Brainworx bx_rockrack Manual

bx_rockrack – The First Guitar Amp Simulation Plugin.
Thank you for using Brainworx plugins.
bx_rockrack – The Concept.
bx_rockrack is intended to deliver guitar recordings "in the box" which will give you the
sound you would get if you took an expensive real-world tube amp and booked a world-
class studio, operated by an experienced engineer.
You can model a guitar amp in a similar way to how you model an EQ or a Compressor.
But to RECORD a perfect guitar sound there are many more things to consider. The
"recording chain" of a typical setup contains of a guitar pre-amp, connected to a power
amp, played through a guitar cabinet. The speakers will "move air" and you pick up the
sound with 1 or several microphone(s), connected to (a) mic preamp(s). Then you EQ the
signals and sum them. If you use high-end equipment all along the chain and if you know
exactly what you are doing you have a chance of getting a great guitar sound.
Why do I sound so reserved? Try to record a great guitar tone, then play 2 shows outside
the studio and when you come back try to record the SAME guitar tone again, even if
you use the identical equipment. The slightest change in the setup (even the angle of
the microphones in front of your amp) will give you a totally different sound.
A good friend of ours once said in a tutorial video:
"Recording guitars is a tricky business." Sounds funny, BUT he is right.
Modelling an amplifier takes some time, so we never understood how some companies
could release guitar plugins that offer 112 amps and 256 microphones. And being
guitarists ourselves we never really used more than 3 or 4 (good!) amps to record all the
sounds you could imagine.
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