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So ML Sound Lab has made an upgraded version of their MIKKO cab sim.
I have been using the original MIKKO and the UI on this new one looks more friendly and certainly looks better. Even though they offer a 25% discount for original MIKKO owners, I'm probably going to wait for further sales to pick this up as I have all the cabs I need on the original plugin and this seems mostly an UI overhaul + more cabs.
I think it's a great plugin, especially if you are using a modeler which doesn't have e.g low/high cut or other mixing features like say a Strymon Iridium or custom IRs on the Tonex pedal. Instead of hunting for your ideal IR mix from your favorite vendor, you can just use the MIKKO plugin with your modeler in a DAW, figure out a "perfect" cab mix for your preferences and export that as an IR to load into the hardware.
- 38 different cabs to choose from. That's a lot of cabs. IMO the selection of smaller cabs is a bit narrow but if you like 4x12s, you have tons of options.
- Mix multiple mics each with their own position, phase etc and cab. So e.g you could have multiple mics on a Marshall cab + multiple mics on a Mesa cab together in one IR.
- Export as mono or stereo IR to use with any modeler. This to me has always been a great differentiator feature from other similar systems.
- EQ balance section to further EQ the sound. Maybe not that necessary, but a neat feature nonetheless.
MIKKO2 - ML Sound Lab
MIKKO2 is the most sophisticated guitar cabinet simulator in the world featuring Mikko Logrén's entire cab collection. It is also a custom impulse response creation app that adds incredible tonal variety to all guitar modelers with IR support. Get MIKKO2 FREE to get a taste with one free cab.
ml-sound-lab.com
I have been using the original MIKKO and the UI on this new one looks more friendly and certainly looks better. Even though they offer a 25% discount for original MIKKO owners, I'm probably going to wait for further sales to pick this up as I have all the cabs I need on the original plugin and this seems mostly an UI overhaul + more cabs.
I think it's a great plugin, especially if you are using a modeler which doesn't have e.g low/high cut or other mixing features like say a Strymon Iridium or custom IRs on the Tonex pedal. Instead of hunting for your ideal IR mix from your favorite vendor, you can just use the MIKKO plugin with your modeler in a DAW, figure out a "perfect" cab mix for your preferences and export that as an IR to load into the hardware.