toontrack ezmix: metal guitar gods

[Sixto]

ez metal tones!

i'm usually pretty skeptical about all-in-one mixing plugins, especially when it comes to guitar and bass sounds, but the stuff i'm hearing in these demos sounds reeeeeeally good. and at $49, i think it's a pretty great deal for getting great metal guitar tones quickly.

[SnappleMan]

Hahaha that Devin Townsend demo is hilarious. This does sound pretty good, for $50 it might be worth it. But it just looks like a bunch of presets, if you can't tweak and create your own then it's a no go for me.

[OceansAndrew]

I'd pay $50 to try this. Anything to cover up my bad guitar playing.

[Sixto]

well, as it turns out this isn't a standalone product, but an expansion for ezmix 2, which is $179

[OceansAndrew]

boo - at that price i'd probably just upgrade my GR2 to whatever version is out now.

None of the lead tones really blew me away, but I really liked some of the rhythm ones, which would have made $50 worthwhile. I hope it's a success, as any competition in the amp sim field generally ends up with better tones for all, but I will personally pass.

[Frederic Petitpas]

4th post ;(

[timaeus222]

You already have a kickass guitar tone, JP. Why do you need that? xD

@OA: Wat? GR5 is out now. o.o

[OceansAndrew]

@OA: Wat? GR5 is out now. o.o

cool, I guess when i decide to buy an upgrade it'll be a big jump in quality.

[Sixto]

boo - at that price i'd probably just upgrade my GR2 to whatever version is out now.

wow you're using gr2? gr5 is a huuuuge leap from gr2. you definitely need to upgrade

[OceansAndrew]

$200 is definitely doable, but they really suck at telling me what is improved over version 2. Any hints on what I can expect?

[timaeus222]

Well, taking a rather quick look, seems like a whole bunch of new presets (130+) and effects, available sidechaining, and improved cabs and amp sims. Of course, an upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit.

Not sure, but there might also be a quality upgrade. I can't find anything on GR2's sample quality, but GR3 and past have 192kHz/24-bit rendering, so it's at least up to expectations. I personally have GR4, and it's great as-is. I don't plan on getting GR5 unless I get the time to install Windows 7 which I already have and Sony Vegas 11, which I just got recently (SV9 fails on Windows 7. Dx).

Then again, it's not actually $200 if you already bought GR2. It's either $80 or $100 to update, depending on your situation, but definitely not $200.

[OceansAndrew]

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Then again, it's not actually $200 if you already bought GR2. It's either $80 or $100 to update, depending on your situation, but definitely not $200.

oh sweet, I had assumed that because my version was older, I wouldn't be able to do an upgrade (like Adobe does with photoshop), but if it's $100 or potentially less, I'll get this tonight.

[Sixto]

lots more amp models, really cool cabinet mixing room, reflektor reverb (use your own speaker impulses!) lots of cool new stuff

[LuIzA]

hmmm.. when I heard of this, I thought it was something to use on pre-recorded guitars, as in amp mic'ed guitars. Interesting.