How do you recreate a piece of classic music hardware as a software instrument or effect? There are many options: you could record gigabytes of samples, use one-size-fits-all convolution methods, or treat the unit like a ‘black box’ by simply recreating its outputs.

At Martinic, they take a component modeling approach. This means that they model the behavior of every electrical component in a device, recreating its effect on the audio signal. Using a technique they call Advanced Circuitry Emulation (or ACE for short), we arrive at a perfect sonic emulation.