Description:
The Anvil is a digital emulation of a three channels tube preamplifier for guitar. It has been developed to accurately model its real hardware counterpart, designed by Andy Zeugs.
Features:
− Dynamic 12AX7 / ECC83 coupled triode stages analog modeling
− Three channels: clean, rhythm and lead, each with fully separated controls
− Mono / Stereo processing support
− Selectable oversampling rate (up to 8x)
− Global input / output level controls
− Double precision (64 bit) floating point mathematical model
− Fully automatable controls
- Zero latency
Fully coded in C++
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I was given the opportunity to test this beast before it's release. Thanks for the opportunity Alu! Although it's not my favorite, It keeps growing on me. and honestly, I still have mixed feelings about it. I could even change my mind about it again before I finish typing this. Having said that, two things are certain.
1. The Anvil plays like a dream. It's very responsive and tight. It responds well to dynamic changes and simply feels good. And I mean GOOD.
2. Most of you will absolutely love it.
The Anvil tends to have a very scooped profile. The first time I inserted it on a track, I already had the track recorded. Meaning that I heard it before I played it. I knew it was going to be more scooped than what I generally like, but I almost didn't even want to play it.
..But then I picked up the guitar and started playing.....and couldn't stop. I thought "This thing feels fantastic!" So much so that I stayed up way too late one night just playing. It responds well and just feels real.
I've found that I really like playing the Anvil with less gain. It sounds better to me with a (still on the lead channel mind you) little less gain than I would normally use. And I think you can hear it in the examples below. This less gain worked really well for the slide part as well (hear below).
So then I did my comparison tests and decided that I still like my NRR1/x50 tone better. It simply cuts through the mix better and has a little more uumph in those mids that I like. I also think the Anvil has just a hair too much upper end saturation, making it a little muddy at times. NRR1/x50, while a little brighter and a little harsh-er, has a slightly smoother curve up the frequency range to me. But I'm certainly not finished experimenting with this amp and I could completely change my mind in a few days.
For the nice feeling it has, I'll probably use The Anvil to track with. And with some more experimenting with cabs and post EQ changes, I can probably find a better way of fine tuning this amp to make it sound more like something I could use for everything.
Screenshot of my Settings
Anvil - Take 1
Anvil - Take 2 re-tracked, better playing and added slide
X50/NRR1 - Take 2 X50 on the left, NRR1v1 on the right - Understand that I've had months to refine this tone as well. I still love the bite it has!
Bass: TSE B.O.D., Lextac
Drums SSD 3.5
Thanks Ignite Amps for a beautiful plugin.
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