Boogex

Name: Boogex
Author: Voxengo

by Voxengo · Amp Sim · Guitar amp and cabinet simulator

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A free guitar amp plugin with 10 amp modes, a convolution cabinet stage with 61 built-in impulses, a gate and a reverb.

It runs at near-zero latency, and with the amp stage off it doubles as a lightweight stereo IR loader.

Best for: Guitars, Bass, Sound Design. Genres: Rock & Indie, Jazz, Acoustic & Classical, Lo-Fi.

Keywords: electric guitar, impulse-response based, low latency, convolution, zero-latency, free, resizable UI, undo/redo, A/B compare, bass, clean, corrective, CPU-light, crunchy, heavy, lo-fi, mixing, sound design.

What it does

Boogex is a free guitar amplifier and speaker cabinet plugin. Voxengo says it can produce anything from heavy distortion to slight "jazzy" saturation, and it can load any cabinet impulse response.

10 amp modes: with an Emphasis EQ to shape and tame the high end; Voxengo notes it can be "a bit noisy" at high overdrive.
Cabinet convolution: 61 built-in cabinet impulse responses plus any user IR, with DynaCab processing and a zero-latency, low-CPU convolver.
IR loader mode: turn the Amp stage off and use it as a plain stereo convolution processor.
Gate and reverb: an input gate plus a stereo reverb derived from Voxengo OldSkoolVerb.
Voxengo workflow: near-zero latency for real-time playing, presets, undo/redo, A/B comparisons and a resizable HiDPI interface.

Boogex is free.

Source: Voxengo product page

When to use it

Boogex is a simpler all-in-one: amp, cab, gate and reverb in one window, with a built-in IR library. Its amp modeling is less realistic than in the free Guitar Rig 7 Player and STL Tones' Ignite: Emissary, and unlike Ignite Amps NadIR, a dedicated IR loader, it covers the whole chain. Voxengo itself says the amp modes are "not particularly well-suited for metal music," though the cab stage works for any style.

Best for: quick rock, blues and clean DI guitar tones, light crunch, and loading cabinet IRs after another amp or pedal plugin.
Genres: rock and indie, blues, jazz and lo-fi.
Look elsewhere if: you want modern high-gain metal tones or detailed amp modeling; Emissary or a Neural DSP Archetype fit better.
Standout: the zero-latency convolver with 61 built-in cabs, usable on its own as an IR loader.

What producers say

KVR users rate it 4.2/5 across five reviews, mostly praising it as one of the better free amp and cab plugins.

KVR user (2021): reviewing version 3, called it "One of the best free amps anywhere" and said the sound engine is a major upgrade.
KVR user (2018): found it "still a very useful cabinet simulator" and suggested pairing it with a circuit-modeling distortion.
KVR user (2014): called it "easily one of the best free amp plugins" and compared its clean tones to a paid amp plugin.

KVR Audio user reviews

Where to buy

Voxengo: Free

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