Yeh I was actually very surprised by that one as well. With a bit of extra processing and tweaking I could probably get it to sound easily as good if not better than any of the others on this list. And like you said, it's a ten-year-old FREE plugin!!!
@@xalexissleepingx you could be right. The earliest mention I could find on them was from 2009. That just proves how good they were made even way back then. Throw a modern IR on them and they still sound really solid to this day!!
Nicely done! Interesting to hear how similar most amps sounded with disabled cabs through the Mikko 2. Good for consistency, so great choice there. Yesterday I tried out the now free Brainworx rect-clone called "Megasingle" and liked it very much. The built-in cab and signal chain presets were awesome, 49 of them where the "german" and "american" ones sounded killer.
I agree. STL tones definitely is top of this list. While some of the others sound good as well, the just don't have the clarity and realism of STL. Thank you for watching!!
Your timing with this video is impeccable! I was literally listening to dual rectifier amp sims on youtube and messing with some free trials. Then this video popped onto my feed saying "4 minutes ago." I just found your page recently too because you helped me confirm which EZX to get (Death Metal EZX). And I was pleased with your recommendation and comparison video. You rock!! 🔥🤘😎🤘🔥
@@fightclub94 hahaha thanks mate!!! Clearly it was fate that I was to put out this video right now! Hopefully this will help you choose. I would highly recommend tonality Josh Middleton as you get probably the best dual rectifier out there and also the best 5150s out there combined in one plugin. I’m glad my video helped with your ezx purchase as well. I love the death metal expansion. One of the most underrated expansions for ezdrummer for sure. I’m really glad you are enjoying the channel. Thank you so much for watching!!
@@DuFFuL Right on. Actually, there is a buy one get one free sale on tonality plugins currently. Any recommendation on what the second Tonality Plugin should be? The Lasse Lammert and Andy James would be free since they're the same price. Any experience with them?
@@fightclub94 I actually don't have any experience with the tonality stuff outside of Josh Middleton sorry mate. I try to buy a few plugins from a bunch of different companies instead of a bunch of plugins from one company if that makes sense. I like to have a range of stuff, but I only started checking out the Tonality stuff recently, so I don't have a lot to say on them. I do want to get more but the budget is a little tight at the moment lol. This shit be expensive!!!
@@Steadybeheady Thank you so much. That's the direction I was leaning in, but didn't know enough about it. I knew the Andy James had good tones, but was told it's starting to get outdated. That's all I had heard though, so thank you!
Great shootout man! Thanks, I was looking for something to compare the Ampenstein Rektifier and this one was perfect. I was surprised how good Amp Locker stood against the AmpHub one. The Lecto won at the low end bed territory! But I think Amp Locker and Amphub are the best here. I don't know if I should get the Ugritone now for just 10€...Idk!
@@MilkoOfficialChannel the ampenstien was probably my least favourite of the bunch. It sounds ok in a mix but on its own it’s actually pretty horrible. I was very surprised by how good the amp locker one was as well. You can pick that up for $5 right now on special. Actually most of their amps are on special. They are so worth it for $5 each!! I’d highly recommend them
Had no idea that was how and why you started your channel mate. Good on you, must have taken courage for that. Really enjoy watching your videos, they're always a good time!
@@coryyoung1876 yeh man. I was in a pretty dark place and needed something to focus on. Music always brings me back. The one passion that has always been with me. Thanks for the kind words man. Really appreciate it. All you guys keep me going with channel. Bunch of legends!!
Funny, the first 3 are in order of my favorites.. Middleton, Amphub then Roots. Though, Mercuriall is missing from this shootout and I'd say they could be in the running for my top 3, the recto and EVH III S they do hit pretty right!
I would agree that it pretty much my top 3 as well. I'm not a huge rectifier fan but those 3 are probably the easiest to get a good tone out of. I didn't add Mercurial because I don't own it unfortunately. Everything I review I have to pay so it hard to get everything lol.
Awesome - congratulations on the > 1000 subscribers 🤘 the track sounds rad as always. It's incredible how many amp sims there are by now... Something new coming out like every week
@@Luke_Lumberjack_Music thanks man. One goal passed. Onto the next!!! Yeh I think the market is a little flooded now. I remember when neural DSP released the fortin nameless and the internet was a buzz with excitement and now some plugins releases and you don’t even hear about it. It’s because of saturated market. New plugins are just a drop in an ocean of plugins and that hard for the companies to get noticed now. Worst part is they are starting to look and sound the same. With the exact same UI layout and features. Hard to get excited about something that is the same as everything else.
@@DuFFuL yeah I got about six of them by now and just like you said... Nothing really new anymore. All of them are fantastic but if you have one you are probably good for life
I am recording today with Josh's Rectifier, it keeps popping up in my mixes, I can't help myself, it blends so well with other amps, thick, tough, with a boost to tighten it up, its one of my faves, some of the others plugins sound too thin to be a true recto imho. STL all the way for me, the AMPHUB stuff is awesome, and Fluffs effort is pretty bloody good too. Love the mix track, sounds mean af! ❤🤘🏽🇦🇺
Thank mate. I appreciate the listen. I've honestly never been a real Rectifier fan myself. Too much bottom end for my liking. I've always been a 5150 or Soldano lover. If I had to choose though, it's definitely the STL amphub one. The Josh Middleton one is a close second with amped roots pulling up in third. I could probly get all the other ones sounding better but I like to keep all the settings as close to each other as possible. I did accidentally screw up the Pod far Cali one with the gain to high and the Liver 6 one had two cabs on it due to the fact you cant turn the cab off. I should've just used its stock cab for it. I was really tired today pushing out a video and stuffed a few things lol. Only human hahaha
@@DuFFuL lol, im the opposite! Im not a huge fan of 5150s haha, each to there own mate, thats what makes music interesting, nah bro your trippin, you did a great job of showing that many plugins, the effort doesnt go unoticed bro, no bloody wonder your buggered, doing all that it one vid! Big effort well done! 🤘🏽
@@rynoriffs6505 Haha thanks heaps man. Video editing sucks at times. Took me 5 straight hours to do a small video lol. Feels good to get it up at the end though. Especially all you awesome guys giving me great feedback. Makes it all worth it!!!
@@HerkeveyHanoar I agree. I could probably get all of these to match pretty close with a bit of time but I wanted to do a comparison with all the setting the same. Some of the 5150s we vastly different to each other though. It was quite surprising. Thanks for watching!!
The amped roots one is pretty decent, the Josh Middleton one was alright I guess. I was kinda disappointed the the ML sound lab Triple RevG one to be honest. Does't NeuralDSP have a masa boogie mark 11C+ or is that meant to be something different?
Yeh that based on the Mark 11c+ which is a completely different range of amps from the rectifiers. The rectifiers were made to replace the Mark series as a way of simplifying as the Mark 2s were very strange to use with their EQ setup. They sounded great, as long as you knew how to use them properly.
@@Durkhead not sure when that was. I’ve always been a fan of their really early sound from the first two albums. So raw and heavy. Two of my favourite albums of all time!!
@@Durkhead nice. I never knew that. They sound similar to the rectifier on later albums but I just prefer the first two albums as a whole for their mixes. So much more raw and dry. Personally I’ve never been a rectifier fan. Too low and sludgy for me. It really suited Nu metal but I’d certainly doesn’t suit my style. Thanks for letting me know me know about the H&K on the first two albums. Very interesting.
LePou Lecto owning most of these newer amp sims and that bastard is a decade old... Food for thought!!
Yeh I was actually very surprised by that one as well. With a bit of extra processing and tweaking I could probably get it to sound easily as good if not better than any of the others on this list. And like you said, it's a ten-year-old FREE plugin!!!
A decade? I thought I remembered using lepou sims as far back as 2008? I could be mistaken.
@@xalexissleepingx you could be right. The earliest mention I could find on them was from 2009. That just proves how good they were made even way back then. Throw a modern IR on them and they still sound really solid to this day!!
@@xalexissleepingx The last revision of the plug in was 2013 I think, It was a generalisation haha... I just mean that is old as hell 🤯
@@mitchdeathblossom oh no I was just worried that I remembered wrong 😂
Very good comparison. the NAM profile and your bass tone are frikkin balls dude. Nice one.
Thank you very much.
Nicely done! Interesting to hear how similar most amps sounded with disabled cabs through the Mikko 2. Good for consistency, so great choice there. Yesterday I tried out the now free Brainworx rect-clone called "Megasingle" and liked it very much. The built-in cab and signal chain presets were awesome, 49 of them where the "german" and "american" ones sounded killer.
Thank you for watching. I've never heard of that Brainworx amp. I will go check it out right now. You got me curious. Is it completely free?
@@DuFFuLyep, now is part of the free bundle of plugin alliance, sounds good
@@AldoGomezOficial I grabbed it! Sounds solid!! Thanks for the tip!
1K yes that's amazing well done man!
@@resington thanks mate!!! Small goals but it feels good!!!
STL amps win by a landslide here. Once again great demo track for the comparisons man.
I agree. STL tones definitely is top of this list. While some of the others sound good as well, the just don't have the clarity and realism of STL.
Thank you for watching!!
Your timing with this video is impeccable! I was literally listening to dual rectifier amp sims on youtube and messing with some free trials. Then this video popped onto my feed saying "4 minutes ago." I just found your page recently too because you helped me confirm which EZX to get (Death Metal EZX). And I was pleased with your recommendation and comparison video. You rock!! 🔥🤘😎🤘🔥
@@fightclub94 hahaha thanks mate!!! Clearly it was fate that I was to put out this video right now! Hopefully this will help you choose. I would highly recommend tonality Josh Middleton as you get probably the best dual rectifier out there and also the best 5150s out there combined in one plugin.
I’m glad my video helped with your ezx purchase as well. I love the death metal expansion. One of the most underrated expansions for ezdrummer for sure.
I’m really glad you are enjoying the channel. Thank you so much for watching!!
@@DuFFuL Right on. Actually, there is a buy one get one free sale on tonality plugins currently. Any recommendation on what the second Tonality Plugin should be? The Lasse Lammert and Andy James would be free since they're the same price. Any experience with them?
@@fightclub94 I actually don't have any experience with the tonality stuff outside of Josh Middleton sorry mate. I try to buy a few plugins from a bunch of different companies instead of a bunch of plugins from one company if that makes sense.
I like to have a range of stuff, but I only started checking out the Tonality stuff recently, so I don't have a lot to say on them. I do want to get more but the budget is a little tight at the moment lol. This shit be expensive!!!
@@fightclub94 I'd go Lasse, more current modelling, rarer/unique amp plugins and less overlap with the 5150 that you'd get with the JM Tonality
@@Steadybeheady Thank you so much. That's the direction I was leaning in, but didn't know enough about it. I knew the Andy James had good tones, but was told it's starting to get outdated. That's all I had heard though, so thank you!
Great shootout man! Thanks, I was looking for something to compare the Ampenstein Rektifier and this one was perfect. I was surprised how good Amp Locker stood against the AmpHub one. The Lecto won at the low end bed territory! But I think Amp Locker and Amphub are the best here. I don't know if I should get the Ugritone now for just 10€...Idk!
@@MilkoOfficialChannel the ampenstien was probably my least favourite of the bunch. It sounds ok in a mix but on its own it’s actually pretty horrible. I was very surprised by how good the amp locker one was as well. You can pick that up for $5 right now on special. Actually most of their amps are on special. They are so worth it for $5 each!! I’d highly recommend them
I have almost everything from Amp Locker. It's just that tried the one in AmpHub and I freaked out how brutal it sounded.
Amazing Sounds. Great like 👍. Subcribed 💻👍
@@chupiconverge6034 thank you so much and welcome to the channel. I hope you continue to enjoy the content!
Had no idea that was how and why you started your channel mate. Good on you, must have taken courage for that. Really enjoy watching your videos, they're always a good time!
@@coryyoung1876 yeh man. I was in a pretty dark place and needed something to focus on. Music always brings me back. The one passion that has always been with me.
Thanks for the kind words man. Really appreciate it. All you guys keep me going with channel. Bunch of legends!!
Funny, the first 3 are in order of my favorites.. Middleton, Amphub then Roots. Though, Mercuriall is missing from this shootout and I'd say they could be in the running for my top 3, the recto and EVH III S they do hit pretty right!
I would agree that it pretty much my top 3 as well. I'm not a huge rectifier fan but those 3 are probably the easiest to get a good tone out of. I didn't add Mercurial because I don't own it unfortunately. Everything I review I have to pay so it hard to get everything lol.
Awesome - congratulations on the > 1000 subscribers 🤘 the track sounds rad as always.
It's incredible how many amp sims there are by now... Something new coming out like every week
@@Luke_Lumberjack_Music thanks man. One goal passed. Onto the next!!!
Yeh I think the market is a little flooded now. I remember when neural DSP released the fortin nameless and the internet was a buzz with excitement and now some plugins releases and you don’t even hear about it. It’s because of saturated market. New plugins are just a drop in an ocean of plugins and that hard for the companies to get noticed now.
Worst part is they are starting to look and sound the same. With the exact same UI layout and features. Hard to get excited about something that is the same as everything else.
@@DuFFuL yeah I got about six of them by now and just like you said... Nothing really new anymore. All of them are fantastic but if you have one you are probably good for life
@@Luke_Lumberjack_Music Unless you are a youtuber that wants to keep showing off plugins hahahahaha
Like me.
Expensive hobby
I am recording today with Josh's Rectifier, it keeps popping up in my mixes, I can't help myself, it blends so well with other amps, thick, tough, with a boost to tighten it up, its one of my faves, some of the others plugins sound too thin to be a true recto imho. STL all the way for me, the AMPHUB stuff is awesome, and Fluffs effort is pretty bloody good too. Love the mix track, sounds mean af! ❤🤘🏽🇦🇺
Thank mate. I appreciate the listen.
I've honestly never been a real Rectifier fan myself. Too much bottom end for my liking. I've always been a 5150 or Soldano lover. If I had to choose though, it's definitely the STL amphub one. The Josh Middleton one is a close second with amped roots pulling up in third. I could probly get all the other ones sounding better but I like to keep all the settings as close to each other as possible. I did accidentally screw up the Pod far Cali one with the gain to high and the Liver 6 one had two cabs on it due to the fact you cant turn the cab off. I should've just used its stock cab for it. I was really tired today pushing out a video and stuffed a few things lol.
Only human hahaha
@@DuFFuL lol, im the opposite! Im not a huge fan of 5150s haha, each to there own mate, thats what makes music interesting, nah bro your trippin, you did a great job of showing that many plugins, the effort doesnt go unoticed bro, no bloody wonder your buggered, doing all that it one vid! Big effort well done! 🤘🏽
@@rynoriffs6505 Haha thanks heaps man. Video editing sucks at times. Took me 5 straight hours to do a small video lol. Feels good to get it up at the end though. Especially all you awesome guys giving me great feedback. Makes it all worth it!!!
@@DuFFuL keep going bro, you're killing it. 🤘🏽🇦🇺
@@rynoriffs6505 thank man
Great riff! Actually there's not much difference between many of these. I felt like the variance in the 5150 ones was bigger
@@HerkeveyHanoar I agree. I could probably get all of these to match pretty close with a bit of time but I wanted to do a comparison with all the setting the same.
Some of the 5150s we vastly different to each other though. It was quite surprising.
Thanks for watching!!
I like nam over all
@@Andersrain nice! I put a link in the description to the exact profile I used if you want to download it.
The amped roots one is pretty decent, the Josh Middleton one was alright I guess. I was kinda disappointed the the ML sound lab Triple RevG one to be honest. Does't NeuralDSP have a masa boogie mark 11C+ or is that meant to be something different?
Yeh that based on the Mark 11c+ which is a completely different range of amps from the rectifiers. The rectifiers were made to replace the Mark series as a way of simplifying as the Mark 2s were very strange to use with their EQ setup. They sounded great, as long as you knew how to use them properly.
Korn sounded better when they used hughes & ketner
@@Durkhead not sure when that was. I’ve always been a fan of their really early sound from the first two albums. So raw and heavy. Two of my favourite albums of all time!!
@@DuFFuL first 2 albums they recorded with hughes & kettner amps
@@Durkhead nice. I never knew that. They sound similar to the rectifier on later albums but I just prefer the first two albums as a whole for their mixes. So much more raw and dry.
Personally I’ve never been a rectifier fan. Too low and sludgy for me. It really suited Nu metal but I’d certainly doesn’t suit my style.
Thanks for letting me know me know about the H&K on the first two albums. Very interesting.
@@DuFFuLactually munky uses rectifier meanwhile head uses orange ('cause he' s a orange signature artist)
@@AldoGomezOficial see another thing I didn’t know. Thanks for the info man. I really appreciate it!