I LOVE that this is not promoting "Amp Models". It looks like software instead of trying to be another "amp". Instead of emulating, just use your ears and find a sound you like.. we all get caught up in trying to emulate the classic or popular amps/ musicians. Thank you for this!!
I'm glad you went independent and invested on creating your own plugin instead of depending on a company like NeuralDSP, your plugin sound so much better and has better potential, my request is that you can port this to iOS as it'll be the ultimate amp sim on iOS as currently there a no other better alternatives there and this can run fine on newer M1-M2 iPads, many of us use the iPad as the most portable solution for guitar and I hope you can also capitalize on this segment as you are always really business-savvy besides being a great guitarist, thanks!
@@matthewmp111 For me, it's the cleanness of the input signal and how it translates to the preamps. Over the years of trying Guitar Rig, Amplitube, Sansamp, Digidesign, and Logic amplifier emulators, all of them suffered from awful preamp noise and unsatisfactory overdrive. Even with an average USB preamp, Polychrome just sounds incredible, like a dedicated hardware modeller.
A music production and musician friend of mine sent me to this video. The sounds are amazing. Can't wait to FAFO what I can achieve with this program. Fuggin.....spicy.
I bought this plugin yesterday and it's such a beast! I'm far from a tech guy, so I was overjoyed to see so many amazing and very, very usable presets right off the bat! It really is an inspiring tool, and the PolyChrome team should be proud of what they have achieved with this. And thank you for the lack of latency!!! For those of you who like the sound of McRockin's guitar tones do yourself a favor and get this today. Best $100 you're going to spend in a while.
before this plugin, i was signal chaining 4-5 different plugins for a tech death tone. i got it in 3 minutes with a free IR loader and this plugin. good stuff mcrocklin
I purchased PolyChrome DSP within a day or two of release, didn't bother with the demo version. The more I use it and learn how to use it, and explore it, the better it gets. I have other guitar plugins, but PolyChrome DSP has been my fav since I got it. It lets me focus on sculpting and creating tones, and focus on the sounds I'm getting, vs other guitar plugins that are digital models of real world gear rigs which I find less efficient and tedious since they don't take advantage of the possibilities of digital workflow that can break away from traditional approaches, like PolyChrome DSP. Cheers!
Sounds fantastic! I'd love to learn more about how you developed this software suite. How you decided on features/tones/interface, what it was like communicating that to developers, how much effort went into tweaking all the sounds etc. Maybe even how it's programmed and works behind the scenes. Nerdy stuff!
Back when I first heard that you were working on this, I knew it was going to be a game changer. Installed and noodled around this afternoon and I was right, it’s EPIC! I only got thru around half of the presets and they are awesome! Well done Thomas and the team! 😁👍
wow this is awesome - beautiful interface - so much diversity in tone shaping - must have for any guitarist/composer audio production person/studio - nice job here Thomas - most important the sounds are amazing
Cool ,was wondering about the input gain I use focusrite scarlets which have a ring to tell you if you are clipping ,could also use it to turn down the input gain if it’s still to high . Can’t wait to try this my MacBook is only 2012 but it’s running catalina & with a decent spec . My iMac is 2015 & running Monterey or Ventura I think . They both meet & exceed the minimum standards on the web page . Thanks for an informative video
I tried out the plugin and oh boy does it have well defined lead tones and flexibility! Great job! There's one thing that I've been trying to figure out. Is there some kind of auto-tune type of note definer or something? I can't understand how this digs up and details my playing much more than any amp or plugin ever before. Feels like it's almost impossible to not play clearly and with incredible precision. Sure, I can hear if my guitar is out of tune so if there's any kind of auto-tune, it has to be flexible and not limited to semitone intervals rather than microtones or quantumtones lol and the incredible gate just drops the cherry on top. Or maybe this just makes me play better. What a great plugin!
It could be because our latency is generally incredibly low VS some other plugins. The result is it feels super responsive. Especially so with 1.2. Sonic Empire. Enjoy!!
Well, I gave this plugin a try a few days back and I wasn't so impressed ....till I realized, by using my "traditional" amp sims, that my UA Console driving my Apollo interface for some reason did mess up the usual channel strip and preamp thus giving my sounds an undesirable sparkling touch. Today I hit the button on this video and ....wow, ...it can't be that this plugin had to be that bad so I decided to give it a second try to its demo and ... I'm glad to say that it's really a beast of amp sim, covering everything and more. Yeah, I'm gonna buy it ... p.s. watch properly your tools before judging 🙂
Very well done. The acoustic amp alone is worth the price. So, the next challenge is to manufacture a very small pedal board fitting in a gigbag with the required cpu power to take your 8 favorite tones to a gig (I wrote 8 but 5 could be enough for most of us), under 500$, with all outputs required to feed the console and the stage cab, no touch screen needed as all edits would be made through laptop or phone, and with just 3 digital knobs above each switch to adjust on the fly Gain, FX volume (delay & verb to match the venue) and main Volume for each preset/switch. And this would be the dream package for 80% of guitar playing situations :p) An optional (included ) wireless transmitter would be the cherry on Santa's cake
Just wanted to drop another comment in here and rave about it some more... You can really tell how every part of this software is carefully crafted with purpose; nothing is phoned in and just there for the sake of being there.
Wohoo! I would love to buy you a beer sometime and talk about that time in Hollywood Bowl 1993 when you opened for Joe Satriani, ran out in the audience and almost gave me a high five! We could also talk about women, cats, and why there is night in one spot and daytime at another at the same time and the sillyness why flat earthers don't get it. Cheers from Sweden! :)
Haha sounds like an epic moment. (Thomas here) I believe my mum flew over for that gig, so it was a very special show, as it was the first time she’d seen me play live at that type of venue! We must connect on that high five some day 🙌🏻
I really like it i cyber lead is my fav, things that i would like to have - a tuner -making it work with a boss fs-1-wl or midi controller for switching channels But other than that, this is my favorite pluggin right now.
Very cool. I really wish you would alter your demo though. Doing a one or 2 week trial of the FULL plug in is so much better, getting access to all the presets , etc to see if I really want to drop the money on it.
Ahh well done mate. This is a huge achievement! You managed to get everything in there except for only one thing... your version of Blue Cat's feedback plugin. Maybe you could add that on an update?
Cheers! I haven't used that in my staple line of sounds for a little while, but who knows what the future will bring. We do have some very cool plans though : )
Great plugin, happy to have purchased. How do I get tempo / drum beats to go with presets please? Like the Breakbeat Bass in the end? If not OOTB, any reco?
Sounds fantastic Thomas! I really like your streamlined approach to create your own custom artist based plugin. It seems extremely versatile. Just curious... did you create this plugin by using something like the Neural or Fractal capture technology to capture all of your favorite gear into custom IR's and then hire a software developer to build all of your IR's into a custom user interface?
Hey thanks! No we do not ‘sample’ or profile in any way. So every drive, and amp etc, is built from scratch. It’s more work this way, but gives a much better final result 👍🏻
Hi Thomas. Amazing work on the plugin. Downloaded the trial and having lots of fun with it. Awesome tones!! One question - in audio/Midi settings, I can select my midi footswitch from the active midi inputs but I can't figure out how to 'learn' midi notes to control the elements of the plugin, like the FX. I couldn't find anything in the pdf manual - am I missing something obvious? Also, a few things that I think would really make this plugin unbeatable would be a built in tuner, a mute button, a metronome and a tap tempo on the delay. The ability to stack the reverbs would also be awesome too - like a short room (shop) and then space with a longer tail - but I appreciate that could be way out of scope! :)
@@_LOFI_N_LAMBSBREAD ever used floyd rose? Some people can't afford 10 guitars for each tuning and having to go from standard to drop C, makes things flabby, so you need different gauge of strings and your nut re-cut for them. So yea... in short I don't agree with you :)
Nice demo and really liking the sound. I was wondering though...the latency is nice and all, but how CPU efficient is the plugin overall? Is it less power hungry than those of known competitors?
It’s around 30% lighter on resources than our competitors, it’s also Apple Silicon native and our install size is incredibly small for what’s included. 👍🏻
Sounds great !!! What DAW would you recommend to get? I've got a MacBook Air M2 (2022) so hopefully I can make it work. I'm thinking of getting a focusrite solo
We use Ableton, but it the software works with Logic, and any other Daw such as Reaper etc. Feel free to join out discord to discuss options with the community 👍🏻
This looks awesome. That said, I've never done more than plug a guitar into a couple pedals and an amp. DO you have, or can you recommend, a video or two that start at the absolute beginning when it comes to getting into software like this? I'm finding that a lot of the "introductions" out there still assume I know more than I do. (and ya, I'm searching the internet, but was also curious what you yourself might recommend.) Thanks!
Hello! Using this suite is very easy, you need a computer, typically from the last 5-6 years or so. Then you’ll need an audio interface which is what you use to connect your guitar to your computer. You’ll also need some headphones, or speakers to hear your computer, and finally the McRocklin Suite itself. We have a fantastic community on www.polychromedsp.com/discord/ which is a great way to find help getting up and running. McRocklin, mods, and the team as well as fellow users are there 👍🏻 Hope this helps.
No, we’re not a big fan of how people are doing that right now. It ads additional latency which drives Thomas crazy. This plug-in runs at 0.02 ms of latency which is incredibly responsive.
Thomas, may I ask what pickups you're using in this guitar, as well as the pickups in that beautiful black Delos that you play? Both sound wonderful in different ways.
@@polychromedsp Thank you for your responsiveness! One more question-what sort of audio interface are you using? Im using the Focusrite Scarlet, but I feel like I could do better.
Thanks! The requirements are at the bottom of the page. An Intel I5 CPU or better is recommended. For interfaces, there's lots of choices from Focusrite, Audient, and Presonus etc. If you have any questions at all, feel free to pop over to the community Discord polychromedsp.com/discord there's lots of friendly peeps discussing various etc : )
Is there a possibility to change presets without latency via an USB MIDI controller? (Something which Neural DSP cannot do without a noticeable latency)
Impressive response & freshness, a lot. I wonder how much cpu is McRocklin eating in your Mac. I'm in an old DDR3 PC scheme with a Phenom II x6 1100T (Win 10 22H2) and the beast bites 50%!!! Is that i'm using my mobo audio card instead a dedicated one? Thx in advance.
I have some questions. Thomas' demo was great. I want to know if this is just an "expansion pack" and I need to buy some host for this to work or is it a stand alone plugin. Also-on the acoustic demos he just did. Is he using a piezo or split that Fishman Fluence down to a single coil. And if I wanted to use tis as a live guitar tone, is there a footswitch to buy for this to control it live? Thanks for your time!
You can use the plug-in standalone or in your a Daw such as logic, Cubase or Ableton etc. On the acoustic, Thomas used Fishman Fluence. But the acoustic sim works amazing with any single coil input. We’ve tested it with Fender, Ibanez, PRS, Kiesel etc. For foot switches, there’s lots on the market and we’re currently working with some companies to make it work great right out of the box. That update will be coming real soon 👍🏻
@@polychromedsp I also use Fishman Fluence which is why I was asking if that is what he was using here or if he had a piezo in that guitar. It will work with Protools?
Hey, we've not had any issues of Logic/GarageBand not picking up the McRocklin Suite, or any other plugin. If you are still experiencing issues, please drop us a support ticket on the website, or feel free to pop on Discord at polychromedsp.com/discord where members of the team, mods and other users can more easily help out. Thanks!
A hundred megabytes or so in total for the standalone app and all of the DAW plugin formats. The standalone program is a tiny 15.9MB. Obviously beautifully efficient code.
i don't understand how this with latency works, i downloaded the demo version, used ASIO4ALL set the samples to 64 Samples ( 0.4ms ) and i still get hearable latency. Does everyone just play with that latency or am i doing something wrong ? I would love to buy the PolyChrome DSP but i am still better of with direct audio monitoring and my MXR pedal at the moment :(
Hello! It sounds like your audio interface doesn’t natively support low latency asio drivers. Feel free to pop in to our community Discord for done advice, we’ve a lot of users that recently got up and running. That’s here: www.polychromedsp.com/discord
@@davidroikit8121 Not likely for this Suite, Thomas doesn't use that effect. You can however set the grains to various pitches, and of course SYNTH-OCT is a beast for downward pitch.
I would like to know how to achieve 0 latency ..what audio drivers should I be using( Microsoft) or (AISO) because neither of them are able to offer 0 latency...I think its important for a new users...using this software
The plug-in runs at near 0 latency. Your interface will have some latency, McRocklin has his set at 6ms total round trip which feels incredibly responsive.
Do the plugins need some kind of software to work? In other words, is it enough to buy and download the PolyChrome DSP or do I need something else to make it work? As you can see, I don't know anything about computer plugins and I want to start using them. Thank you.
Hi, this works standalone or with recording software. So other than having an audio interface you don’t need much else. Feel free to drop by polychromedsp.com/discord many of the users as well as the team are on there to help you get started, and much more. Have a great weekend.
Also Neural allows a FULL trial of their plugin. Whereas Polychrome will cut off 3 seconds of sound for every minute of trial AND limit your use to 10 presets without the “saving” option. In my opinion, this is a weird way to make a guitar player like your product…
Hey thanks for your comment and for checking the plug-in out. We don’t disable any features, such as amps, and effects etc. Most people seem to be loading the default patch ‘Int preset’, see how efficient and responsive it is to your playing, and then quickly upgrade to the full version. On some products ten presets is a pretty decent amount, remember the Int preset also everything setup and ready to use. Thomas did go full beast mode on his presets though! Thanks again.
Very odd, maybe shoot us an email or pop on the Discord. It’s the one of the most efficient Suites that we’ve run on our test machines. In fact one of our customers that joined the discord was running it on an 11 year old CPU at 8% total usage. This sparked us to try it on a very old Mac Mini which it also ran well on. Let’s get to the bottom of this, and make sure you’re getting the most out of it 👍🏻
Hi, our users are using anything from Focusrite Solo’s to RME Baby Face Pro, and Universal Audio products. Feel free to join the community on polychromedsp.com/discord where all of things are frequently being discussed 👍🏻
I run my OD, fuzz and distortion pedals into my Two Notes Le Clean, and my modulation, delay and reverb pedals into it's effects loop. I use the XLR out to connect to my Yamaha ag06 mixer. Will the Mcrocklin Suite "play nice" with this external rig?
Get your free trial www.polychromedsp.com
I LOVE that this is not promoting "Amp Models". It looks like software instead of trying to be another "amp". Instead of emulating, just use your ears and find a sound you like.. we all get caught up in trying to emulate the classic or popular amps/ musicians. Thank you for this!!
Very true!
Buying this immediately.
Everything I’ve ever wanted in a plug-in
Enjoy!! And thank you!
@@polychromedsp welcome! Always been a supporter.
Just purchased and am already in tonal heaven!!!
I cannot stop playing my guitar, now. Thank you a million times over for this incredible suite.
Thank you! : )
having owned multiple Neural Plugins, A QC and a AXE FX3 this plugin looks really well thought out and designed, looking foward to grabbing it soon.
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This is so good. I have almost all the Neural stuff, AmpliTube, TH-U, Guitar Rig, and Bias. This is much easier to find amazing tones.
Glad you’re enjoying it!! Thank you 🙌🏻
So much easier to find good tones! This plugin kicks ass.
How many GB is this?
@@sgguitar The installer size for Mac is 55mb and the Windows installer is 26mb. It is very light weight but does a lot.
@@thomask9577, thanks! That's a nice surprice. I will buy it latest next month.
I'm glad you went independent and invested on creating your own plugin instead of depending on a company like NeuralDSP, your plugin sound so much better and has better potential, my request is that you can port this to iOS as it'll be the ultimate amp sim on iOS as currently there a no other better alternatives there and this can run fine on newer M1-M2 iPads, many of us use the iPad as the most portable solution for guitar and I hope you can also capitalize on this segment as you are always really business-savvy besides being a great guitarist, thanks!
Thank you !! And… we hear you ;)
@@polychromedsp Thanks, I hope you port it soon! :)
This is a f*cking gem, really really really nice in every aspect. Well done!!!!!
Well this just replaced all my DSP software… What an incredible product, Thomas!
Same! It's amazing.
Sounds Fire Thomas, I hope you sell a billion copies!
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I AM THE BIGGEST MR.THOMAS MCROCKLIN FAN THAT THERE IS..
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HIS USE OF EFFECT"S...
You guys killed it! In the short time I’ve had it, It’s already turned into my main guitar plug-in
🙌🏻
+1
Genuinely the best plugin I’ve ever played
💜💜💜
Can you tell me what makes you say this exactly?
@@matthewmp111 For me, it's the cleanness of the input signal and how it translates to the preamps. Over the years of trying Guitar Rig, Amplitube, Sansamp, Digidesign, and Logic amplifier emulators, all of them suffered from awful preamp noise and unsatisfactory overdrive. Even with an average USB preamp, Polychrome just sounds incredible, like a dedicated hardware modeller.
A music production and musician friend of mine sent me to this video. The sounds are amazing. Can't wait to FAFO what I can achieve with this program. Fuggin.....spicy.
Don’t forget this is quite an old version now, 1.6 is a massive leap ahead and is currently on offer on our website 👍🏻👍🏻
Great sound!
Thanks!
Bought your axe fx patches, a while back , and now got your Polychrome Plug in . Love it !!
Thank you! : )
Sounds great, will have a play around with the demo today.
Enjoy!
I bought this plugin yesterday and it's such a beast! I'm far from a tech guy, so I was overjoyed to see so many amazing and very, very usable presets right off the bat! It really is an inspiring tool, and the PolyChrome team should be proud of what they have achieved with this. And thank you for the lack of latency!!! For those of you who like the sound of McRockin's guitar tones do yourself a favor and get this today. Best $100 you're going to spend in a while.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank you so much!
How many GB is this plugin?
Congrats Thomas! Already purchased and looking forward to deep diving into the capabilities of PolychromeDSP!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you!! What a guy.
such an awesome guitarist!
Done! Bought it !!! Congrats for the launch 🥳 Thanks Thomas & Team 🔥
Awesome! Thank you!
before this plugin, i was signal chaining 4-5 different plugins for a tech death tone. i got it in 3 minutes with a free IR loader and this plugin. good stuff mcrocklin
Glad you’re enjoying it!!! 👋🏻
I purchased PolyChrome DSP within a day or two of release, didn't bother with the demo version.
The more I use it and learn how to use it, and explore it, the better it gets.
I have other guitar plugins, but PolyChrome DSP has been my fav since I got it.
It lets me focus on sculpting and creating tones, and focus on the sounds I'm getting, vs other guitar plugins that are digital models of real world gear rigs which I find less efficient and tedious since they don't take advantage of the possibilities of digital workflow that can break away from traditional approaches, like PolyChrome DSP.
Cheers!
Sounds fantastic! I'd love to learn more about how you developed this software suite. How you decided on features/tones/interface, what it was like communicating that to developers, how much effort went into tweaking all the sounds etc. Maybe even how it's programmed and works behind the scenes. Nerdy stuff!
Hehe sounds fun!
Thomas THIS is crazy awesome! Wow I am so blown away!
Thank you so much!
I'm definitely interested in this. It sounds ridiculously good!
Thanks!! Take it for a spin.
Tyler, do yourself a favor and drop the $100. You won't regret it.
@matthewmp111 I did last night and am blown away!
@@tylerobrien2666 I bought it last night and am blown away as well! It kicks ass, right?
@@matthewmp111 the acoustic sim especially and the delays/verns are top notch.
Back when I first heard that you were working on this, I knew it was going to be a game changer. Installed and noodled around this afternoon and I was right, it’s EPIC! I only got thru around half of the presets and they are awesome! Well done Thomas and the team! 😁👍
Thank you so much! 💜
wow this is awesome - beautiful interface - so much diversity in tone shaping - must have for any guitarist/composer audio production person/studio - nice job here Thomas - most important the sounds are amazing
Thank you so much!! 💜💜
Absolutely killer product. Cant's wait to dig into it in depth over the weekend. Well done!
Thank you! : )
Thank you Thomas for my new go to guitar plugin. This plugin is Fantastic and I'm looking forward to future improvements!
Thank you so much!
Already set up my tones for my next EP :D :D feeling inspired by this amazing tool !! thanks guys !
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McRocklin' in a box... I like this idea. I'll give the demo a try, but my QC might get jealous!
His QC didn't 👀
First day purchase!! what a beast of a plugin. congrats, thomas, and thank you for your effort!
Thank you!! We're soooo happy you're enjoying it!
Just got the vst amazing sounds this is the goto suite for beginners to experienced great work.
fiddling around with the demo version right now, love it so far!
Happy exploring!
Cool ,was wondering about the input gain I use focusrite scarlets which have a ring to tell you if you are clipping ,could also use it to turn down the input gain if it’s still to high . Can’t wait to try this my MacBook is only 2012 but it’s running catalina & with a decent spec . My iMac is 2015 & running Monterey or Ventura I think . They both meet & exceed the minimum standards on the web page .
Thanks for an informative video
Are you serious WOW WHAT A PLUG IN...tell me I'm getting what i just heard...its nothing short of ground breaking...seriously epic stuff
Enjoy! 💜💜💜
this looks really cool, looking forward to trying it out!
Thanks!! Let us know how you get on. 🤘🏻
the presets sound exactly like these in the demo. when i tried it . thats the most impressive part well done thomas
Our job is done.. Well maybe not quite, more cool things coming to the McRocklin Suite soon :)
I’m in love. Absolutely love it.
🙌🏻
Exciting!!!
definitely gonna check this out, congratz on the release :)
👋🏻💜
This is really amazing, can’t wait to try it out! Your playing is ridiculous by the way!
Thank you! : )
Amazing
This looks very cool...zero delay you say? oh my, got my attention now
The plug-in runs at 0.045ms. It’s very VERY low latency :)
Sounds great
Just bought this. Sounds amazing
Thank you! : )
I tried out the plugin and oh boy does it have well defined lead tones and flexibility! Great job! There's one thing that I've been trying to figure out. Is there some kind of auto-tune type of note definer or something? I can't understand how this digs up and details my playing much more than any amp or plugin ever before. Feels like it's almost impossible to not play clearly and with incredible precision. Sure, I can hear if my guitar is out of tune so if there's any kind of auto-tune, it has to be flexible and not limited to semitone intervals rather than microtones or quantumtones lol and the incredible gate just drops the cherry on top. Or maybe this just makes me play better. What a great plugin!
It could be because our latency is generally incredibly low VS some other plugins. The result is it feels super responsive. Especially so with 1.2. Sonic Empire. Enjoy!!
I just found my next birthday self-present :D sounds amazing, I also love Thomas' style!
💜👋🏻
You're going to love it! I do.
Well, I gave this plugin a try a few days back and I wasn't so impressed ....till I realized, by using my "traditional" amp sims, that my UA Console driving my Apollo interface for some reason did mess up the usual channel strip and preamp thus giving my sounds an undesirable sparkling touch. Today I hit the button on this video and ....wow, ...it can't be that this plugin had to be that bad so I decided to give it a second try to its demo and ... I'm glad to say that it's really a beast of amp sim, covering everything and more. Yeah, I'm gonna buy it ... p.s. watch properly your tools before judging 🙂
We’re so happy you gave it a chance and figured out your issue, thank you! 👋🏻
Very well done. The acoustic amp alone is worth the price. So, the next challenge is to manufacture a very small pedal board fitting in a gigbag with the required cpu power to take your 8 favorite tones to a gig (I wrote 8 but 5 could be enough for most of us), under 500$, with all outputs required to feed the console and the stage cab, no touch screen needed as all edits would be made through laptop or phone, and with just 3 digital knobs above each switch to adjust on the fly Gain, FX volume (delay & verb to match the venue) and main Volume for each preset/switch. And this would be the dream package for 80% of guitar playing situations :p) An optional (included ) wireless transmitter would be the cherry on Santa's cake
Thank you! : )
Just wanted to drop another comment in here and rave about it some more... You can really tell how every part of this software is carefully crafted with purpose; nothing is phoned in and just there for the sake of being there.
Thank you Sean! So happy you’re enjoying it as much as we are.
Wohoo! I would love to buy you a beer sometime and talk about that time in Hollywood Bowl 1993 when you opened for Joe Satriani, ran out in the audience and almost gave me a high five! We could also talk about women, cats, and why there is night in one spot and daytime at another at the same time and the sillyness why flat earthers don't get it. Cheers from Sweden! :)
Haha sounds like an epic moment. (Thomas here) I believe my mum flew over for that gig, so it was a very special show, as it was the first time she’d seen me play live at that type of venue!
We must connect on that high five some day 🙌🏻
🤘😎👍 Nice work dude!
Thank you! : )
I really like it i cyber lead is my fav, things that i would like to have
- a tuner
-making it work with a boss fs-1-wl or midi controller for switching channels
But other than that, this is my favorite pluggin right now.
Thank you! : )
Also, those will be included soon.
Very cool. I really wish you would alter your demo though. Doing a one or 2 week trial of the FULL plug in is so much better, getting access to all the presets , etc to see if I really want to drop the money on it.
Is this not the case ? So what do you get with the demo ?
@@roryt1985 you get access to around 10 presets out of hundreds and then every 60 seconds it mutes it for 3 seconds. It’s really bizarre.
All the features just minus the presets are available, happy exploring 👍🏻
Ahh well done mate. This is a huge achievement! You managed to get everything in there except for only one thing... your version of Blue Cat's feedback plugin. Maybe you could add that on an update?
Cheers! I haven't used that in my staple line of sounds for a little while, but who knows what the future will bring. We do have some very cool plans though : )
Great plugin, happy to have purchased. How do I get tempo / drum beats to go with presets please? Like the Breakbeat Bass in the end? If not OOTB, any reco?
I bought it earlier during the launch.
Thank you!!
Sounds fantastic Thomas! I really like your streamlined approach to create your own custom artist based plugin. It seems extremely versatile. Just curious... did you create this plugin by using something like the Neural or Fractal capture technology to capture all of your favorite gear into custom IR's and then hire a software developer to build all of your IR's into a custom user interface?
Hey thanks!
No we do not ‘sample’ or profile in any way.
So every drive, and amp etc, is built from scratch. It’s more work this way, but gives a much better final result 👍🏻
I love it I buy now!!
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Hi Thomas. Amazing work on the plugin. Downloaded the trial and having lots of fun with it. Awesome tones!! One question - in audio/Midi settings, I can select my midi footswitch from the active midi inputs but I can't figure out how to 'learn' midi notes to control the elements of the plugin, like the FX. I couldn't find anything in the pdf manual - am I missing something obvious? Also, a few things that I think would really make this plugin unbeatable would be a built in tuner, a mute button, a metronome and a tap tempo on the delay. The ability to stack the reverbs would also be awesome too - like a short room (shop) and then space with a longer tail - but I appreciate that could be way out of scope! :)
Good morning. Tuner, metronome and other new features is about to drop in an update. Midi is coming soon too! 👋🏻
Noooo ILok
🤘🏻 🌟 🤘
Sounds amazing Thomas! Congrats!
The only thing I'm missing there is a transpose function, so I don't need to retune the guitar.
Thanks, enjoy!!
Why not learn to actually change keys as a musician??
Much love but transposing is a crutch
@@_LOFI_N_LAMBSBREAD ever used floyd rose? Some people can't afford 10 guitars for each tuning and having to go from standard to drop C, makes things flabby, so you need different gauge of strings and your nut re-cut for them. So yea... in short I don't agree with you :)
Super impressive, make a guitar effects console.
Neural DSP Quad Cortex: Differences?
This doesn’t have foot switch?!
QC is hardware this is software, and a lot less money.
Is the Wide effect similar to a doubler?
Kinda yes, but technically its a mid-side processor, designed for to McRocklin's spec.
Nice demo and really liking the sound. I was wondering though...the latency is nice and all, but how CPU efficient is the plugin overall? Is it less power hungry than those of known competitors?
It’s around 30% lighter on resources than our competitors, it’s also Apple Silicon native and our install size is incredibly small for what’s included. 👍🏻
@@polychromedsp thank you for answering! This plugin might be my new weapon of choice then. :)
Great!, it reminds me a little bit of the interface of Aurora DSP, are they involved on creating this?
No, they are not. Happy exploring!
@@polychromedsp ha! :) the interface still reminds me of Aurora DSP Rhino but the sounds are excellent here ;)
trying the demo version sounds amazing 🤘
whats that daw?
This was Ableton 👍🏻
Enjoy!
Sounds great !!! What DAW would you recommend to get? I've got a MacBook Air M2 (2022) so hopefully I can make it work. I'm thinking of getting a focusrite solo
We use Ableton, but it the software works with Logic, and any other Daw such as Reaper etc.
Feel free to join out discord to discuss options with the community 👍🏻
This looks awesome. That said, I've never done more than plug a guitar into a couple pedals and an amp. DO you have, or can you recommend, a video or two that start at the absolute beginning when it comes to getting into software like this? I'm finding that a lot of the "introductions" out there still assume I know more than I do. (and ya, I'm searching the internet, but was also curious what you yourself might recommend.) Thanks!
Hello! Using this suite is very easy, you need a computer, typically from the last 5-6 years or so. Then you’ll need an audio interface which is what you use to connect your guitar to your computer. You’ll also need some headphones, or speakers to hear your computer, and finally the McRocklin Suite itself. We have a fantastic community on www.polychromedsp.com/discord/ which is a great way to find help getting up and running. McRocklin, mods, and the team as well as fellow users are there 👍🏻
Hope this helps.
@@polychromedsp Thanks so much. I'm in the discord now. Appreciate ya!
This sounds awesome! I see the delay has a pitch shift, so is there just an overall pitch shift for drop tunings? 👀
No, we’re not a big fan of how people are doing that right now. It ads additional latency which drives Thomas crazy. This plug-in runs at 0.02 ms of latency which is incredibly responsive.
Thomas, may I ask what pickups you're using in this guitar, as well as the pickups in that beautiful black Delos that you play? Both sound wonderful in different ways.
Hey, the MCR6X guitar has Fishman McRocklin Custom Series pickups, in purple. The Delos has Fishman Classics. 👍🏻
@@polychromedsp Thank you for your responsiveness! One more question-what sort of audio interface are you using? Im using the Focusrite Scarlet, but I feel like I could do better.
Just wondering if the acoustic amp section will work well with a piezo pickup? Absolutely about to grab this bit of kit!!!
It’ll work fantastic with that yes! McRocklin used it for that on a Twitch stream last night.
@@polychromedsp That's awesome to hear!!
Sounds incredible! I have a question. Can we turn off amp and cab section if we want to use FX only?
Not currently perhaps 1.1
@@polychromedsp Nice. Already tried the demo and I think an EQ before the amp and an IR loader will make it even more versatile!
sounds pretty good! who are the programmers?
All in house at PolyChrome DSP.
This looks (& sounds) incredible. What interface should I be looking at to connect to my PC to use this? I don't see requirements on the website
Thanks! The requirements are at the bottom of the page. An Intel I5 CPU or better is recommended. For interfaces, there's lots of choices from Focusrite, Audient, and Presonus etc. If you have any questions at all, feel free to pop over to the community Discord polychromedsp.com/discord there's lots of friendly peeps discussing various etc : )
Guitar rig
Is there a possibility to change presets without latency via an USB MIDI controller? (Something which Neural DSP cannot do without a noticeable latency)
Coming real soon :)
Impressive response & freshness, a lot. I wonder how much cpu is McRocklin eating in your Mac. I'm in an old DDR3 PC scheme with a Phenom II x6 1100T (Win 10 22H2) and the beast bites 50%!!! Is that i'm using my mobo audio card instead a dedicated one? Thx in advance.
It’s very light on your cpu, on average around 30% lighter than the competition. 👍🏻
@@polychromedsp Whatever, i'll go to a Core i9 13ºgen, your amp worth it very mach.
Just bought the plug-in. Sounds great!!!!
Can I use the midi controller to change the patch or effects in the future？
Thank you! Thomas used Ableton but native switching is coming too 👍🏻
I have some questions. Thomas' demo was great. I want to know if this is just an "expansion pack" and I need to buy some host for this to work or is it a stand alone plugin. Also-on the acoustic demos he just did. Is he using a piezo or split that Fishman Fluence down to a single coil. And if I wanted to use tis as a live guitar tone, is there a footswitch to buy for this to control it live? Thanks for your time!
This is a stand alone. There's a lot more answers in the Polychrome DSP discord
You can use the plug-in standalone or in your a Daw such as logic, Cubase or Ableton etc.
On the acoustic, Thomas used Fishman Fluence. But the acoustic sim works amazing with any single coil input. We’ve tested it with Fender, Ibanez, PRS, Kiesel etc. For foot switches, there’s lots on the market and we’re currently working with some companies to make it work great right out of the box. That update will be coming real soon 👍🏻
@@polychromedsp I also use Fishman Fluence which is why I was asking if that is what he was using here or if he had a piezo in that guitar. It will work with Protools?
@@thatbaldguitarguy Absolutely, all plug-in formats are included.
How much space does this plugin take on the mac? Must be a lot of GB.
Looks cool, is it M1 native or do you have to use rosetta ?
It’s Apple silicon native.
I'm having trouble getting my Polychrome to play into Garageband. Any suggestions? I'm using a Scarlet 212 into Garageband.
Hey, we've not had any issues of Logic/GarageBand not picking up the McRocklin Suite, or any other plugin. If you are still experiencing issues, please drop us a support ticket on the website, or feel free to pop on Discord at polychromedsp.com/discord where members of the team, mods and other users can more easily help out. Thanks!
I really consider buying this, but I would like to know how many GB it is on a mac? It must be taking up a lot of space.
A hundred megabytes or so in total for the standalone app and all of the DAW plugin formats. The standalone program is a tiny 15.9MB. Obviously beautifully efficient code.
"and you dont even need an iLok" haha
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Awesome!! How many devices can this be installed on per license?
You get 10 included as standard :)
I have a PC and an iPad. Do I have to choose a platform or can I register both platforms for one purchase?
You get both PC and Mac installs included.
This product is not for iPad. 👍🏻
i don't understand how this with latency works, i downloaded the demo version, used ASIO4ALL set the samples to 64 Samples ( 0.4ms ) and i still get hearable latency. Does everyone just play with that latency or am i doing something wrong ?
I would love to buy the PolyChrome DSP but i am still better of with direct audio monitoring and my MXR pedal at the moment :(
Hello! It sounds like your audio interface doesn’t natively support low latency asio drivers. Feel free to pop in to our community Discord for done advice, we’ve a lot of users that recently got up and running. That’s here:
www.polychromedsp.com/discord
thank Ola for turning me on to this....gonna check it out
Cheers!
This needs a tuner & metronome in standalone.
On it, coming soon 👍🏻
@@polychromedsp I was hoping for some sweet harmony FX too...
@@davidroikit8121 Not likely for this Suite, Thomas doesn't use that effect. You can however set the grains to various pitches, and of course SYNTH-OCT is a beast for downward pitch.
@@polychromedsp There is a whole in the market for a plugin with great harmony FX. There is on the Neural Tim Henson but its awful.
please share how to external midi control!!!! already bought one
Thomas uses Ableton currently, native midi support is coming in an update 👌🏻
I would like to know how to achieve 0 latency ..what audio drivers should I be using( Microsoft) or (AISO) because neither of them are able to offer 0 latency...I think its important for a new users...using this software
The plug-in runs at near 0 latency. Your interface will have some latency, McRocklin has his set at 6ms total round trip which feels incredibly responsive.
Do the plugins need some kind of software to work? In other words, is it enough to buy and download the PolyChrome DSP or do I need something else to make it work? As you can see, I don't know anything about computer plugins and I want to start using them. Thank you.
Hi, this works standalone or with recording software. So other than having an audio interface you don’t need much else. Feel free to drop by polychromedsp.com/discord many of the users as well as the team are on there to help you get started, and much more. Have a great weekend.
@@polychromedsp Thank you! Likewise...
Ok, finally I bought the software. Let's see how it sounds... 🙂
The clean sound is just from the software? Clean into a interface?
Yep 👍🏻 di direct to interface.
Also Neural allows a FULL trial of their plugin. Whereas Polychrome will cut off 3 seconds of sound for every minute of trial AND limit your use to 10 presets without the “saving” option. In my opinion, this is a weird way to make a guitar player like your product…
Hey thanks for your comment and for checking the plug-in out. We don’t disable any features, such as amps, and effects etc. Most people seem to be loading the default patch ‘Int preset’, see how efficient and responsive it is to your playing, and then quickly upgrade to the full version.
On some products ten presets is a pretty decent amount, remember the Int preset also everything setup and ready to use.
Thomas did go full beast mode on his presets though! Thanks again.
@@polychromedsp This was part 2 of my comment below regarding the user interface which I did not like
This is sounding good...BUT...it uses around 35% more CPU than my STL Tones & AmpRoom plugins in Ableton.
Very odd, maybe shoot us an email or pop on the Discord. It’s the one of the most efficient Suites that we’ve run on our test machines. In fact one of our customers that joined the discord was running it on an 11 year old CPU at 8% total usage. This sparked us to try it on a very old Mac Mini which it also ran well on. Let’s get to the bottom of this, and make sure you’re getting the most out of it 👍🏻
What audio interface is recommended?
Hi, our users are using anything from Focusrite Solo’s to RME Baby Face Pro, and Universal Audio products. Feel free to join the community on polychromedsp.com/discord where all of things are frequently being discussed 👍🏻
I run my OD, fuzz and distortion pedals into my Two Notes Le Clean, and my modulation, delay and reverb pedals into it's effects loop. I use the XLR out to connect to my Yamaha ag06 mixer. Will the Mcrocklin Suite "play nice" with this external rig?