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AmpKnob Trivium Lead Black Friday pricing is 50% off, bringing Bogren Digital's lead-guitar amp simulator plugin to $24.50 until Nov 30, 2026.
This is the lead-focused model in the AmpKnob range, built around the Trivium sound. The maker says it is designed from the ground up for blistering leads and soaring melodies, with a tone that lets solos sit on top of the rhythm guitars.
It is more than an amp model. The plugin also carries a chorus/doubler effect that Bogren Digital calls Chorey, plus a delay, both aimed at lead tones.
The stereo option is there for wide, attention-grabbing sounds. Hit the "open" button and you can dial in the effects further to suit the track.
The speaker cabinet, microphones and recording chain were picked and dialed in by Jens Bogren to capture the tone in detail. You can switch the cab off, or load your own impulse response straight from the plugin.
The cab side uses IRDX (Impulse Response Dynamix), developed by Bogren. Machine learning is used to model what separates a miked speaker cabinet from a static impulse response capture.
The reasoning is that an impulse response is a static snapshot. It holds a cab's tonality and resonance but has no dynamics.
Real guitar speakers move air, compress and break up depending on how hard the amp pushes them. IRDX adds that dynamic, true-to-life behaviour to the static IR.
The standalone version can record ideas without opening a DAW, so a riff gets captured the moment it shows up. Bogren Digital describes it as a scratch book.
It also has a built-in metronome. You can change the meter, set the accent, or add automatic speed increments, so you can practise without taking your hands off the guitar.
A built-in tuner is included as well.
AmpKnob Trivium Lead comes as Standalone, VST3, AU and AAX.
The name comes from Trivium, the metal band known for musicianship and melodic sensibility. Trivium has moved more than one million records across the globe, and in 2019 the group earned a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance.
Yes. The AmpKnob Trivium Lead Black Friday deal is 50% off, so the plugin costs $24.50 until Nov 30, 2026. It is Bogren Digital's lead-guitar amp simulator, and the price drop applies to the standalone and plugin formats.
Besides the lead amp model, you get Chorey, Bogren Digital's chorus/doubler, and a delay, both usable in stereo. An "open" button reveals extra effect settings. The cab, mic and recording chain were chosen by producer Jens Bogren.
It is available as VST3, AU, AAX and Standalone. Windows 10 or newer is required, as is macOS 10.13 or newer, running natively on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
IRDX (Impulse Response Dynamix) is Jens Bogren's technology for the cab section. It uses machine learning to rebuild the gap between a real cab and an impulse response, adding dynamic speaker behaviour to what is otherwise a static IR.
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