Diezel VH4 Amplifier
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A carnivorous high-gain classic
with gorgeous clean tones.
Introduced in 1994, the VH4 amplifier was Diezel's maiden voyage — a 100-watt beast that dropped jaws with articulate cleans, dynamic distortion, and frothy high-gain tones. Still a modern tone giant 25 years after its release, the Diezel VH4 is ubiquitous in heavy rock and metal productions, used by Tool, Metallica, and tons more.
Developed by Brainworx, and officially endorsed by legendary amp builder Peter Diezel, the Diezel VH4 plug-in masterfully emulates this four KT77-equipped 100-watt beast, for UAD hardware and UA Audio Interfaces.Now You Can:
Use your UA Interface to track through the Diezel VH4 — with near-zero latency
Audition 120 separate high-end recording chains, featuring multiple cabinets and classic microphones
Shape tones further with FX Rack’s Vintage Delay, noise gate, high/low filters, and more
Easily dial in insane high-gain tones, dynamic distorted textures, and pristine cleans, with Diezel's original state-of-the art tone machine
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Four Channels, Tons of Tones
Featuring Clean, Crunch, Mega, and Lead channels, the Diezel VH4 plug-in faithfully captures the original amp's glorious sparkling clean tones, simmering medium-gain sounds, and absolutely searing lead textures. No matter what guitar you plug in, the Diezel VH4 plug-in gives you all the tonal touchstones you need to record dynamic, modern guitar sounds.
Diezel FX Rack
The Diezel VH4 plug-in offers additional control over your tones via the Brainworx FX Rack. It features a Noise Gate, switchable high and low-pass filters, and a Power Soak circuit that allows you to dial in as much overdrive as you want, without having to crank the output gain.
The Diezel VH4 plug-in also includes 120 impulse response Recording Chains that were perfectly captured from several boutique cabinets and recorded through Brainworx's vintage Neve console with an array of high-end and vintage microphones and outboard gear, giving you "record ready" tones, instantly.
Unison™ Technology for UA Audio Interfaces
Harnessing UA’s groundbreaking Unison technology, the Diezel VH4 plug-in gives you the impedance, gain staging, and circuit behaviors that have made the VH4 one of the most lusted-after tube amps ever made.
Customer Reviews
S. Lednev
January 17, 2022
Diezel VH4
Great sound. I'm very happy to have this in my plugin collection
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January 17, 2022
Diezel VH4
Great sound. I'm very happy to have this in my plugin collection
Read MoreV. Baotić
January 6, 2022
Authentic Emulation
I played a VH4 through a 4x12 cab live for a while and I must admit this is quite a faithful reproduction for a plugin. I can see why it’s so popular with metal players, but I always...
Read MoreP. Clough
December 29, 2021
Great Amp Plug
Love it. Use it for quick demos and for monitoring when using a load box with my amp heads. Responds really well to playing and feels good. Would easily make it onto...
Read MoreW. Gall
December 15, 2021
Metal Monster
Having this and the Herbert available for the Unison slot makes it easy to make bone crushing metal anywhere you can take your apollo.......
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Key Features:
Exacting emulation of the original 100-watt Diezel VH4 guitar amp, endorsed by Peter Diezel and Peter Stapfer
Four independent channels for a huge range of tones, from clean to ultra-high gain and all points in-between
120 Recording Chains with multiple speaker cabinets – recorded in Brainworx´s studio using the
NEVE VXS72 console, stellar outboard gear and world class microphones
FX Rack includes host-syncable lo-fi delay, noise gate, filters, power soak, pre and power amp bypass
Unison technology for UA Audio Interfaces
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Customer Reviews
Diezel VH4 Amplifier
S. Lednev
Diezel VH4
Great sound. I'm very happy to have this in my plugin collection
S. Lednev
Diezel VH4
Great sound. I'm very happy to have this in my plugin collection
V. Baotić
Authentic Emulation
I played a VH4 through a 4x12 cab live for a while and I must admit this is quite a faithful reproduction for a plugin. I can see why it’s so popular with metal players, but I always found it to be far more than a metal amp. In my opinion one of the most versatile amps ever - and the plugin version is the same. Great plugin!
P. Clough
Great Amp Plug
Love it. Use it for quick demos and for monitoring when using a load box with my amp heads. Responds really well to playing and feels good. Would easily make it onto releases if needed.
K. Flisiak
Beast
Perfect amp for heavy music situations
W. Gall
Metal Monster
Having this and the Herbert available for the Unison slot makes it easy to make bone crushing metal anywhere you can take your apollo....
R. Priest
Fabulous emulation
Superb quality, my guitarist says its amazing
J. Mallo
Tight and agressive.
Really fan of Diezel amps, playing with different IR is a great weapon in your arsenal.
M. Irons
An Amplifier for any situation
Need a sparkling clean, super heavy or anything in between guitar tone? This is the amp every recording musician should have in his collection.
S. Neron
Jadore
Jadore le son metal qu’il procure et toute les autre son crunch un belle achat
H. Rantanen
Really good!
Nice!
This was my first purchase after getting the Apollo Twin Duo Usb.
Mainly, I wanted to get this for guitar monitoring with zero latency when tracking but I was surprised how good it sounds! I have Neural DSP plugins and to my ears this is as good as those.
Here´s my recording chain if I want to experiment with different IR:s and record the Diezel amp.
Put Diezel into Unison slot.
Turn off the cab section and mute the track.
Send it to AUX1 or AUX2 --> put Diezel on Aux (poweramp off and Cab on).
Monitor thru AUX.
Now the monitoring is with full rig and only the amp signal is recorded.
Put your IR loader on DAW track and experiment with different IR:s to find a tone you like.
Good job UAD!E. Kocol
Diezel VH4 Amplifier
Love this amp sim. Great job UAD.
H. Varvoglis
Best amp and best emulator ever!
I'm not a guitarist, but I'm a sound engineer and in my ears Diezel VH4 amp is the best amp money can buy, and UAD made it again and it's sounds as the real think, I don't own the original to make A-B but I've worked with the amp for a long time as some of my clients own it and I'm getting all the feeling I had with the amp. I've use the plugin even with jazzy and bluesy guitars and it sounds great and if you want to go wild this is the way! It's not just recommended, It's a must, you need it!
W. Kreil
Diezel VH4
... unbelievable !!!
M. Cazacu
Diezel VH4
One of the best amp plugin!
M. Cazacu
Diezel VH4
One of the best amp plugin!
T. Fine
High quality lead
Really impressed with the modeling. It’s like getting a new amp for a fraction of the cost.
D. Savary
Raw power...
Awesome emulation with a broad range of tones and virtually limitless array of cabinet possibilities. I instantly gravitated towards this one, as much for the high gain as crunch and clean...much like the real amp, it has a tonal signature all it's own. They somehow managed to almost completely eliminate that tell tale upper mid hump present in so many other amp sims. You know, the one you try to scoop out, but find it almost impossible to dial out while retaining any power and intensity. The VH4 is tight, but less processed/compressed sounding out of the gate (noise gate pun intentional?). Stays that way, no matter what extremes you go to. I'm way less compelled to put channel strips and effects after it as a result. It's beautifully raw and brutally honest (in a good way) standalone. However, if you do mess-n-compress with it downstream, things tend to get huge instead of harsh. My favorite so far.
a. kamal
Awesome
I got my Blueface Diezel VH 4 in 1996,when I turned 30 and was lucky that Peters workshop was a mere 2 minutes away from my studio. I still have and use my VH4 in my studio everyday, it is my go to amp and when I got mine, I had it tweaked from Peter Diezel himself who put KT 77s into mine, blew it up to 150w so that I 'd have (even)more headroom and clarity. I must say that this plug in by Brainworx is the REAL DEAL as it truthfully is a blueprint when compared to my amp head. I a/b'd them both with an astonishing lack of difference.If I feel like dialing in my signature vh4 tones whilst traveling , I can now take the emulation. Well done!
A. Keuter
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