# Gain Stage Acoustic — Acoustic Amp and Acoustic Sim

> Acoustic guitar simulator and amplifier for electric and piezo pickups. (iPhone/iPad app by Blue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gain-stage-acoustic/id1567355339 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Blue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/1475107602)
- Category: Music
- Price: $5.99
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 4 App Store ratings · 4 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 34 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2021-07-16
- Data updated: 2026-09-11
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gain-stage-acoustic/id1567355339/reviews.md

## What is Gain Stage Acoustic?

Gain Stage Acoustic makes electric guitars sound acoustic and makes acoustic guitars with piezo pickups sound more natural. It includes input presets for a wide variety of magnetic and piezo pickups. Select the input type that most closely matches your guitar and pickup configuration, adjust to taste with the included eight band equalizer, and you're ready to go. 

FEATURES
- Input profiles to support twenty different types of pickups
- Natural reverbs designed especially for acoustic guitar
- Stereo simulator to add guitar body resonance
- Peak limiter
- Hiss suppressor (based on multiband expander/noise gate)
- 8 Band EQ
- Includes both Audio Unit and standalone app

INPUT PROFILES
To get a good result, an acoustic guitar simulator needs to compensate for the EQ profile of the input pickup. This plugin includes over twenty customized input profiles for a variety of pickups and instruments including, various types of single coil and humbucking magnetic pickups, piezo pickups on acoustic guitars, piezo pickups on solid-body electric guitars, ukulele, and cigar box guitar. It also includes profiles for the acoustic guitar models in the popular GeoShred app. 

DOES IT REALLY WORK?
Let's be honest: this app will not make your electric guitar sound like a 1930's Martin guitar recorded in a professional studio with a Neumann U87 condenser mic. But it will take any guitar with a magnetic or piezo pickup and make it sound much better and much closer to a natural acoustic tone. If you are playing acoustic style music through your iPad or iPhone with your guitar, you will hear a huge improvement in your tone when you use this app.

## Key features

- Input profiles for 20+ pickup types
- Natural reverb effects
- Stereo simulator for body resonance
- Peak limiter
- Hiss suppressor
- 8-band equalizer
- Standalone app and Audio Unit support

## Recent user reviews (4 of 4)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gain-stage-acoustic/id1567355339/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Please bring your plugins to macOS

*2022-03-23*

For M1 computers, this is just a matter you checking a box so these plugins can be used on the desktop.

### 2/5 — Não é bom…

*2021-12-24*

Mesmo testando os 3 tipos de piezos, ficou bem ruim. Ele faz só uma equalização, praticamente matando os médios. Melhor usar IR que aí sim melhora o som ruim do piezo. Arrependido.

### 1/5 — Not working

*2021-12-13*

Not working on iPad Pro running iOS 15. Very disappointed in having wasted money on this

### 5/5 — Interesting gizmo

*2021-07-17*

As the developers point out, this app does not perform miracles, and cannot make one thing into another. What it does do rather well is alter sounds in a very attractive way. For example, using 4Pockets Strummer with Acoustic Spanish setting and/or SoundFont player with Spanish Guitar, in combo with this app sounds fantastic. You do have to play around with the settings a little, but usually there is a preset that works well straight out of the virtual box.

## Frequently asked questions about Gain Stage Acoustic

### What is Gain Stage Acoustic?

Gain Stage Acoustic is a music app designed to make electric guitars sound more like acoustic guitars and enhance the natural tone of acoustic guitars with piezo pickups. It offers various features to achieve this transformation.

### Does Gain Stage Acoustic really make my electric guitar sound like a real acoustic?

While Gain Stage Acoustic won't perfectly replicate a professional studio recording, it significantly improves the tone of guitars with magnetic or piezo pickups, bringing them much closer to a natural acoustic sound. Users report a huge improvement in tone when playing acoustic-style music.

### What types of pickups does Gain Stage Acoustic support?

Gain Stage Acoustic includes over twenty customized input profiles for a wide variety of pickups. This includes single coil and humbucking magnetic pickups, piezo pickups on acoustic and solid-body electric guitars, ukulele, and cigar box guitar.

### How much does Gain Stage Acoustic cost?

Gain Stage Acoustic is a paid app, available for $5.99. There are no in-app purchases or subscriptions required.

### Is Gain Stage Acoustic available on Android?

Gain Stage Acoustic is currently available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod. It is not available on Android devices.

### How often is Gain Stage Acoustic updated?

The app was last updated on March 23, 2022, with version 1.0.6. Future updates will depend on developer plans for new features or bug fixes.

### Does Gain Stage Acoustic have ads?

No, Gain Stage Acoustic does not contain advertisements. It is a paid application that offers an ad-free experience.

### What is the age rating for Gain Stage Acoustic?

Gain Stage Acoustic has an age rating of 4+. This indicates it is suitable for users of all ages.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.6 — 2022-03-23

Fix load UI

### 1.0.5 — 2022-02-18

This update stability improvement

### 1.0.4 — 2022-02-09

We've updated the app to fix load UI.

### 1.0.3 — 2021-12-21

Stability improvement.

### 1.0.2 — 2021-08-20

Fixed a bug that caused some of the EQ settings to be reset when changing input presets.

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