*FINALLY.....A DEMO THAT ISN'T OF SOME DUDE SHREDDING OR CHUGGING FROM START TO FINISH!!!!!* Thank you for keeping this tasteful, and incredibly thorough. You didn't leave out any genre's/tones.
@@markjohnstonofficial Ha! I don’t believe that for one second. Your playing takes FAR more talent than some guy playing Mach 5 arpeggios/scales. A nut-less monkey can shred/chug. You can’t teach taste and feeling. Hence why, you will literally not see a single demo on TH-cam of playing as soulful as yours. Don’t change a thing! 👍
Gosh! Please, release album of your demos, it is stunning! Rabea Masaad did so and I enjoy workout in gym and drive around town listening that kind of music
Thank you so much. I’m a big advocate of “make the gear work to your ends, not the other way around” which I clearly go hard after on this one given that I’m pretty unfamiliar w the aml this is modeling.
No exaggeration or hype, I think it absolutely is the most versatile guitar plugin I have. The Rabea is probably a close second for it’s synth engine but maaaaan you can do SO much with the wealth of multi stage EQ controls on this
The transpose function is impressive. I was scratching my head a bit during the intro when you played the "baritone". The guitar neck was too short to be a baritone, but it didn't sound like a detuned standard scale-length guitar either.
"Its almost like this amp is popular for a reason" - well said, haha. I played Mesa bass amps for years but never tried their guitar amps. I think I'm going to give the plugin a try and hope it doesn't make me want the real thing!
Mesa makes some pretty cool stuff. The Rectifier amps were generally used for low end (Marshall for top end) on those old Jerry Finn / Blink 182 albums. Stoked to see a Mesa amp in plugin form 🙌
Just got mine! This video totally pushed me in to getting it. I was going to get the Soldano, until I saw this video…. Thanks for making this! Best comprehensive video on this amp that out there! Keep ‘em coming!
Hmm this vid opened my eyes a bit. Other vids of this amp had me thinking it was a lot less versatile. Those are the best cleans i've heard somebody do on this amp. I was convinced I didn't want this plugin but now I think i'm going to get it. I already have the Soldano and Gojira ones but what the hell..........
My favorite mark series bands are Weezer, best coast, Prince, and lamb of god. I also wish UAD would allow you to upload third party plugins in that mixer
Great video! I love the way these neural recreations sound , they just blast my cpu though. Is it easier on the cpu the way you are running it as a standalone?
I think so. You can also change your buffer size to ease the stress to the system as well but my *notoriously slow* laptop runs them as standalone without issue. HIGHLY recommend recording via the way I walk through at the start of the sound samples.
With the delay trick at around 21 minutes you start with a BPM determined delay of the same quarter note value. When the the tempo of the host is changed the sync mode will keep it at a quarter note. What happens when you convert it to milliseconds and you change the tempo in the host? Does it lose its synchronization with the tempo or does it attempt to keep it? I somehow doubt that would happen. I’ll have to try it later in my DAW. You can always redo the trick at the new tempo but as a saved patch one might not know that.
*FINALLY.....A DEMO THAT ISN'T OF SOME DUDE SHREDDING OR CHUGGING FROM START TO FINISH!!!!!* Thank you for keeping this tasteful, and incredibly thorough. You didn't leave out any genre's/tones.
Couldn't if I had wanted to, haha
@@markjohnstonofficial Ha! I don’t believe that for one second. Your playing takes FAR more talent than some guy playing Mach 5 arpeggios/scales. A nut-less monkey can shred/chug. You can’t teach taste and feeling. Hence why, you will literally not see a single demo on TH-cam of playing as soulful as yours. Don’t change a thing! 👍
Gosh! Please, release album of your demos, it is stunning! Rabea Masaad did so and I enjoy workout in gym and drive around town listening that kind of music
Songs are almost always uploaded to my patreon page. Maybe someday a selection of them with make it to a public release.
@@markjohnstonofficial what about itunes? I would buy it in a heartbeat
Mark, you bring it 100% . Your vibe is 120%. Your ‘demo’ songs are more than demo songs. Your writings are fantastic - and beast mode.
Only 10 mins in and it's already amazing, you just have a way with writing through the gear rather than just with it that is incredibly inspiring
Thank you so much. I’m a big advocate of “make the gear work to your ends, not the other way around” which I clearly go hard after on this one given that I’m pretty unfamiliar w the aml this is modeling.
Having bass at literally 0 sounds so good for tight rhythm sounds, that way you can boost it on the graphic EQ and still have it be fairly reined in.
What a great video really showing how versatile the plugin is . Thanks for all the hard work you put into this video !
No exaggeration or hype, I think it absolutely is the most versatile guitar plugin I have. The Rabea is probably a close second for it’s synth engine but maaaaan you can do SO much with the wealth of multi stage EQ controls on this
Jeeeeeeez goddamn masterpiece of an intro song Mark.
Thanks man! Beautiful! 14 day demo commencing!
You did not only explore some great tones, your explanation of everything around made this a very valuable video! Kind regards.
The transpose function is impressive. I was scratching my head a bit during the intro when you played the "baritone". The guitar neck was too short to be a baritone, but it didn't sound like a detuned standard scale-length guitar either.
"Its almost like this amp is popular for a reason" - well said, haha. I played Mesa bass amps for years but never tried their guitar amps. I think I'm going to give the plugin a try and hope it doesn't make me want the real thing!
Killer demo! 🤟
Mesa makes some pretty cool stuff. The Rectifier amps were generally used for low end (Marshall for top end) on those old Jerry Finn / Blink 182 albums. Stoked to see a Mesa amp in plugin form 🙌
Legend my friend. Thank you!
Just got mine! This video totally pushed me in to getting it. I was going to get the Soldano, until I saw this video…. Thanks for making this! Best comprehensive video on this amp that out there! Keep ‘em coming!
You should still get the Soldano......it's incredible.
Hi, this is such a fantastic demo of the plugin! Is there any way I can buy the presets used in this demo? Thanks :)
Holy shit 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hmm this vid opened my eyes a bit. Other vids of this amp had me thinking it was a lot less versatile. Those are the best cleans i've heard somebody do on this amp. I was convinced I didn't want this plugin but now I think i'm going to get it. I already have the Soldano and Gojira ones but what the hell..........
My favorite mark series bands are Weezer, best coast, Prince, and lamb of god. I also wish UAD would allow you to upload third party plugins in that mixer
Great video! I love the way these neural recreations sound , they just blast my cpu though. Is it easier on the cpu the way you are running it as a standalone?
I think so. You can also change your buffer size to ease the stress to the system as well but my *notoriously slow* laptop runs them as standalone without issue. HIGHLY recommend recording via the way I walk through at the start of the sound samples.
@@markjohnstonofficial thank you!
Awesome stuff! I have the archetype tim henson, how do you feel about running pedals into Neural DSP software?
Curious how this compares to the Benson Chimera suite. Is there any decent settings for a bass? Or is it just guitar? I’m in debate between the two.
With the delay trick at around 21 minutes you start with a BPM determined delay of the same quarter note value. When the the tempo of the host is changed the sync mode will keep it at a quarter note. What happens when you convert it to milliseconds and you change the tempo in the host? Does it lose its synchronization with the tempo or does it attempt to keep it? I somehow doubt that would happen. I’ll have to try it later in my DAW. You can always redo the trick at the new tempo but as a saved patch one might not know that.
Don’t you have a nice guitar? And can’t you get normal sound of a 2c+ plugin?
I dont understand the question but also normal sound is boring. This does really cool stuff instead.
@@markjohnstonofficial WHERE IS METAL?!?!?!? Lol
Yeah I don’t do that.
@@markjohnstonofficial please do