Among the free IR’s, I find Catharsis to be some of the best. There are many different impulse reponse samples out there, some are free and some are paid for. What LeCab does with the Impulse Response, is it models the output from the Head simulator after the impulse response and produces a very true-to-life representation of how the head would sound over a real cab. What an Impulse Response is, is an audio file that records how a physical speaker inside a physical cab responded resonantly after a full audio spectrum from 20Hz through to 20kHz was played through the speaker over a predetermined period of time.
Our last step is load up an Impulse Response. I like the settings reflected in the screenshot below. The plugin has a preset called Gentle Gate, this works quite well most of the time.Īnd let’s turn some knobs here to define a tone. We don’t want too aggressive a noise gate, it will drain out our guitar’s sustain. Stomp boxes produce their own hiss an noise, so there’s no point in adding the gate at the guitar input level. It needs to be the last point before you hit the head. You want the noise gate to be inserted just before the head, so if you use more stomp boxes, be sure to move the gate further down. You don’t want too much overdrive in metal, you want a crunchier sound.
Do that by clicking on Insert –> Empty Item You can use whatever you want, it’s just the addition of FX that will have different steps.įirst, fire up Reaper and add a new track. Once again, I’ll be using Reaper for this demonstration. Using only a few completely free VST plugins, I’ll show you how you can get amazing guitar tone in just a few minutes. I got this Crybaby Wah pedal for free, and it sounds way better than any other Wah I’ve come across, lol… I’ve come to learn that some free things can sound AS GOOD, if not BETTER than really expensive gear. Like the difference between a Huges & Kettner or Mesa guitar head and a Line 6, for instance. It is true that great equipment generally sounds better than el-cheapo rubbish. It does not store any personal data.Before you continue with this article, make sure that you understand what a VST is. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.