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BackWaves Expands GTR3 With Neil Citron Amp Models
11/1/2008
Waves Audio announces the release of the latest version of GTR3, developed in association with acclaimed guitar maker Paul Reed Smith. The new GTR3 update includes six new classic modeled amps and seven new cabs from GRAMMY® -winning guitar expert Neil Citron. As a guitar tech and recording engineer for six-string superheroes like Slash, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather and Larry Carlton, nobody knows more than Neil about how to get great guitar sounds. With Citron's contributions, GTR3, the flagship of Waves' line of guitar sound processing tools, now includes a total of 32 modeled guitar and bass amps.
From the personal settings on his customized Carvin® Legacy, Ibanez® TN120 Thermion and modified '60s 100W Marshall® Plexi amps, to his vintage handmade cabinets and hand-picked microphones, Citron's unmatched expertise and years of experience bring new dimensions to GTR3. Waves precision-modeled Citron's unique amp configurations and studio techniques, which deliver a realistic, nuanced sound that few producers have been able to achieve. In the modeling process, the amps were miked and sampled using Neve mic-pres and EQ'd exactly the way Citron would record them in a tracking session. Six models resulted from this process: "Clean" and "Crunch" Legatron (based on a customized Carvin Legacy), "Clean" and "Crunch" Thermitron (based on an Ibanez TN120 Thermion) and "Clean" and "Crunch" Plexitron (based on a modified 1960s 100W Marshall Plexi).
As with all Waves models, GTR3 and the new Citron models offer more than approximations of classic sounds. They accurately replicate every last detail of the original gear. "As someone who owns these actual amps, take it from me -- with GTR3, now you do too!" stated Citron.
Back From the personal settings on his customized Carvin® Legacy, Ibanez® TN120 Thermion and modified '60s 100W Marshall® Plexi amps, to his vintage handmade cabinets and hand-picked microphones, Citron's unmatched expertise and years of experience bring new dimensions to GTR3. Waves precision-modeled Citron's unique amp configurations and studio techniques, which deliver a realistic, nuanced sound that few producers have been able to achieve. In the modeling process, the amps were miked and sampled using Neve mic-pres and EQ'd exactly the way Citron would record them in a tracking session. Six models resulted from this process: "Clean" and "Crunch" Legatron (based on a customized Carvin Legacy), "Clean" and "Crunch" Thermitron (based on an Ibanez TN120 Thermion) and "Clean" and "Crunch" Plexitron (based on a modified 1960s 100W Marshall Plexi).
As with all Waves models, GTR3 and the new Citron models offer more than approximations of classic sounds. They accurately replicate every last detail of the original gear. "As someone who owns these actual amps, take it from me -- with GTR3, now you do too!" stated Citron.
