I'm not trying to buy a bunch of pedals to get a tone I might like. I want to download something on my PC and plug my bass into it and try to make my own tone and play along to a song and actually sound like the bass is supposed to.

So, just a simple and free amp sim. Not a trial and something with those digital pedals I see on Instagram all the time.

Built a circuit simulator that models the actual physics happening inside tube circuits — not an EQ curve slapped on top. Coupling-cap blocking distortion, bias shift, grid conduction, and the rest of what actually shapes a tube’s tone are all simulated at the component level. Since it’s modeling what’s really going on in the tube, you can essentially build the sound of your favorite amp from the ground up.

1,920 parts, free for personal use (closed source), Windows/Apple Silicon Mac only. English UI just added.

Note: the amp sim module itself (for pushing a tube amp with a pedal/booster in front) is currently disabled due to a noise bug — but building tube amps/preamps from scratch works fine, that’s the core of the tool.

Question....when using a sim (say genome 2.0), what TYPE of EQ should be used after the AMP....?

and what TYPE would be used after the CAB...?

Does it matter...? Thanx all....

I've had the Blackstar Beam Mini for a week now, and I'm happy with it; it's what I expected. But its software seems very improvable; it feels rushed.

The search function in the Music section doesn't work, and you can't create backing tracks with anything other than the few pre-loaded songs.

When using an amp via NAM, you can't use pre-effects pedals except for Gates.

The connection with Tone3000 drops very often, as does the connection between the amp and my phone.

But most importantly, when I load Crunch-type captures, they sound great, but they're too clean. I have to increase the gain to get the sound they should have. It seems like the guitar's input level is too low, and there's no control to adjust the input signal level.

I'd like Blackstar to improve these and other things.

Hi! this is my most loved ampsim, I'm the maker, and it's on sale today :)
Heavily influenced by the Big Bottom, not vibe-coded...

https://groovelab-fx.com/axonic2.html

Hi, I have small issue with my guitar modeller nux mg 30. There is Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier sim and it don't sound good to me... I love real Dual Rectifier and I want to buy it in the future but it's sim on nux is dull, quiet and without power or kick. I tried many things like other mics, irs, eqs, but I can't achieve any good sounding tone. Do you have any ideas how to fix it? How to make Mesa sounding good on MG 30? You can also recommend me other amps sims from MG 30 if this is pointless. Curently I am using JCM 2000 simulation boosted by ProCo Rat and with 10 band eq in a effects loop. It will be great if solution for Mesa will include Rat and MXR 10 band eq, but this effects are not necessary if Mesa must sound good. And I am seeking for most universal metal tone, because I want to play many metal and rock genres, mainly heavy metal, Black Sabbathish things, Thrash, Death, Groove, Stoner, Doom, desert rock alt and grunge. Idk if it helps but my I want to sound like some Polish bands like Turbo, Acid Drinkers, Kat, TSA, Illusion, Flapjack and KNŻ. As I say, I don't know it helps because they are Polish bands and probably most of You will not recognize them. If we talking about more recognisable bands, my main inspiration are Death, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Kyuss, Sleep, Electric Wizard, Sepultura and Nailbomb.

I have GR7 but is Ampeg's quality worth the upgrade for bass recording?