Blue Cat Audio - Axiom

Axiom is Blue Cat Audio's multi-effects and amp simulation rig for guitar and bass, available as a plugin and a standalone application. The amps come from Blue Cat's Destructor, there are over a hundred built-in effects, and it's open enough to load your own third-party plugins anywhere in the chain.

The rig

Signal flows through an input section, pedals, two parallel amp channels and a master section, much like a real studio guitar setup. The amp models are fully customisable rather than fixed snapshots of specific amps, so you can build a tone rather than pick one. Blue Cat's Re-Guitar, Destructor and Late Replies are all included as built-in effects, along with wahs, delays, reverbs, EQs, filters, compressors, gates and the usual modulation suspects.

Playing and recording

There's a fast built-in tuner, a MIDI-controllable looper, and in the standalone app you can record over backing tracks. EZ mode keeps things simple for jamming; the full editor lets you dig in as deep as you like.

Where it fits

Guitarists and bassists recording direct, producers who want a flexible amp rig on a synth or drum bus, and anyone who'd rather build a sound than scroll through presets. It isn't trying to be a perfect clone of one famous amp; its strength is range and freedom, and at the price that's hard to argue with.

Features

• Multi-effects and amp sim for guitar and bass, plugin and standalone
• Fully customisable amp simulations powered by Destructor
• Two parallel amp channels with input and master sections
• Over 100 built-in effects, including Re-Guitar, Destructor and Late Replies
• Third-party VST, VST3 and AU plugin support
• Built-in tuner and MIDI-controllable looper
• EZ mode or in-depth editing
• No latency

System requirements

• Mac: macOS 10.9 or later, Intel or Apple Silicon
• Windows: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 or 11, SSE2 processor
• VST, VST3, AU (Mac only) and AAX, plus standalone

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