I'm borrowing a friend's Dr. Z M12 amp and I just bought a Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56 audio interface, so I thought I'd throw something together to see how they both sound.

This is the result of ~4 or 5 hours of work start to finish, so obviously there's a lot left to be desired with mixing, drums, etc.

All guitars are a parts Telecaster with Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups. The M12 is plugged into a Dr. Z open back 2x12 cab, and I had the Celestion V30 mic'd. For microphones I used an SM57 and a Rode NT1000. All tracks have both mics mixed in. For the SM57, I used the TRANY 1 H emulation (API 3124+) and for the Rode I used the SAVILLEROW preamp emulation (Helios Console).

For overdrives I used both the Walrus Audio Voyager and Mayflower.

Since this was a test, I honestly just threw up the mics and left them there. They sound ok, but if this was the real deal I probably would have spent more time on mic position. I also kind of arbitrarily chose the preamp emulations. I scrolled through them real fast and picked the ones I liked best from a brief first listen.

For plugins, I did use the Slate Audio VCC on the RC-Tube setting (I haven't bought the full plugin yet). I also used the Waves SSL bundle... the EQ and channel strip on most of the tracks and the compressor on the master buss and drum buss. Drums were programmed using Addictive Drums. For a super quick master I used Izotope Ozone 5.

Dr. Z M12 + Focusrite Liquid Preamps test

I just got the M-Tron Pro plugin from GForce Software. It's an emulation of a Mellotron, which rules. In this little clip I've used a few of the string settings as well as s French Horn setting for the more synth type sound.

Drum beat was created in Ultrabeat, and I used the SupaTrigga plugin to glitch it up.

Everything was done in Logic Pro!

M-Tron Pro sounds + Ultrabeat Test

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Andy Othling

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