Plugin advice - bass and guitar

[howard]

I’d recommend looking at separate amp/cab sims for guitar and bass. I really like Kuassa’s sims - Cerberus is a great bass amp sim, and their Orange, Fender and Marshall amp sims are great for guitar. We use them here:

Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely (Hüsker Dü cover)

That’s Kuassa Cerberus for the bass amp/cab sim and Kuassa Amplifikation Clarent for the guitar.

This one is using Cerberus for bass and Amplifikation Matchlock (Fender) for guitars:

Just Like Heaven (The Cure cover)

The SVT-VR sim from PluginAlliance is also a popular good one.

For effects there’s many, many sources to choose from. I like MeldaProduction and Kilohearts for theirs. You know that Reaper comes with many built in as well, right?

We have a plugin-related topic here:

Plugins I Have Known And Loved

@kerushlow and I are murdering another topic with a gear discussion so I would move it here. We’re discussing DAW plugins as a replacement for effects, amps, and other gear. This Splice post talks about how far technology has advanced a bit in the context of the current Shoegaze renaissance: At this point, the digital plugins have reached a level of quality that rivals the analog pedals themselves. Palermo shared an anecdote about his collaborator Nick Bassett (formerly of Deafheaven, Whirr…

If you want to get started inexpensively, Ignite Amps offers excellent free bass and guitar amp sims, and a cab sim that works for either, standalone:

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