IR-Lab – Instructions

IR-Lab – Instructions

Interface. Size of the interface. Click to load a model (IR or XIR). Click to load a reference model (IR or XIR). Master Balance area. Four vertical faders: boost or cut average level for that frequency range. Four sets of vertical bands on the background: levels for...

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Etna-M – Instructions

Etna-M – Instructions

These are simple instructions for using your new Etna-M console. Everything can be managed from the hardware interface. Quick start: Connect two "D-sub (Tascam audio standard) to your-standard" cables from your digital_to_analog converters to Etna-M's inputs. Two...

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Vastaso Mark II – Instructions

Vastaso Mark II – Instructions

Vastaso Mark II is built on top of the first version, adding multiple channels, remote control, total recall, internal side-chaining and more. QUICK START Connect inputs to channel one to a couple of outputs from your D/A converters, by means of two...

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Vastaso MarkII

Vastaso MarkII

Extremely happy to announce Vastaso MarkII. Our super-successful beast of a compressor, maybe the most versatile in the world, now with total recall. Same features, full analog audio path, but with presets, templates, remote control. A modern twist. Same price. Yeah!...

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MMG1 – Features and Instructions

MMG1 – Features and Instructions

MMG1 is a synthesizer modelled after an extremely famous monophonic synth but made polyphonic and with some extra features. It is a component-level model of the original, for maximum realism and playability. It means that the modelling starts from the circuits and...

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MMG1 – Monster Synth Bass

MMG1 – Monster Synth Bass

MMG1 has the iconic sound of the great classic Mono Synth with extra depth, poliphony and layering possibility. Using its several Mono Modes with legato, voice priority and glide, adding Filter Emphasis and Feedback, you can play a real Monster Bass Machine! Open Two...

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MMG1 – Poly Pad and Electric Piano style

MMG1 – Poly Pad and Electric Piano style

MMG1 has a powerful analog feel with Polyphonic capabilities, up to 8 voices with 3 Oscillators, Filters, Noise & Feed Back and LFO. The amazing voices of the MMG1 recreate and extend the character of the great 70’ Synths, with new features like Dynamics and...

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MMG1 – Synthetic Drums

MMG1 – Synthetic Drums

Imagine having the possibility to create your sound starting from scratch, no samples. With the endless possibility of MMG1 infinite variations are virtually possibile. Simply connect your controller and use Learn in order to have a real experience, like with an...

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MetaVocals – Editing workflow in Pro Tools (c)

MetaVocals – Editing workflow in Pro Tools (c)

MetaVocals is an automatic, realtime automatic-tuner, harmoniser, vocoder and voice-to-synth tool that usually doesn't require any manual editing of the content. Manually controlling it could be useful in some situations, though, to manually refine details of the...

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MetaVocals – Instructions

MetaVocals – Instructions

PitchFix section. This is the Automatic Tuning section, the core of the system. Continuosly detects the base pitch of the incoming mono-phonic signal and shifts the pitch, depending on the settings. Input is channel 1, or left input channel. Channel 2, or right input...

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MixingRoom – QUICK START

MixingRoom – QUICK START

From the "headphones" menu (top-center) pick the model you are using. From the "person" menu (top-right) pick the best listener model for you. Use the "Check around" mode, move the room, pick the model that sounds more natural to you. Set the matrix to "MIX". Select...

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MMG1 –  A FAT model of one of the best synths in history.

MMG1 – A FAT model of one of the best synths in history.

A FAT model of one of the strongest musical instruments in history. Made polyphonic but with mono modes. No samples, just synthesis. A musical instrument. MIDI maps make programming and playing it through an external controller a joy. Multiple mono modes make it great...

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MixingRoom – Instructions, tutorials, examples, etc.

MixingRoom – Instructions, tutorials, examples, etc.

INSTRUCTIONS. MixingRoom is a mixing-thorugh-headphones tool, based on six modules: Headphones calibration. True ear sensitivity models (360 x 360°) Ideal immersive mixing environments. Target Monitor/Headphones modelling. Real (sampled) immersive environments....

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MixingRoom – Technical notes and details.

MixingRoom – Technical notes and details.

Technical notes and details about MixingRoom. Calibration curves for headphones are compliant to IEC 60318 standard. While this compliance ensures coherence to most used systems, headphone calibration is affected by many parameters. Every model was calibrated using as...

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MixingRoom – Updated list of included headphones models.

MixingRoom – Updated list of included headphones models.

MixingRoom. List of headphones currently included (both as monitors and as target): 1MORE MK801 Abyss AB-1266 Phi Abyss AB-1266 Phi CC Abyss Diana Phi Abyss Diana V2 Acoustic Research AR-H1 AKG K240 Studio AKG K371 AKG K52 AKG K612 Pro AKG K701 AKG K702 AKG K712 Pro...

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Mixing a Hip-Hop/Trap Beat with Exciter and Compressor

Mixing a Hip-Hop/Trap Beat with Exciter and Compressor

Deep kick drums, snappy snares, and fast hi-hat rolls–these are the ingredients of a classic hip-hop or trap beat. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how use the Presence and C165a plugins to give your drums the final touch and make them pound by using a combination of...

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MainEQ preset pack 301019

MainEQ preset pack 301019

Get the preset pack here As a tutorial, a short description of the choices behind every preset. De_Muddify 400Hz region often means "Mud". Cutting that band usually removes too much weight from the track. In this preset the band is set to be cut on low levels and...

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PSLTubeComp – Features and instructions.

PSLTubeComp – Features and instructions.

PSLTubeComp is a product in a series developed with www.prostudiolive.com. We followed a complicated procedure to make this one: design an original tube device, build it as a prototype, calibrate and analyse it, model it as a software product. This way we were able to...

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MainEQ – Features and instructions.

MainEQ – Features and instructions.

MainEQ is built around a main set of filters: 1 resonant Low-Shelf filter. 1 resonant High-Shelf filter. 8 parametric peaking filters. It also includes some auxiliary filters: High-Pass filter. Low-Pass filter. Tilt filter. Frequency and gain for each main filter is...

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Rock Sound

Rock Sound

In this post we are going to build our ''true rock tone'' using our virtual amplifiers and pedals. We recommend to use Deluxe1 and TwinR amps. It's not necessary to have huge quantities of pedals to play classic rock music, but we also think about the "nerds of sound"...

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Guitar/Bass Custom Shop – Presets, Parts, IRs

Guitar/Bass Custom Shop – Presets, Parts, IRs

Announcing the ReTube Custom Shop. Virtual parts for amplifiers, guitars and basses: pickup models, speakers and cabinets, sets of tubes, sound presets. Tailor your sound. Here is a preview on a few sound presets for guitar. Deluxe1 Deluxe1 - P90 Phaser Deluxe1 - SHOD...

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Sound Analysis – Deluxe1|Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)

Sound Analysis – Deluxe1|Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)

Photo by Violeta Alvarez - https://www.houstonpress.com/music/billy-gibbons-gets-some-cuban-satisfaction-with-the-bfgs-7975402 Today we are going to talk about Billy Gibbons. He’s known for using Marshall JCM 900 Dual Reverb, Marshall Bluesbreaker but also some Fender...

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Sound Analysis – Deluxe1|Neil Young

Sound Analysis – Deluxe1|Neil Young

Neil Young is definitely one of the guitarists who has been using a lot the Tweed Deluxe during all his carrier. He experimented long before finding his own sound (he used Mesa/Boogie amplifiers, Fender amplifiers) but nothing could be compared to Tweed Deluxe's...

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Percolate – Stereo Tube Circuits at the deepest level.

Percolate – Stereo Tube Circuits at the deepest level.

Percolate is a stereo tube amplifier, modelled at the deepest possible level, including a model for every single component in the circuit. It is a stereo, two stages amplifier, with input and output transformers, preamplifier stage, tone control, power push-pull stage...

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MasterLimiter – Simple or Deep Mastering Tool.

MasterLimiter – Simple or Deep Mastering Tool.

Features: Fast release and Slow release knobs. They set the extremes for a dinamically modulated release time constant. The faster the release, the higher the perceived volume, the easier it will distort (mainly on low frequencies). Set them to useful extremes...

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