Designed with Joe Duplantier of Gojira, this is for the heaviest of the heavy.
As the audio industry continues to evolve and adapt to new technologies, one thing is clear: neural DSP plugins are here to stay, and they're poised to have a profound impact on the way we approach audio processing.
Disclaimer: The author is not affiliated with Neural DSP. This article is based on comparative testing against Universal Audio, Line 6, IK Multimedia, and Native Instruments Guitar Rig 7. neural dsp plugins
| Plugin | Standout Feature | |--------|------------------| | | Multi-voice doubler, massive FX rack, transpose | | Plini | Excellent clean/lead balance, lush reverb/delay | | Cory Wong | DI clean amp, envelope filter, wah, compression suite | | Nolly | Four distinct amp channels (clean, crunch, high-gain x2) | | Rabea | Synth oscillator, fuzz, polyphonic pitch shifter | | Gojira | Octaver, whammy, heavy effects, brutal high gain | | Tim Henson | Multivoicer (polyphonic pitch + harmony), arpeggiator |
Overdriven crunch that breaks up smoothly for blues and fusion rhythm. Designed with Joe Duplantier of Gojira, this is
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ NEURAL DSP AMPLIFIER SUITES │ ├──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┤ │ Soldano SLO-100 │ Legendary 90s high-gain, │ │ │ singing leads, tight bass │ ├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤ │ Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ │ Definitive thrash metal, │ │ │ liquid midrange articulation │ ├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤ │ Tone King Imperial MKII │ Vintage boutique Americana, │ │ │ spring reverb, organic break │ └──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘ 🛠️ Key Shared Features across the Neural Ecosystem
Neural DSP separates itself from traditional modeling software through proprietary machine learning techniques. Parametric Non-Linear Modeling This article is based on comparative testing against
Before Neural DSP, most amp sims were based on or component modeling . The computer tried to reverse-engineer the electronic path of a capacitor or resistor. It worked, but it always felt like a photograph of a wave—static and lifeless.