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JST Menace
Joey Sturgis is an American record producer/engineer and also the founder and the
president of Joey Sturgis Tones, which is his own line of audio recording plugins.
In guitar-driven genres like rock and heavy metal, the guitar tone often makes or breaks
the sound of the song. Toneforge is a series of virtual guitar and bass rigs designed to take
your direct input from the instrument and have it sound as amazing and crushing as it can
possibly get. Menace, the first of many future models, is an aggressive metal amp built to
power through guitar leads and riffs. Toneforge Menace also includes a built-in Impulse
Response loader for simulating your own cab / mic setups within the signal chain. Whether
it's a crushing high-gain death metal sound or a tight djent tone, you will definitely be able to
dial it in with the JST Menace.
Mathew Lane StereoDelta
A lot of times, you can hear people complaining about their song not having “depth” or
“width”. Most seasoned engineers will tell you that the required width should has to be
achieved in the mixing stages itself using panning and effects like reverb. They might
also add that using stereo widening plugins excessively might cause phasing issues.
While that is true, here's a plugin that will help you get that extra bit of wideness
while keeping your sound natural.StereoDelta is an easy to use spatial processor
that allows to control your stereo image with one powerful knob. Based off their
flagship DrMS plugin, the Stereo Delta allows you to listen in true mono (not just
summing stereo channels), save stereo in mono as well as true stereo. It not only
makes your sound wider but deeper, three dimensional and more real. A lot of people
prefer to mix in mono in order to get the levels right, this plugin will come in handy
in such a scenario. All this while maintaining a natural sound and translating
perfectly onto all playback systems, thanks to the DrMS technology inside.
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