Audified
GK Amplification 3 Pro £70
Perfecting Audified’s meticulous modelling of Gallien-Krueger’s bass amps, this updated amp/cab sim brings cool new elements into play
While the various thrills of being in a band tend to outweigh the downsides, one of the biggest burdens is being forced to lug weighty amp heads and cabs from practice room to show, up flights of stairs and into the back of vehicles. But, it has always been a struggle worth enduring. Historically, this was the only way of bringing rich tube-powered warmth and room-swallowing scope to the stage. That’s how things used to be, at any rate. Today, with the capabilities of plugins like Audified’s latest GK Amplification 3 Pro, the option of relying on software modelling to recreate the internals of those top tier amps and cabs is a less taxing option – both financially and physically.