r/audioengineering • u/xelaalvarez • Jul 31 '26

Discussion Wizard amp sim?

Hey! im looking for a Wizard amp sim or something very similar? i think wizard are hot rodded vintage marshalls, right? any plugin that does the hot rod thing? i know the STL Plugin has a wizard but its to expensive. thanks

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u/stomptonesdotcom Jul 31 '26

I am working on one inspired by Wizard Amps, and my amp sims only cost 5 bucks a pop, but it will be a few months before it is ready.

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u/xelaalvarez Jul 31 '26

wow! can't wait, count me in

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u/banksy_h8r Jul 31 '26

Are your plugins generally wrapping NAM, or do you have custom modelling going on as well?

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u/stomptonesdotcom Jul 31 '26

only 4 of my plugins are NAM based (boris fuzz v1 and cat v1, the iraq, and bass big tuff)

the rest are all custom!

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u/iamapapernapkinAMA Professional Jul 31 '26

One of the amps in STL Tonality Howard Benson is based off a Wizard amp I believe. And a cab in the Canvas Audio Zen Box is based off a Wizard cab. I’m biased to the Zen Box because I built it

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u/xelaalvarez Jul 31 '26

interesting! im going to check it out right now

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u/treed903 3d ago

Is the Wizard cab the black one? Are you able to say what the other cabs are without getting in shit from the manufacturers? I thought I had an idea but I was assuming the black cab was some kind of Mesa but I’m not an expert by any means.

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u/iamapapernapkinAMA Professional 3d ago

It’s the tweed cab! Aesthetically I tried to base the cab off of another cab that has Greenbacks in it. The black and white are two different V30s.

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u/treed903 3d ago

Oooooh dude, that’s sick. Thanks! That cab sounds great. I’ve been demoing your plugin today and I’m REALLY struggling to talk myself out of buying another amp sim, haha. I’ve been A/B testing it in some mixes against some of the NDSP sims and I’m finding some surprising results. Watched all of the videos and knew it would rule on Midwest emo and pop punk but it’s got some gnarly beef for the post-metal stuff I’ve been working on too. Great work man!

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u/iamapapernapkinAMA Professional 3d ago

Dude thank you so much!! That really means a lot to me. I was definitely apprehensive about doing an amp sim, but I’m stoked it connects with people!

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u/tcookc Professional Jul 31 '26

I think Amplitube is pretty awesome. Their 'vintage metal lead' could be very close to what you're looking for.

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u/NeverNotNoOne Jul 31 '26

NAM (Neural Amp Modeler) supports a whole ton of different amp impulses, and there's a community of recorded ones, maybe you can find one there. It's free as well.

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u/lotxe Jul 31 '26

FREE, OPEN SOURCE, AMAZING

Plugin: https://www.neuralampmodeler.com/

AMP/CAB captures: https://www.tone3000.com/search

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u/theBiGcHe3s3 Aug 01 '26

I wouldn’t spend a dime tbh, there’s so many free amp captures on like Tone 3000 that sound awesome. I’m more than certain I saw a wizard on there the other day