Top and Tail
Euphoria’s amp section is topped and tailed by processing modules in a fixed order. Four pedal slots are before the preamp: Gate, Wah, Overdrive and Distortion. Meanwhile after the poweramp you’ll find the Cabinet, and then Chorus, Delay and Reverb. So, including the amp, that’s 10 modules in total, and the list down the side of the window with on/off for each also serves as a launcher for the pedals. Many of the pedals are emulations of classics from Ibanez, Boss, Mesa/Boogie and Dunlop, and we particularly like the Super Overdrive and Metal Zone-inspired effects.
Moving on to the Cabinet, this is much like the one in Reaxis and is functional rather than fancy. You can blend two mics, each with distance and horizontal cone position, and there are four cabinets and three mics to choose from with modern scooped sounds (T-75) and more classic mid-range tones too (G12M). The only slightly frustrating thing is you can’t pan the microphones. Alternatively you can provide your own cabinet impulse responses (EXT) and in both cases supplement sounds with your own reverb impulse responses (IR).
In conclusion
Euphoria sounds awesome and the amp emulation is one of the most flexible we’ve tried.
The new interface looks great and we like the floating pedal scheme, although it would be great to be able to re-order the effects (we understand this is something that is under consideration). We’d also like to see more control of the overall signal flow, preferably with panning for the cabinet mics.
But these are minor gripes and shouldn’t detract from Mercuriall’s most impressive plugin to date. mercuriall.com
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