Steinberg to Debut PC-Powered Guitar Amp in 2002
December 28, 2001Based on Hughes & Kettner
DSM technology, Warp VST is a plug-in that puts at players' fingertips the response and
tube tone of three classic amp models and three speaker cabinets. The plug delivers true
real-time performance. When used with an ASIO I/O solution, latency is negligible.
Warp VST boasts the legendary Jazz Chorus clean sound, the genre-defining dynamics of
60s-vintage Plexi tops, and the modern hi-gain thump and chunk typical of the Rectifier era. It
also offers a choice of three speaker cabinets: Combo (12" loudspeaker, open back cab); British
(4 x 12" cab loaded with 80s-era speakers), and Greenback (4 x 12" speakers that pack the
trademark steel-fist-in-a-silk-glove punch of Greenbacks).
Each amp can be mixed and matched with every cabinet. .
With the Warp VST, every producer enjoys total control over the guitar sound even if the guitarist
is airborne and en route back to LA. VST Recording Systems and Cubase VST and Nuendo are
able to deliver a full-blown, processed guitar sound in real time to the guitarist for tracking
purposes, while the untreated guitar signal is recorded in the background. This means that Warp
VST affords the producer far more freedom to sculpt the amp sound to suit the music and tweak
guitar tracks to sit better in the mix.
Warp VST for Windows is available in well-stocked music and computer stores from Q1/ 2002, at
a suggested retail price of Euro 258,00 plus VAT (suggested retail price).
For more information, visit their web site at www.steinberg.net. | 
