JAES 2023 Web Audio Special Issue: Rocking the Web with Browser-based Simulations
of Tube Guitar Amplifiers
Latency measures (Mac OS Monterey, Mac Book Pro 2019 Intel, 64go ram)
User tests of Web Audio tube guitar amp sim plugins
Table with detailed user evaluations
Roger Lartheau, pro guitar teacher, Biot School of Music, plays all styles (preferred: Jazz)
Blues Machine plugin
The Blues Machine plugin simulates several amplifiers (switchable using the drop down menu), inspired
by classic Blues/Rock Classic Amps such as Vox, Fender, Marshall JCM 800 and variants, etc.
Clean blues sound:
Crunchy sound preset:
Different presets, different guitars, Palmer neutral amp + Marshall 2x12 Speakers:
Metal Machine plugin
Metal Etalon preset (hi-gain)
Clean Machine Plugin
Jordan Sintes, master student in music composition, composed and produced two metal albums
Metal Machine plugin, diverse plugins
On Adam 3x studio monitors
On Marshall 2x12 cabinet
Bandlab standard and pro amp sims, at 2:22 comparison with Metal Machine plugin
Clean Machine, diverse presets, Adam A3X studio monitors
Blues Machine, diverse presets, Adam A3X
Quentin Plet, master student in computer music production, Jazz background
Blues Machine plugin
Clean Blues sound, Marshall 2x12 cabinet:
Beefy sound preset, Marshall 2x12 Cabinet:
Crunchy sound, Fender Stratocaster, Marshall 2x12 Cabinet:
Metal Machine plugin
Fender Stratocaster, Metal Etalon preset, Marshall 2x12 cabinet:
Clean Machine plugin
Fender Stratocaster, Folk metal strings preset, Marshall 2x12 cabinet:
Michel Winter, Computer Science teacher (master level), amateur guitar player, no academic music training, has
played in several classic rock bands
Clean Machine
Diverse presets, Adam A3X studio monitors:
Blues Machine
Clean Blues preset, Adam A3W studio cabinets:
Beefy preset, Marshall 2x12 cabinet:
Diverse presets, Adam A3X studio monitors:
Metal Machine
Diverse presets, Adam A3X studio monitors
Guillaume Besse, web developer, amateur guitar player, no academic music training, small experience playing in
classic rock bands, plays mostly at home
Blues Machine
Beefy preset
Crunchy preset, Adam A3X studio monitors
Crunchy preset, Marshall 2x12 cabinet
Diverse presets
Metal Machine
Metal KO preset
Bandlab Amp Sims
Clean Machine
Diverse presets
Jean-Baptiste Lavit, engineer, no academic music training, background in metal music
Blues Machine
Custom settings (trying to make heavy metal sounds...)
Metal Machine
Metal Etalon and Metallic KO presets, ADAM A3X studio monitors
Custom settings, soloing, , ADAM A3X studio monitors
Metallic KO preset, Marshall 2x12 cabinet, Palmer neutral amp
Clean Machine
Diverse presets
Electro-Acoustic preset
Bandlab Amp Sims
Guillaume Etevenar, engineer, no academic music training, background in classic rock
