Sonatura Audio Amp Sim Noir Tones v1.1.11 [MacOSX]

Specifically designed for Jazz, Country, slide guitar, accordion, steel guitar, and other instruments and genres that focus on the quality of the amp's reproduction of the instrument, rather than how much distortion can be produced. Sonatura's engineers have meticulously reproduced three classic amps that are so rare, most musicians have never even played through them.

Working with the Gibson™ Saturn, Silvertone™ 1344a, and Oahu™ Valco™ amps, all of their parameters have been faithfully and meticulously reproduced. We used a combination of neural modeling, circuit emulation, and impulse responses to create the best of all possible worlds.

Prefer a standalone amp sim, without having to open up your DAW? We've got you covered! The standalone is available for both Mac and PC. The PC version has full ASIO support for extremely low latency. (The Mac version doesn't require ASIO to have low latency.)

There are two sections - the first models each amp with the original controls, and the second models the response of the speakers, through various microphones, as well as the room response of the Fun House, the main studio at PME Records. In addition, the position of each of three mics, the Shure™ SM57, the Sennheiser™ MD421, and the Royer™ R-121 ribbon, can be varied from the center of the cone to the edge, and all points in between. There's also an E-V™ Re-20 mic on the back of the cabinet. And finally, an ORTF stereo pair is out in the room, with the stereo image and distance delay kept intact. Every channel has Mute, Solo, Volume, and Pan controls, along with an LED meter.

Each of the two sections can be individually bypassed to allow the use of the amp alone as a direct signal, or for integrating with your favorite amp sim or IR loader. The suite as a whole is perfect for use as a pedal platform, sending your own pedal board right into the amp, and play through the standalone product with no DAW.

NOIR TONES - Three amps giving us the darker feel of Jazz

Classic Clean Jazz Tones

Hard-to-Find Amps

Ability to Move Microphones

Stereo ORTF Room Mics

Full Mixing Capability

All Parameters Can Be Automated

Flexible Bypass Abilities

Same Controls as the Original Amps

Neurally Modeled

Great Mics and Great Preamps

VIDEOS
Have a listen to Jim Soloway as he puts his prized guitars through the paces of Noir Tones.

And in the walkthrough, come with us as we go through the controls. You'll be surprised at how easy it is to get around, and how quickly you can get a great tone!

Sample Audio
Special thanks to Ron Lee, Gary Paul and Jake Alvarez for these samples!
Here are five Noir Tones samples:

Song 1 - Gary Paul
00:00 - Direct Guitar
00:09 - Saturn no Presence - all controls at midpoint, with reverb
00:19 - Saturn Presence - all controls at midpoint
00:28 - 1344A - all controls at midpoint
00:38 - Valveco Maui - input down, output up

Song 2 - Jake Alvarez
00:00 - Direct Guitar
00:25 - Saturn Slight Trem, room mics
00:50 - Saturn Presence, slight reverb, ribbon, rear, and room mics
01:15 - 1344a - no bass, full treble, all mics bypassed

Song 3 - Jake Alvarez
00:00 - Direct Guitar
00:13 - No amp, SM57, MD421 and RE-20 mics with Valveco Maui speaker
00:26 - Saturn, presence on, bass down, treble up, reverb on 6, MD421, R-121 and Room Mics

Song 4 - Ron Lee plays How Insensitive

Song 5 - Ron Lee plays Georgia

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