Impact Soundworks Shreddage Amp XTC v.1.0.1 [WIN]

The legendary sound of the Bogner Ecstasy guitar amp, now available in plugin form. With its unique multi-channel design, the Ecstasy can easily pull off a huge range of clean to high-gain tones. We’ve meticulously recreated this boutique amp down to the circuit level, giving you its signature tone right in your DAW. From crunchy rhythm tones to buttery-smooth leads, Shreddage Amp XTC will shine in any mix.

Legendary Boutique Amp

Widely-regarded as one of the finest boutique amps, the Bogner Ecstasy series has been used by such revered artists as Steve Vai, Buddy Guy, Steve Lukather, and Walter Becker.

With Shreddage Amp XTC, we’ve painstakingly modeled this shining example of German engineering down to the individual tubes and circuits, giving you a $4,000 amp in plugin form.

Product Info

▬ Content

Circuit-modeled amp

Faithfully recreates precise gain stages, channels, and tone stack of the Ecstasy plus a Class AB power amp.
Modular pedalboard

Use any combination of essential pedals including Screamer (overdrive), Distortion+, RV-1 reverb, CR-1 chorus, EC-1 echo delay, and EQ-1 (3-band EQ).
Extensive cabinet selection

Includes custom impulse responses (IRs) recorded from 13 distinct cabs/speakers, on & off axis, with up to 4 microphones.
27 factory presets

Clean tones to crunch, smooth to dirty, these presets give you a great starting point to make your own tone.
Dual cab mixer

Craft a dual-cab or dual-mic tone with the cab mixer, giving you full control over each cab’s volume and panning.

▬ Features:

First-class DSP

Superior fidelity and sound quality plus optional realtime and offline oversampling. Programmed by Eric Tarr of Hack Audio, who literally wrote the book on audio DSP.
Quick A/B preset comparison

Find the perfect tone by comparing different plugin settings head-to-head.
Beautiful vector UI

Runs great on displays big and small with scaling of 0.75 to 2x default.
True stereo processing

Handles both mono and stereo input with a true stereo signal chain for all components and effects.
Offline activation available

Using a key generated from an online machine, you can activate the plugin on a fully-offline computer.

Requirements

VST3, AU, or AAX-compatible host

OSX Version: AAX requires an Intel Mac; VST3/AU compatible with Intel and M1 Macs
400MB disk space

7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.
Minimum 4GB of RAM

Shreddage Amp XTC takes a minimal amount of memory; 4GB is more necessary for the combination of operating system and DAW.
MacOS Requirements

Intel Macs (i5 or higher): OSX version 10.9 or newer

Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11 or 12 (latest update)
Windows System Requirements

Windows: Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit). Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher. Windows 10 strongly recommended.
Quad-core processor

A faster CPU with more cores will allow you to use more instances.

Options like stereo processing and real-time oversampling require more CPU power.