RE: tube preamp VST plugin?

["William Walker" <billwalker@baymoon.com>]

I'd suggest the vox tonelab, the desk top model because its the least
expensive, can fit on a rack tray, is about the size of a lap top, and can
run with or without a foot pedal. Its got an honest to god tube in it and 
is
the best sounding and feeling of the current modeling crop in my humble
opinion, good variety of fender black face and tweed models, excellent vox
and early Marshall models as well. Will it give me the visceral thrill that
my vibrloux will, never ever. I saw a large part of the Crossroads music
fest with John McLaughlin with Trilok and Dennis Chambers. His lap top tone
sucked pretty bad, though the music was great. also, I wouldn't waist hard
drive space on an amp plug in, save it for record memory. if you are on a
budget, I have had good luck with a sans amp classic lately, when all I'm
interested in is a clean fenderish jazz tone and all I'm bringing in the 
way
of outboard gear is my Dtar preamp, a looper and a reverb. The Dtar is
really designed for acoustic instruments, and I find the sans amp helps to
warm up the signal and boost the passive pickups. The bass setting on the
sans amp works best for this purpose.
i picked one up used for under $100.
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Krispen Hartung [mailto:khartung@cableone.net]
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 6:08 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: tube preamp VST plugin?


While I'm lucking out with such great suggestions from the group, can 
anyone
direct me to a free and decent tube preamp VST plugin? I run my electric
guitar directly into my laptop and want something to give it a bit of a 
warm
tube preamp feel. I don't need anything complicated that eats up a lot of
processing, emulates tons of amps, distortions, speakers, etc. I'm 
basically
searching for something that will give me a nice clean jazz amp feel....a
bit spongy, not boxy, sterile, or distorted, just warm and clean.

Too bad ProCo doesn't make a Ratt vst. Or better yet, can someone write me 
a
Mesa Boogie Triaxis VST plugin? :)

Kris