First Impressions: MixWave's Spiritbox Amp Sim!

MixWave just released the Mike Stringer signature amp sim and I check it out for the first time!
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[@FairyCRat]

I love how 3/4 members of Spiritbox have presets in the plugin.

[@MarkToast99]

That's the best I've ever heard a plugin sound straight out of the box. No EQ or dialing in or anything and it already sounds sick. That made me so happy

[@VegaIllusion]

Then I recommend you to also check out both Neural DSP’s Nolly and Plini X. Spiritbox had a sponsorship a while back and I am pretty sure that they used Nolly at the very least. The bass was said to use Parallax from Neural DSP.

[@brooksbohmbach1]

Plugins need to have a gate lock button when changing presets.

[@pimvandervliet]

Yes!! also for stereo, input gain and oversampling

[@PaulEubanks]

You know you're getting old when you scroll the presets and don't recognize a single artist.

[@steveagelakos]

Lol. So true.

[@blankspace0000]

I think what I like most about this plugin is that the heavy tones are super mid-focused. A lot of amp sims are probably really full spectrum by design since that's what sounds the most impressive in demo videos and such but in a mix you don't really need all those extra highs and lows.

[@comedykennedys5791]

This sim really shines when you mess with the clean presets. Very atmospheric and straight forward. The reverb isn't nearly as versatile as I hoped but it aims to accomplish a specific job and nails it pretty well.

[@treewisemenllc7281]

Mike is an awesome musician. A straight riff machine.

[@thomasbaldiscola4671]

Soooooo many plugins available! What a time to be a guitarist. I just picked up the Bogren Digital MLC SubZero 100 plugin and it sounds sweet! I'm going broke with all these plugins! 🤘🤘

[@misterkenova6695]

I use this plugin live direct to front of house and it is sick. Literally just use the Mike Stringer preset chunk and sounds incredible. Cheers.

[@joehernandez2021]

Kinda silly for them to make an ampsim when their record is just the Nolly amps from Neural

[@adriantheguitarist69]

Solid point

[@laylortarson]

New record is all his plug-in! :)

[@d77sauce]

I thought they used real amps

[@joehernandez2021]

@@d77sauce Eternal Blue is all amp sims and programmed drums

[@fixxxer602]

I don't know man to this day my favorite plugin is the ML Sound Lab - Roots plug in. I throw a free IR ola posted - Roadster Fortin 4x12 and it sounds amazing.

[@RequiemDead]

Oprah be like: "YOU GET AN AMP SIM, YOU GET AN AMP SIM, AND YOU GET AN AMP SIM!"

[@unstablesun8179]

I've tried almost every amp sim but I haven't seen this one, will try the trial. The thing is there are so many! I only want to buy one or two (I have a helix and helix native) So for me an insta buy is the MLC SubZero 100, the best I've heard so far. I really want to like the Laney Ironheart, but it's less defined than the sub zero.

[@lab7223]

Is it just me or does this plugin not track drop tune very well. Other plugins I use do

[@davidlinares3320]

Sounds great but, Daniel Braunstein used archetype Nolly for the Album.. So...

[@Joseph87099]

New album is all this.

[@randydison4274]

My bro would really dig this one. Big Spiritbox fan. Hey Jimmy R you gotta check this out!!!!!!

[@cpeplinski]

solid sounds

[@Guitar_daddy2016]

Can you converte this plug in to your kemper

[@DISSONVNT]

Hey man, how did you set up the overlay to show both yourself and the amp? I want to get into making KZbin/Instagram videos like this but don't know what programs I need to do things like this.

[@Raijin-RyuX24]

Maybe it was just your audio capture but every time you started to play there was a weird popping sound. Hopefully for Mike and crew it’s not the sim causing it.

[@zbigniewiksinski]

oh look, another amp sim. yay.

[@theiranxican7412]

Well at least it's not Neural DSP for fuckin once...🤷‍♂️

[@zbigniewiksinski]

haha@@theiranxican7412

[@kyleshays]

🔥🔥🔥

[@jasonbenjaminmusic9939]

What amp is it based on?

[@Argones]

Marshal, 5153, Soldano

[@johntonello8146]

@@Argones Block letter 5150. The other two are correct and they chose specific tubes when they modeled the plugin.

[@treewisemenllc7281]

Crate 30w combo 😅

[@adriantheguitarist69]

The Neural DSP Archetype Nolly 😅

[@xBLK_LOUDx]

@@treewisemenllc7281🤘😂🤘

[@SuperBakersk8er]

Fluff kinda looks like bert kreischer if he was a guitar guy lol

[@GearStuffandThings]

Would you happen to have or be willing to sell those Stephen fishman 6 pups???

[@bolillo5013]

I don’t really need another amp sim but…

[@plecogod]

You didn't go over the cab section. Bro?

[@edwinmasias6903]

Yeah a bit muddy for me man… needs a lot of work (eq)

[@80s_kid]

My experience is the opposite, it was easy to set up a tight and (very) high gain rhythm sound. From this point of view, it is a promising amp sim. However, I don't like the solo head at all.

[@suffersystemstudios]

I think honestly the playing style of each person plays a big factor as well. Each artist preset has their own playing style so imagine with some eq you could get what you want

[@80s_kid]

@@suffersystemstudios Of course, it's also a matter of taste. The factory presets with a few exceptions are simply bad IMO. Yesterday I saved 3 of my own rhythm high gain presets (with the plugin's own IR), today I opened them with a fresh ear and they sound still better than the factory ones. (The input/output EQ and the position/combination of the microphones matter a lot.)

[@suffersystemstudios]

@@80s_kid I'll likely download the demo and try them out as well, though honestly I am only a novice still at recording so may not feel the full spectrum as other have pointed out. I'm used to drop c and have only gotten into 7 strings so downtuned high gain is still something I am trying to master

[@80s_kid]

@@suffersystemstudios I set my presets with a six string tuned to drop B with an EMG81 pickup. Anyway, this plugin is great for low tuned or 7-8 strings high gain rhythm sounds.

[@rmunozcue]

I honestly have lost all interest in amp sim plugins. They all kinda sound good but that's usually not enough to justify their price tag

[@schecter7elite801]

They sound really good. Especially the MLC sub zero.

[@Lucas-KnifeHands]

For that signature Spiritbox mud butt guitar tone.

[@DavidAllenMD]

Amp sims sound all the same to me tbh there not that Interesting except for the clarivoyant amp sim

[@o.phillips2522]

Damn homie sounds like you need to do some ear training.

[@DavidAllenMD]

@@o.phillips2522I mean most either sound like shit or just super bland I use the stl amphub and bogren digital stuff but all the 5150 sims sound the same like there's nothing that really wows me

[@XGracelessTarnishedX]

The Otto 11 11 is pretty different from the typical amp sim too.

[@wavewithus4081]

A lot of amp sims nowadays are just so good they kinda sound alike (especially when professionally mixed). Can almost smell the DSP+GGD combinations before hearing it in modern prog songs and bedroom musicians music. Spiritbox used Neural DSP on their record, I could easily name 5 big modern prog bands that I know that had programmed drums or that used Neural DSP on their albums.. A lot of metal youtuber guitarists also kinda sound the same. Good thing is these tools are so easily available to everybody nowadays, bad thing is everybody sounds kinda similar nowadays.

[@josuastangl7140]

@@wavewithus4081 That's the good and bad of technical advancements. It's easier and pretty affordable to sound good, which almost makes it harder to sound great.

[@tomix1970pl1]

And again price is a joke.Sound is nice.Price is not at all.

[@MattProsserMetal]

$79?

[@marcvoss]

No everything under 99bucks is fine 79 is intro ptice...normal price is 139 bucks and in europe/from their side over 150 bucks...thats too much

[@MattProsserMetal]

@@marcvoss it's $79 right now

[@marcvoss]

am...i just said it in my post thats its 79 bucks right now ^^@@MattProsserMetal

[@afigurezero777]

🎉

[@bobbyincidemetal]

It’s a shame it’s not Neural DSP. Every other companies amp sims are ugly as hell.

[@patfix]

Ye this doesn't look amazing and Neural set the bar. Still sounds pretty cool though!

[@gabethehalfling5253]

Yes because it's the graphics that matters with a amp sim not sound

[@Skyverb]

​@gabethehalfling5253 XD Been straying away from Neural. Really love the 3 ones I own; but the more I learn; the more I realize how limited they are compared to other sims/ suites. They do LOOK cool; but tbh sound wise they aren't setting the bar on anything. Plus not letting us mix and match pedals; from one sim to another directly is kinda killing my love for them even more. But again; they do look cool. But looks are a bonus. Not the main focus of the sims.

[@bobbyincidemetal]

@@gabethehalfling5253 I didn’t say that, did I? I compared looks.

[@laylortarson]

I mean Mike designed it. So it would look the same with less features.