ToobAmp LV2 Guitar Amp Plugins

v1.1.43

ToobAmp LV2 plugins are a set of high-quality guitar effect plugins for Raspberry Pi. They are specifically designed for use with the PiPedal project, but work perfectly well with any LV2 Plugin host.

Releases Notes

v1.1.43 now provides native interfaces on hosts other than PiPedal.

Install ToobAmp

Do NOT install ToobAmp over an existing PiPedal install. PiPedal install packages include the best versions of PiPedal plugins already.

ToobAmp v1.1.43 has only been tested on Rasberry PI OS 64-bit bookworm. You can download a .deb install package here:

• Rasberry PI OS 64-bit bookworm or later

This release is currently being tested on Ubuntu. Expect install packages for Ubuntu shortly. If you want to try ToobAmp on Ubuntu in the meantime, you can build the package from source. If you encounter problems on Ubuntu, feel free to log bug reports.

If you are using a different platform, you may want to consider using the following install packages, although the plugins in these packages do not have native UIs.

• Ubuntu 21.04 or later; Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit (bullseye)

• Ubuntu 21.04 or later; amd64/x64

Run the following shell commands:

sudo apt update
cd ~/Downloads
sudo dpkg -i ./toobamp_1.1.43_arm64.deb

• TooB Neural Amp Modeler (NEW in 1.0.17!)

  Guitar amp emulations based on Neural Net modeling. A port of Steven Atkinson's astounding Neural Amp Modeler to LV2.

  Download model files from ToneHunt.org, or (if you're feeling adventurous) train your own models.  

        

   

• TooB BF-2 Flanger (NEW in 1.0.15!)

  Simulates a famous flanger.

   

        

   

• TooB Stereo Convolution Reverb (NEW in 1.0.15!)

  Simulates stereo reverb from pre-recorded stereo or Ambisonic b-format impulse response files.

   

        

   

• TooB Convolution Reverb (NEW in 1.0.14!)

  Simulates reverb from pre-recorded impulse response files.

   

        

   

• TooB Cab IR (NEW in 1.0.14!)

  Simulates guitar cabinet frequency responses from pre-recorded impulse files.

   

        

   

• Toob ML Amplifier

  Artificial-Intelligence/Machine-Learning-based emulation of a number of different guitar amps and overdrive/distortion pedals.

   

        

   

• TooB CE-2 Chorus

  A faithful digital replica of the Boss CE-2 Chorus.

   

• TooB Freeverb

  A particularly well-balanced reverb, based on the famous Freeverb algorithm.

   

        

   

• TooB Input Stage

  For initial conditioning of guitar input signals. Trim level, noise-gating, and an EQ section that provides low-pass, hi-pass and bright-boost filtering.

   

        

   

• TooB Tone Stack

  Guitar amplifier tone stack. Select a Fender Bassman, Marshal JCM800, or Baxandall tone stack.

   

        

   

• TooB Power Stage

  Guitar amplifier power stage emulation. Three super-sampled gain stages with flexible control over distortion/overdrive characteristics allow you to generate anything from warm sparkling clean tones to blistering full-on overdrive. Generally used in conjunction with the TooB Tone Stack and Toob CamSim plugins.

   

        

   

• TooB Cab Simulator

  Rather than relying on expensive convolution effects, Toob CabSim provides an EQ section designed to allow easy emulation of guitar cabinet/microphone combinations.

   

        

   

• TooB Tuner

  An stable, accurate guitar tuner. (Currently only useful with PiPedal).

   

        

   

• TooB Spectrum Analyzer

  Live-signal spectrum analyzer. (Currently only useful with PiPedal).

   

        

   

Building ToobAmp

Prerequisites

Run the following commands to install prerequisites:

 sudo apt update
 sudo apt install -y build-essential cmake ninja-build git
 sudo apt install -y lv2-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libflac++-dev zlib1g-dev libdbus-1-dev \
    libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev catch2 librsvg2-dev liblilv-dev  libxrandr-dev

Clone the repository to your local machine.

cd ~/src  # or wherever you keep your projects
git clone https://github.com/rerdavies/ToobAmp.git

Then, in the project directory, run:

 cd ~/src/ToobAmp
 git submodule update --init --recursive

If you are using Visual Studio Code, you will still need to perform the previous command after cloning the project, since Visual Studio Code does not yet understand submodules.

Building

ToobAmp was built using Visual Studio Code, with CMake build files, so it's easier to configure and build TooBAmp if you are using Visual Studio Code.

If you are using Visual Studio code, install the Microsoft CMake extension, and load the project directory. Visual Studio Code will automatically detect and configure the project. Build and configuration tools for the CMake project can be accessed on the Visual Studio Code status bar.

If you are not usings Visual Studio Code, the following shell scripts, found in the root of the project, can be used to configure, build and install the project:

./config.sh     #configure the CMake project

./build.sh   # build the project.

After a full build, run the following command to install ToobAmp:

./install.sh

To build the debian package, run

./makePackage

Please relocate components, and package information if you're going to permanently fork ToobAmp to ensure that Debian packages don't conflict with each other.

If you are building the plugins for use with a host other than PiPedal, you should read this:

https://rerdavies.github.io/pipedal/RTThreadPriority.htm