The hallowed Sundown Strip in West Hollywood was instrumental in shaping the sound of the ‘70s/’80s exhausting rock and hair steel, with the likes of Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Slash all slicing their enamel in its now-legendary nightclubs and venues.

Only a few miles away at 6650 Sundown Boulevard lies Sundown Sound, the long-lasting recording studio that has churned out traditional albums like Van Halen’s landmark debut, the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Predominant St. and Led Zeppelin’s second album. Now, you’ll be able to harness the sound of the celebrated studio with a brand new standalone reverb plugin from IK Multimedia.

Arriving as an expanded and standalone model of IK’s widespread T-RackS plugin, Sundown Sound Studio Reverb II utilises IK Multimedia’s Volumetric Response Modelling (VRM) know-how to precisely seize the acoustic element of Sundown Sound’s Studios 1, 2 and three.

The plugin options as much as 27 distinct reside room supply positions per studio, with every place captured as a novel acoustic occasion (not mathematically interpolated, as IK explains), preserving the authenticity of the impulse response together with its early reflections and spatial perspective.

There’s additionally directional and omnidirectional supply modes, with dual-engine structure for the mix of Stay Rooms, Chambers, Iso Cubicles, EMT plates and AKG spring reverbs,  every with their very own EQ, stereo management and routing.

The plugin additionally comes with superior dimension management, with the power to dynamically scale the impulse response from 0% to 200% whereas “preserving the unique seize’s tonal fingerprint and spatial behaviour”.

An expanded seize library options 336 reside room stereo impulse responses, every capturing the traditional sound heard on albums recorded at Sundown Sound. There’s additionally variable acoustic damping modelling in Studios 1 and three, mimicking the actual Sundown Sound’s adjustable absorption panels.

Sundown Sound Studio Reverb II additionally comes with two selectable preamp and sign path emulations modelled on Sundown Sound’s gear: the API/DeMedio Sundown Sound Customized and Class-A Discrete NEVE 8880.

Lastly, the plugin sports activities a redesigned 3D interface which affords “quick suggestions whereas sustaining exact management”.

Sundown Sound Studio Reverb II is obtainable now for $/€149.99. For more information, head to IK Multimedia.

Sam is the Affiliate Information Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Totally immersed in music tradition for almost all of his life, Sam has performed guitar for 20 years, studied music know-how and manufacturing at college, and in addition written for the likes of Guitar World, Complete Guitar, Steel Hammer and MusicRadar.