If you’re a midnight bedroom shredder like me, you know that a Marshall stack and a roommate who works 9 to 5 mix about as well as Jimi Hendrix and sleeping pills. Save yourself the drama – and the dough – and check out the Stealth Plug. This guitar cord consists of a quarter-inch audio to USB cable attached to a stealth bomber-shaped box housing a headphone jack and volume controls. The amp modeling software – Amplitube Live – sounds great, and offers a convincing cross-section of classic guitar and bass amp sounds. Install software. Plug in axe. Rock until the sun rises. – Roger Thomasson
WIRED Confidence-inspiring heavy-duty cable. Bundled software includes sequencer, sampler, six-band mastering EQ, and 500 megs of guitar, bass, and drum loops. Amplitube runs as a plug-in or as standalone software. Included Speed Trainer allows variable speed playback of any WAV or MP3 file. Inputs suitable for bass, guitar, or any line-level instrument. The price is right.
TIRED Latency issues with slower processors. Volume and headphone box hangs a little heavy on the guitar jack.
$129 stealthplug.com
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