This, as you'd expect, routes the input signal equally to both amps, but doesn't seem to do mono‑to‑stereo within Cubase: on a mono track, it returns the left channel only. I don't know about you, but all my guitars are strictly mono affairs, so when I first called up GTR as a plug‑in within Cubase, I used the 'mono to stereo' version.
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It seems to be actually impossible to set this up to contain only one amp: both must always be active, and the manual states that one processes signal from the left input and the other from the right. The View option allows you to visualise the effects routing you've chosen.The only major source of confusion for me was the amp module itself.
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A View button superimposes coloured patch cords in case you're unsure. Doing so forces the stomps in odd and even‑numbered slots to form two independent effects chains, which are then fed one to each of the two channels (split mode) or equally to both (parallel mode). Likewise, the position of the amp module in the chain can be altered, and there are buttons to switch both the pre‑ and post‑amplifier effects chains into parallel and split modes. New stomp effects are called up simply by clicking on the arrow beneath the appropriate slot and, once active, can be re‑ordered simply by dragging and dropping. Guitar Tool Rack is mostly very straightforward to use. You can save global Guitar Tool Rack presets, but each stomp and amp slot also has its own presets, which can be loaded into the individual plug‑ins too.
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This, as you'd expect, works in Pro Tools TDM and all native plug‑in formats, and is also included as a stand‑alone program. Most of these individual plug‑ins are still included, but they're now joined by a full‑on Guitar Tool Rack plug‑in which incorporates slots for up to six 'stomp' effects and two amp/cab models, with a dedicated tuner page. In the original Guitar Tool Rack system, the individual components of a typical guitar setup - effects pedalboard, amplifier and tuner - had to be loaded as separate plug‑ins. GTR3, the Ground floorboard and the PRS Studio Guitar Interface are all available individually or in various bundled combinations, and Waves are currently offering the cut‑down GTR Solo free for one year. The GTR software is now at version 3.5 the look has changed, a swathe of new amp models has been added, and the biggest news is the introduction of a floor controller optimised for use with GTR3, the GTR Ground. Paul White reviewed version 1 of GTR back in SOS November 2005 ( /sos/nov05/articles/wavesgtr.htm), and since then, development has moved on apace. Perhaps the most notable feature was their collaboration with legendary luthier Paul Reed Smith on the design of the accompanying DI box, which was said to be optimised to give the best possible DI'd electric guitar signal. Waves were not the first software company to introduce their own amp and effects modelling software for guitarists, but they went the extra mile to ensure that their Guitar Tool Rack stuck out from the crowd. Waves have made a rare foray into the world of hardware with the GTR Ground, designed to give hands‑free control over their Guitar Tool Rack software amp simulator.