Discover the rich and dynamic world of guitar sound with Nick Crow 7170 Lead – a VST plugin created by Nick Crow Lab to reproduce the authentic sound of a tube amplifier. This plugin will bring the warmth, compression, and rich harmonics of a tube tone directly to your digital studio, perfectly suited for recording passionate solos and powerful guitar parts.
Tube Tone in Your DAW
Nick Crow 7170 Lead is an emulation of a guitar amplifier “head,” specifically designed to achieve bright and piercing “Lead” tones. It captures the essence of tube sound, responding to the dynamics of your playing and allowing you to shape the tone from a light breakup to a tight high-gain distortion. Like hardware amplifiers, 7170 Lead works best in combination with a guitar cabinet simulation (IR loader or another plugin), which completes the chain for creating a full guitar sound.
Detailed Control Over Sound
The plugin offers intuitive and effective controls for precise adjustment of your guitar tone:
- DRIVE – Adjusts the gain level at the amplifier input, determining the degree of distortion and sound saturation. Increase for a tighter distortion.
- LOW, MID, SWEEP, HIGH – A classic four-band equalizer (Tone Stack) for shaping the frequency response:
- LOW – Low-frequency control.
- HIGH – High-frequency control, affects brightness.
- MID – Adjusts the level of mid frequencies.
- SWEEP – Determines the center frequency affected by the MID control, providing flexibility in shaping the mid-frequency “voice.”
- POW AMP – Controls the gain level of the output stage, adding characteristic tube compression and saturation.
- OUTPUT – The overall output volume control of the plugin, does not affect the tone.
Compatibility
Nick Crow 7170 Lead is available as a VST plugin for the Windows operating system (32-bit systems).
Summary
Nick Crow 7170 Lead is an effective tool for obtaining high-quality tube guitar tone in a digital environment. With its focus on “Lead” sound and detailed Tone Stack control, including the unique SWEEP, you get a flexible plugin for creating expressive guitar parts. Add this VST to your collection for a rich and dynamic guitar sound.
