Smittefar
Axe-Master
Luckily there's plenty to choose from when you include third party IRs. Everyone can find something to their taste.
I have many third party IRs, but it is mainly because, I love some cabinets and is easier to find them if you buy a pack.
I think the biggest new thing that happened is the Mikko plugin. I haven't tried it myself, but it is a completely new interface for selecting and building your IRs.
I am still waiting for somebody to really start modeling the non linear character (compression and saturation) of each cabinet. This cannot be done with IRs (those are linear). Fractal has some generic modeling of the non linear effects in the amp block. In suspecting that UA may have done some of this in their OX, but they didn't tell us.
I have many third party IRs, but it is mainly because, I love some cabinets and is easier to find them if you buy a pack.
I think the biggest new thing that happened is the Mikko plugin. I haven't tried it myself, but it is a completely new interface for selecting and building your IRs.
I am still waiting for somebody to really start modeling the non linear character (compression and saturation) of each cabinet. This cannot be done with IRs (those are linear). Fractal has some generic modeling of the non linear effects in the amp block. In suspecting that UA may have done some of this in their OX, but they didn't tell us.