Amp / Speaker Simulators

Thomas McRocklin’s first foray into the world of guitar rig emulations treads a slightly different path from the competition.

Blackstar have an enviable track record in building genuine valve amps. Can their first modelling plug‑in maintain those lofty standards?

No synthesizers were used in the making of this plug‑in.

With seven amp and six cabinet emulations, there’s a wide range of guitar and bass tones on offer here.

The Tonex Pedal makes IK’s powerful amp‑capture technology available in a standalone hardware unit.

This isn’t the first virtual Leslie speaker plug‑in — but it might just be the best one yet!

Ampeg’s first official plug‑in offers a range of classic heads, cabs and effects.

These new all‑analogue simulations run a real tube on a high‑voltage supply, and cover a useful range of tonalities.

Tonex lets you capture and share the sound of your guitar amps, pedals and miking setups.

Tech 21’s renowned Character pedals get a new lease of life in the form of the compact, channel‑switchable Character Plus series.

Archetype: Rabea is one of very few modellers to include guitar‑synth sounds, alongside the usual amps, cabs and stompbox effects.

MTurboAmp lets you build pretty much any amp or distortion pedal you want!

In a world where makers of digital amp simulators take pride in offering a huge variety of models, Universal Audio have adopted a ‘less is more’ approach.

Reactive load boxes that also offer top-quality speaker simulation have been seriously expensive — until now...

Widely touted as Boss's response to UA's popular OX, the Tube Amp Expander actually offers a contrasting approach. Will one of them be a clear winner?

Two Notes' latest device offers serious power-amp and cabinet modelling in a convenient stompbox format.

The Gigboard crams the processing power of Headrush's flagship Pedalboard into a compact and easy to use format.

We’re used to seeing convolution technology in plug-ins, but recent years have seen this increasingly appearing in hardware form. DigiTech’s take on this is a compact stompbox-format dual-channel cabinet emulator.

Designed to allow the guitarist to produce familiar amped tones without the need for an actual amplifier, Radial’s ToneBone JDX Direct Drive emulates the tonal coloration of a guitar amplifier/speaker combination.

Can the Cab Clone offer something new, or is it just another ‘me-too’ cabinet simulator?

While the latest version of Hughes & Kettner's Red Box guitar amp DI adds some new tone-shaping options, the basic equation behind the Red Box remains unchanged.