sounds to me like some sort of Hot-Rod-JTM45. Nice if you are looking for typical AC/DC or ZZ Top tones. On the other hand, it maybe already offers too much gain in comparison with a real JTM45.

Nice Blues-Rock to Hard-Rock amp. A Metal amp it is not.

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UAD Diezel Herbert

Reviewed By Faydit [all]
December 25th, 2023
Version reviewed: 1.4.0.0 on Windows

Excellent plugin of an excellent amp.

Not only, but mostly a good choice for modern high-gain to Metal sounds, as the Clean and Crunch channel sound very modern, dry and maybe also a litte "sterile" and neutral, if compared with vintage tube amps, which is something, you may like or not, but both channels neverthess sound good. The lead channel is top-notch, a very aggressive, biting, but well adjustable (mostly) hard-core-Metal sound, also due to the activatable, individually adjustable mid-scoop.

I personally nevertheless prefer the VH-4, as it is more like a hot-rod Marshall voiced, while the Herbert sounds more modern, even more brutal and has it's own character, also due to the KT77 poweramp.

Best and most authentically plugin version of this amp for me! The fx section even offers more features than the real amp, such as power soak, delay, adjustable hp and lp filters and a lot of excellent, professionally captured, matching cabinet/speaker/mircrophone IR's, which even make the use of external IR's unnecessary, although even this is possible.

Very professional, if not perfect work.

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OJD

Reviewed By Faydit [all]
December 21st, 2023
Version reviewed: 0.9.6 on Windows

In principle a good idea, as most of my favorite real guitar pedals are not available as plugins, instead you can choose between some hundred Tube Screamer plugins, whyever, which I anyway never liked or used.

Also a well made plugin, no doubt, but unfortunately it does not really sound like the real pedal to me and I already has some versions. It sounds smoother and more polished, but especially the typical (treble) dirt and also some dynamic reaction seem to be missing.

Maybe an upgrade could make it even sounding more authentically, the basics for it are there. Therefore nevertheless 4 stars.

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Big Bad Tube

Reviewed By Faydit [all]
December 18th, 2023
Version reviewed: 1 on Windows

Does not convince me much. What I hear, reminds me more of a late 1960's fuzzbox than of any authentic real tube saturation and harmonics.

Tube should not distort! They should thicken a sound, enrich it and increase harmonics reproduction and gain level. But, the secret for every good tube circuit is, to avoid every distortion or fuzz. The opposite I hear here.

Good tube circuit simulations sound different to me, real tube gear anyway. Even a simple Valvecaster in front of my audio interface sounds better and more naturally to me. But also completely different in comparison with this plugin. A top-notch gear like eg. a Kaluna anyway.

Tested, but nothing for me.

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