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Overloud TH1

Guitar amp & effects processing plug-in

Overloud have started shipping their TH1 guitar-processing plug-in, following its launch almost a year ago at the 2008 Winter NAMM show. TH1 features models of eight different guitar amps (with a total of 15 ‘channels’ available), 21 cabinets, and 18 microphone models, plus 50 stomp boxes and rack effects, some of which have been ported from Breverb, Overloud’s reverb software.

The plug-in comes with 12 banks of presets, comprising 93 signal chains and 462 variations, but every parameter of the selected preset can be edited, making the possibilities almost limitless. User patches can be saved, and MIDI commands can be used to switch between banks and presets automatically.

The plug-in’s Graphical User Interface (GUI) can be set to display a number of views, all of which feature a strip that contains a tuner and level meters for the input and output. In the main view, called Edit mode, the top half of the GUI shows the layout of the entire signal chain, while an in-depth view of a user-definable area of the layout is shown below. It is here that amp, cabinet, mic and effect parameters can be adjusted, and any setting can be assigned by the user to appear in a strip of ‘smart controls’ along the very bottom of the GUI. Other more compact view modes are designed for use on stage.

TH1 is compatible with Audio Units, VST and RTAS hosts, and also works as a standalone processor. When working as a plug-in, effects can be synced to the tempo of the host application, allowing rhythmic effects such as delays or tremolo to follow the tempo of the song. As a standalone application, TH1 can be used as a virtual guitar rig; developers say that the only latency encountered in the plug-in is from the amp-modelling module, and this is only four samples. (Of course, more latency will be incurred by the A-D/D-A process of the audio interface in use.)

Audio demos can be found at Overloud’s web site, where you can also find links to a special launch deal, which gives you a discount on every purchase of TH1 until the end of November 2008. Overloud's TH1 retails for £189/$379.

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