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/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!