Free: SI6MA Amp VST from Audio Assault

The top chaps at Audio Assault have done it again, this time giving away their new no-frills SI6MA Amp plugin for free. With ultra responsive bass, mid, treble and gain controls, as well as focus, presence, depth and master volume, this no-nonsense guitar amp VST delivers balls-to-the-wall metal and not much else. Here’s the spiel:…

Free: Crunck-V2 Guitar Amplifier

Another day, another VST guitar amp. That’s a good thing, I say – I’ve downloaded about a hundred of them so I see no reason to stop now. So what have we got today? At its core, the Crunck V2 Guitar Amplifier is a single channel all purpose/metal monster VST from Nembrini Audio (run by…

Free plugin: iZotope Vocal Doubler

iZotope are always doing good stuff, and here’s a particularly excellent thing: A vocal doubler plugin for free! Here’s’ the spiel: “iZotope Vocal Doubler is a free plug-in designed to enhance your vocal with a natural doubling effect, adding richness and depth. Our acclaimed doubling technology has been reimagined with a brand new interactive UI…

New: MIKKO Guitar Cab Simulator

This has got to be one of the better the cab sims out there. Coming with nine guitar cabinets, all captured with six different microphones – that can be combined to endless possibilities – there are tonal possibilities aplenty with the MIKKO. You can place the mics anywhere – in front of the dust cap,…

Interview: Tony Frenzel from Klanghelm

Few things in this world are certain, other than death, taxes and the indisputable fact that Klanghelm makes amazing plugins. The Germany-based software company makes a range of best-in-show compressors and saturation plugins – we love and use them often – so we tracked down head honcho Tony Frenzel to get the inside skinny on…

Free plugin: The Octaver OC-D2

A wicked plugin-in octave divider in the vein of an iconic pedal? Yes please. Built by one Christopher Hooker, the OC-D2 is basically an octave divider – it can generate pitch shifts to either one or two octaves below. It’s also an homage – in look and feel at the very least – to the…