JOHN PETRUCCI PLUGIN - MOST COMPLETE PLUGIN

Trying out the new Neural DSP plugin with John Petrucci of Dream Theater. One of the more complete plugins from Neural I've tried.
Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored video, I got a chance to try the trial of this plugin. Neural DSP has no saying in how I make and what I say in my videos.
0:00 - Intro
0:56 - General Overview
2:23 - Rhythm Amplifier
2:49 - Doubler
3:35 - Transpose
4:20 - Bite & Tight
6:22 - Cab Section
7:56 - Acoustic Amplifier
8:41 - Clean Amplifier
9:17 - Effects
10:43 - Lead Tone
11:38 - Low Tuning Test
12:25 - Custom IR Test
13:03 - Outro
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[@JohnPetrucciofficial]

Thanks for checking out the plugin Ola! 🤘

[@darrelsmith5851]

The man himself!

[@sampabhattacharya8405]

Ohh God!!!!

[@mercho_music]

The legend himself has commented

[@pauleurban4804]

The man, the legend, the beard

[@scottbrown9008]

It really sounds amazing, I may have to pull myself away from my amp and actually use this plug in

[@wmxx2000]

That "Transpose" feature is gonna be a great feature I hope gets integrated into their other plugins

[@canman87]

Yeah, it's a fantastic addition. I've noticed it doesn't really mess with your tone either, which is perfect.

[@geoffsprock]

The transpose feature sold me right away. I own one guitar (I'm primarily a drummer), and I change tunings quite often depending on my mood. This transpose option will come in handy for me.

[@Qartoffeln1]

Same thoughts here. It will be so much easier to play lower tone songs without manually having to change the string settings and then go back to standard. I’m sold out on that one.

[@Habixus]

Archetype Gojira has a pitch shifter that can do similar things, just no steps, it's "fluid". Neural released a preset pack for clean transpose steps. With a host that can handle midi-presets etc (I'm using Cantabile Solo), you can keep your transpose steps but use it as a whammy too.

[@ninjaravioli]

This aged well

[@SimonKranzDrums]

Every time I think that Neural DSP have made their ultimate plugin they come back like, "this is not even our final form!" Thanks for the demo, especially the piezo clean sound is just epic.

[@sartajhanspal5604]

The acoustic simulation is gorgeous!

[@diegolatorre6793]

Sounds like the only plugin a person will ever need, so good.

[@mikehunt576]

not any more, Gojira sounds better, in fact the mesa boogie knocks it down...if only NDSP added transpose and stereo to all their sim interfaces including allowing the plugins outside the sim box..then they would be King of Sim market

[@enriquecardona450]

@@mikehunt576 nah Gojira has nothing on this

[@mikehunt576]

@@enriquecardona450 has. a. pitch whammy pedal dude

[@ElShogoso]

@@mikehunt576 I have all 3 and use them for different stuff tbh. I still use Petrucci for all my clean shit and I also quite like the rhythm amp, it feels like a modernized version of a mesa amp. Overall I do prefer the mesa boogie plugin though. My only complaint about archetype petrucci is the price really, they really make everything with his name more expensive.

[@nomadicrecovery1586]

@@ElShogoso as they should really

[@nickx1754]

This is probably my favorite plugin you've demoed. The cleans are amazing as are the effects, the transposing sonically holds up surprisingly well and the heavy tones are crushing in the best possible way. Two thumbs up here.

[@The_Zipe]

This is amazing! I wasn't expecting it to be released, but I always thought how cool it would be if it was released. Here we are! Instant purchase from me.

[@Stev0BabaGhanoush]

I never thought I needed to hear Ola play ‘The Mirror’. Now, it’s all I want to hear.

[@johnn__watkins9905]

absolutely love the intro riff man, your playing is awesome, youre shooting to the top of my influence list man, up there with the best, one of my main inspirations to keep playing

[@GaminWarlord]

Not sure if you know, but pretty sure that riff is from The Mirror by Dream Theater. But his playing is killing

[@TheArmoredArtichoke]

@@GaminWarlord yup, that's The Mirror. He added an extra chug compared to the actual song. Fun fact, The Mirror was the first song Petrucci ever wrote with a 7 string.

[@forrestlonefight]

This sounds absolutely amazing! Cheers for the DT riffs Ola!

[@AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL]

Please do a longer cover of The Mirror like you did with Cemetery Gates. Sounds absolutely massive!

[@QUALIAMusic]

Great job and choice on “The Mirror”! One of my favorite DT tracks!

[@togelz]

Awesome, the most complete Neural DSP plugin so far, it's almost like you won't need other plugin,... definitely my next purchase

[@duaneanderson6393]

I've listened to a ton of Neural DSP demos and coming back to you JP demo I'm in love thanks for everything.

[@darthderf69]

Just downloaded it and it's awesome. Thanks Ola ! Tried it with one of your IR and it sounds MASSIVE !

[@jimsup5086]

The sound is there, the technique...pure Ola! Diggin the review (all are great!). Thanks for the chugs, keep 'em coming.

[@jimsup5086]

Hola again Ola, what midi pedal are you using? And most importantly, how do you have it set up to work with the plug-in. Your fans want to know!

[@Philminator]

John Petrucci, the doubler, and the transpose is a triple threat. I will donate a kidney to get this plugin. I'm on day 3 of the trial, and I can't stop playing. I'm done with BIAS FX 2. Blue Cat's Axiom is great though, but this is just wow. I can jam along with my favourite bands on KZbin that over the years always seem to go half a step down.

[@nickyounger1368]

Oh boy……. This is incredible. They’re going to sell a lot of these

[@mgs1170]

They sure af are.

[@nickyounger1368]

@@mgs1170 I just purchased

[@ConstantineM]

And even more on Russian torrent trackers 🤫

[@shellderp]

@@ConstantineM support the artists

[@nckhed]

@@ConstantineM Say what? 🤔

[@coleslawchrobry]

Hey Ola, the intro was so spot on I just had to listen to the entire The Mirror before continuing with your video

[@Jotun184]

The grunts of satisfaction at the end with the 7 string solidified this buy for me thanks ola

[@yozarsiifdhm7007]

5:26 That riff Is SOOOOOOO SICK 🤘🤘

[@Meshugener667.2]

The Haunted - bullet hole 1998. Some seconds later, Ola plays Trespass from The Haunted...older guys know this shit.younger generation, not that much..

[@MaestroKatProductions]

Great review! Loved the doubler and the room mic Could have brought the 'Transpose' to -12 to see if it still chugs though

[@claudevieaul1465]

Knowing Ola it most likely will.

[@Jazaknov]

Omg finally !! The wah pedal dsp !!! Thanks Ola for that nice demo... you totally had me on this one. A christmas gift from me to me !

[@babayagaslobbedaknobba]

This might be my favorite plugin that you've reviewed yet!

[@JayRuetschi]

This plugin is incredible. there are tons of great amp sims but this might be the most versatile I've played so far. and not just able to do a ton of sounds, but it does a ton of sounds all extremely well. everything I would expect from JP working with NDSP

[@matthewshort7904]

Incredible how far we've come in digital modeling. I'm a bedroom player and honestly, I've slowly turned away from traditional amps.

[@cit0110]

i sold all must stuff, i just got an apollo twin and my neurals. no regrets

[@Itsmellsfishy]

Yep. Just about to sell all my stuff. I never thought these plugins would replace my gear.

[@cit0110]

@@Itsmellsfishy people call us dumb or crazy but like anything, it has a certain tone. what if i like that tone more. also the interfaces are always sick. Its the future, it already sounds amazing but it can only get better

[@bassyey]

@@cit0110 It's all about preferences. I have amps, cabs, pedals for bass, my main. But for guitar? I don't have space for that anymore. I'm full digital on guitar.

[@bulletsmichael]

@@cit0110 same!!

[@radtats6899]

Just got this myself. Love it!!!!! The Transpose feature is a game changer! Tracks great.

[@chasingtone2022]

Thanks for sharing Ola. Awesome riffs, playing and video!

[@taunokekkonen5733]

Ola: has the JP Musicman signature model and Neural DSP JP plugin Also Ola: plays mostly Pantera

[@Ravelle17]

naturally

[@hanithehimbo3382]

all he was playing was dream theater dummy

[@rachitbhengra4298]

Now this is a one stop solution for everything, definitely will buy this as my first neural dsp plugin.

[@HHNFREAK9]

I also moaned at the same time when you put the impulse response input into the plug in. Holy hell. Great plug in.

[@grrrrrgh]

Great video Ola! Plug-in sounds really good, definitely going to check out. I probably wouldn’t have known about it so thanks for the informative video, hope they are paying you well! :)

[@jamesyellow3786]

Never thought I would enjoy a John Petrucci Plug In that much! Well I think Opeth sounds, Conquering Dystopia and Nevermore aren’t that hard to reach now 😄

[@gus3333]

The transpose feature is brutal 🔥 my fav thing of this plugging

[@xxxfallenseraphxx]

Super handy imo but it sounded very muddy here in the demo. Might be worth a try yourself to see if it's practical

[@gus3333]

@@xxxfallenseraphxx The digitech The drop that I use every day also adds a bit of mud. Good feature to practice but not to mix

[@np6715]

You are massively entertaining, and I mean that in a good way. Love watching your stuff!

[@undeadmatrix4]

This was the first plug-in I ever purchased and I’ve never been happier

[@michaelwarburton6173]

Hopefully the doubler and room mic features will eventually make it into other NDSP plugins (although they seem pretty damn slow to update previous plugins). The transpose you could already do with Gojira, NDSP even made presets for it, but this is just easier.

[@Skeimag]

bad business model probably to update the older ones.

[@kotekutalia]

@@Skeimag even worse to force people into buying newer plugins just because they have those minor improvements

[@telecastersRthebest]

Holy shit that is indeed the complete NDSP plugin! I thought I’m done after getting Nolly, Wong and Gojira but I’m seriously considering getting this one.

[@tarkus1056]

I got Gojira and Nolly for Black Friday and them fuckers come out immediately after with this mammoth. Sm0rt.

[@telecastersRthebest]

@@tarkus1056 if it’s any consolation, they’re giving a 30% discount for those who made Black Friday purchases.

[@wongsanggar]

Great job as always Ola and Neural DSP

[@rangerc310]

I just got this Plugin, I've been waiting a long time for this.

[@guitarwithdm6901]

As expected plugin came and within a minute ola is ready for demo waited for this video 🤘

[@j_c_93]

Well yeah, he got paid to do it and got it early so he could have the video out at an agreed upon time and date. This is a commercial, so that's kind of how it works.

[@OlaEnglund]

@@j_c_93 I don't do sponsored videos, no money, I just got an early trial version. And a request from John Petrucci to make a video. That is alone enough reason for me to make a video of a product.

[@j_c_93]

@@OlaEnglund Cool, thanks for the clarification.

[@mgs1170]

@@OlaEnglund Petrucci could request me to do (almost) anything and I'd be all in.

[@SilentScreamsStudios]

@@OlaEnglund big deal??? Concentrate on your guitar business instead bro.

[@panagiotispelagidis2505]

Amazing techniques in the demo track Ola! Definitely inspired by the plugin artist!! (Jk I love you Ola)

[@Mezzier]

I'll probably buy that pluggin, it seems so easy to use and complete. Thanks Ola !

[@lucasmansodasilva5665]

Man, this plugin is unreal. Unbelievable sounds

[@nicwilson89]

I see it has a doubler function there. Something I learned from a Petrucci video ages ago about how he uses a delay sometimes with a very short timebase single slapback running into another amp to create an artificial 3D wall of sound effect and I've done that ever since

[@AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL]

Fantastic technique if you are a one guitar band!

[@hauntedhotdog]

This plugin sounds absolutely ridiculous. I played around with the trial for a bit earlier... the clean tones are beautiful and right out of the box the leads are soaring but not cluttered. It's an instabuy for me. My favorite Neural plugin yet.

[@daniellepore7960]

Hey thank you so so much for this demo!! I am most definitely getting for a fact!!! I am sold!!!

[@cainkong]

Ollllaaa. The awake tone is one of my favorites of all time. You doing a modern version of it has me throwing my wallet at the monitor.

[@manuelsegura7573]

The Plugin is amazing, I would love the option to buy it and have it on the quad cortex

[@gabrielbarbosa4366]

Neural apparently released an archetype plugin better than the Gojira one...that's fucking amazing

[@joshuaburke1700]

These Neural DSP plugins are nuts! I just started checking them out. I have a Mesa Triple Crown 100, and I typically mic it on a 2x12 I built out of solid ash with Eminence Swamp Things in it, but I just moved to an apartment...and I'm blown away at how these plugins sound in a mix, mainly on rhythm guitar. For leads I think I'll still just piss off the neighbors, but I might actually do some rhythm tracking at least for layers with these.

[@PseudoPulse]

This looks killer! Thanks Ola!

[@iochisono97]

ironically, the transposer has half steps but the whammy pedal in the gojira plugin doesn't, lol. anyway i think this might be the best plugin they ever made

[@SHR3DtheSky]

Like always. JP stuff destroys

[@marcoramirez642]

As a recent Archetype Gojira buyer... now I feel kinda ripped off :(

[@andrewsmall4865]

@@marcoramirez642 maybe you will get lucky and they will update it

[@ekapastrawan4946]

@@marcoramirez642 agree 😭

[@Jooj2112]

Yes it dooes. Activate the whammy, go on 100% wet, find the middle where your pitch stays the same while on and off and then slowly start to scroll your mouse down. Guarantee it works

[@lamargent5434]

i buyed it. Totally killer - but still a VST. Doubler is the key of his big sound...Like Dimebag!

[@duaneanderson6393]

I'm very impressed that you or anyone has access to those tones in a plugin thanks for bringing this piece of kit to my attention. I yearn to chug, I crave the grind. thank for all that you dog , more pic , more pik great acoustic rhythm part very nice.This is so much fun.

[@WyldeRoots]

Massive tone, great video!

[@mike86pa]

By the time I've purchased all of these plugins, I would have spent the same amount on a Quad Cortex

[@MangoOverload91]

Well that sounds fucking amazing, and has every feature Neural has to offer and then some. Guess I'm parting ways with another chunk of money....

[@ArindamKar]

Incredible stuff as always Ola \m/

[@MrDeathmagnetic08]

Almost had a heart attack seeing the notification :D . Really didn’t expect that

[@OlaEnglund]

BONER!

[@snapascrew]

Good point

[@claudevieaul1465]

That should be included on every new album: a BONER track instead of bonus... 🤘🤣

[@timsycks4517]

Please do a Skid Row sound, I love them!

[@GahMehGrrrr]

Archetype Viagra

[@LagunaPadre361]

All the falling into infinity songs

[@akometiyal]

I love how Ola tests the transpose with Time will not heal, sick riff for sure.

[@PrawitSiriwat]

Love the casual DT licks!

[@duaneanderson6393]

great demo Ola , bless you and your family , have a happy, health and prosperous new year

[@tomasbrun8242]

Ola! Thanks for great content! As always. I've been heaving a thought for a while now. If you programmed a fake guitar riff, say one of the virtual guitar plugins out there, and ran it through the Neural DSP. Would it be possible to make it sound somehow close to a real axe? I mean simple riff/power chords. What do you think? Have you ever tried my sick ass idea?

[@Proghead88]

I do this sometimes when I'm working on a demo and don't have a guitar next to me. It sounds much more realistic but of course, the guitar samples have to be decent too. It's pretty effective still as long as it's basic power chords and single note riffs :) At the very least you get a rough idea of what type of amp you might want to use down the road for the real recording, assuming the guitar samples are reasonably similar to the guitar you are using.

[@tomasbrun8242]

@@Proghead88 Thanks for the input mate! Yeah, it should sound good enough to get the basic idea before recording real guitars. Cool.

[@ZeeEm1991Gr]

Ah, good old Ola - always looking for that extra grind 😛 Welp, I might be tempted to buy a certain Neural DSP plugin now 😉 Thing is, I'm a little short on cash these days 😅 A little heads up: the doubler sounds good on headphones, but weird on monophonic devices (such as phones; also tested it on my Windows 11 PC by setting the sound to mono)...

[@PsychotropicAeonian]

I would think the doubler only makes sense in stereo

[@mylogify]

Now they have %50 off on Neural DSP, until 1st May.

[@nashdrift]

yep I loved playing around with all of them cheers all the best Nash

[@jimjones6419]

Of all the videos you've done this sounds the best. Need to get it.

[@MyExRebirth]

Awesome! Now I have to sell my Dream Theater concert ticket and buy this!!! Why do you do this to me?!?!?!?

[@sirducksome1426]

So, full drum and guitar cover of The Mirror mby? :)

[@OlaEnglund]

I can only play the intro lol

[@jcarroyo200181]

Thank you for this complete plug-in demo

[@SUBtRONiX213]

Immediate thumbs up as soon as I heard 'The Mirror" riff!!

[@rakibmahmudovee5544]

I think the doubler is probably made as a simplified emulation based on the Eventide H3000 Harmonizer. Judging by what it does.

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

it`s just a super short delay, I`m sure

[@NickTheSickDick]

@@insertanynameyouwant5311 Yeah, you can tell from how weird it sounds in mono.(and the ms number lol)

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

@@NickTheSickDick yeah but you can have ms number in harmonizer as well, in theory, at least. I had multi fx pedal back in a day and it had delay combined with pitch shifter, so it changed pitch after a certain amount of ms

[@NickTheSickDick]

@@insertanynameyouwant5311 fair

[@maciejswiderek]

Wow! Now I'm glad I didn't purchase the Gojira plugin - I mean it is a great plugin, don't get me wrong, but let's be honest - JP is the ultimate one :)

[@EryxMetal]

Such a fantastic plug-in!!!! All in one🤘🏻

[@Ibanezmusic1]

That transpose feature is amazing and worth the price by itself!

[@williewhiskeywonkah5672]

I thought the same

[@BabisPlaysGuitar]

I bought the Gojira and Cory Wong plugins some days ago and it took some time convincing my wife. And now comes this... I'm looking for a good divorce lawyer.

[@fredriksvard2603]

K. With the plini, nameless, granophyre and gojira (and fortin etc available) i dont feel tempted. With so many plugins it would make sense to pay for a base edition and add on amps etc for a lower cost than a full plugin every time. But yeah update all the plugins with that detuner pls... :) I use a drop pedal but playing regularly and lowering in afterwards from within the plugin would be convenient.

[@MaestroJericho]

Agreed wish they did a standalone Mesa Mark instead but JP is the biggest name they have now

[@GOAT-rl2uq]

I'm just sorta tired of all the prog metal plugins. They've all been really well made, but I feel like they all kinda do the same thing with minor differences. I'd like something Orange style myself.

[@richmariano676]

Ola…I so so appreciate all you do to give us these videos. I wish I could have any equipment to rock out with all these new age plug ins and shit…I have a little combo amp and an old schetcher. Lol. I still rock out with my….dog watching. Lol. But definitely love living vicariously through your awesomeness

[@Schizmatizmify]

Your comment about the room mics was interesting and super true - maybe one day we'll see a set of Ola 'In the Room' impulses? 😜

[@VapnFagan]

170 BUX? Come on Neural! Its Christmsa! We need a 50% coupon!

[@alextomasi8387]

181 euros on checkout!!

[@aiyka_music]

Will wait until next Black Friday😂.. i do have the plini and nolly versions which are great enough

[@karolkozak64]

I think the doubler may be pretty interesting to work with when recording. You can avoid double tracking your guitar pretty much

[@drewgunner14]

That’s the first thing I thought of

[@illuminatingdarkness3689]

not really. True double tracked will always sounds better. But just jamming and such the doubler is great

[@majesticpbjcat7707]

Yeah, you can't cheat multi tracking guitar takes. That's not how it works

[@MultiGolonka]

Forget double tracking, quad tracking is the way. The doubler is really just a Haas effect, it maybe usable for playing live, but won't be as good as double tracking.

[@NickTheSickDick]

There's already plugins that do that fyi. The one I use is DoubleTracker by Vadim Taranov.

[@jonbuckley]

Fantastic review. This is a must buy for me

[@devotedfusionband]

Great video man! Im gonna have to try this one out myself /m/

[@ined193]

12:30 Ola your maybe forget to turn off right cabinet to use custom IR

[@OlaEnglund]

Shit happens :)

[@Andy_Chung]

@@OlaEnglund But it sounds great anyway!

[@AlienFrequency]

Sounds good m but I’ll stick to Nameless. Now, if they ever come out with an Ola Englund Archetype, I’ll buy the hell out of that!

[@lancesheffield3433]

Best plug in so far that DSP makes. Truly complete.

[@version.x342]

That clean channel is amazing!

[@AudioJanitor]

€149.00 - 134.78USD even after 20% discount. TOO Much money?

[@johannesohlsson221]

Hahaha, gött att du typ kom i brallan där :D Låter grymt!

[@AlexRG8]

10:20 so cool to see you "shut down", no time and space just Ola and his guitar. 🎸♥️

[@joshfusion8945]

Sick tones!

[@thedudeabides6786]

Opening with the intro to “Mirror” 👌 awesome

[@JB_Metal]

Great sounding plug in. Great sounding (and looking) JP. 👌🏻🔥

[@GusDrax]

Sounds freaking amazing!!!

[@brownsfan7753]

Fantastic tones!!

[@arpeggioblues5924]

This plugin is the best one I've seen/played.. highly recommend.. the most beautiful thing, if you've used modeling plugins, the sustain crackles at the end of the signal.. hard to get the long long sustain when you want it.. and here's the most awesome part of this; each (most) control\s on the interface are MIDI assignable, so if you have an FCB1010, and the new EEPROM; you can control a lot of devices by MIDI, and this plugin too.. this is amazing.. ex.. imagine a hard rocking tone, and with one click, you switch to an acoustic sound.. Check it out the demo at the very least, you'll be sold.. Great Job JP.. (sounds amazing with the majesty). Detune is fantastic.. you can get a baritone guitar without restringing or detuning the guitar.. for live, it's great.. You can do this live.. provided your computer is reliable and won't crash.. haha

[@TheAsatorr]

o cara já começa mandando uns riffs do mamonas assassinas! Monstro!

[@therham]

I'm definitely buying this one. Thank you!

[@ubmastering]

Love the look of the skins for cab and head.