PolyChrome / McRocklin Plugins ..... no love around here ?

[BenIfin]

DISCLAIMER - Not a Stadium or AM4 Topic :)

Am curious.

Been looking around for some Amp Sims for a Live Laptop Rig ..... NDSP, Scuffham*, Nembrini, Helix Native [which I already own] ... the usual suspects etc.....

Then found these - the Lumos, Nunchuck and McRocklin Suite - all by PolyChrome.

Dont know anything about the company of who "McRocklin" is (?)

Purely based on Y/T demo's .... these sound every bit as good as the usual suspects to me (?) but they don't seem to get any love around here (?)

Am I missing something ? Do they sound great but "feel weird" ? Or are they considered 2nd / 3rd Tier ? Or are they just a "small" entity with zero marketing budget (?)

Really am a bit flummoxed at the lack of mention of them (?)

* - to be fair, I will add that the Scuffham demo's are just fantastic sounding

 

[laxu]

From what I remember, they came out in the worst time of "plugin fatigue" where new amp sim plugins seemed to be coming out left and right.

 

[2dor]

I like their pitch shifter

 

[PhilA]

Thomas McRocklin Is a North East England based guitarist who was a bit of a prodigy in the 90’s and got to play with Steve Vai and others. These days he’s a YouTube influencer and he’s one of those players that while very good I absolutely can’t listen to.

 

[Dom Mcsweeney]

They're great all rounders - I definitely think they should get more praise.
- and ditto re: pitch shifters ... they're the best pitch shifters currently available, not just in quality but in terms of low latency.

Also, Luca and Thomas are real hardworking guys, always doing more to improve everything and having fun. =)

 

[[Nathan]]

Thomas McRocklin Is a North East England based guitarist who was a bit of a prodigy in the 90’s and got to play with Steve Vai and others. These days he’s a YouTube influencer and he’s one of those players that while very good I absolutely can’t listen to.

Man his playing is world class imo, crazy good. I don’t listen to albums or anything but any demo or stream he does the playing is just off the chain

 

[PhilA]

Man his playing is world class imo, crazy good. I don’t listen to albums or anything but any demo or stream he does the playing is just off the chain

It is, he’s a great player. I just personally don’t like it. But that’s my loss not his

 

[[Nathan]]

I’ve got a pretty good ear to the ground with ampsims and polychrome seem to be taking a pretty good path for long term success imo. Mcrocklin and Luca seem to be a great combo of dev and guitar artist coming together. If they ever get official amp licenses or some artist collaborations I think that will get some broader appeal (not everyone is into idealised ampsims which I totally understand).

I’ve been using graphene and really like it, I also just picked up hyper tune metal for that kind of thing. Lumos isn’t for me but I remember thinking the presentation on it is top tier and the sounds are really good.

They have eternal trials with a couple seconds of silence, totally worth grabbing and giving them some use.

 

[BenIfin]

Thanks all.

Good to read the above. I was listening to all the Y/T demo tones and couldn't stop thinking why aren't thee being spoken off in the same Tier as NDSP etc...... the Lumos one especially seems to do clean to edge of breakup to classic rock as good if not better than anything else I've heard.

 

[Devin]

I've thought about buying Polychrome many times but never did

Seems awesome

 

[BenIfin]

I've read / heard that Scuffham are doing a B/Friday sale from $129 / $119 down to $89 - probably grab that.

And *maybe* either Lumos or the McRocklin Suite - also %50 off

 

[[Nathan]]

Im halfway through watching this, worth a watch for some cool stories

 

[Dimiguitar]

Hah. Was just looking into their heavy metal pitch shifter. Something to use as a plugin with tonex.

 

[Dimiguitar]

Hah. Was just looking into their heavy metal pitch shifter. Something to use as a plugin with tonex.

Which they present as a "giant leap".

 

[Jkist7]

I have his "Nutcracker suite", the heavy one. Its really good, on par with NDSP and the Mixwave stuff IMO.

 

[PhilA]

He didn’t disappear he was working in my local guitar store until it closed down recently.

 

[DrewJD82]

He didn’t disappear he was working in my local guitar store until it closed down recently.

Right, but to the rest of the world that saw him on MTV when he was a kid and didn’t visit your local guitar store, he disappeared.

 

[DrewJD82]

The only thing I’d really want from McRocklin is something he’ll never give away- The UV77MC w/ a monkey grip that was on the cover of Passion And Warfare!

(the monkey grip was airbrushed off the album to not confuse people who wanted to buy a UV as the UV’s never got the monkey grip)

 

[Sascha Franck]

Always meant to check the demo but forgot. Will do so tomorrow (not at home).

 

[BenIfin]

The only thing I’d really want from McRocklin is something he’ll never give away- The UV77MC w/ a monkey grip that was on the cover of Passion And Warfare!

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(the monkey grip was airbrushed off the album to not confuse people who wanted to buy a UV as the UV’s never got the monkey grip)

In hate everything about this guitar but I still love it !