
I usually avoid ‘fake stereo’-type effects, as they typically sound phasey to my ears, but I felt the stereo widening in SuperCabinet to be musical sounding-an easy way to get huge tones!Īmp Tweak is another new feature that allows you to change the pre and power tubes of a particular amp model, as well as simulate the action of a variac. Pushed to extremes, it feels like a double-tracked guitar with a surprisingly natural response. The stereo knob gives an extensive range of width. I found that when using multi-band mode, the stereo control opens up the sounds in a natural way. For example, a 4×12 closed back for chunky low-mid response can be paired with a 1×12 open-back cabinet with an Alnico Blue speaker for the top-end response. More advanced tone shaping is possible with the multi-band mode, which essentially provides the flexibility to designate different IR profiles for specific frequency ranges. Once you have a custom setting you like, it’s possible to export the profile as a new IR file as well that way, you can easily load it onto your favorite hardware and take it on the road. On top of that, you can stack up to four different IRs at once while adding EQ, panning, and stereo depth settings all Overloud IR libraries are phase aligned for easy layering.

SuperCabinet allows you to select and customize the speaker, microphone (including placement), preamp, and power amp type (solid state vs. In addition, it runs on the new Overloud Fluid Convolution technology, which reduces CPU load and artifacts while increasing realism. SuperCabinet is a powerful IR processing tool that comes with a massive collection of IR profiles.
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The premium license of TH-U includes the new SuperCabinet IR processor, accessible within the TH-U plugin. I felt the Rig Player models globally responded in a natural and dynamic way, making them quite fun to play and record through! To me, Rig Players are a gateway once you spend some time with them, diving into the robust library of expansions becomes inevitable. I love the Blackstar HT 40 Clean Modern model for cleaner tones it serves as a great pedal platform amp that allowed some of the simulated pedals and studio effects to shine.Īll Rig Player models come with cabinets, but these can be bypassed in favor of any other model, such as a custom SuperCabinet setting. At first, I thought it was missing a bit of clarity, as I found the top end to sound slightly muffled and smeared, especially next to the hardware Marshall I play through all the time, but I dialed it into a much more familiar place in short order by adjusting the onboard EQ and presence settings. There’s a JCM 800 model from Slate that I found particularly inspiring (with some finesse). In use, I found the Rig Player models to be responsive and lively.

Overloud offers rig expansion libraries from a few partners as well, such as Choptones, The Amp Factory, Big Hairy Sounds, and Live Ready Sound. The R2M process is done in-house at Overloud and there are a fair number of expansion packs already available. It incorporates a proprietary technology called R2M (Rig to Model). Rig Player is a new component of TH-U that actually models complete guitar and bass rigs, including the nonlinear and dynamic responses of the amplifier, cabinet, preamp, microphone, and room sound. The user interface is easy to use, and comes with a huge range of presets to get you up and running. TH-U includes a mix of amp modeling and amp capturing technology, with 89 guitar amps and 50 cabinets, four bass amps and cabinets, 77 pedal and rack effects, and 18 microphone models.
