The story
My great grandfather passed before I could really say I knew him, but he left behind a 1950’s Ampex reel-to-reel machine that I use often. The tape component hardly functions, but the tube pre has a ferocious, noisy tone when pushed.
I set out to make a collection of cinematic guitar-ecosystems using this preamp’s fussy charm. I also didn’t quite want these patches to resemble guitar playing too closely, so I ended up dangling an EBow from a shoelace above the bridge pickup, scraping the strings with cutlery, and other similar tomfoolery.
Each of the patches includes four signals pannable and mixable via the GUI: two “clean” mic signals bypassing the Ampex 600 and the same two mic signals after being sent in to be dirtied by the Ampex 600. The mics themselves are Slate microphones modeled to emulate the Royer R-121 and the Telefunken 251e. These were placed on a Fender Deluxe VM cab.
Included Patches:
Ash Clouds
Droplets
Festering Thrums
Iridescence
Serrated Neon
Sunspots
Thunderstep
Volt-Hammer
Reviews for Hunter’s Ampex Ecosystems
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- Character
- Playability
- Inspiration
- GUI
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I absolutely love it.
Such raw character, I just wish we had more notes available, but it`s hauntingly beautiful.
A Beast... That is all...
This was one of the first things I downloaded on PB, I'm not sure why its taken me so long to review it, as it quickly became one fo my favourite instruments here. This instrument is really easy to implement into a track and can add a lot of texture and colour to your music. Amongst the other great patches included, the gnarly bass notes from 'Thunderstep' have been one of my go to sounds, and the percussive elements in the 'Volt Hammer' patch give you all of those Trent Reznor-esque industrial sounds. This is simply one of PB's best
Super inspiring guitar sounds
This is really a fantastic guitar library. There are 8 patches with a great variety of sounds ranging from distorted drones to more dreamy tones. All of them sound superb and are very inspiring. The GUI looks really cool too. Definitely get this one!
Filthy Gorgeous
Five Stars all the way. Top quality dirty guitar atmospheres with lots of tweakability. Just add splosh
New Dark Ambient favorite
Absolutely loved the sounds, really great for scoring or for adding an extra edge to industrial/dark ambient pieces. The lovely GUI just adds the icing on the cake of a great instrument. Bravo!
