Vintage TDM/RTAS, User Manual

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Page 2: ...Details 3 Installation and Authorization 4 System Requirements 5 Introduction 6 User Interface 8 Platform Specific Issues 12 White Amp 13 Brown Amp 15 Green Amp 18 Pitfalls and Common Mistakes 21 Buy...

Page 3: ...3 9 am 5 pm CET Support On the Softube website www softube com you will find answers to common questions FAQ and other topics that might interest you Support questions can be posted at http www softub...

Page 4: ...st iLok drivers installed They can be found at http www ilok com 3 Log on to http www ilok com and transfer the newly received license to your physical iLok dongle 4 Install the software from the CD o...

Page 5: ...f an Accel processor PowerCore version VST AU specific requirements Any VST or AudioUnits compatible host application PowerCore software 2 2 or higher and compatible hardware Vintage Amp Room PowerCor...

Page 6: ...mic sound is an absolute replica of what you would get if you had these amps set up in a real studio What you see on the screen are photo realistic 3D renderings of the complete set ups and you get to...

Page 7: ...rom a user perspective this means that the Amp Room never clips the signal unwanted digital distortion Also the output volume is normalized so even with low settings on the Volume knob in Amp Room the...

Page 8: ...al studios you will notice that Amp Room handles and sounds the way you expect it to do Panel View Top Area In the Panel View you can alter the settings of the amp by clicking the knob and dragging th...

Page 9: ...change the position of the mic stand The microphone moves along a predetermined path see Figure 2 so you only need to move the mouse up or down just as if you were changing a knob 9 Figure 2 The mic...

Page 10: ...pointer becomes a left right arrow when you are pointing at the back ground to indicate that it is possible to change amplifier Clicking on the background while holding the Shift key toggles between...

Page 11: ...changing a parameter Fine Adjust Apple Reset to Default Alt Toggle Amplifier Shift while clicking on the background Pro Tools only Automation Control Window Control Apple Alt click Keyboard Commands f...

Page 12: ...less an TDM plug in is inserted on the insert slot before the RTAS plug in Enabling Vintage Amp Room RTAS in recording mode Pro Tools 7 or higher Insert a TDM plug in such as the Trim plug in on your...

Page 13: ...roar First Usage Set all parameters in the middle 12 o clock Turn down the Master Volume a little bit to 10 o clock and play your guitar while changing the Pre Amp Volume The sound goes from almost H...

Page 14: ...mplifier distortion The power amp distortion is usually a little bit dirtier than the preamp distortion and gives a crunchier sound that sounds amazing for chords Set the Pre Amp Volume to a low setti...

Page 15: ...ot a notoriously warm sound with a massive bass and a shimmering treble Versatility embodied it can do more or less whatever you want it to do Except high gain heavy metal And baking pizzas First Usag...

Page 16: ...tch which on the real amplifier is a foot switch There is also a difference when all the tone controls are set at 0 see Treble Middle and Bass below Volume This amplifier doesn t have a Master Volume...

Page 17: ...nothing on the real amp Vibrato Speed and Intensity Turn on the vibrato which is in fact a tremolo by turning on the Vibrato switch Use Speed to control the speed of the tremolo and Intensity to contr...

Page 18: ...Vib Trem input and patched to the other two channels To complicate things further this amp doesn t have a normal tone stack EQ but a single tone control which attenuates high frequencies when turned...

Page 19: ...een a vibrato and a tremolo effect Unlike the makers of the Brown amp the guys who built this amp actually knew the difference between a tremolo effect amplitude modulation of a signal and a vibrato e...

Page 20: ...lliant Volume Volume control of the Brilliant channel which has a much brighter sound than the Normal channel Tip Use the Vib Trem Volume to get the distortion you want and then use the Normal and Bri...

Page 21: ...and lifeless Tip If you don t have a line box or preamp you could always check your stomp boxes If the stomp box doesn t have the true bypass feature chances are that it will work just like a high im...

Page 22: ...uch or too little you should experiment by attenuating or boosting the guitar signal before the plug in for example by using a Volume plug in that usually come with most plug in host softwares For mos...

Page 23: ...2x12 cabinet Green Nothing beats the real stuff and that quirky vibrato calls for a Vox AC30 6 Treble from the middle of the 60 s perhaps suited with a pair of new Celestion Blue drivers Room And fin...

Page 24: ...one modeling and sound design Arvid Ros n power amp modeling and sound programming Torsten Gatu interface and DSP programming Per Connman amp selection and modeling Anders graphics programming Ulf Eke...