Softube Marshall Murder One Lemmy Signature & Celestion Speaker Shaper
Two new Softube plugins designed to perfect your guitar and bass tones
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Softube Marshall Murder One Lemmy Signature & Celestion Speaker Shaper · Source: Softube
The new Marshall Murder One Lemmy Signature by Softube is an attempt to emulate the late bass legend’s classic amp head, and help get you close to his raucous tones. Another interesting new tool is Celestion Speaker Shaper, programmed to let you get super geeky with your speaker emulations.
Marshall Murder One Lemmy Signature
Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister was famous for his use of the Rickenbacker bass and walls of Marshall amplifiers and speakers. In later years, he is often pictured with a modified Super Bass 100W, nicknamed Murder One. This is the amp head that Softube has digitised and recreated for use within your DAW.
Ace of Tone
SOftube says the Marshall Murder One Lemmy Signature is a precise emulation of the original amplifier and the custom-made speakers played by the speed fuelled rocker. Lemmy’s setup is crucial to the history of heavy metal, so this new plug-in could be a go-to for rock ‘n’ roll or punk rock sounds, for both bass and guitar. Both Jimi Hendrix, who Lemmy famously once roadied for, and Jimmy Page used the Super Bass 100W amp head, so it is certainly a core part of that rock tone.
The original Lemmy rig, recorded at the original studio
At his Maple Sound Studios in California, Motörhead’s Grammy-winning producer Cameron Webb recorded Lemmy’s exact speaker setup used in the studio and on tour: a Marshall MF280L 4×12′′ and a Marshall 1979L 4×15′′.
And thankfully, the Murder One Lemmy plug-in also has numerous presets, including some of the long-standing Motörhead producers based on Lemmy’s sound. I think this will really help you to dial in those heavy bass and guitar tone for your tracks, so a nice way to get a huge gnarly sound, warts and all, in your music.
Murder One Videos
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Celestion Speaker Shaper
“Goodbye IR Loader. Hello Control.” is how Softubbe has chosen to introduce the new Celestion Speaker Shaper plug-in. Softube has teamed up directly with the legendary speaker manufacturer Celestion and come up with this stunningly extensive tool set for guitar, bass and even synth sounds.
Softube Celestion Speaker Shaper · Source: Softube
What’s on offer?
Two virtual cabinets can be connected in parallel and the specifications for almost everything can be adjusted independently of each other:
- 11 famous speakers from 8″ to 24″
- 3 channels per speaker and 8 microphone options per channel
- Speaker resolution
- Impedance
- Magnet type and strength (e.g. B. Ferrite M and H, AlNiCo, Neodymium)
- open or closed housings
- Spatial sound
- 4-band EQ and much more
Now you can mix and match your hardware so that you can for example play through a 8×24′′ vintage 30 cabinet or any other combination you desire. When experimenting, you can choose from these eleven legendary and officially authorized models: Vintage 30, G12T-75, G12K-100, G12M Greenback, G12M-65 Creamback, G12M Heritage, Classic Lead 80, Celestion Blue, PULSE12, BL10-100X and BN10-200K.
Speaker Shaper also offers users eight classic microphones for fine-tuning: Dyn 57, Dyn 7B, Dyn 421, Dyn 112, Cond 87, Cond C414, Cond 47, and Rib 121. Up to three microphones can be placed in front of each speaker to capture the sound exactly as you want it. And when you’re done with it, you should take a look at some of those integrated effects, so you can add your final touches. Of course, all this can also be used in the in-house Amp Room as well.
Celestion Speaker Shaper Video
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Price and Specifications
Both plug-ins cost 89 euros in the introductory price, later regularly 99 euros. You need Mac OS X 10.13 or later / Windows 10 64 bit as well as an account with Softube and iLok.
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One response to “Softube Marshall Murder One Lemmy Signature & Celestion Speaker Shaper”
Lemmy’ll be laughing all the way from the chair of his one-armed-bandit in the afterlife.
‘It’s alright, this plugin’ he’d say, ‘but it isn’t loud enough’ 😁