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CLOWN AMP plug-in: a clown-faced amp head with Gain, Bend, Goof, Kids, Instrument and Master knobs
👆 Press his nose. Go on.

CLOWNAMP · BY ICON84

The world's first circus amp.
Your guitar goes in, the circus comes out.

CLOWN listens to your guitar in real time and turns every note into a wheezing, whistling, gloriously goofy circus organ. It follows chords, bends and vibrato, with no MIDI pickup needed. Plug in, play, and watch the clown grin light up.

Pick your ticket · free, v1.0

VST3: drop CLOWN.vst3 in your VST3 folder. Standalone: double-click CLOWN.exe. Then honk. Install help · See the show ↓

  • FormatVST3 + Standalone
  • PlatformWindows 64-bit
  • PriceFree, always
  • Downloads—
How the trick works

Guitar in. Circus out.

No MIDI pickup, no setup, no dignity. Just plug in your guitar and play like you normally would.

🎸

You play

Chords, riffs, bends and vibrato. Anything goes.

🤡

The clown listens

CLOWN tracks every note in real time and follows your fingers.

🎪

The circus comes out

A wheezing, whistling, gloriously goofy organ plays along.

Five instruments

  • Circus Organ
  • Calliope
  • Accordion
  • Chiptune
  • Theatre Organ
Tonight's programme

Four acts. Zero shame.

CLOWN AMP: the amp head with a clown face

1Act one

🎪 The Amp

🎹 Five instruments

Circus Organ, Calliope, Accordion, Theatre Organ and Chiptune. Pick your poison.

🎸 BEND

The organ follows your string bends, up to five times as far. Nobody asked for that. You're welcome.

🥴 GOOF

Slide-whistle scoops, drunken wobbles and a wah-wah.

🧒 KIDS

Brings in a crowd of cheering children. Instant stadium.

👁️ Poke the clown in the eye and he'll let you know. Press his nose for a honk.
CLOWN AMP Pre FX: Fart pedal and Clown Horn pedal

2Act two

💨 Pre FX

💨 Fart pedal

Every note you play farts. In key. And it bends with your string.

📯 Clown horn

Honk-honk melodies, perfectly in tune.

🎼 Run them together for a full Fart Symphony.
CLOWN AMP cabinet picker: 2x12, can of beans, clown car, goat, rowboat and megaphone

3Act three

📦 Six cabs

From sensible to deeply wrong.

🔊
A proper 2x12Warm, round, proper.
🥫
A can of beansTiny. Tinny. Beany.
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A clown carStuffed with speakers.
🐐
A goatSpeaker in its throat. "Meh-eh-eh."
🚣
A rocking rowboatHollow wood, gentle waves.
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The megaphoneThe ringmaster's voice.
CLOWN AMP Post FX: Toy Train pedal around a microphone and a toy soundboard

4Act four

🚂 Post FX

🚂 Toy Train pedal

Your whole sound rides a toy train around the microphone. It comes closer, drives away, pans left to right and bends with real Doppler pitch. VOLTAGE sets the speed, PITCH sets the wobble.

🔔 Soundboard

Eight sounds ready to fire between riffs:

The sideshow

And more!

Under the red nose there's serious engineering.

🎈

Balloons

Balloons float past behind the amp. Pop them, but mind the TNT. (Try it at the top of this page.)

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Tuner, gate, comp

A built-in tuner, noise gate and compressor, always at the bottom of the window.

🎚️

Auto gain

One click, play hard for five seconds, and your levels are set.

🎹

MPE MIDI out

Your guitar can play your synths too, bends and all.

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Presets

Nine factory presets, and you can save your own and share them with friends.

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Windows VST3

Works in any DAW that loads VST3 plug-ins on Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).

Serious engineering.
Zero seriousness.

Because every band needs a clown. 🤡

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