Thomas McLaughlin, better known by his stage name McRocklin, is an English guitar player, music producer and mastering engineer. He was the guitarist featured in Steve Vai's music video "The Audience is Listening". He then became the lead guitarist in Bad4Good, a band produced by Vai in 1991. He is currently the lead guitarist and co-producer of the band McRocklin & Hutch.
In 2023 McRocklin co-founded the software company PolyChrome DSP, with partner Luca Capozzi of Audiority.
They built their first product, the McRocklin Suite early 2023.
The McRocklin suite plugin was built to replace all of McRocklin’s previous guitar chains.
Since the launch, their first plugin has reviews from guitar legends including Ola Englund, Herman Li of the band DragonForce. It has been featured in music publications Guitar World, Sound on Sound, and many others.
The McRocklin Suite is what McRocklin uses for all of the guitar tones for recording, content, and live streaming. Further PolyChrome DSP products are expected in 2024.