L12X is an analogue simulation inspired by the Marshall® Lead 12™ solid state amplifier of the late ‘80s. The original head was an op-amp based amplifier: instead of using tubes or transistors, the op-amp is able to provide a huge amount of gain with very little or no distortion. However, when the amplified signal reaches the voltage applied to power the op-amp, it gets clipped. Marshall engineers exploited that to provide a great sounding amplifier with very few components.
This little solid state head is able to push cabinets up to 4×12 and can easily sound like a JCM™. We modified the original circuit by adding a Contour knob (to get a more scooped tone) and an additional Boost overdrive stage. We also included an integrated Cab Simulator, loaded with a Marshall cabinet IR featuring Celestion V30 cones.
Integrated cabinet provided by Seacow Cabs.
Important note: This is not a physical product and is a music software plugin for online download only.
Key Features
- Analog Modelled Solid State Amplifier
- 2 Channels (Clean/Boost)
- 3 bands tone stack
- Contour
- Integrated Cabinet Simulator
- Resizable interface
- No License File required
System Requirements
Intel Mac
- OSX 10.8 or later
- Intel i5 or higher
- 2GB RAM
- Screen resolution: 1024×768
- VST2, VST3, AU, CLAP 64-bit host
- PT11 or higher, AAX 64-bit host
Silicon Mac
- macOS 11.0 or later
- Apple M1 or higher
- 2GB RAM
- Screen resolution: 1024×768
- VST2, VST3, AU, CLAP 64-bit host
- PT11 or higher, AAX 64-bit host
Windows
- Windows 7 64-bit or later
- 64-bit only
- Intel i5 or higher
- 2GB RAM
- Screen resolution: 1024×768
- VST2, VST3, AAX 64-bit host
Note: LDC2 Compander is used as the example.
Mac
1. Download the .dmg file from within your Plugin Boutique User Account > Open it and then open the .pkg file to begin the installation.
2. Click 'Continue'.
3. Click 'Continue'.
4. Click 'Continue'.
5. Click 'Agree'.
6. Click 'Continue'.
7. Click 'Install'.
8. Enter your computer Username and Password > Click 'Install Software'.
9. Click 'Close'.
Your plugin is now installed and ready to use within your DAW.
Windows
1. Download the .zip file from within your Plugin Boutique User Account and double-click it to extract the contents > Open the .exe file to begin the installation.
2. Select 'I Accept the Agreement' > Click 'Next'.
3. Click 'Next'.
4. Click 'Next'.
5. Click 'Next'.
6. Click 'Install'.
7. Click 'Finish'.
Your plugin is now installed and ready to use within your DAW.
