Unsupported Browser
The web browser that you are currently using is no longer supported, and as such features of this website may not work as expected. We advise you to update to a currently supported browser (such as Chrome, Edge, or Firefox) to improve your security, speed, and overall experience.
Key Features
JST Toneforge - Menace is a purpose-built guitar amplifier plug-in for metal and rock rhythm guitar playing. Specially designed to cut through walls of drums, vocals and bass in aggressive genres, Toneforge Menace includes everything you need to create killer guitar tones in one streamlined and simple package. Comprised of a ubiquitous overdrive pedal, custom-made guitar amplifier, perfectly matched speaker cabinet with four popular microphones, five-band EQ and an output limiter, you can carve a space for your guitar in any mix.
An all-encompassing solution for heavy electric guitar tones, Toneforge Menace includes an input level control, allowing you to tailor the input signal to your active or passive pickups. Additionally, an input noise gate keeps things tight for articulate metal riffing. Finding a tone that works for your mix is simple with Menace, the onboard cabinet simulation has been perfectly matched to the amplifier to get the best sound possible and offers four microphone options for different flavours of response. An impulse response loader is included to use your favourite third-party cabinet impulses if you can't find what you're looking for inside Menace.
For professionals and beginners alike, Toneforge - Menace offers a simple and intuitive interface to ensure that you can find tones that work for your mixes fast, taking your track from D.I. to production-ready in only a few clicks. Helping to get a mix-ready tone, Menace includes "Joey's Magic" switch, adding DSP processing for Joey's signature guitar sound in one click.
Product Ref: 238243