For the longest time, no * real guitarist was ever truly satisfied with most amp sims. Other developers, such as Overloud, Positive Grid, and of course, Native Instrument with their perennial “Guitar Rig”, have garnered large followings of loyal customers over the years.
IK Multimedia is very likely the most prolific developer of ITB ( In-The-Box) virtual amplifiers due to the enormous success of their “Amplitube” series – dating all the way back to 2002. If you’re a guitarist who happens to also be a home recordist, you’re probably well aware of the deluge of amp sims available. There's a link to my full-featured video presentation of bx Rockrack V3 at the end of this article. ** Excluding Plugin-Alliances special sales and bundle offerings. Stick n’ stay ! Hang out with yours truly for a few minutes, and let’s find out if the $199 (USD)** price tag is merited. Some pertinent good news that I’d like to highlight immediately, is the fact that BX Rockrack V3 is very light on CPU – a very welcome advantage in its favor! A second piece of welcome intel, is that V3 hosts 40+ cabinet impulses/recording chains. This grown-up, weightier, warrior of rock n’ roll marches onto your sound stage with an arsenal of EIGHT distinct amp channels and a battalion’s worth of cabinet impulses. It tended towards minimalism and simplicity, yet offered plenty to take its rightful place on any home recordist’s “GO TO” shelf.įast forwarding to 2017, Brainworx unleashed the bigger, better, bad-assier BX Rockrack_V3. BX Rockrock Pro was capable of delivering big, shimmering cleans, authoritative crunch, and screaming higher-gain leads.
Gratifying cabinet impulse-responses of a “Marshall 1960 TV”, a “Mesa Boogie 4x12”, an “Orange 2x12” and a “Diezel 4x12” were loaded in – with varied mic configurations. The amp channels were (and still are) discreet modeling of the following: ENGL 530 ( Clean and Lead) Marshall JCM800 ( Clean and Crunch) and Mesa Boogie Rect-O-verb ( Clean and Lead). Rockrack Pro sported three über-carefully modeled amps – with a total of five distinct channels – and four cabinet models. This is in contrast to the popular and expected methodology of granting guitarists gads of tweaking options through the inclusion of many dozens of amp models, cabinet designs and microphone options.