Dialing sick metal guitar tones with Neural DSP plugins

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Spiro Dussias crafts some sick metal tones by utilizing multiple Neural DSP plugins, detailing the specifics of each section and how they all affect the tone.
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[@causeunknownmusic1429]

if neural is watching: you shouldn't have to use three separate instances of plugins to achieve what's being done here. please give us an interface similar to THU, Bias, Helix, etc that allows you to use all of your purchased components in a single window / interface.

[@svelle37]

100% agree!
It's especially weird because it seems like they're now pulling all the plugins to the same framework "version" so to speak with the new X releases. One can just hope that thye'll do something once they're done with upgrading all of the plugins to X releases. At least now they're somewhat on feature parity.

[@yigit_kuru]

I think they want to do it under quad cortex

[@svelle37]

@@yigit_kuru They kind of already do it, but that's a damn high entrance fee then :D

[@kindredkurse]

i wish. STLtones has something like this with amp hub and tone hub and it works for them. im pretty sure neural with get to this within the next few years..

[@WokeUpScreaming]

1000000% agree!! Surely it would save a tonne of cpu too, not having to stack multiple instances?

[@SashaGarcia]

Approaching a more philosophical side of the tone chase was very cool to hear. We need more abstract talks about textures, intentions and aesthetic of sound. The mere fact that "shhhhhh" evokes 3-5khz is a testament to how useful these descriptions are.

[@CrushingAxes]

Cool man, Will try this different tube trick! Nice! This plugin is really cool! Both Neural Cali and Omega are great!

[@sickmessiah]

Really wish neural dsp would take the Amplitube approach and have an all in one plugin for tomes.

[@TheOneGuitarGuy]

And while that might be a good approach, however, that won't make them a lot of money because their business model is to allow people to sound like their favorite artists, and not to be able to have an all in one digital amplifier.
The best ones I would probably recommend if you do want flexibility are Archetype Nolly, Plini, Petrucci and Tim Henson.

[@Maplefoxx-vl2ew]

it seems everyone still using the Omega plugin. i have the nolly and Petrucci ones. Nolly is great for like Lamb of god tones for that style.. but i can't dial it in as good as how he's making these 2 amp sims sound. it would be nice to have them. I'm probalby going to just buy the Omega , it's the right tone for 8 string stuff

[@Afghamistam]

That would be nice, but why would they bother doing that when they already have people willing to pay the same price as Amplitube for ONE amp?

[@svelle37]

@@TheOneGuitarGuy They could easily follow a similar approach to STL with AmpHub, where you basically have the hub software and unlock the amp models with individual purchases. I mean they're basically already doing that with the x plugins and the QuadCortex.

[@oldcityweddingfilms]

this song sounds so good, lol

[@mattnunesmusica]

Does anyone knows what song is this?

[@Jordan-nd9mx]

Second this

[@modernroyaljams]

Is it okay to have the noise gate on in each plugin or is it better to have them all off and the gate on only on the first plugin?

[@outofdinero]

Is this from a specific NTM session?

[@RiffGrimez]

I can’t get a good tone on the granophyre, anyone have any patches they’d like to share?

[@satanistruth666]

With real tubes, there is no audible difference. This plugin doesn’t mimic what a tube change sounds like, it just uses an eq curve to please people that think tubes make a difference.

[@joeljameson4961]

Hahaha man you must be proud of that dumbass statement.

[@abdullahkuzhan7247]

What's the name of the song?

[@spirorips]

It’s a demo from a song on my solo album🙏🏻🤜🏼

[@abdullahkuzhan7247]

@@spirorips sounds awesome, I'm excited to hear it when it's out.

[@dawidgrden2227]

Song sounds killer, name ?

[@MysticalPotatoHeadGrooveThing]

Omega sounds British to you? Sounds more like Mesa but even better