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Laney Ironheart in digital form
Posted: May 27, 2025 1:41 pm
by Thomas Mavian
This is for all you "metalheads" or Black Sabbath wannabies
Right now Aurora DSP has a discount on the IRONHEART plugin:
Aurora DSP Laney Ironheart
I bought it as soon as it came out since I'm a real wannabee. I also have the Laney IRT Studio all-tube amplifier (with a Two Notes Torpedo CAB+) and the joy of having the ability to either re-amp analog or digital or record both at the same time is so nice.
I record guitar -> splitter -> pedal board -> IRT Studio -> Torpedo CAB+ -> DAW. The split signal also goes to a DI track where I insert the Ironheart Plugin so I get instant stereo-double-tracked guitars. Doing two takes on each part of a song and switching one of the recordings works real great.
And yes, I can get them to sound really, really close!
The clean channel is also really good but it's not what you get this plugin for
Re: Laney Ironheart in digital form
Posted: May 27, 2025 2:15 pm
by Lawrence
Thomas Mavian wrote: ↑May 27, 2025 1:41 pm
This is for all you "metalheads" or Black Sabbath wannabies
Right now Aurora DSP has a discount on the IRONHEART plugin:
Aurora DSP Laney Ironheart
laney-ironheart.png
I bought it as soon as it came out since I'm a real wannabee. I also have the Laney IRT Studio all-tube amplifier (with a Two Notes Torpedo CAB+) and the joy of having the ability to either re-amp analog or digital or record both at the same time is so nice.
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I record guitar -> splitter -> pedal board -> IRT Studio -> Torpedo CAB+ -> DAW. The split signal also goes to a DI track where I insert the Ironheart Plugin so I get instant stereo-double-tracked guitars. Doing two takes on each part of a song and switching one of the recordings works real great.
And yes, I can get them to sound really, really close!
The clean channel is also really good but it's not what you get this plugin for
Hi Thomas-just how good are the clean or semi clean tones in your opinion? Right now my go to is Guitar Rig 5 which can get really (too) fizzy for distorted tones but you can dial in decent semi-clean tones.
Re: Laney Ironheart in digital form
Posted: May 27, 2025 2:41 pm
by Thomas Mavian
The clean can go from sparkly clean to quite distorted. Depending on your pickups of course. My SG has active pickups so I need to dial down the volume for the real cleans. There is a boost option on every channel which can take you places
There are also two modeled pedals, a boost and a distorsion which can give the cleans a real beating. I don't have those pedals on my pedal board but the Tony Iommi "range booster" (which is awesome).
Re: Laney Ironheart in digital form
Posted: May 27, 2025 6:01 pm
by Lawrence
My Strat needs a new playmate. Think I’ll go for it.
I find guitar amp simulators pretty iffy in general. I went for Tonex. Eh. Waves GTR. Eh. There was a Zoom plugin that wasn’t terrible. Amplitube maybe?
Re: Laney Ironheart in digital form
Posted: May 28, 2025 2:04 am
by dbh
Try Neural DSP .. love their stuff .. especially the Cory Wong for clean on the edge of distorting ..
https://neuraldsp.com/
Re: Laney Ironheart in digital form
Posted: May 28, 2025 4:27 am
by Lawrence
dbh wrote: ↑May 28, 2025 2:04 am
Try Neural DSP .. love their stuff .. especially the Cory Wong for clean on the edge of distorting ..
https://neuraldsp.com/
That really is the sound I want. A bit on the expensive side, but I’m gonna listen to some demos and give it some thought.
Re: Laney Ironheart in digital form
Posted: May 28, 2025 6:15 am
by scherzo
Neural DSP have pretty good sales with some regularity. During the most recent one I picked up a few things at 50% off. That was just weeks ago though so it might be a while until the next sale, but unless you're in a real hurry - don't pay full price, just wait a bit.
Re: Laney Ironheart in digital form
Posted: May 28, 2025 12:11 pm
by Lawrence
scherzo wrote: ↑May 28, 2025 6:15 am
Neural DSP have pretty good sales with some regularity. During the most recent one I picked up a few things at 50% off. That was just weeks ago though so it might be a while until the next sale, but unless you're in a real hurry - don't pay full price, just wait a bit.
Thanks! I definitely have more time than money, and I hear patience is a virtue..
