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Digital Guitar Tone – amplifier emulation

Rackmount Guitar Effect Processors 2014

Guitar amp/effect emulation is a complex subject but can play a big part in finding great or unique sounds.

Avid Pro Tools Eleven Rack

sts-guitar-tuningThe Pro Tools Eleven Rack is a hardware/software bundle that provides one of the more competitive recording and amplifier emulation solutions for guitar players at present. Pro Tools Eleven Rack is a hardware/software bundle that provides the ultimate recording and amplifier emulation solution for guitar players. It comes with the high-quality, DSP-accelerated Eleven Rack hardware interface, industry-standard Pro Tools Software, standalone Eleven Rack Editor application, and built-in Eleven Rack Expansion Pack, providing everything you need—and more—to showcase your skills. No matter how you use it, you’ll always have the right tone at your fingertips—in the studio or on stage.

Price: Approx $639.99

Avid Pro Tools Eleven Rack


Line 6 Pod HD

guitar-tonesPOD® HD500X and Pro X deliver an incredible combination of powerful features and amazing tone to inspire your creativity. Featuring extraordinary depth, character and versatility, POD HD X multi-effects will take your playing and your sound further than ever before. Use your POD HD500X or Pro X* as a MIDI controller, the ultimate audio interface for recording guitar and the center of your performing universe. With cutting-edge technology and all the power you need to define your sound, POD HD500X and Pro X are the most advanced POD multi-effects—ever.

Price: Approx $699.99

Line 6 Pod HD


Kemper Profiler Head

guitar-tonesThe Kemper Profiler is an entirely new and groundbreaking concept for guitar amplification. Finally guitar players are able to easily transfer their signature sounds into a conveniently sized box and take them anywhere: to the rehearsal, into the studio – and most important of all – on stage. For your convenience, the KPA comes loaded with 199 factory profiles created by top engineers and producers in premiere studios around the world.

Price: Approx $2,017.00

Kemper Profiler Head


Fractal Audio Systems Axe-Fx II XL

guitar tonesThe Axe-Fx II XL is the ultimate all-in-one preamp/effects processor. It contains a incredible virtual inventory of hundreds of vintage and modern guitar amps, speaker cabinets, guitar stompbox and studio effects, and more. It accurately recreates the sound and feel of tube amps and can tone match the sound of your live amp or a recording. It is ideal for both stage and studio use, with heavy-duty construction and a high-quality, low-noise design.

Price: Approx $2,499.95

Fractal Audio Systems


On-Line listing at Sweetwater

Rackmount Guitar Effects – Sweetwater

On-Line listing at Guitar Center

Rackmount Guitar Effects – Guitar Center