The Benson Monarch Collection was officially released by MixWave on May 5, 2026, and has been available ever since. It is a bundle of well-known and highly regarded plugins.
The Benson Monarch Collection includes the following components:
- Benson Monarch Reverb – the core amplifier plugin, based on Benson’s first design.
- Benson Delay
- Benson Florist (modulation effect)
- Benson Germanium Boost
- Benson Preamp
- Benson Germanium Fuzz
- Benson Tall Bird (All-Tube Spring Reverb)
- Cabinet module with impulse responses and 19 virtual microphones
All effects are also available as separate plugins, meaning that existing users have already been able to purchase individual components.
Benson Monarch
Benson Tall Bird
Benson Delay
Benson Florist
Benson Germanium Boost
Benson Preamp
Benson Germanium Fuzz
Previous availability of individual components
Anyone who already owns the Chimera Collection will automatically gain access to the new effects. This demonstrates that the effects can be used across platforms.
In other words, the Monarch Collection isn’t an entirely new set of effects, but rather a new compilation that focuses on the Monarch amp and bundles all of Benson’s proven plugins.
A bundle of Chimera & Monarch is also available, giving users the opportunity to use both amp characters.
Summary
This collection brings together proven effects in a single package and is designed for users who want to enjoy the classic Benson sound in a modern, flexible plugin environment—regardless of whether they already own other Benson products.
Links
- Benson Monarch Collection by MixWave
- All News articles from MixWave by guitar-sims.com
- All Software from MixWave by guitar-sims.com
Video
The YouTube channel The Am Sim Universe has tested the Benson Monarch Collection for you:
