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Sample Audio
Special thanks to Gary Paul and Jake Alvarez for these recordings!
Here are three Solid Soul samples:
Song 1
00:00 - Direct Guitar
00:09 - Emrad-Reverb on 7, all mics used except
for RE20
00:19 - Kay-Tone midway, SM57 and RE20 mics used
00:28 - Haynes-Treble at 1 o'clock, SM57, RE20 and
Room Mics used
00:38 - Haynes-Gain switch on, Input at 1:30, all mics
used except RE20
Song 2
00:00 - Direct Guitar
00:25 - Emrad-Bright Switch On, Reverb at 3:00, only
room mics on
00:50 - Kay-Tone knob Full Up, using only the
Royer R-121
001:15 - Haynes-Bass at 2:00, Treble at 10:00, Reverb at
Noon, using SM57 and MD421 mics
all the way to the Edge, panned to center
Song 3
00:00 - Direct Guitar
00:13 - Haynes-Treble at 4:00, Reverb at Noon, using SM57 and MD421 mics
panned opposite, as well as RE20 and Room Mics
00:26 - Kay-Bass switch On, Tone at Noon, using SM57 and MD421 panned opposite
00:39 - Emrad-Bright switch On, Trem Depth and Speed at Max, Reverb at Noon, using
SM57 and MD4211 panned opposite
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$40
SOLID SOUL
Vintage Jazz Amp Collection
Three rare vintage amplifiers from the Rocky Mountain Music Museum, meticulously modeled for clean jazz, country, and Americana tones.
The Haynes Jazz King II
Solidly built and heavy, and the sound reflects the weight. Warm and bright, with a truly solid sound.
Best for:
✓ Jazz
✓ Chord melody
✓ solo guitar tracks
Three Rare Solid State Amps
Most people have never even played through these amps
VIDEO
In the walkthrough, come with us as we go through the controls. You’ll be surprised at how easy it is to get around, and how quickly you can get a great tone!
Meet the Amps
The Emrad Grand Master
Johnny Smith’s trademark amp, paired with a JBL D130 spear, his favorite.
Best for:
✓ Vintage Jazz
✓ Slide guitar
✓ Anything you want crystal clean
Features
The Kay 700
A tiny amp with an intimate, small sound. Lots of midrange for an indoor sound.
Best for:
✓ Country
✓ Americana
✓ Fingerstyle
Movable Microphones
Three of the mics are easily positioned without the need for complicated graphics
Blend Close and Room Mics
Full mixer section allows customizations that would take hours in the studio
Standalone or DAW
Low latency means we’ve got you covered, even for live use
Engineering
Authentic modeling, not guesswork.
Painstaking sampling sessions using neural modeling. Features that couldn’t be captured using this modeling were built with circuit analysis. But that’s only part of the story. We also used the reference mics that are the most popular for guitarists - the Shure SM57, Sennheiser MD421, and Royer R-121 ribbon were used to capture the authentic sound of each amp’s speaker in multiple positions, and the Electro-Voice RE-20 was used as a rear mic, or a port mic, if a port was available. Phase coherency is already applied to every mic, eliminating guesswork. A stereo ORTF pair was also used to capture the sound of the room at Fun House Studios in Colorado, an intimate room that gives a sound perfect for clean guitar. Polarity buttons are available for the rear and room mics, to help shape the sound to your preference, as not everyone wants the phase coherency to be correct.
Bypasses Give You Complete Control
Both the amp section and the speaker mixer section have separate bypass buttons. This lets you use your own IR captures in another plugin, placed right after this one, putting the amp through whatever speakers you desire. You can also bypass the amp, and use only the speaker response on another source. Or, you can record the way Johnny Smith did - direct out from the amp with no speakers at all.
The Rocky Mountain Music Museum
Located in Englewood, Colorado, the museum is home to an amazing collection of vintage guitar amps. We’ve meticulously analyzed a total of nine of these amps, and Noir Tones is the first in a set of three plugins dedicated to preserving their sound.
Specifically designed for clean bright Jazz, Country, slide guitar, accordion, steel guitar, and other instruments and genres that focus on the quality of the amp’s reproduction of the instrument, rather than how much distortion can be produced.
FAQ
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Yes! The standalone version comes with the plugin. You can select which version(s) you want to install, and your authorization covers everything.
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Yes to both!
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Yes! Windows 10 and 11 are supported, and you can very likely run on older versions too. And any DAW that will run a VST3 plugin will work as well.
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You don’t. You can run standalone. But virtually any DAW will work too.
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Yes. You’ll need to create an account, and the download process requires an internet connection. Without a connection, you can still authorize offline, and in that case no more internet will be required, ever. If you authorize the normal qay, you’ll need to have an active internet connection whenever you start the standalone OR the plugin version up.
All trademarks and logos are property of their respective companies. No association is implied, or should be inferred. Their presence here is documentary in nature, to convey that Sonatura has used those products as the basis of research only.
MAC:
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later
Compatible with both Intel and Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) processors
For Macs, you will very likely need to go to "system settings" and then to "confidentiality and security" and select "Open Anyway." Apple does not have a current method for us to eliminate this warning system.
WINDOWS:
Windows 10 (64-bit) or later
Processor with AVX support (since about 2011)
FORMATS:
MAC
VST3
AU
Standalone
PC
VST3
Standalone