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Dave Phillips takes alook at Guitarix. “According to its developers Guitarix is amonaural amplifier designed for creating the distorted sounds typical ofthrash, heavy metal, blues, and other rock guitar styles. In fact, Guitarixis capable of much more than distortion sounds. In this article I’ll removethe software speaker grill and pull out the virtual chassis to take acloser look at the sonic possibilities of this “simple monoamplifier”.”

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