Authentically modeled, classic guitar amps, cabs, and stomps
Guitar effects plug-ins
Digital Performer's guitar effects focus on authentically replicating actual guitar power amps, speaker cabinets, and effects pedals from the past five decades. Many of the devices modeled are no longer available and you'd be hard pressed to even find one in good enough condition to use. Digital Performer puts them all at your fingertips, in their original glory, even down to the design quirks that made them the classics that they are. Because they are so authentic, you can experiment with them in your Digital Performer desktop studio, just like an artist or recording engineer would with the originals.
Legendary guitar amp
ACE30
The Beatles. U2's The Edge. Ritchie Blackmore. Tom Petty. These are just some of the mega-artists who have made the Vox® AC30® an iconic guitar amplifier over the past half century. DP's ACE-30 faithfully models every nuance and quirk of both the vintage-style AC30/6 and the more modern AC30 CC2X, complete with three different preamps, two impedance levels, and a separate Tremolo circuit for independent control and versatility of tone. Vintage and Modern tone stacks faithfully model, down to the smallest details, the Gibson® and Fender® tone circuits employed by Vox. The result? Guitar tones that sound like the real thing.
Epic Mesa Rectifier sound
Soloist
The Soloist is a model of the epic two-channel Mesa™ Dual Rectifier Solo Head™ amplifier of the 1990’s, with the silicon diode rectifiers and bold power settings enabled. The result? A model that supplies full design voltage to all components for that classic Rectifier sound with tighter attacks, added brightness, and substantially more headroom. Choose between the Red or Orange channel, and use the distinctive Mesa channel cloning feature, just like the original. Get ready to spend hours basking in the glory of classic Mesa Rectifier guitar tones.
Soloist Demo with Fabrizio "Bicio" Leo
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Performed by Fabrizio "Bicio" Leo
Three iconic guitar amps in one plug-in
Custom '59
Custom '59 represents three of the most famous guitar amps of all time, meticulously and faithfully modeled in one Digital Performer plug-in.
Physically modeled guitar speaker cabinet
Live Room | G
Live Room | G is a superb physical modeling speaker cabinet emulator with four mics, mixable mic positions (close, near and far) and three-band EQ per channel. Live Room | G adds unprecedented realism to guitar and bass parts — or any amped instrument.
Physically modeled bass guitar speaker cabinet
Live Room | B
Live Room | B is all about bass guitar, with four separate mic channels (two mono and one stereo) modeled on world class microphones such as the AKG D 112, Sennheiser e602-II, Yamaha SubKick, and Shure SM7B. A matched pair of Schoeps small diaphragm condensers can be set to XY, ORTF, Blumlein, or Wide Omni positions. Modeled cabinets include the Ampeg SVT-810, a rear-ported SWT Goliath II with HF driver fully attenuated, the Ampeg SVT-15E, and the SWR Big Ben. Each mic channel has a sidechain output, which allows you to feed its signal independently to Digital Performer's full mixing environment, including any plug-in processing with automation. Live Room | B and
CPU efficient cabinets for live performance
Live Stage
Live Stage is a CPU-efficient, single-mic version of its bigger cousins, Live Room | G and B. Simply choose a cabinet and a mic, adjust damping and decay, set your levels, and rock out! Live Stage is ideal for live performance situations in which you are using your laptop and Digital Performer as a guitar effects processor.
Hear Live Stage used together with other DP effects.
Authentically analog chorusing
Analog Chorus
Modeled after the immensely popular Boss™ CE "Chorus Ensemble" series of foot pedals from the late 1970's and early ’80s, including the CE-2™ and CE-3™, Analog Chorus can be liberally applied to just about any audio material to produce incredibly lush and pleasing chorusing effects. Boss originated the chorus pedal effect with these ground-breaking products, and they are widely considered to be the ultimate analog chorus sound, especially for guitar, bass and electric keyboards. With simple controls, spot-on modeling of the original hardware pedals, and very low CPU overhead, this plug-in has quickly become a favorite among Digital Performer users.
Modeled vintage "bucket-brigade" delay pedal
Analog Delay
Inspired by classic 1980s delay pedals from DOD™ and Electro-Harmonix™, Analog Delay faithfully models their compander and bucket brigade circuits for a truly authentic sound. Crank the REPEAT knob to make it self-oscillate, just like the original, but use caution! A unique 4x switch quadruples the effect. Click the stomp switch to smoothly enable or disable the effect, while the plug-in continues to process audio.
An old-school flanger reborn
Analog Flanger
Analog Flanger models the late 1970's Electro-Harmonix™ Deluxe Electric Mistress™, an effect pedal heard on countless recordings in the decades since.
Set your phaser to Stun — or Kill
Analog Phaser
Analog Phaser is a model of the "script logo" MXR™ '74 Vintage Phase 90 phaser hand-produced from 1974 to 1977. This pedal model produces the "dirty phaser" sound popularized by Eddie Van Halen. For that unmistakable, silky-smooth analog phaser sound, Set it to Stun. For the full effect, turn it all the way up to set it to Kill.
Authentic model of an Electro-Harmonix classic pedal
Clear Pebble
Clear Pebble models the Electro-Harmonix™ Small Stone™ phaser with the Color switch set to the Off position. The color-off timbre produces the Stone's classic jazzy phase sound.
D Plus
D Plus emulates the MXR Distortion+™ overdrive pedal, one of the great classic pedals heard on countless recordings and used as a signature sound by many artists including Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne), Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead), Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü/Sugar), Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) and many others. Just like the original, D Plus produces a surprisingly wide range of tones considering the simplicity of the circuit design, from low-gain mild distortion, to warm tube-like overdrive, to crunchy overdrive "fuzz" with lots of sustain. Suitable for many musical styles, from jazz to heavy metal.
Delta Fuzz
Delta Fuzz faithfully emulates the Electro-Harmonix® Big Muff π® pedal, first introduced in the early 1970's and made famous by artists like Carlos Santana and David Gilmour, who used it on two epic Pink Floyd albums (Animals and The Wall). While Electro-Harmonix had its ups and downs as a company over the years, demand for Big Muff's distinctive "sustained grind" sound grew and grew, pervading the recordings of many influential ’80s and ’90s bands including Nirvana, the Smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr., and Mudhoney.
Diamond Drive
Diamond Drive emulates the Voodoo Lab® Sparkle Drive™ pedal, which is itself an Ibanez TS9™ clone, but with an innovative clean/saturated crossfader. By mixing the original clean signal back in to the overdriven signal, this pedal restores the "bite" and feel masked by the saturation, resulting in a perceived "cleaner" saturated tone — the magic that makes the Sparkle Drive one of the most sought-after pedals of all time.
The ultimate guitar sustain switch
Dyna-Squash
Modeled after the MXR “script-logo” Dyna-Comp™ compressor, Dyna-Squash features an infinity-ratio limiter with 60dB maximum gain, a 0.7v absolute hard-knee limit, sub-millisecond attack dynamics, and painfully slow (>1s) release dynamics. The original Dyna-Comp “script logo” was a staple in many famous guitar rigs, including those for Pete Townshend, David Gilmour and Eddie Van Halen, among others. The Dyna-Comp was originally marketed and used as a guitar sustain pedal. You can use the DP's Dyna-Squash on guitars, too, of course, but also check it out on snare drum, vocals, or any signal that needs squashing!
The lead switch of all time
Hi-Top Booster
Hi-Top Booster models the Dallas Rangemaster™ treble booster used by Eric Clapton, Brian May and many others. Hardware clones of this classic include the Strangemaster™, Java Boost™, Brian May Treble Boost™, and several others. Use Hi-Top Booster to drive DP's Custom ’59 and Live Room | G (with the Vintage 4 x 12 cabinet enabled) to achieve that 1970s “glam” guitar tone.
Intelligent Noise Gate
Intelligent Noise Gate is a noise gate designed specifically for recording instruments that are prone to AC mains interference. Easily eliminate buzz and/or hum, with fine-tune adjustments for slight variations in power frequency.
RXT
RXT is an emulation of The Rat™ distortion pedal by Pro Co Sound™, first produced by hand in 1978. Over the next several years, the Rat quickly gained widespread notoriety via artists such as Jeff Beck, Joe Walsh, Andy Summers and many bands like Nirvana, Sonic Youth, and Radiohead. Simply put, the Rat sound is truly legendary among stomp boxes.
Vintage spring tank reverb
Springamabob
Made popular by that twangy, 1960's surf rock guitar sound, spring reverb adds unmistakable flavor to any instrument or track. Springamabob provides authentic reproduction of three different spring tanks: long double, long triple, and short triple.
Tube Wailer
Tube Wailer models the venerated Ibanez® TS-9 Tube Screamer® overdrive pedal, named for the "light" distortion it produces similar to an overdriven tube amp. The Tube Screamer circuit has served as the basis for an entire industry of distortion pedals over the last thirty years. Due to its popularity, the Tube Screamer is one of the most heavily "modded" (modified) pedals out there. Not to be outdone, Digital Performer's Tube Wailer emulation gives you your own mod: flip the "Diode" switch to simulate replacing the stock silicon clipper diodes with germanium diodes to extend bandwidth.
Über Tube
Über Tube is an emulation of the Ibanez® Super Tube™ overdrive pedal, a close but rare cousin of the Ibanez Tube Screamer™, with added mid boost control, introduced at around the same time as the original TS-9. A few years later, the Tube Screamer migrated to the Master Series where it was renamed simply Super Tube™ (STL).
Wah Pedal
No pedal board is complete without a wah-wah pedal. This plug-in simulates the wah pedal experience with authentic flair and all the controls you expect, plus customizations any tweaker will love. Use it for guitar parts, bass parts, keyboard parts and even other instruments. Play it live for a conventional sound or use automation to create more unusual effects.