Looking for a guitar plugin for live use. Requirements -
- Needs to be lightweight, low CPU use
- Couple of usable/nice amp sims
- Ability to load IRs
- Basic FX rack (compressor, EQ, reverb, delay)
- Tuner
- Able to automate preset changes in DAW

In your experience, which is the most low-CPU guitar plugin that satisfies all / most of this criteria. Please share people.

 

load a couple of airwindows and automate send mix

 

Light CPU is a flexible term, what kind of system do you have?

Overloud - TH-U ---> https://overloud.com/products/th-u
WINDOWS SYTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Core i3 1.4GHz with 4Gb of RAM, 1280x800 video.
- Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows® 10 are supported.

IK Multimedia - AmpliTube 5
www.ikmultimedia.com/products/amplitube5/?&utm_source=forum&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=at5

Windows® (64-bits)
- Minimal: Intel® Core i5 Processor or equivalent, 8 GB of RAM, Windows 10 (64 bit) or newer. 3 GB of hard drive space.
- Requires an ASIO compatible sound card.
- Requires an OpenGL 2 compatible graphics adapter.
- Supported Plug-in formats (64-bit): VST 3, AAX.

 

+1 on TH-U, suuuuuuuuuuuuper light weight, sounds great, choke full of effects, tuner, IRs, etc...
It's essentially a Kemper in software form with great profiles already included.

 

Scuffham S Gear ..

 

Roland Boss Gt8, uses no CPU cycles, never need recharging, won't get text messages, has no bluetooth issues, and it won't get a phone call in the middle of your set.

https://tr.boss.info/products/gt-8/



its also hand free. (you have to use your feet though)

 

AuroraDSP Rhino comes pretty close, you'll have to use your DAW's preset mechanism to automate that part though.