New Mercuriall Ampbox VST suite

[Emperoff]

So Mercuriall finally listened and implemented a unified interface for their ampsims (which are pretty good). It is available for Spark, Reaxis, Euphoria, and U530 sims.

I haven't tried it yet, but the lack of an interface like this (easily saving presets, sharing modules, etc) was the reason I stopped using them (because they sound great). So in case anyone is interested, they usually do 50% offs on Black Friday.

Now if they guys at NDSP also listened, that would be hella cool. Ahem, @Doug Castro, ahem...

 

[Kyle Jordan]

Excellent. Reaxis is the best amp plugin I've tried and the U530 is great as well.

 

[Chri]

I've never toyed with any of their stuff, but this does look really nice. I may have to finally take the dive.

 

[Lorcan Ward]

I find it odd that a lot of amp sim companies moved away from hub plugins when that was one of the best things about pod farm, amplitube etc.

Having an all in one makes for a better user experience

 

[Steinmetzify]

Stoked for this, I have pretty much all their suites. Making them all available in one box really helps me out, plus the fact that I own these already means I get this free. Love these guys.

 

[Emperoff]

I find it odd that a lot of amp sim companies moved away from hub plugins when that was one of the best things about pod farm, amplitube etc.

Having an all in one makes for a better user experience

Indeed. I don't have a problem with companies selling amp/fx packs as separate packages but for fuck sake make an unified interface so we can COMBINE them (And no, being able to make FX chains in Reaper is not an excuse to poor implementation).

 

[profwoot]

The larger or more inclusive a plugin is, the harder it is to monetize. I do wish they'd figure how to do it tho because the value of all their plugins would go way up.

 

[nickgray]

I find it odd that a lot of amp sim companies moved away from hub plugins when that was one of the best things about pod farm, amplitube etc.

But look at how Neural DSP milks their plugins, it's pretty much foolproof. Sure, they sound great, but there's also tons of marketing, fancy design, and a crazy price tag. I think the combined price of their plugins hovers around $1000-1500. Whereas if we look at Helix Native as an example, which has the exact same algos and effects as the hardware has, it costs $400, but it also goes on sale for like $300 or something occasionally. Still very pricey, but if they went with the Neural DSP model, they would've had thousands of dollars worth of plugins, they have far more amp models and a ridiculous number of effects.

 

[MrWulf]

Waiting for a good Pittbull or rarer amps that never get emulated like Diezel Herbert from them.

 

[Emperoff]

But look at how Neural DSP milks their plugins, it's pretty much foolproof. Sure, they sound great, but there's also tons of marketing, fancy design, and a crazy price tag. I think the combined price of their plugins hovers around $1000-1500. Whereas if we look at Helix Native as an example, which has the exact same algos and effects as the hardware has, it costs $400, but it also goes on sale for like $300 or something occasionally. Still very pricey, but if they went with the Neural DSP model, they would've had thousands of dollars worth of plugins, they have far more amp models and a ridiculous number of effects.

I can understand that selling small "suites" at 150€ is much more profitable for NDSP and in some way to the end user that wants a quality product but doesn't want to spend 400€ on something like Helix Native.

BUT not giving the user the option to combine such purchased plugins between themselves is silly and stupid (and of course a workflow killer). There is absolutely no excuse for this besides lazyness. You can still sell your plugins separately under an unified interface. Amplitube has been doing this for ages.

I decided to not give any money to companies doing this a long time ago, so the fact that Mercurialll is finally listening to their customers is definetely a good sign.

 

[profwoot]

Waiting for a good Pittbull or rarer amps that never get emulated like Diezel Herbert from them.

STL's purple nightmare suite also has a Herbert in it. I don't use it much but I'm sure it's a good sim.

 

[Steinmetzify]

STL's purple nightmare suite also has a Herbert in it. I don't use it much but I'm sure it's a good sim.

I downloaded the trial just to see what it was like. I actually own a Herbert; I run it with Ch2+ boosted with a fuzz, and there was a preset in there that sounded EXACTLY the same. If for some reason I had to off my Diezel I’d grab that suite in a heartbeat.

 

[TheBolivianSniper]

Waiting for a good Pittbull or rarer amps that never get emulated like Diezel Herbert from them.

brainworx official herbert plugin is a monster, with the right IR a lot of people say it's about 99% of the real herbert sound and 95% of the feel

 

[Metafis]

Hi everyone!
Slava from Mercuriall here. Among other things I lurk on forums and listen to your feedback =)

Would love to hear your thoughts: what features/modules/quality of life improvements would you want to see in Ampbox? Thanks!

 

[MrWulf]

Hi everyone!
Slava from Mercuriall here. Among other things I lurk on forums and listen to your feedback =)

Would love to hear your thoughts: what features/modules/quality of life improvements would you want to see in Ampbox? Thanks!

Would love to be able to put the pedal EQ anywhere in the chain, after the preamp or after the power amp

 

[Steinmetzify]

DLed this a few minutes ago.....headed out the door but I wanted to tell @Metafis how much I liked the new activation system....I get why the old one had to be there but talk about a pain in the dick.

New one muuuuuuuuch better. Thanks Mercuriall!!!

 

[Metafis]

Would love to be able to put the pedal EQ anywhere in the chain, after the preamp or after the power amp

Reordering modules is something we have discussed internally. Can't promise anything, but I personally would also love to change the order of things! =)

 

[Metafis]

DLed this a few minutes ago.....headed out the door but I wanted to tell @Metafis how much I liked the new activation system....I get why the old one had to be there but talk about a pain in the dick.

New one muuuuuuuuch better. Thanks Mercuriall!!!

Oh yeah. New system is so much simpler. I like it as well =)

 

[Steinmetzify]

Hi everyone!
Slava from Mercuriall here. Among other things I lurk on forums and listen to your feedback =)

Would love to hear your thoughts: what features/modules/quality of life improvements would you want to see in Ampbox? Thanks!

Dude please PLEASE get in touch with Black Arts Toneworks and do a Pharaoh fuzz to be added to the suites? This is seriously the only thing missing from your stuff.

 

[Metafis]

Dude please PLEASE get in touch with Black Arts Toneworks and do a Pharaoh fuzz to be added to the suites? This is seriously the only thing missing from your stuff.

Never heard of them. Need to check out =)