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Overloud Announces TH-U Made In Rock Series!

Overloud Announces TH-U Made In Rock Series!

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Westlake Village, CA - February 2, 2024 - Leading distributor of virtual instruments and audio processing software ILIO and audio plug-in developer Overloud announce the TH-U Made In Rock Series, a revolutionary virtual amp collection honoring rock history and fueled by Overloud's new cutting-edge Fluid Capturing technology. The Made In Rock series features meticulous models of the actual amps that made rock history. The first three products to be released are models of amps that were played by Noel Gallagher, Ian Hill, and Jimmy Page on classic recordings. They were created in part using an Overloud innovation called "schematic-assisted capturing,” which seamlessly merges modeling and capturing techniques, allowing users to experience the variable nuances of each knob and circuit on these iconic amps. The first three Made In Rock products are available for an introductory promo of $29 each or bundled for $69, but only for three weeks.

Learn more HERE.

Overloud's New Fluid Capturing Technology

Also known as "schematic-assisted capturing," Overloud’s new Fluid Capturing is an innovative amp simulation process that combines the strengths of both modeling and capturing techniques. A sampled amp capture, which is a highly realistic yet fixed representation of the amp at a specific setting, falls short in replicating the amp tone across all knob settings. In contrast, a modeled amp reacts dynamically at all dynamic ranges and knob positions but may not precisely match the iconic color of a particular amp setting. Fluid Capturing takes a comprehensive approach by both modeling and sampling the amp with a variety of settings. This combined data builds a powerful digital model that is as flexible and fluid as a modeled amp and as realistic as a captured amp.

Made In Rock

These products were made possible by the Made In Rock Cultural Association in Italy, which curates an extensive collection of musical instruments, amplifiers, effects, clothing, memorabilia, and stage items once owned and used by legendary rock artists. The association aims to preserve these historical artifacts and impart their knowledge to younger generations. By leveraging Overloud's Fluid Capturing, recognized as the most advanced capturing technology, Made In Rock achieves precise sound preservation by capturing and replicating every tonal and emotional detail of the amplifiers in their collection.

TH-U Made In Rock - Jim P

Jim P meticulously captures the legendary Led Zeppelin's own JMP50* head and its matched cabinet. This plugin features the Made In Rock Jim P amplifier model, a matched cabinet model, and presets of famous songs played using that amp. The TH-U Jim P head offers two input channels that were often connected with a jumper to have both channels mix together. By using the two volume knobs in Overloud's model, you can balance and experiment with the infinite combination of tones used in Led Zeppelin sessions. The model even replicates the iconic red marks on the front panel used by Jimmy Page's engineer, and the matched cabinet's crunchy tone is enhanced through meticulous capturing with Overloud Fluid Convolution, which replicates every tonal and emotional detail of the historic rig.

TH-U Made In Rock - JUP 320

The JUP320 plugin includes an emulation of the iconic Acoustic 320* bass head and its matched cabinet, once owned by Judas Priest*, an additional 8x10" bass cabinet, and a bank of presets featuring famous songs played with that amp. The historic reference amplifier dates back to 1979. It outputs 300W with minimal distortion and a vast dynamic range.

TH-U Made In Rock - NG30

NG30 features all three Channels of the original '63 AC30* played by Oasis* at the Locomotive Studios*, a matched cabinet model, and a bank of presets with famous songs played using that amp. The TH-U NG30 offers a range from super clean to mid-crunchy tones, with tweakable features like a "brilliant channel" and Vibrato/Tremolo modulation.

Standalone and Expansion

Each TH-U Made In Rock Plugin is both a TH-U expansion pack and a standalone plugin, meaning that it can expand the model list of an existing TH-U installation, or it can also be purchased as a self-contained pack that includes all the TH-U editing features, including the Rig Player, the Tuner, and the Looper, with no need to have a pre-existing TH-U license.

To celebrate the release of TH-U Made In Rock, these first three amps are available for an introductory promo of $29 each or bundled for $69, but just through February 22, 2024.

Sale info HERE.
 
If i could actually play guitar like Jimmy Page…….…….

As someone who uses guitar VI’s and libraries I think these kind of effect rigs imo are an exercise in futility and really never going to yield the results even as delusional as I am that I would want from something like this.
I have the THU bundle which btw is FABULOUS! While the Jimmy P rig looks really interesting, unfortunately this or any amp rig will not cure my lack of guitar prowess ,lol


@dyross
If I remember correctly you’re actually a guitarist,can you please let us know what you think about these after you try them out?

Thanks
 
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@dyross Please share your experience after trying it out. We'd love to hear how you use it.

@kgdrum Thanks for your feedback. Amp up any DI guitar tracks with the TH-U Made In Rock series and you might discover some inspiring tones. Afterward, your own guitar playing could catch a creative spark from the legendary Jimmy?
 
@dyross Please share your experience after trying it out. We'd love to hear how you use it.
They sound pretty good on first play. The TH-U experience was a bit frustrating - a few crashes and took a while for the app to allow me to register the trial license - but once I got it going, I was pretty happy. Pretty easy on the CPU, which is nice.

@ILIO_Official any idea as to what I should expect with respect to oversampling? With pure captures like NAM and TONEX, oversampling doesn't do anything, and aliasing can be a problem.
 
@dyross oversampling is a very important component of amp simulation: both amp and overdrive models have a lot of distortion and, potentially, a lot of aliasing, so a high oversample rate is necessary to get rid of unwanted artifacts.

In TH-U, both the modeled components and the captured rigs are processed with a high oversample factor. Oversample is automatically adjusted depending on the session sample frequency. If the session is already at a higher sample rate, like 96 or 192KHz, a lower factor is used accordingly, to keep the same processing quality and save cpu. In addition, users can decide to increase the oversampling factor even more by enabling the Ultra Oversample in the TH-U options.
 
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