Fractal ICONS Plugin

[GurthPeedler]

I haven’t tried that one! I’ll try and see if they have a demo

I love the 5150 like a lot of people do, the TSE X50 plugin was my first paid for amp sim. Honestly as I’m aging it’s not my favorite amp, but it’s top 3 for sure (I just kind of lean towards the Mesa side of things)

I am also aging, and as someone classically trained in the fine arts of early 2000s metalcore, I'm always looking for more tasteful high gain alternatives. I really liked the tone of the "Red Berry" amp in Charles Caswell's plugin, which I think is mostly Rectifier based, so I've been meaning to get into Mesas at some point if I can get one to replicate that tone. No idea what I'm doing with those amps though.

 

[dean701]

@MirrorProfiles has some excellent comparison videos on this site for a lot of amps vs vsts. The big reveal is that there are a lot of competitive plugins that can perform the job well.