LINE 6 Metallurgy Plugins - Metal

[@AnthonyGrenier]

"Metal-ur-jeee" 👍 Metallurgy is the art, science and technology of turning metals and alloys (i.e., materials consisting of two or more metals) into forms suitable for practical use. 🤘

[@colinbox3637]

He had a go, plus he speaks far better English than English speaking folks could possibly speak Swedish!

[@alexlitvin1297]

[ˈmɛt(ə)ˌləːdʒi/]

[@RealGengarTV]

@@alexlitvin1297 mætalørdjy

[@plotonisradd]

hell yeah , SCIENCE BITCH !

[@OutlawGuitar]

Beat me to this comment. Perfect explanation

[@IrLosin]

I love the creative names plug-in devs come up with to get across what they are modelling without getting copyright infringement problems.

[@VortechBand]

Meesa Bogey

[@NeroTheIncredible]

Mega Boozie

[@angelite143]

@@VortechBand something that Jar Jar Binks would say

[@J.C...]

Good call on the 'Caliper Drive' being a Precision Drive. Calipers are a precision measuring tool 🤘

[@buffalothebison4850]

It's really neat they made a plugin specifically for doom players. Has been really lacking in the market forever.

[@mikedamisch]

Agreed.

[@JOEMAMMADRINK40Z]

@@mikedamisch Mood backwards..it spells Doom....who was that?

[@bilcifer666]

ugritone has IRs and drum kits for doom. thats literally all i can think of though, so you are very correct.

[@adityabali1939]

And it sounds the best out of the three IMO

[@sleebisheebi]

been crawling through the d(aw)eserts for years surviving off overly cranked low-mid on djent amp sims and cringe every time i hear a frequency over 800Hz but now i have a thing and its kind of neat

[@joshwheeler4228]

Line 6 probably has the most dramatic redemption arc in all of guitar gear. Hats off to them for going from everyone's punching bag to one of the top dogs in guitar tone.

[@chrisgoblin4857]

I don't agree with that sentiment. I used to play in a band where the other guitarist used a Line 6 Pod XT Live floorboard and I was blown away by the quality of the sounds. It was just a shame the Spider is all anyone remembers. Also some great higher end Line 6 amps like the HD147 and the Vetta HD from back in the day.

[@givemeajackson]

they never were the punching bag lol. people just didn't know what they were doing, and people remember sounding like shit when they were beginners with their spiders. some of the most revered modern metal tones are pod/pod x3/pod XT, like meshuggah, animals as leaders, monuments, and periphery.

[@danymalsound]

@@chrisgoblin4857 oh damn! I totally forgot about the Vetta! Blast from the past!

[@Super-id7bq]

Line 6 definitely WAS a joke of the industry. They may not be now but anyone who says otherwise didn't spend much time actually working in the industry. They were a meme used by bedroom rockstars and cover bands.

[@givemeajackson]

@@Super-id7bq you know they made more than the spider right?

[@khalidkoohejii]

Just wanna say that this is the best demo format! None of your opinions being shoved down the throats but plenty of your own thoughts on it, no bullshit about explaining details nobody cares about but going through the tones like a 'normal' guitarist would. Been loving your content for years Ola

[@jeremyobriant7266]

I am a huge fan of Neural DSP plugins, and have spent way too much money on them, but I tried out the Line 6 Metallurgy series and as soon as my trials were up, I bought them. I can't lie, I probably use the Line 6 Modern more than any of my Neural products. For $200, you get all three of the Metallurgy plugins and it's definitely worth it. I've been a Line 6 Helix user for a few years and I have plenty of real amps, but I almost exclusively (probably 95% of the time) use plugins now. I'm no gear tweaker and I don't spend hours messing around with dialing in "perfect" tones; I'm more inclined to find a great preset and modify as needed, and these plugins are great for that. While Line 6 won't replace Neural DSP entirely, especially when it comes to non-metal tones, these are great plugins.

[@veenoir1991]

I fkn love the archetypes man. just makes me feel lucky to be a musician in our days. does the Metallurgy have trials?

[@jcalzada74]

You need check it out audio assault products

[@jeremyobriant7266]

@@jcalzada74 I will.

[@KeepTheGates]

I got the trials, tried them for like 20 minutes, then let them expire. Comes nowhere close to Neural DSP. It's not just the tone, it's the way the amp sim feels and responds to your playing. That said, Neural does sound better IMO.

[@jeremyobriant7266]

@@KeepTheGates I'm sure they're not for everyone. Maybe if you had spent more time with them, you could have found you enjoyed them more. We'll never know. I will say, no other plugin I know of comes anywhere close to the Neural DSP Archetype: Petrucci. 🤌🏼

[@DjentlemanJosh]

Overloud Th-u with the rig player is my favorite plugin. It's like a Kemper profiler with very low CPU usage

[@kalidesu]

Yep Overloud does it better.

[@deskducker]

BHS awesome

[@BlackMetalPidgeon666]

I own the exact guitar ola is playing here, and I must say, it is fing amazing!

[@ractorstudios]

I looks amazing

[@connorjennings7069]

Ola that guitar you are playing in the video looks absolutely sick AF!!

[@AlexAlexAlexMartin]

I like the line 6 cabs and the possibilities they offer. I think they sound better than ola‘s ir. Just my opinion.

[@nikht0]

They actually do sound really good. If you use the internal IR loader you can take advantage of the plugin's excellent room IRs together with your own IRs.

[@captain_green278]

For me the best Line 6 plugin is Helix Native, I’ve tried Neural DSP, Mercuriall and many other stuff, but the most convenient, tweakable and good sounding still Helix Native

[@didtoknan8128]

Is it just me or it sounded better with the Line 6 IRs than the Ola's one ? To be fair. the gigantic volume drop was not helping.

[@dreammfyre]

I thought they sounded awful. Thin af.

[@QuantumDivergence]

Thank you for this! Been looking / researching into line 6 and other plugins for awhile l. Great video. Always the best content

[@officialimpalergerdeathmet810]

Using line6 since 17 years now. In my opinion it Sounds much better than the fortin ones.

[@zebric]

Good thing that everything in this great plugin is included in helix devices.

[@JeffBarberDigideus]

I went back and used my old Pod Studio UX2 the other day on a laptop in the bedroom and I have to say that the treadplate emulation they have in Pod Farm is actually pretty good and still holds up today! Im not sure $199 is justifiable but its at least comparable to the Neural DSP plugins

[@Sunchaserofficial]

The vildhjarta guys recently stated they’ll be upgrading from PODs to POD Farm. If they can get their tones out of Line 6 products then they’re definitely quality

[@SamuliVaihkonen]

POD farm Masters race

[@chrisgoblin4857]

I've only recently started using Neural DSP for recording guitars. I still use POD Farm for recording bass parts or for practicing as I find it easy to replicate my real DSL100 with it.

[@skyler-bluwhitaker2710]

Ola! You da man my guy! Thank you for all the great content over the years, and cheers to more to come!

[@theliberation9061]

I actually thought this sounded really good even with some of the stock cabs, though I do like brighter tones and bassy ones not so much. And this did sound "bright" and not "nasty" which is a big plus.

[@fallenshallrise]

Agree. The Line 6 cabs seem to leave room for the bass and low end from the drums. Ola's seems to have a lot of "wind noise" or something in the low end.

[@rhythmcrunch]

they sound pretty good, but for $100 USD or more, i think ill be sticking with neural dsp, just better for the same price range in my meaningless opinion

[@whoshotya117]

the badonk with the moon cab gives me a fat master of puppets tone feeling

[@jeffro6756]

Hey, Ola. For the record. I love this video. Believe that if we hung out it would be magical. Dude, you playing Welcome Home brought back memories from like, I dunno, ‘96? 97? In my room with the tab book, feeling like a champ being able to play the riff, and at the same time, pulling myself together cuz I’m playing a Metallica riff! 🍻

[@chopshop777]

The Metallurgy is as good as Neural DSP nameless suite or any other, those two are the best I think, it's just what I like and I've tried every other ones on the market too.

[@michaelepping173]

Ola GREAT and great Thanks. Please make also a video about everything in connection with IRs. How to incorporate them in your Guitar Plug In/DAW. How do IR Players work. Where to get a player at a reasonable price. I know you once had short vid about IR, but for newbies in this field like me it is still something to learn about. And you are still the most competent guy out there in this whole universe to explain it to total nerds.🤘THX a lot

[@fede.chachagua]

The "baby, baby, babyyy" with the 3-0-3-0-3-0 always gets me hahahahaha

[@scoliewood]

met·al·lur·gy 🤘🤘 Not in a disrespectful way, just helping out a Metal Brother

[@trevorphilips9484]

The video was rushed. You can get some really good sounds from the cab section, you can choose different mics and alter their placement. Granted not every cab sounds good but it deserves better credit than what this video provides.

[@theliberation9061]

I am now trying to picture Trevor calmly adjusting the mic settings and it's oddly fitting and hilarious at the same time.

[@guitarnutbolinuli5788]

'metal-urge, ee'

[@johnbeamon]

"The cabinets sound kind of Line sixy." This is such a common complaint about Line 6 gear that there are dozens of videos of people trying to improve the stock cabs with EQs and mic fiddling.

[@deskducker]

Run your own ir in daw. Problem solved

[@dryerofdoom]

the doom effects sound really good

[@cernnunosarise5241]

Tone Hub should be your next T-shirt design!

[@TheRedbeardster]

Swedish metallurgy rocks! ASP60 powder steel is just awesome!

[@thallrudedjentstorm1756]

metal orgy. this line 6 marketing team is genius.

[@misterringer]

Ola - "eh, it's sounds pretty good" - his tone tells you everything. Nothing really excites him here. I understand why. L6 has always struggled with cabs for some reason. You should test it with a 7 or 8 string. I really find the Helix plug in falls apart when I get low. Switched to Amplitube and it's night and day better. Even IR's couldn't clean up the bottom end of the HX stuff.

[@claudevieaul1465]

That red Solar is one of your favourites these days, right? 😜 And rightfully so - at the very least it looks absolutely *KILLER*

[@matforsbon]

AGREE!!!!

[@RyvenProductions]

It's defiantly one of my favorites. The gold hardware is perfect for that finish.

[@nj1255]

The dynamic low-pass filter in the noise gate is pretty smart. I still feel that Helix Native is the better product, but Metallurgy can be a good choice for people who don't care about having hundreds of different amps and pedals and rather have a easier signal chain. However, I can't for the life of me understand how the bug that makes every Line 6 software unusable when there is a portable drive, USB-drive or SD-card connected. It has prevented me (and probably many others) from buying both Helix Native and Ampeg SVT Suite, simply because I can't have any form of external drive, USB-stick, my phone or SD-card connected if I want to use their software. This bug has been prevalent in all of their software for at least 10 years and it doesn't seem like they are even trying to fix it.

[@trevorphilips9484]

I actually don't suffer that problem anymore. I really wish I knew what causes it, because I have had it in the past. I can run Line6 and the Ampeg plugin problem free now.

[@declanwhite]

never had that issue and I've been using their software for over 10 years

[@nj1255]

@@trevorphilips9484 I thought it was the "no disk nr 0" problem, but it seems like that's a separate issue. I already had a disk with the number 0, but I also tried changing so that my C: drive has number 0 and it still doesn't change anything. I used to have this problem with an old PC maybe 10 years ago and now I have it with the Intel NUC I'm running today. I did buy a new NVMe SSD for it not so long ago (not for this reason) and I thought that it maybe would work with a new drive and clean system. But, alas, the problem still persists.

[@Wulfron]

The "Tone Hub" intro almost killed me.

[@The.Adam.D]

Dude you pretty much nailed that word, especially since English isn’t your first language! Hell yeah!

[@mattyg695]

What riff is that at 9:12? Sounds familiar like All that remains or something

[@TheLordSilenoz]

I think its The Haunted - Trespass

[@3Storms]

I'd really love to see you do things the old-school way of finding that perfect sound: one guitar, one cab, one head, and a big-ass rack full of processors that do a hundred different things each

[@Gizmo-st1ky]

Yay for plugins, yay for Ola, yay for tone hub! (I’ll peep that later 😂)

[@declanwhite]

line 6 helix (and metallurgy... same tech) have the best feel of any amp sim I've tried. the cabinets arent the best, but the actual amps are.

[@adam2178]

Try an Axe III :)

[@guitarrilho502]

2:01 GOT ME BY THE LEFT TESTICLE LMFAO 🤣

[@AmericanMe]

Woah I just was trying this out last night. Crazy timing. Also you can load your own IRs thru the plunging btw without having to load another plugin for an IR

[@yohanonshine4664]

Metal-er-jee , Hi Ola glad to see that you give line6 a shot .My rig actually all goes thru a line6 4x12 . Never have luck recording Impulses always comes out different than I'm hearing on headphones and tracking with a slight latency is discouraging. Just saying

[@MorrisChannel4]

Tonehub needs to be a thing!

[@AntonioPerez-cp8uz]

My favorite you tube channel I must says I never miss a video. Long live to ola the sweed

[@daynedamage8919]

Hmm, I can see that über-drive you landed on at 14:38 inspiring a new subgenre.

[@ChiAeNima]

Tonelib is the one from Zoom. Helix native and previously Amp Farm are from Line 6. These ones sound really good to me.

[@kevinwhite6172]

The GGD Cali IR’s work really well with these plugins. My only complaints are that they’re little noisy and don’t have midi changeable presets.

[@Mezzier]

Meth - A- Lure - Dji ? Seems to be written to be pronounced in french

[@1verzhn]

I agree for my ears, you’re IR makes it have more depth. I love line 6 though and the REVV red on my stomp is awesome. I wouldnt need these plugs but i think if i decide to record direct i may pickup your IRs😎

[@Nick-jy4zf]

the stock cabs sound real to me, like not as polished as you would get from "mix-ready" IRs. which i like, i feel like the mix ready stuff can take out too much of the signal range that i may want to use for some specific cases.

[@Beyond-Antares]

Thanks for doing this Ola. Honestly, I think neural DSP sounds better for more modern metal.

[@Kin_Ton_Ti]

Love that shirt. A Vogg collab would be so nice 🤞🙏

[@ickebins6948]

100 bucks for 1 or 200 for all 3? Thats a pretty "ambitious" price... You can get the Archetype: Plini for that price al so

[@Lucky13vwr]

Sounded fizzy to me like every spider amp 😂

[@NunSuperior]

Preset : Less is More Ola : No, more is MORE

[@logandowdy9887]

This looks and sounds awesome!

[@Danniiboy9119]

Ola!!! Love your videos! I was curious, which model of your solar guitars is that one you are playing? The more I see you play your brand of guitar, the more I keep falling in love with them! They look amazing and sounds amazing! And that red one... IS BEAUTIFUL 😍

[@jparkerriffs]

Hell yeah, always loved the Line6 verbs and delays and all, great stuff..! Lol @ Memes 200iq.

[@PakaShreds]

Ahhh compared to NDSP needs some more refining. I’d spend my money with NDSP. This after years of using POD HD500. It still does have that very line6 sound which I guess can be good if you’re looking for it.

[@jaythejuiceman3000]

I haven't been playing metal much these days, but I might have to try out these plugins since they came with Helix Native.

[@CodenameCuervo]

Yay, this looks dope!!!

[@RafaelPucinelli]

I can't remember the song's name that Ola is riffing at @9:08 . Pls send help

[@RafaelPucinelli]

Found it! Trespass - The Haunted :D

[@MrAcEsNeIgHtS1188]

Other than the Mic choices-getting to use two on a cab and Capo feature this just seems like a GUI repackaging of the Pod Farm Metal Shop Pack-which I own and still use! It's been out longer than most of you have been alive lol But true with any amp sims it's better to use your own IR's. That's what it's about-making it your own. People think new is better. That's not true all of the time. Pod Farm 2 is ancient but still brutal-like me!! ;)

[@Andrew_182]

Line 6 is doing some good things lately. Cool to have another quality plugin option. Also, any updates on the Solar X type? Been trying to keep my GAS as bay waiting on that

[@kingbassk83]

Since Glenn kicked their butt, their quality has taken a step in the right direction.

[@CrushingAxes]

Those plugins are great!

[@jedfiekel9809]

Wow! That SOLAR looks SICK!! Holy shit!

[@cbozelli]

0:48 Thank you for the laugh. hahaha

[@jessehutchings]

I'm still living in 2006 using my combo amp and recording videos with my phone .. and all the worry you guys put into your plugins and software make me think I'm better off this way .. 🤣 Maybe some day I will have $2500-4500 to sink into a command center

[@Dwightpower88]

There will never be anything better than plugging a guitar into an amp. Doesn't matter if it's a shit guitar into a 10 watt shit amp, it's still better. For so many reasons.

[@Seraphiqueband]

Great playing, Ola!

[@diegodoesmusic]

Tonehub. My favorite 😏

[@wafflesmet]

Nice decap shirt 👕

[@jordanmajel]

No clap at the beginning?! That's the start of a new era... :D

[@wigon]

I'll be honest. This "new" Line 6 plugin suite sounds to me no better than their old plugins that I still use on their Tone Port USB interface. I hear very little difference. Sadly, while they pioneered digital modelling technology and I'm grateful to them for that, their current plugins don't hold a candle to what you can find in Guitar Rig or in Neural DSP's plugins. The Neural DSP Rabia Massad plugin is absolutely mind-blowing in how rich and lush both the distortion and clean patches sound like. To me it's like listening to 8 bit digital audio and then listening to 24 bit digital audio when comparing Line 6 to Neural DSP. Don't get me wrong, you can still coax some good tones out of Line 6 products, but you have to work a lot harder at it. I still use my Tone Port/Gear Monkey Line 6 software every so often. The synth sounds alone are worthy of using it still. Plus it has clean modes and bass guitar patches that work awesomely for other instruments and even vocals. But... I think Line6 needs to hire some new software engineers (who are also talented guitar players) who can rework their emulations to once again make them cutting edge.

[@saitenkiller]

I still don't get why they don't put more effort into the cab section. Hands down, that's what makes or breaks the whole thing.

[@PontschPauPau3451]

Line6's shitty cabs have been the weakness of every. single. goddamn. one. of their products since the mid-2000s. I just don't get why they can't ship these products with better IRs. There's no good reason not to, not a single one.

[@mrotta6079]

Godamn I love this channel so much. You are fucking hilarious

[@MFKitten]

Ola discovering the octave fuzz. Mmmmm.

[@AudiototheEyeballs]

Before I start….dedicated Helix user here….but ir is a must, they need to fire whoever is in the cabinet department….always been an issue

[@jeremygruenewald6680]

Oh man I was hoping you were gonna play the Dragonaut and Pike’s Place preset. It’d be cool to see Ola doing some more Sleep/High on Fire stuff…

[@DominicAirola]

That "tonehub" intro 😂

[@transgresormetal]

I think the doom amps are better done. Sounds very good

[@rocknrollteacherpy]

Now we need the digital version of will it chug

[@nicholastotoro7721]

No latency with the Fractal pitch shifting… 😉

[@christopherblair6636]

superb test !!!! thanks

[@autumnplague8861]

Had the original AXSYS 212 Combo with massive FS back in the 90's. Though the years, I always checked to see what they're doing, however other companies seem to always smoke this brand at pretty much everything they do. Wish it weren't so. I root for everybody, but Line6 always seems like the kids toys compared to most everything out there.

[@frost420ptbo]

Soft G my dude! Met-u-lur-jeeeeeeee

[@Traski]

Toneprint is a TC Electronic thing.

[@jackgrant754]

Hey ola I fucking love your Channel man Much love from Australia 🇦🇺🤘

[@negromister]

Jag tycker inte om dem. The doom one is ok I guess, wish Neural DSP profiled a sick doom rig.

[@dirttales]

You forgot to throw the pick and say "testing shit"! XD

[@kmdaykin]

Stay fizzy Line6

[@derkernspalter]

Metalorgy

[@AMIR-bs5cx]

the haunted foreverr

[@LETITBURN999]

Metal-urge-EEE!!

[@demonslayer0364]

Very Cool, for myself I own Presonus and I have this plug-in called Ampire, it's really cool, nice presets and tone.

[@lootbaglarry8.2]

Awesome