Hello,

I never found a good pedal Wah-wha emulation...
The best i have try are the "wave plugin " in the stomp Fx & the cableguys plugin...

But, for me, the both don't really match the point...
So i cry baby....
Some advice ?

 

Last edited: Mar 1, 2026 at 5:34 PM

Kuassa Efektor WF3607 is pretty good, imo.

 

Tried many dedicated wah-wah pedal plugins, liked HY-Filter4 better, so that's been my goto since it came out.

 

Have you tried: Blue Cat's Miaow Wah?

https://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_MiaowWah/

 

The one in Neural DSP's Cory Wong - Archetype is my absolute favourite and I tried a lot. If you're lookin for that greeeazy liquid funk I don't think it can be beat

 

Blue Cat's Miaow Wah --> www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_MiaowWah/

Blue Cat's Miaow Wah is an augmented virtual Wah pedal plug-in, capable of simulating
a wide range of Wah pedals, auto filters, modulation effects and more.

 

helix has a nice selection.

 

Try the new Fractal Audio Systems ICONS vst. I was playing around with the wah wah today pretty kool

 

I've looked forever for an EH Bass Balls emulation, only to give up and grab the real thing.

 

Cupwise Bawling Brat (Dunlop Cry-Baby Classic and Cry-Baby Q) and Tim Petherick Vintage Wah's (Vintage Clyde McCoy picture Cry-Baby, Morley Power Wah, Colorsound Wah) are the best, most accurate virtual wah pedals out there.

 

What about "reamping" a real Cry Baby? Or recording it real when recording? That's what I do.

 

I had bought it on the strength of some reviews but it just didn't cut it for me. Since right now I don't have a hardware version (my beloved Mu-Tron C-200 was stolen from a recording studio and I never replaced it because of the insane price) I sometimes use my Electro Harmonix Q-Tron + and pretend I'm Jerry Garcia. Every wha vst that I've tried hasn't made me smile. I'm a very sad dude.

 

On the contrary, imo... just pretending to be Jerry Garcia is coolness in abundance.

I guess the Kuassa is one of the best I've used with the Moog Expression pedal I have. Nothing vst has quite the throw of my
old hardware crybaby, plenty of gooey, wakka wakka action that made me pretend to be Eddie Hazel on an off-night.

 

Last edited: Mar 2, 2026 at 10:50 AM

+1 for Kuassa controlled with an expression pedal. If you dial it in just right, it's super convincing imo.

Sooo... you haven't showered in six years while gorging on cheeseburgers-hot dogs-ice cream-crack cocaine-persian heroin?

Awesome !

 

Nothing sounds like the real thing though I'm basing this on my ages old Crybaby with a scratchy pot and nothing certainly sounds like that filth.

In a pinch the ones in Guitar Rig do with some saturation, they mostly get the response and sweep range correct (though they sound less, what's the word... "throaty").

You can get a decent wah with any bandpass filter and an expression pedal, though this works better with a more synthy stuff like electric pianos. Push down the pedal and set the filter frequency to around 2kHz (whatever sounds good) and tweak the resonance to how screamy you want it to sound like (they're never that resonant though). Then heel the pedal back and do the same, around 200-400Hz will do depending on how bassy you want it, tweak the Q again. Note that you're sweeping both the frequency and resonance at the same time. Now adjust the sweep curve if you can so it responds nicely. Saturate to taste.

 

Yeah but set the mix parameter to 50% or wherever it sounds best on your system

 

I call BS i have a Vox Wah and i can make the Helix Wah sound exactly the same

 

I call utter bullshit, no wah emulation does scratchy pots.

 

You've inspired me to dig out my Ibanez WD7 Weeping Demon.

 

On the contrary...Pretending ro be Jerry, I died on August 9th 1995 and haven't played guitar since. The Auto Wah just sits around collecting dust.