My opinion is they're hit or miss, particularly when it comes to modeling real gear.
The POG2 (Harmonitron) and Whammy (Whammo) models are great! Buy now![:?]( "Confused")
But the Bass Driver sounds nothing like a SansAmp to me. I haven't dove into the Moon Muffin or GrandMaster plugins much yet, but from the little I have, I get the feeling they were phoned in, with just some simple EQ curves applied to create the different pedal versions you can choose.
And the free 7-band EQ sounds bad, nothing like a BOSS GE-7, with a weird high-shelf for the 6.4kHz band, which is bizarrely mislabeled as 5.4kHz.
The older Efektor Chorus, Flanger, and Phaser plugins sound pretty good, and may or may not be trying to model specific pedals. If they are, they're pretty loose. The Wah appears to be trying to model several specific wah pedals, and is also pretty loose.
That brings us to the Echolyte, which also seems to be trying to model specific pedals, but again, seems they may also be a bit loosely modeled, and merely shaped with some EQ curves. Which might be why they won't come out and say what they're supposed to be models of.
In a lot of ways, Kuassa reminds me of Cherry Audio: churned-out releases of loosely-based models with hit or miss quality.
The POG2 (Harmonitron) and Whammy (Whammo) models are great! Buy now
But the Bass Driver sounds nothing like a SansAmp to me. I haven't dove into the Moon Muffin or GrandMaster plugins much yet, but from the little I have, I get the feeling they were phoned in, with just some simple EQ curves applied to create the different pedal versions you can choose.
And the free 7-band EQ sounds bad, nothing like a BOSS GE-7, with a weird high-shelf for the 6.4kHz band, which is bizarrely mislabeled as 5.4kHz.
The older Efektor Chorus, Flanger, and Phaser plugins sound pretty good, and may or may not be trying to model specific pedals. If they are, they're pretty loose. The Wah appears to be trying to model several specific wah pedals, and is also pretty loose.
That brings us to the Echolyte, which also seems to be trying to model specific pedals, but again, seems they may also be a bit loosely modeled, and merely shaped with some EQ curves. Which might be why they won't come out and say what they're supposed to be models of.
In a lot of ways, Kuassa reminds me of Cherry Audio: churned-out releases of loosely-based models with hit or miss quality.
Statistics: Posted by jamcat — Thu Jun 13, 2024 3:50 am