Nick Crow has released Wagner Sharp, a free tube guitar preamp emulation plug-in for Windows and Mac OS X.
Wagner Sharp features
- 64-bit floating point processing.
- All sample rates support.
- Two channels (stereo mode to be able to handle double tracks). Each channel is activated when there is a signal at its input, which saves CPU resources.
- Up to 64x oversampling (depends on the host sample rate).
Wagner Sharp is available to download for Windows and Mac (32/64bit, VST/AU) at no cost. Donations are welcome.
More information: Nick Crow
Nick Crow has announced version 1.2 of TubeDriver, a freeware tube amp effect plugin.
TubeDriver – tube amplifier emulation plug-in for Windows (VST 32 and 64bit) and Mac OS X (VST and AU 32 and 64bit).
Changes in TubeDriver v1.2
- Post Low Pass filter added (6 dB/oct).
- Post High Pass filter frequency control added.
- Removed drift and noise functions.
- Some changes in the interface.
- Mac OS X compatibility added.
The TubeDriver effect plugin is available to download as freeware.
More information: Nick Crow
Nick Crow has released version 1.0 of TubeDriver, a free tube amplifier emulation for Windows.
Changes since TubeDriver v0.961
- Added plug-in delay reporting to host.
- Reduced steepness of High Pass Filter in the Pre EQ.
- Changed frequency range of High Shelf Filter in the Pre EQ (1 kHz to 10 kHz).
- Changed Drift algorithm, the value of parameter deviations depends on the level of the input signal.
- Minor GUI changes.
TubeDriver is available as a freeware VST effect plug-in for Windows PC.
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Nick Crow has released 8505 Lead, a freeware tube guitar amplifier VST effect plug-in for Windows PC.
Nick Crow 8505 Lead8505 Lead controls
- POWER – Power ON/OFF.
- HQ – Oversampling ON / OFF. Use OFF to reduce CPU usage, use ON to get the quality sound without aliases (more CPU). When a project or the track is exported to a wave file (mixdown, bounce, render, freeze) oversampling is always automatically enabled regardless of the position of the button.
- GAIN – Determines the amount of gain applied by the Pre Amp.
- LOW, MID, SWEEP, HIGH – Tone Stack controls.
- POWER AMP – Determines the amount of gain applied by the Power Amp.
- VOLUME – Output level.
Nick Crow 8505 Lead is available as a freeware VST effect plug-in for Windows. Donations are appreciated.
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Nick Crow has released the 7170 Lead, a freeware tube guitar amp VST plug-in for Windows PC.
7170 Lead controls
- POWER – Power ON/OFF.
- DRIVE – Determines the amount of gain applied by the Pre Amp.
- LOW, MID, SWEEP, HIGH – Tone Stack controls.
- POW AMP – Determines the amount of gain applied by the Power Amp.
- OUTPUT – Output level.
Note: This plug-in effect does not include a guitar cabinet emulation, so insert one after the 7170 Lead.
7170 Lead is available as a freeware VST effect plug-in for Windows (donations are welcome).
Visit Nick Crow for a link to download 7170 Lead.
Nick Crow has released Wagner Mk2 Sharp, a freeware tube guitar amp VST plug-in for Windows PC.
Wagner Mk2 Sharp features
- DRIVE -Determines the amount of gain applied by the Pre Amp.
- BASS, MID, TREBLE – Tone Stack controls.
- POWER AMP – Determines the amount of gain applied by the Power Amp.
- MASTER – Output level.
The plug-in doesn’t have a GUI so it will use the default GUI of your host.
Download Wagner Mk2 Sharp from Rapidshare here.
