Aero 2

Name: Aero 2
Price: 214.61 USD
Author: Acustica Audio

by Acustica Audio · Amp Sim · Guitar amp, pedal and cabinet suite

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Aero 2 is a guitar amp environment with 251 emulations of real pedals, amplifiers and cabinets, plus built-in EQ and effects.

It runs on Acustica's NOVA Instrument engine and costs €189 (about $214.61).

Best for: Guitars, Sound Design. Genres: Rock & Indie, Metal, Pop.

Keywords: electric guitar, sound design, synths, mixing, hardware emulation.

What it does

Aero 2 is Acustica Audio's guitar amplification suite: sampled pedals, amps and cabinets chained in one plugin. The developer wants it to behave as "a complete signal chain" rather than a set of separate processors.

251 models: 53 pedals, 76 amplifiers and 122 cabinets. Eleven are new captures for version 2: four pedals, four amps and three cabinets.
NOVA Instrument engine: a version of Acustica's NOVA technology built for instrument amps, so the tone changes progressively as it passes through each gain stage.
Built-in effects: integrated EQ, modulation, delay, reverb and spatial processing, so a full rig needs no extra plugins.
One-window chain: pedals, amp and cabinet are set up together in a single interface.
Beyond guitar: the developer also pitches it for synths, reamping recorded DI tracks and sound design.
Performance: the developer says the engine is CPU-optimized.

It works at 44.1 to 96 kHz. Owners of the original Aero get version 2 free, and crossgrades are offered to owners of NOVA-family plugins and Acustica synths. The product page does not mention a demo.

Source: Acustica Audio product page

When to use it

Aero 2 is closest in scope to the big modular rigs among the rated amp plugins, Helix Stadium Native and AmpliTube 5 MAX, which have many amps and effects; it has 251 sampled models. Its sound comes from Acustica's own sampling of hardware rather than component modeling or the captures of real gear that TONEX MAX and Neural Amp Modeler are built around. It is far broader than the Neural DSP Archetype titles (Nolly X, Gojira X, Cory Wong X), which each give one artist's rig with a few amps and a tight, curated feature set. It suits players who already use Acustica plugins and want that analog response, and people who like to reamp DI tracks with many options. It is pricier than most of these, and it is a newer, less tested platform.

Best for: building full guitar rigs from many captured pedals, amps and cabinets, and reamping DI tracks in the mix.
Genres: rock, metal, blues and pop guitar, plus synth processing and sound design.
Look elsewhere if: you want a quick, curated artist rig (an Archetype plugin), captures of your own gear (TONEX MAX or the free Neural Amp Modeler), or a cheaper large rig (AmpliTube 5 MAX).

Where to buy

Acustica Audio: $214.61 (€189 converted to USD (ECB rate, 29 Sep 2026))

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