GUITAR RIG 5 PLAYER is a free effects processor – great for building effects chains, for warming up a signal, and yes, also for recording guitar. The included FACTORY SELECTION provides a British-style tube amp plus a matched cabinet, and 13 effects and sound modifiers. The paid version of AmpLion’s amp software features simulations of 9 guitar preamps, 7 power amps, 12 speakers, 8 microphones and 30 effects. TH3 – Price: $249 Overloud’s epic TH3 amp software includes an epic 203 models, with 69 guitar amplifiers and 3 bass amplifiers, 35 guitar cabinets and 2 bass cabinets, 75 pedal and rack effects. If you are looking for a simple and old school way to spice up your guitar sound, tremolo is a great option. Tremolo lowers the amplitude of your signal at a regular rate. It's like having a machine move your volume knob back and forth rhythmically, and it's one of the first effects that were built into early amplifiers.
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The guitar gets the last freebie laugh, with five amp- and instrument-based plug-ins. It’s the best freeware guitar software to download now. Check out our record a track for free feature for more great freeware.
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Vault Fury 15 Watt Digital Guitar Combo Amplifier with Effects and 36 Pattern Drum Machine. 4.3 out of 5 stars 14. Get it as soon as Mon, Sep 16.
Amplesound AGm Lite II – Guitar Emulator
It’s very much the ‘lite’ version of AmpleSound’s Ample Guitar M, which is a Martin Guitar emulator. The full version is a mighty 6GB instrument, but this version lacks over 5GB of that content, some of the articulations and is 16-bit as opposed to 24-bit.
However, it does give you a good flavour of the Martin and is a very playable plug-in, one of the best ways to see proper guitar emulation in action without paying for it. There are tab and effects options and a keyboard for playing it (we’ll assume if you can play a guitar, you’ll opt for the real thing, anyway). While it is free, we think you’ll be sorely tempted to upgrade, which will set you back $169.
W: amplesound.net/en/pro-pd.asp?id=7
Platform: Mac, PC
Platform: Mac, PC
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Lepou Amp Sim Suite – Guitar-Amp Simulators
This is a suite of five plug-ins – yes, we said this was a Top 50, so now it’s a Top 55 – which are all amp simulators.
There’s no fuss, no bother, just download and boot up five great little plug-ins that you can feed your guitar audio through. Better still, experiment by feeding your synths through them for even wilder results…
W: lepouplugins.blogspot.co.uk
Platform: Mac, PC
Platform: Mac, PC
Ignite Amps Suite – Stompboxes to Amp Sims
Right at the end of our roundup, we’re spoiling you with suites of freeware. Here’s another. We’ve already included Ignite’s EQ in our effects listing, but the developer’s list of guitar effects is impressive enough to include all.
We’ve highlighted the TS-999 overdrive stompbox but The Anvil is equally as impressive, as is the Emissary tube amp.
W: igniteamps.com
Platform: Mac, PC
Platform: Mac, PC
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VB-1 – Virtual Bass Instrument
One of two guitar plug-ins that we’ve carried over from last year, VB-1 is one of the older plug-ins that Steinberg once sold and, along with the fantastic Model-E synth, is still available for download. As you might expect from the picture and the name, it emulates a proper bass guitar – not the easiest instrument to properly reproduce electronically.
However, this makes a pretty good stab at it with four-voice polyphony, a damper, pickup position, pick position and wave-morph controls as well as a randomiser. It’s among the best freeware guitar software
W: steinberg.net/en/support/unsupported_products/vst_classics_vol_1.html
Platform: Mac, PC
Platform: Mac, PC
NI Guitar Rig Player Free – Guitar Processing Suite
This version of NI’s Guitar Rig is a free giveaway, expandable with the free Guitar Rig Factory selection. You get an amp and cab, distortion, modulation, reverb, delay, EQ and dynamic effects, all for free! Like NI’s Kontakt Player, it’s well worth checking out.
W: native-instruments.com
Platform: Mac, PC
Platform: Mac, PC
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The guitar amp is alive and well, but thanks to digital technology, guitarists now have the option to load up a legendary rig on their desktop or right inside their DAW.
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And they’re not the only ones who benefit - virtual amp emulations are there to be used and abused by musicians and producers working in any genre. The playing field is wide open, and anybody can put together a killer stack to put the heat into a tune, whatever the genre.
Free Guitar Amp And Effects Software
Here, we’ve rounded up 10 of the best guitar amp/effect sims that are currently available for you to buy. Read on to discover how they stack up...