Is there a delay when playing through a browser?

A small one. In my measurements Chrome itself added about 11 milliseconds, and the audio interface added more. The numbers are on the blog.

Does it work on Windows?

It is built on standard browser features, but so far I have only tested it in Chrome on a Mac.

Can I load my own speaker cabinet impulse responses?

Yes, the cabinet takes a WAV impulse response.

Yes, right now. If that changes one day, there will still be a free way to use it.

An online guitar amp that runs in your browser

Guitaroke includes a guitar amp simulator that works in a browser tab. Plug your guitar into an audio interface, open the page in Chrome, and you have an amp, a pedalboard and a tuner. There is nothing to install.

The Guitaroke online guitar amp: channel switch, presets, effect switches and tone knobs — Clean, crunch and lead channels, the usual tone controls, and a preset display borrowed from old rack preamps.

What is in the amp?

Three channels: clean, crunch and lead, with gain, bass, middle, treble, presence and master.
Six effects: noise gate, overdrive, speaker cabinet, chorus, delay and reverb.
Presets: four to start from, and you can store your own, amp and effects together.
A tuner that listens to the raw guitar signal and mutes you while you tune.

Six guitar effect pedals in the browser: noise gate, overdrive, speaker cabinet, chorus, delay and reverb — The six pedals. Each one has a footswitch and its own knobs.

How is it different from other amp sims?

Most amp simulators are plug-ins. You need a host program to run them, and then something else to play the song you are practising. Here the amp sits in the same page as the song. When you remove the guitar from a recording, Guitaroke measures that guitar first and sets a preset and your volume to match, so you start close to the sound of the record.

I will be straight about the limits. The amp is a conventional model built from filters and distortion stages. It is made for playing along, and it does not try to compete with studio amp modellers. Profiles of real amplifiers are planned.

What do you need to use it?

An electric guitar, an audio interface, headphones and Chrome on a computer. The interface is the important part: a guitar cannot be plugged straight into a laptop's headphone socket.

Questions

Is there a delay when playing through a browser?: A small one. In my measurements Chrome itself added about 11 milliseconds, and the audio interface added more. The numbers are on the blog.
Does it work on Windows?: It is built on standard browser features, but so far I have only tested it in Chrome on a Mac.
Does it work on a phone or tablet?: No. It needs a computer.
Can I load my own speaker cabinet impulse responses?: Yes, the cabinet takes a WAV impulse response.
Is it free?: Yes, right now. If that changes one day, there will still be a free way to use it.

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