There are three mic setups: Dynamic, offering a Shure 57 and a Sennheiser 609 as close mics, with a Neumann U87 for the room 'FET', using a Josephson E22 and U87 combo, with a Coles 4038 ribbon for the room mic and Valve, with a pair of U67s up close and a C12 for the room. More significant adjustments take place in the Channel Strip pop-out window, where you can set the choice and relative volumes of two close mics and a room mic. A real Super Lead's tone controls are not especially nuanced - it was not uncommon for Marshall amps of this era to be used in such a way that only Volume and Presence were anywhere other than 10. The scale-accurate graphic rendering of the amp in the plug-in does mean that the box is rather big and the actual controls rather small, but there is a parameter read-out at the bottom of the window if you feel the need to be precise. The modelled signal chain includes a period-correct Marshall 4x12 and miking courtesy of UK engineer Tony Platt - a man renowned for getting the best out of the Marshalls of, among others, AC/DC and Iron Maiden.
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Softube's plug-in version, painstakingly modelled using a definitive example from Marshall's own historic collection, was originally developed for the UAD platform but has been made available now in native format, compatible with all major DAW hosts. Marshall's model 1959 Super Lead is one of a select group of iconic guitar amps that, arguably, helped to define the sound of an era.