Audio Assault offers the Blacksun ($39 retail price) guitar amplifier plugin as a FREE download until December 1st, 2021.
Blacksun is a virtual guitar amplifier for 64-bit digital audio workstations on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The software is available in VST2, VST3, AU, and AAX plugin formats.
The plugin typically costs $39 in Audio Assault’s online store, but it’s available as a freebie for a limited time only. Claim your free copy of Blacksun before the free download offer expires on December 1st.
So, who is this virtual guitar amp for?
Blacksun is a dual-channel amp capable of delivering clean and high-gain guitar tones. It works well on rock guitars, but you can also crank up the gain for some heavy metal riffs.
The Amp section features the usual 3-band EQ controls, a presence control, and a depth knob. This is also where you’ll set the master volume and the input gain.
Things get a bit more interesting in the Stomps section. Audio Assault included three free guitar pedal sims to get you started. There’s a noise gate, a booster pedal, and the Screamer distortion which emulates one of the most widely-used distortion boxes.
Enhance your guitar tone with Blacksun’s trio of stompboxes.
If you need more effects, head to the FX section, which lets you add post effects to the signal. Enhance your guitar tone with some reverb, delay, and chorus. The 9-band graphic EQ will help eliminate any unwanted frequencies.
Last but not least, Blacksun features a dual cabinet loader. It comes with a set of free impulse responses provided by Seacow Cabs. You can fine-tune the cabs with panning, filters, and volume controls.
And that’s it, a fully-featured and versatile guitar amp that you can get for free. If your DAW lacks quality in the guitar amplification department, Blacksun is worth checking out.
To claim your free copy of Audio Assault Blacksun, visit the product page linked below and complete the free checkout process. The amp will be added (permanently) to your Audio Assault user account.
And if you want more guitar software for free, check out the recently released STR-X guitar amp by Arboreal Audio. For some crazy guitar tones, take a look at our BPB Dirty Filter plugin.
More info: Blacksun ($39 retail price, FREE until December 1st)
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11 Comments
Tomislav Zlatic
onThanks to BPB reader Wing Yee for the info about Blacksun!
Mike B
onAwesome! I grabbed it. Look forward to playing around on it.
Tomislav Zlatic
onHave fun! :)
filfil
onMost likely, it is based on the Blackstar Artisan 30H and its matching Artisan 412 cab with V30s.
It sounds great!
Tomislav Zlatic
onThanks for the info!
filfil
onUnfortunately, I was a little wrong. lol
It’s actually modeled after a Blackstar HT Club 50. Confirmed by Audio Assault.
The cab was correct though.
Tomislav Zlatic
onNever mind that’s still useful info. Thanks for letting us know! :)
Arshan
onI tried this out today…. It is a beast of a amp plugin. Did take some time to set as there are a ton of tones you can get out of this, but once set, it blew my mind… Thanks a ton!
Tomislav Zlatic
onYou’re welcome. Glad to hear that you liked it.
Jared
onThis is great. The cab loader is great lots of shades of tone. From dark to bright. I like the first one on both sides. Gain at noon or less. Noise and boost on not screamer. For heavier tones I recommend the ml roots free amp. It is awesome with no tweaking needed.
Tomislav Zlatic
onCool, thanks for the review! :)