WesternBunny
XT-2050
XT-2050 by WesternBunny is a free high-gain guitar amp simulator that delivers a classic Marshall-inspired sound. It features a Presence knob, Bright knob, and a 3-channel selector for versatile tone shaping.
VST2Guitar amps
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AcmeBarGig
Whisper Tube
Whisper Tube is a clean guitar amp model with a 12AU7 tube that adds warmth and smooth overdrive to your guitar tones.
VST2Guitar amps
AuraPlug
Whamdrive Distortion
Whamdrive Distortion by AuraPlug is a real-time guitar pitch shifter combined with distortion and cabinet simulation. It offers 14 pitch modes and full MIDI control in a stompbox design.
VST2Guitar amps
Nick Crow Lab
Wagner Sharp
Wagner Sharp by Nick Crow Lab is a free tube guitar preamp emulator offering 64-bit floating point processing and stereo channel handling with up to 64x oversampling.
VST2Guitar amps
Viper ITB
VeeBoostComp
VeeBoostComp by Viper ITB is a free Windows VST2 guitar amp plugin combining a soft-knee compressor and a treble booster inspired by the Dallas Rangemaster to enhance your lead tone.
VST2Guitar amps
Viper ITB
VeeBassAmp BS Edition
VeeBassAmp BS Edition is a free bass amp simulator for Windows inspired by Billy Sheehan's rig. It uniquely splits your bass guitar pickups to apply separate processing, enhancing your tone with distinctive amplification principles.
VST2Guitar amps
Viper ITB
Vee Guitar Amp 2
Vee Guitar Amp 2 is a free vintage-style guitar tube amp simulator for Windows, featuring clean to distorted tones, noise gate, cab and ambience emulations, flanger, and widening effect.
VST2Guitar amps
Viper ITB
Vee Guitar Amp
Vee Guitar Amp is a free guitar tube amp simulator offering clean, crunched, and distorted tones in a warm, vintage lo-fi style with noise gate, cab, ambience, flanger, and widening effects.
VST2Guitar amps
Viper ITB
Vee Bass Amp
Vee Bass Amp by Viper ITB is a free bass amp simulation plugin featuring a tube preamp, parametric EQ, cabinet emulation, and studio ambiance for realistic bass tones.
VST2Guitar amps
EXE Consulting
UHG2Amp
UHG2Amp is an ultra high gain guitar amp simulator for Windows, offering powerful distortion tones in VST2 and VST3 formats.
VST3VST2Guitar amps
TSE
TSE X50
TSE X50 is a free digital emulation of a famous US guitar amplifier featuring two modeled red channels and a green channel based on the original make. Ideal for metal guitar tones on Windows.
VST2Guitar amps
AcmeBarGig
Tribe
Tribe by AcmeBarGig is a clean amp and pickup simulator delivering crystal clear tones and allowing impulse response loading for tone shaping.
VST2Guitar amps
Krakli
TrAmp
TrAmp is a guitar amplifier simulator offering filter, distortion, phasing, and echo effects in a single plugin for Windows.
VST2Guitar amps
Ignite Amps
TPA-1
The TPA-1 by Ignite Amps is a digital emulation of a class AB tube power amplifier designed for guitar. It pairs seamlessly with any guitar preamp plugin or hardware.
VST2Guitar amps
lostin70s
ToneDeluxe V2
ToneDeluxe V2 is an analog tube guitar amplifier plugin simulating ECC83 and EL34 tubes for authentic preamplification and amp dynamics.
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lostin70s
ToneDeluxe
ToneDeluxe is a full analog tube guitar amplifier plugin featuring ECC83 and EL34 tubes for authentic sound and low latency performance.
VST2Guitar amps
EXE Consulting
TinyComp
TinyComp is a free compressor pedal plugin offering expansion, limiting, and gate modes with sidechain capability and filtering options.
VST2Guitar amps
EXE Consulting
Tiny F
Tiny F by EXE Consulting is a lightweight guitar amp simulator for Windows x64. It offers zero latency and low CPU usage by approximating the Classic F tonestack.
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