Next Generation Software Amp Sim: Friedman BE-100
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- Опубліковано 6 гру 2024
- The VSTs coming out these days are becoming quite good. The new Friedman BE-100 sim really sets the bar quite high! Check them out at www.plugin-all...
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I had a 6th-grade science teacher named Mr. Friedman. He had a very amplified voice, but he couldn't chug or shred.
@@gilbertspader7974 You should have acted up in class more; maybe put a whoopee cushion on her chair. Give her any good reason to punish you.
@@adamfox9651 dam..i thought you were making a clever joke but judging by the comment above, you weren't making a joke...hmmmm. Still funny but.
Adam Fox It was my mouth that always got me in trouble !!! I asked her if she taught ancient history cause she was there . I also remember asking her who was president when she started farting dust .
@@Timbo6669 There really was a Mr. Friedman, and he did have a loud voice. That is until he had a heart attack. Only teacher I ever had who ended up dying before the school year was over. (It wasn't my fault. I swear!)
@@gilbertspader7974 Hahaha! "Your mother's so old she farts dust," was a popular snap when I was in intermediate school.
Fuck Glenn, your guitar skills are definitely on the way up. You look and sound so much more comfortable than years ago. Good shit
Damn, well it looks like some of us might actually get to play a Friedman now without having to spend $1k-4k on one.
Adam C. No but you can certainly play a Friedman inspired plugin!
If Glenn is recommending it, it's gotta sound pretty good
@@acommon or there's some sort of financial incentive.
Joke Glenn plz don't block me.
@@arbitermatt there's definitely a financial incentive; the video is sponsored by the maker of the plugin. I don't think you have to worry about being blocked.
@@arbitermatt That was exactly my thought after hearing the first bar.
Is this a paid promotion? It doesn't sound as good as some of the stuff that has been trashed in "fearless gear reviews".
Says right there in the description that he’s an endorsee.
This dude can't dial decent tones. This sim sounds insane tbh.
It does seem to react pretty accurately. Any time you crank a Plexi-type circuit and add a ton of preamp gain, it'll sound crappy like that.
When the "Money comes in" everything changes......
That track at the end sounds killer!
Incredible! Cuts perfect in the mix and sound incredible. Brainworx plugins are so good. the mastering plugins, the reverb, and the neve 88S-ish channel are awesome, always my go-to for some applications.
What's all the artifacting I'm hearing in the high end at 3:40? Is that from the plug? Even at 4K I still hear it.
Listen to 8:28 its ridiculous how fake it sounds. Even my cheap transistor amp captured with cheap mic decays in a more organic way. It's same for all amp sim. They just CAN'T handle stuff above 4k. Like each one of them have this issue. Trust me, I demoed almost every amp sim up to this day. I got to say, they still suck. And this one is overpriced as fuck.
It sounds pretty good. However, is it just me, or am I hearing enough artifacts to cast a Myr Enforcer for free? Luckily, they’re not too apparent in a mix and it sounds great in context.
Great work as always. Fuck you, Glenn!
@@gustanoid ever tried DiBiQuadro Virgo or are we talking high gain amp sims having the 4K plus issue?
@@RealHomeRecording Yeah I was looking mostly into high gain direction. Haven't tried Virgo but I've tried some older Nebula 3 Henry Olonga amp sims, which were like really good but they didn't have enough gain for metal and Nebula is CPU intensive. Are there many amp sims for Nebula 4?
Hey @@YouTheLivingMusic as per glen other good advice: this is a great reason to keep a clean track from DI box allongside. For possible re-amping later on down the road... on a real amp. Am I going to loose sleep over this one tonight? No, probably not. Would it be interesting to talk to plugin developers and try to find out if there is generally some architectural / processing type limitation what with the buffer sizes, sample sizes, or the floating point math or whatever else that makes this generally such a common thing across many such plugins? Yes probably would make for a really great video.
it sounds muddy at least to my ears.
not in the mix
The bass is on 6 most of the time, you can throw a tube screamer VST in front of it. It is a bit flubby though on the initial settings. I really like their Diezel sims. I also like low mids more than I probably should.
in other words, it sounds like a real Friedman BE
also think about the fact that there is no post processing
All the Brainworks Plugins sounds Muddy and Dark ...
I'm digging these specific amp-dedicated plug-ins.
This is my favorite amp in the AXE Fx
Talking about dead high-end? I first bought it was just the IRs fault, but then u started to try other cabs and they all had nothing over like 6kHz. Fucking the original Mesa cab clone had more High-end than that
Nice try
*GLENN!!!* You have been practicing! Very impressive my man!
Could’ve fooled me
7:12
sounds like an avenged sevenfold song
Very nightmare era sounding
Almost sounds like it could be a bside off ditr
Ick.
Same melody as MIA from City of Evil
I said the exact same thing. It sounds like "MIA". Its not QUITE that, but damn is it close.
Cant it sounds anything less than Great! Good demo too!
I love how this company is so overlooked for their amp sims...their Engl savage 120 is beast on the UAD platform!
a plugin that sounds like a plugin. good.
Yay! A Glenn sponsor video! That means I can watch this in front of my mom without headphones.
Next generation? Its been out for 5 years and its NOT GOOD
Suhr SE 100 sim is muuuuch better 👌
Sooo...
I have to admit that even though I am subscribed to the channel and have notifications on I haven't watched your videos in quite a while...
So when I clicked on this one I had forgotten how much weight you've lost. So... holy shit!
Glenn, you're looking better than ever! Incredible job!
Big respect from Germany! \m/
Electric Eye!!!
So after about 2 years I finally broke out my zoom g2nu again and I compared some new patches I made with the free Emissary and LePou sims I've been using for a while. It was like finding buried treasure... The quality of tones you can get with an old multi-effects unit is still pretty damn amazing!!! You just have to have some patience when dialing in a sound
This can be applied to almost any piece of gear since 2000. If people just learned how to use the gear instead of bitching about it...
@@Gueli exactly right!! Instead they buy the new gear demoed by people who know what they're doing with tone and get the same results they did with their old pedals XXDD
Dope video! Thanks for sharing, Glenn. I’m enjoying seeing you more with the guitar.
I can't find how high it can oversample. Which is of pretty enormous importance with this sort of thing (or any plugin that saturates), considering aliasing and such. One would hope it can do at least 192kHz.
Im running amplitube 5 through a 192hz interface and def notice a difference between that and 96
glad to see youre working on your guitar plaing. not half bad buddy
does anyone know what riff he plays at 2:36. Its on the tip of my tongue and I can't remember.
Peace Sells by Megadeth
Peace Sells
@@Gatchi Thanks bro really appreciate it
@@hansgrueber8169 thanks dude for helping
DAMN! My love for the NTS is being challenged.
Whoah! That's so warm and HUGE!!!!
I like your goat vibrato sir haha. Thanks for a good review! sounds great in the mix, good job
Know your opinion on line 6 but, I got a used spider v 20a. the usb output and free cubass software that was includes is all I needed. I’m in an apartment so that’s all I can afford to work with... any tips
There's also the Friedman Runt 20 Head for $1200 that does the super-Plexi thing very well without breaking the bank.
...that being said, I cannot WAIT to download this VST for down n dirty rock tones!
I got a Laney IRT Studio last week for under $400 and could hardly be happier. I used TSE's 5150 sim software for years and am glad I made the switch to a real tube amp that I can use in my apartment. Sounds way better than any sim Ive heard.
Can you try out the Brainworks virtual VH4? I'd love to see what Brainworks can do with what is in my opinion the best amp ever designed.
that model is great!!
Just played with the free demo for a few hours and was able to get pretty much the same tone using Bias Amp and a decent eq in just a few minutes. I thought the BE was overly noisy too. The noise gate was working overtime!
Kickass sound, playing and song at the end btw.
Got damn my man you looking fantastic dude.
Still have a LONG way to go, but thanks very much!
7:40 that Dime lick though
That demo playthrough is fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhckin awesome man lol
WHAT!?!?!? No standby switch? Bah!
Because Digital tubes are cheap, easy to replace and need no biasing.
Hah. Turn the plugin off. Or turn your volume down.
Lol it’s a plug-in
These responses, r/woosh
I own 3 Friedman heads. The Smallbox, DS40 and BE-100 Deluxe. I’ll say the plugin is good but is way noisier (somehow) and generally more fizzier than my actual BE-100. It’s also much darker with the same settings but maybe that’s just my monitors? I think for the price it’s not bad compared to a real Friedman but I don’t really think you can compare them.
Ooooo Pretty bass! .. ugh . 1 .. 2 .. 3 .. 4 .. um 5? what last string 4?
any more amp sims to recomend? recently I tried out the Th-U and sounds best from whatever else I tried, guitar rig, amplitube, helix 6.. at least very versatile and great presets
RoboB3ar neuralDSP archetype nolly. Free trial for 14 days. Very versatile and the best sounding plugin out there, at least to my ears.
Hai Glen. Did you have try free amp root by ml-sound lab?
I still think that 100-150 USD is a riddiculous amount for VST ampsim. No way I'm spending 1/5 of my monthly income for a software that will become obsolete in couple of years if I can get decent ampsims for free. Most of us would not perceive any difference, especially since most of the tone is in IRs and there is plenty of those to get for free too.
Fair point. Neural DSP is the only plugin company that had me considering spending money on sim software, and that passed after a few seconds.
@@gregmerritt9366 there was a time I was considering buying BiasFX for their amp matching feature and only while they had it on sale. But then again I listened to reason and chose decent headphones instead.
it's already obsolete at the time of release. it's a re-release of a plugin they made for UAD platform a number of years ago (i can find references to it in at least 2015, and i'm pretty sure it goes earlier than that). it's not an actual new plugin.
@@MultiGolonka Bias's amp matching is really a misnomer. they don't really match "amps" in the same sense e.g. Kemper does amp matching. what they really do is EQ matching. it's just a fancy EQ.
Do you use a Apple Magic Keyboard with a Windows PC?
I like the emphasis on getting the most out of the amp tone,
I’m thinking pair this with the rev g3 and a delay, voila you are done,
Hey Glenn! Those amp sims are getting scary good! Did you ever do any review of the Boss Katana amps? What do you think of them? Dunno if you already covered it and I missed it, but sorry if I did. Anyway, thanks for the great content and sharing your knowledge. Be well!
1:07 THIS RIFF. I'm hypnotised by it and I think I''ve head it from somewhere, what's the song's name?
Hey Glenn, im considering to buy a Bluguitar iridium edition.
I play in a modern heavy metal(core) style band, do you think this would be good for that ? i normally use a ENGL Screamer 50, but it's a pain to haul around with public transport.
Curious to hear your opinion.
Fuck you from the Netherlands !
Fizzy and fuzzy lows? Yep, sounds *exactly* like a Friedman.
How to solve that noise issue? Is it from the electricity? I don't understand a thing. I thought all I had to do was to shield my guitar and get a new guitar cable. But yeah, it wasn't enough unfortunately.
How about a cockblocker plug-in Glen?
you know how many gate plugins there are? no need for another one.
But a cockblocker for the clout
Shootout with Neural VSP plugs? I think they would stomp this one, but the mix at the end sounded nice.
Just downloaded it and compared to the Softube Kerry King Marshall and the Marshall models from Helix Native, the Friedman sounds like there's a blanket over the speakers. Never really liked the brainworx amps.
Turn the fat setting off.
It's not the amps - use your own IR's and you have the best amp sims you can get. I got the Brainworx ENGL 646 and after going through some free IR's it completely destroyed my Fortin NTS.
Poul Winther Knudsen I’ve made the comparison through the same IR. It’s the amps...
@@guitarpunkcovers But what are you expecting though? I haven't tried the Friedman but people seem to take it for another high gain metal amp. Even comparing it to JCM800 models make no sense at all.
@@poulwinther I've compared it to every "Marshal type" amp in the Helix Native vst. Doesn't come even close. It has the same blanket sound as every other Brainworx amp sim. I've tried every setting. Clean, low gain, mid gain, high gain, lead and the results are the same. It just doesn't sound that good as it should
For whom The GlennTolls!
What is your opinion about guitar rig by NA. Does it compare?
you can turn the cabs off and use pulse or mikko too, killer then
I'm sold! Gonna give away my MKIV and get this! THANKS!
Hey Glen. How does this compare to the PRS Archon plugin you liked best in your plugin shootout?
Definitely want this one.
Cool review. Thanks Glenn. The song in the end sounded stellar. Bought their Diezel VH4 plugin when ist was on sale. Will also get this one, because i think they will harmonize well. Did you tried the Diezel one? Cheers
yeah the Diezel is one of the best amp sims out there! can't wait to see how glenn reacts to it :).
more of these please
Hi,
Me and my fender deluxe nashville telecaster
are wondering what do you think about Marshall DSL1CR
yes 0.1/1W tube home amp.
Would you use a hammer or a pick of destiny?
"You go from thin to thick reaaaally fast." ...that's what she said.
Great video Glenn! who are the musicians? do they have a channel?
That sounded massive!
Cool! You can post pre-air! Nice
Where do I get a link to the discord?
im just curious does using balanced cables help the noise any or will it do something to your sound? i use them for my krk rokit 6's without em it sounds like what you got goin on there! cheers from new brunswick, canada
Those truly are amazing sounds. And I do appreciate it as a chance to get a good guitar tone silently without pissing off wife/kids/neighbours. It's a solid thing for those who need it.
But still. I'm in a position where I can crank up real amps and record them with mics. Fucking with digital shit always feels like fucking with digital shit.
Call me an old dinosaur, but I just love doing these things like they were done before.
As a Plugin Alliance costumer I have to say that they fallen behind some of the other offerings in the market. I like their amp sims and they are very CPU efficient but they don't sound as good as Neural DSP or Mercuriall. Nembrini plugins are better than the older PA plugs he did. I hope they can improve the sound and feel of their offerings in the future if they want to remain relevant. Neural DSP is killing it in the VST world.
@eM7
You are correct what you say about alliance and neural dsp or mercuriall.
But the funny thing is that Ignite Amps emissary 2.0 if you know how to use it in the right way, it's better than neural and mercuriall, and it's "FREE".
You can easily do the test, simply use the Nadir, load the same IR with a guitar DI track, then use neural dsp and mercuriall with settings to 12 o'clock.
In the emissary use the input gain knob from the bottom left and leave it 2x or all to the right, then use the resample mode at 4x, activate the switch of the amp that says shape and bright leaving the rest at 12 o'clock.
I assure you that after doing this test they will all sound so similar, that in the end it will not be worth spending 100 USD on any plugin of neural or mercuriall.
The tone is 80% IR so with ignite amp you can get the one you want, without spending thousands of dollars on a kemper or Ax FX lll.
@@butcher_0392 Yes, is really good. I don't use it often because of convenience. It lacks cabinet, noise gate or boost options. Nothing to complain though, great quality for FREE.
@@LuchoFerro
The plugin of them Nadir is the best Impulse Response loader at the moment and it is also free, in it you can load the impulses from OwnHammer or those you want.
Mercuriall has its overdrive plugin for boost, tsc and it's free, the best one outperforms all the paid ones I've used. Leaving the input gain in 6.0 and the switch in the MOD option. It is spectacular, the same tone of my maxon 808.
For the other effects, I use pod farm 2.5 the revebs, chorus, delays, and noise gate are very good.
@@butcher_0392 right now I am using the new Neural DSP Omega amp. Is incredibly good and has all I need in one plugin. I like that convenience and is the best ITB sound I have ever gotten including the Emissary.
Wow, changing the mic changes a lot!
Sounds really killer for what I like to hear and play. What else do you need to use these amp sims, other than a PC and an audio interface? Amp head/cab? Monitors? If nothing else, what do you think of the Roland rubix22 or rubix24 interface? I was looking into getting one to not only hook up my Roland v drums via midi, but also getting it to use with my guitars too. Another thing, I was going to buy an old Peavey Ultra 60 head next week, is there any way I could incorporate that into it and use it with the PC? Thanks Glenn.
Buy a power soak with matching impendence to the cab output of your head and roughly 200% your amp's power output (although the same amout of watts is ok most of the times, just don't overdue with the master knob). Hook it up to the amp using a power cable. Connect the output of the power soak to your interface and set its preamp to line mode. Gain stage the preamp and you're good to go
@@scacchomattho Hell ya, thanks man.
Glenn you need to get an Electrician to put Isolated ground circuits for your gear in your studio. Or try seeing if turning off your lights removes the noise. If so maybe install different fixtures or bulbs. If you have any florescent lights on the premises I would get rid of em. Their ballasts can cause lots of nasty stuff for audio and other sensitive electronics.
Sounds like a plugin
Yeah this is kinda trash, I'm getting POD XT vibes. There are plenty of good digital amp sims out there but this isn't one of them, I play a real Friedman and I'm open-minded to replacing it with a plugin if it sounds as good. This doesn't.
@@inevitableveganfuture3915 Im not against it, by any means, but I would never use it on an album instead a real amp. the depth sounds different... dont know... Iam I biased?
Nice!!!
Brainworx have yet to put out a crappy plugin. I was very much satifisfied with everything I bought from them.
Hi Glen,
Used to play in metal bands down here in Texas during the Pantera, Kings X heyday when they were breaking but the scene died with grunge....
I'm now 50 and considering putting another band together with a like minded musician. There's a small scene in Dallas again...
My question is...with my guitar playing approach having changed dramatically from typical standard tuned lead playing ( which I still do ) I'm now playing a lot of weird alternate tuned compositions with open string voicings and taking a more chordal flat pick orchestral approach. I can imagine the heaviness going through a metal setup but....With open strings ringing and flat picked chordal parts I'm worried about Dissonance. What gear and settings do you recommend so I can get a heavy tight tone while including open chord or chordal voicings? I dont want to break the bank experimenting with gear. My approach isn't original but it is uncommon. Back in the day I used a Crate Solid State 100 watt half stack, with a quadroverb and various boss pedals. I dialed in a good tone but I suspect that shit would never work now with my approach. Fuck You Glen.....Kelly
IT'S NOT, but when Ol' Dude started the demo, I thought they were playing "MIA" by Avenged Sevenfold.
NeuralDSP stuff slays this thing with ease...
You are correct about what you say of neural dsp.
But the funny thing is that Ignite Amps emissary 2.0 if you know how to use it in the right way, it's better than neural and mercuriall, and it's FREE. "
You can easily do the test, simply use the Nadir, load the same IR with a guitar DI track, then use neural dsp with settings to 12 o'clock.
In the emissary use the input gain knob from the bottom left and leave it 2x or all to the right, then use the resample mode at 4x, activate the switch of the amp that says shape and bright leaving the rest at 12 o'clock.
I assure you that after doing this test they will all sound so similar, that in the end it will not be worth spending 100 USD on any plugin of neural.
The tone is 80% IR so with ignite amp you can get the one you want, without spending thousands of dollars on a kemper or Ax FX lll.
do a review of the kaotica eyeball
Which guitar is this?
$130 are you kidding me. A 1 amp plugin?? You can get bias for that kind of money.
And from what I head in this video it doesn't sound that well...
Sjaak van Dam I love bias. The ola war is my amp of choice
Lol, why on earth would you get Bias?
Poul Winther Knudsen I use it on my phone so my options are limited. But im happy with the tone I get
Sounds like my old Boss GT3.
Not really sold, I don't know exactly why but it's just not doing it for me. Sounds halfway decent in a mix, but I'll stick with an Emissary ANY day of the week.
I totally agree
clean sounds like tool tone
Why do oh the metal songs you play remind me of playing mega man, the original, on a Commodore 64.
Because a lot of old video game composition is very similar to metal?
Is the demo song available anywhere?????
Yes, download the demo & try it out!
SpectreSoundStudios thank you!!!
@@SpectreSoundStudios where do I download it?
OK. Do you have a video on how to get the tone from guitar to interface to plugin to ears?
If not, I'd like to see it.
Is this a paid promotion? has to be because the AXE FX you bashed which also has an amazing BE model, but praising the Brainworks plug in version?
How exactly did I bash the AXEFX?
a week ago, a touring musician that I know (that change everything fir the Axe Fx) had a serious issue one day befora a tour. The axe fx won't power on. From that moment I realize why most of the musicians that use AxeFx have 2 units (or more).
@@SpectreSoundStudios still didn't answer my question since i asked first, paid promotion or not? you also forgot to tell everyone that this BE Brainworks plugin like the Axe FX models will also be outdated at some point.
@@fullmetalsal says sponsored in the description.... So obiously paid
@@fullmetalsal Wow, butthurt much?...
All I can say about this is nice Kiesel
But it doesn't work very without their hardware?
damn. one of the richest sounding amp sims I've heard. It has that plexi twang that alot of friedman/marshall sims seem to have trouble replicating.
Ahhh that play through reminded me of the good old days when you’d see the young magazine with jani Limataijen and some other exotic looking guitarists
Well...I've been playing it for the last half hour or more and for leads it sounds amazing!!!! I mean stellar. I may just get it for that alone....for some reason it sound really muddy for rhythms, and I can't seem to dial it in for it to not sound muddy unless I take out so much low end that its pointless. I don't know??
Try using the locut filter in pre position. That helps me a lot on the flubbyness on their dual rec mp sim
That's a no from me. Muddy, flabby and nothing that other plugins wouldn't achieve. The mix sounded ok I guess, but the solo tone was really nice
It sounds good in the mix after tons of EQ. But when you have to track with those sims, you'd rather mop the floor, wash the dishes or do anything else instead.
How it sounds in the mix is the most important part. Very little EQ was used btw. It works VERY well in the mix.
Rather get the nameless. But nice to have more competitors
Holy fucking balls that thing sounds killer!!!
Seems like a lot of people don't like this, that's cool but I like it. Not gonna go for it though.
Still baffled that Marty Friedman hasn't been using this.....but I have Friedman be od pedal and it's totally awesome, but can't wait to get this one