Artisan Pro

We teamed up with Giacomo Pasquali to create a new experience in the IR Loaders world. 
After months of relentless work, research, and experiments we are finally ready to present to you HAILSTONE, the first IR loader made for guitar players from head to fingers.

Guitar amp manufacturer Blackstar have today announced their first software release, the Blackstar St. James Plugin. Created by the team behind their successful Artisan, Series One, ID:Series and St. James product ranges, the plug-in promises to set a new standard in the amp simulation world.

The rich, hyper-detailed sound of one of the world’s most treasured concert grand pianos. A dynamic, singing piano for everything from pop to classical. The Grandeur brings a beloved concert grand to life in crisp, sonorous detail. Featuring a bright, silky top end and booming, full bass even in the quietest passages, The Grandeur delivers a high-end sound that is perfectly at home in mainstream pop, jazz, and classical productions.

An expressive vintage grand piano, sampled in meticulous detail for authentic tone and distinctive character. Perfectly suited to pop, rock, urban, and jazz. The Maverick is an impeccable recreation of a sonically-singular instrument – a 1905 concert grand made for the Prince of Prussia. The Maverick delivers a wide range of color and an unconventional sound where every key has character – a singular piano built for royalty.

An immersive, hands-on journey into the world of 3D creation.

We spend a great deal of our time finding and/or creating new instruments that are not commonly known and our next release is no exception. Essentially we managed to get our hands on a unique tuned percussion instrument, which is made by an artisan in the San Francisco Bay Area and can only be found in a handful of local music shops. The maker makes one at the time, so there are very few of them in the world. The instrument is known as a "Circle Bell" and sounds somewhere between a Gamelan, Glass Waterbowl, Prayer Bowl and something extraterrestrial. The instrument is made of an array of 6 steel bells, ranging from 2" to 3 1/2" in diameter and about 10" long.