CAKEWALK Alien Connections ReValver, Manual

Page 1: ...erial is copyrighted Alien Connections Trademarks are copy righted to their respective owner ReValver Manual This manual covers the handling of Alien Connections ReValver a Guitar Valve Amplifier simu...

Page 2: ...rs designed for guitars are very spe cial and have very little in common with ordinary Hi Fi amplifiers Guitar amps distort the signal in a way that is very pleasing to the ear ReValver also includes...

Page 3: ...n ReValver goes from the top to the bottom This means that the top most module gets the input signal from the host application and the bottom most module delivers the output signal back to the program...

Page 4: ...at the beginning of the chain Rooms room simulation must appear after speakers Preamps must appear after a studio effect or at the beginning of the chain Power amps must appear after studio effects or...

Page 5: ...e 1 1 When saving or loading settings for the room simulator module only the reference to the filename room is stored not the room parameters themselves This means that if you wish to store a preset s...

Page 6: ...ot interfere with another track Input level The volume knob in a multi tracker may determine the input signal to ReValver This will affect the distortion and it is advised you are careful when feeding...

Page 7: ...module such as reverb or chorus on mono audio will not produce a stereo effect because as described pre viously mono input generates mono output Given a mono input ReValver will generate a mono outpu...

Page 8: ...lver will generate a stereo out put Mono modules will merge stereo streams into mono automatically Examples of mono modules are preamps poweramps and speakers without room ambience Examples of ste reo...

Page 9: ...ers into it Most modules have a graphics display showing the values of the knobs 1 By clicking on an empty area of a module the main menu is displayed Move module change to location in the chain Remov...

Page 10: ...er The sound of a guitar amplifier is created by the preamp To create a good sounding system you should start by selecting a preamplifier This is what will create the characteristics of the finished a...

Page 11: ...unction Speakers and room simulation A speaker if used must be placed directly after a power amp and the room simulator if used directly after the speakers To make a parallel to the real world what ha...

Page 12: ...after distortion To apply a filter before distortion please use a parametric filter module Presence It depends on preamp type what this does but it is usually a high mid filter before distortion Outpu...

Page 13: ...the US and 50Hz for Europe Other parts of the world may or may not have different AC frequency com ing out of the wall Auto Wah Wah A Wah Wah is usually a stomp box where the guitar player dynamically...

Page 14: ...back into the loop The delayed signal is filtered using one high pass and one low pass filter The speakers The speaker modules mimic the behavior of real cabi nets The cabinets can have an opened or c...

Page 15: ...m 1 3 35 from the speaker The mike can be directed anywhere from the voice coil the middle of the speaker to the circumference the edge The room ambience is separately modeled using the included room...

Page 16: ...eric and comply to all ReValver presets A preset may not necessarily listen to all particular parameters it will in that case ignore them silently Table 1 NRPN command set NRPN name NRPN Description P...

Page 17: ...band equalizer Reverb parameters only work on the last reverb An NRPN value ranges between 0 16383 That value will be interpreted by ReValver accordingly a value of 0 zero maps to the lowest value of...

Page 18: ...ReValver will be recognized by SONAR as a software synthesizer namely an audio plugin with midi control To access the midi interface of ReValver simply create one audio track with ReValver as usual t...