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What is SimulAnalog Guitar suite? |
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It is a suite of vst plugin with amplifiers and
analog processors for guitarists, actually containing the
simulation* of:
- Boss DS-1 (Distortion stompbox)
- Boss
SD-1 (Super Overdrive stompbox)
- Tube Screamer (Overdrive
stompbox)
- Oberheim PS-1 (Phaser stompbox)
- Univox Univibe
(Modulations stompbox)
- Fender Twin 1969 (Guitar amplifier)
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Marshall JCM900 Dual Reverb (Guitar amplifier)
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Why SimulAnalog Guitar Suite? |
This suite is not a commercial product. It is born
inside an academic research project about the modelling of electric
devices, and then applied to the musical instrument field as an
evolution of the techniques currently available in some commercial
units. Its most important feature is the extremely high precision of
the simulation, which is about indistinguishable from the original
sound.
Many commercial amp simulators claim state of the art
modelling techniques inside the product and say things like "every
component in the audio path of the original instrument has been
accurately modelled". But sentences like this are more like
advertising and are not supported by technical papers describing
what really happens in the product. Besides, many of the processors
have to run all the simulation algorithms on a low cost DSP to keep
as low as possible the cost of the hardware. That's why the models
they use should be as simple as possible, but... not so close to the
real gears they want to emulate.
But of course in the
advertisement they have to claim incredible thecnological prodigies
to stay competitive with the other products.
What about
SimulAnalog Guitar Suite? It is a freeware and no profit set of
plugin. Born as a test bench for SimulAnalog research, we saw that
without any effort it could be distributed to musicians that may
find it useful. That's why it is given as is, with no support and
with a very rough user interface.
But we can assure that "every
component in the audio path of the original instrument has been
modelled, except for the secondary effects of some active devices"
and that "the response of each original device have been compared
with the respective simulated response, obtaining less than -40dB of
difference" without any particular commercial interest saying
that.
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Download SimulAnalog Guitar Suite |
- Download VST PC version (341Kb)
- License
Agreement
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Guitar Suite Samples |
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Samples recorded by Sergio Cruz with a USA 1990 Steinberger guitar,
model GM4T with EMG pickup's, through Behringer Eurorack MX 602A
mixer and a Delta Audio File 2496 sound card.
- (89Kb)
Jazz: JCM900 ChA
- (64Kb)
Clean: DS1 + JCM900 ChA
- (120Kb) Clean:
Twin
- (91Kb)
Crunch: DS1 + JCM900
- (67Kb)
Blues: Tube Screamer + JCM900
- (71Kb)
Heavy: DS1 + JCM900
- (161Kb)
Heavy: SD1 + JCM900
- (70Kb)
Heavy: SD1 + Univibe + JCM900
- (86Kb)
Heavy: Tube Screamer + JCM900
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Guitar Suite Presets (by Sergio
Cruz) |
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- Cubase SX
Banks
- Cubase SX
Channel Presets
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| * All amplifier and effect names are trademark of
their respective owners, which are in no way associated or
affiliated with SimulAnalog. |
