Swedish developers Bogren Digital have announced a follow-up to their AmpKnob RevC guitar amp simulation plugin in the form of BassKnob STD (no laughing at the back there please). It is designed so that it “provides rock and metal producers the straightest path possible from musical ideas to an album-ready bass guitar recording”. It features a built-in tuner, a couple of channels (clean and dirty), and a single Gain knob. The thinking is that this just does the job fast with no fuss. “No more hours lost to tweaking or option anxiety,” they say, and we know what they mean. Price is $49.99.