Softube Metal Amp Room Manual
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1. please see its chapter Setup Changes global options for all instances of that plug in v r 5 oftube Mode Active A Menu Row v r 5 oftube Mode Bypa m 7 SETUP r Se I In the bottom of the plug in interface you will see a thin black row with some buttons Well use the Dyna mite plug in as example but the same goes E for all plug ins Enable About Box Opens the About Box with When the Enable switch is set to on I the plug version info in is active and will process audio When set to OFF 0 it will be bypassed and not process any audio It Value Display Displays the knob value when will take considerably less CPU when it is bypassed the mouse is hovering over a control About Box Value Display Enable Setup L 4 we Softube Hormal Volume 4 5 TE SUS I UIV OUP VDE VU z 8 EE m E un z Setup In the Setup window you can change settings that will affect all instances of that particular plug in If you for example de select the Show Value Display option in the Bass Amp Room plug in the value display will be off for all Bass Amp Rooms on your system until you select that option again Ihe different options vary between Windows and Mac and also different formats and plug ins Ihe most common options are SHOW VALUE DISPLAY Enables the parameter and value display in the bottom row of the plug in REVERSE MOUSE WHEEL DIRECTION Mac OS Only Changes if t2. 25 of the right mic and vice versa with the right channel Mono and Stereo Operation Metal Amp Room is designed to be a MONO TO STEREO plug in One guitar input two mic outputs For best results and if possible insert the plug in as MONO TO STEREO or a STEREO If it has been in serted as a stereo plug in it will sum the two inputs left and right before processing the audio Using Pan and Balance Be careful when you use the balance control of the stereo track If you for instance have a great stereo sound using both the left and right mic and then balances the track using the balance control in your host you will change the sound of the output For instance if you want the output from Metal Amp Room to be fully panned to the right set the Stereo Width control to MONO before you balance it to a side Rule of thumb is that if your balance the stereo track halfway to one side the Stereo Width control should be set haltway between MONO and STEREO If you balance the stereo output using the mixer in your DAW some stereo information will get lost Use the Stereo Width control to compensate for that If you balance the track fully towards one side set Stereo Width MONO Ifyou balance the track halfway to wards one side set Stereo Width half way between STEREO and MONO Bypassing Amps or Cabs You can choose to bypass the amp or the cabinet by selecting AMP BYPASS or CAB BYPASS from the small box in the lower ri
3. In some hosts you can change the behaviour of the mouse but the default behaviour of Metal Amp Room is the one described above Room View Middle Area In the room view you can do two things select the other cabinet or change the mic s positions E S IT erde Er ng f gt gt er SA lt A Moyve microphone closeritolthes a BEZ cabinet and then off axis phone further she cabinet Mic Position When the mouse is located over the mic stand the mouse pointe changes to an up down arrow and the mic gets a red light saber glow Click and drag the mouse up or down to change the position of the mic stand Ihe microphone moves along a predeter mined path so you only need to move the mouse up or down just as if you were changing a knob SOFTUBE USER S GUIDE Linked Mics If you press and hold Shift while moving a mic the other mic will also move to the same position respectively Cabinet Selection You can change the cabinet by clicking on the background and dragging the mouse to the left or right Ihe mouse pointer becomes a left right arrow when you are pointing at the background to indicate that it is possible to change cabinet Mic Panel Bottom Area In the mic panel you can change the balance and volume of the two microphones by setting the level from the two mics with the fader or the using the knob to alter the stereo width The mic panel follows the cabinet selection so t
4. ality METAL CABINET or more boomy and unpredictable BLACK CABINET as it is moved back This mic is very directional so when it is between the close onaxis and offaxis positions small changes in angle will have a big effect on the sound Mic Two MIC TWO to the right is a condenser microphone Use it to add some scooped character to the mid range of MIC ONE or use it alone for a more open broader high bandwidth sound Just like Mic ONE the character is focused when the mic is close to the cabinet and gets more room ambiance METAL CABINET or more boomy BLACK CABINET as it is moved back The far field sound is still more con trolled than the far field sound of Mic ONE though The Balancing Stereo Preamps EACH CABINET HAS THE Balancing Stereo Preamp It isnt modeled after some particular piece of gear but was instead designed to make it as easy as possible to tailor the sound from the two micro phones Ihe main ideas are 1 It should be ridiculously easy to use without having to worry about anything but the sound you want to get 2 It should be easy to monitor each mic which is done by moving the Mic Balance fader fully to each side 3 It should be easy to blend the mics and still get a stereo image that is balanced to the center Mic Balance Fades between the two mics If it s fully to the left you ll get the sound from the left mic and if it s set to the right you ll get the sound from
5. cannot get more metal than that ENGL IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF BEATE AUSFLUG AND EDMUND ENGL MARSHALL IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF MARSHALL AM PLIFICATION PLC Gate and Preamp Ihe noise gate and balancing preamp was developed by Softube and has not yet had the chance to be embodied in a real piece of gear Credits Niklas Odelholm modeling and sound design Oscar Oberg concept preamp modeling sound and DSP programming Arvid Ros n power amp modeling and sound programming Torsten Gatu interface and DSP programming Ulf Ekel f graphics programming and 3D rendering Patrik Jensen amp selection and sound design Tue Madsen sound design and cabinet measurements Softube
6. ever there are a chance that we have made mistakes and we hope that you understand that we are only humans Please let us know about the mistake and we ll fix it in the mix or in the next version of this manual 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 softube com where we will help you as fast as we can Web www softube com E mail info softube com Phone 46 13 21 1623 9 am 5 pm CET Contents User Interface 5 MEAR unicas Foe er 5 GE EEE SEE r 6 Metal Amp Room 7 Introduction 2 2 o o 7 User Interface 8 The Amplifier 10 The Cabinets sa are BH 11 The Microphones 12 The Balancing Stereo Preamps 2 2222 12 Mono and Stereo Operation 13 Bypassing Amps or Cabs 14 Buying Recommendations 14 GE a en 14 User Interface SOFTUBE PLUG INS ARE what you see is what you get products You should be able to intuitively learn Enable Enable Activate the plug in the products within minutes so that you can work Set to OFF for bypass fast and efficient with them There are a couple of things that remain the same for all of our plug ins such as the menu row Ihese will be explained in this chapter For detailed information of a particular plug in
7. ght corner This is very useful if you want to use Metal Amp Room with an external speaker or speaker plugin or if you just want to add a cabinet simulation to a track such as a recorded line out from your ampli fler By bypassing the cabinets in Metal Amp Room you can use the cabinets from the other Amp Room plugins Just insert for example Bass Amp Room with bypassed amplifier on the track after Metal Amp Room with a bypassed cabinet Buying Recommendations If you like the sound from Metal Amp Room and would like to get that sound using the real deal let s face it a real amp is always sexier than a plugin here are some buying recommendations Amplifier Ihe sound of the amplifier is very much inspired by the one and only metal amp the Engl Powerball To get a nice rhythm channel we utilized our soldering gear and bred our own JCM800 Powerball mutant Metal Cabinet If the Metal Cabinet is your thing run out and get a slanted Engl E 412 V 4x12 cabinet for live gigs Black Cabinet For that classic vintage sound we recommend a brand new straight Marshall 4x12 cabinet Room The room is a very important part of the sound and we had the opportunity of visiting The Haunted while they were laying down tracks for their new album in the In Flames studio previously known as Studio Fredman Tue Madsen and Patrik Jensen made sure that all the cabs and the microphones sounded just the way they should You
8. hat you can have different settings for the different cabinets Clicking on the background while holding the Shift key toggles through the cabs without any sliding animations 9 Lead Rhythm Channel Select Deep Bass Scoop Mids Gate L A ae zei b Gain Bass Middle Treble The Amplifier THE AMPLIFIER SIMULATED IN THIS PLUG IN is actually a hybrid between two different amps where the LEAD channel Lead on represents one whole amp and the RHYTHM channel Lead OFF is a simulation of the same amp but with the input stage taken from an amplifier with a lower gain Ihe LEAD channel is the main channel the one to go to and extreme care has been taken to make sure that the palm muted guitar hits you right in your face The RHYTHM channel represents a more classic rock sound and is perfect for chords containing more than the root and the fifth We also took the liberty to add our own noise gate to the amplifier It was specifically developed for guitar and focus on an extremely fast response You will notice that the gate closes turns off the volume more slowly if you let your notes decay slowly than if you mute your notes So you can both play fast riffs and have the gate kick in between the chords and play slow solos with a not so aggressive gate all on the same setting TH DEPTH PRESENCE GATE 7 I Depth Presence Gain This knob controls the amount of dist
9. he a knob is turned up or down when the mouse wheel is turned up or down Mac OS Only You need to restart your host software DAW before the changes to fully take effect If you messed something up and manually need to set these options you ll find them in text format in the following locations MAC OS Library Application Support Softube WINDOWS username AppLication Data Key Commands All numbers and labels in the plug in are clickable This allows you to easy select a setting by clicking on the wanted value Hovering above a label will turn the mouse pointer into a pointing hand Mouse Up Down or Mouse Wheel Change a parameter such as a knob or a switch Keyboard Fine Adjust 3 Mac or crrL Win while changing the parameter value Reset to Default art while clicking on the knob or fader Plug In Specific Key Commands In many plug ins you can sHIFT click on a knob or a switch to get some extra functionality Metal Amp Room SHIFT click and drag a mic will move both mics simultaneously All Amp Rooms SHIFT click in the cabinet background will change cabinet or amp without any animations Metal Amp Room Introduction METAL AMP ROOM IS JUST WHAT IT SAYS IT IS It s an amp room just like the other Softube plug ins Vintage and Bass Amp Room but it s designed for Metal It consists of three parts of which the first part is the amp itself It was carefully selected to have a aggressi
10. ly The Cabinets The Metal Cabinet The left cabinet is called the METAL CABINET since it has a stylish metal grille and an uncompro mising metal sound This is a predictable cabinet in the sense that there are very few surprises as you move the mics around The METAL CABINET will give you an emphasis on midrange frequencies which makes it excellent for modern tight styles Very little post processing in the form of EQs etc is usually needed since the raw sound has a produced character Just do some minor tweaks to make it fit in the mix and you will be fine The Black Cabinet To the right is the BLACK CABINET which has a classic rock 4x12 sound With this one there are plenty of bass resonances as you move the mics around producing a lively sometimes almost unruly sound Io get a vintage sound set the balance all the way to MIC ONE or blend in mic TWO to get a more scooped sounds Depending on how the rest of the mix sounds and the exact posi tions of the mics the BLACK CABINET could need a bit of work with the amp s tone stack and perhaps some external EQing to blend in properly Mic Balance Stereo Width The Microphones Mic One MIC ONE to the left in both cabinet views is a classic dynamic microphone It has a tight mid range that often makes out the core of the sound The character is focused and controlled when the mic is close to the cabinet and gets a thinner ambient room qu
11. or weird sounding presets sometimes found in simulation software Focusing on quality and ac curacy it gives you a hard hitting metal sound that is authentically raw The goal is not to give you a preproduced ultimate guitar sound but to pro vide you with the ultimate tool to create your own Because after all only you know exactly what sound you want Product Philosophy User Interface Everything about this product is authentic Ihe SIMPLICITY WAS THE GOAL when we developed raw and dynamic sound is an absolute replica of this product the amps and mics should work just as what you would get if you had this amp and these they do in the real studio We have tried to imitate cabinets set up in a real studio What you see on that as far as it is possible and if you have experi the screen are photorealistic 3D renderings of the ence of working in real studios you will notice that complete setups and you get to move actual mics Metal Amp Room handles and sounds just the way around when deciding which positions are best you expect it to from near field oftaxis to far field and back continu ously without preset positions Amp Panel DEPTH PRESENCE GATE gt i The idea is that using Metal Amp Room should be EN like working directly with this amplifier set up in a gt gt De i real studio with two microphones in front of each cabinet connected to your DAW And we kept it simple It has no knobs with dubious or
12. ortion When you have selected the RHYTHM channel the Gain knob can be used to adjust the amount of preamp distortion When you have selected the LEAD channel the Gain knob is mostly used to shape the character of the distortion When the Gain knob is set at 9 oclock you ll get a tight distortion with a fast response As you increase the Gain you will get more distortion but it won t be as tight as in the lower settings A reasonable setting is around 12 oclock Lead This switch selects between the RHYTHM channel light is off and the LEAD channel light is lit Bass Middle and Treble These knobs are the tone controls of the amplifier Ihis circuit is located after the preamp distortion and is used to shape the sound of the preamp distortion Deep Boosts the ultra low frequen cies Scoop Scoops out the mid to create a tighter sound Depth Presence These are used to control the amount of low and high frequencies in the feedback loop of the power amp and thus the amount of bass and treble in the power amp Turn them up to get a low or a high frequency boost Gate A noise gate specifically de signed for a guitar input Mute your guitar and turn up the knob until the noise disap pears The Gate is program dependent which means that if you play fast and tight riffs and end your notes distinctly you will get a very fast gate If you on the other hand play sustained notes the gate will close more gent
13. the rightmost mic If the Stereo Width knob is set at MONO this is exactly like an ordinary cross fader Set it as in the picture above and you ll get about 75 of the left mic mic ONE and 25 of the right mic MIC TWO Stereo Width This knob alters the stereo width of the signal Phase Invert This switch inverts the phase of MIC TWO Example Settings One Mic Mic Balance 0 LEFT Stereo Width anything Only the left mic is selected and since we only have one source the left mic the Stereo Width knob wont do anything and we will have the same output in both the left and right channel Both Mics Mono Output Mic Balance 0 5 MIDDLE Stereo Width 0 mono With the Mic Balance in the middle we have an equal amount of both mics and since the Stereo Width is Mono both the left and the right channel will sound the same Both channels will have 50 of the left mic and 50 of the right mic Full Separation Mic Balance 0 5 MIDDLE Stereo Width 1 STEREO We re in full stereo and equal amount of both mics The left mic Mic ONE will only be heard in the left channel and the right mic mic Two in the right channel Half and Half Mic Balance 0 5 MIDDLE Stereo Width 0 5 halfway between STEREO and MONO Equal amount of both mics but since the Stereo Width control isnt fully in stereo we will have some bleed between the two channels Ihe left channel will contain about 75 of the left mic and
14. unintuitive functionality and no added gadgets or ridiculously fakesounding effects We simply provide you with the same tools you have in a real studio but in digital form Then it s up to you to add compres sors EQ s reverb or any other effects to get the sound you want In short you need the same skills to master this software as you need when dealing with a real studio setup You can get back to doing what you do best because music production is about using your ears not your computer skills Supernormalize The supernormalize feature makes sure that the output signal from Amp Room always has a reason able volume From a user perspective this primarily means that the output never exceeds 0 dB and you dont have to fiddle with tons of output volume Mic Panel knobs And even with low settings on the gain knob ne ae the output volume will be within a reasonable level o Arado i and ready for digital recordings Compare this to the real amp which easily can have a dynamic range of 100 dB From a technical perspective this means that the signal path within Amp Room always has the highest dynamic range possible and you wont lose any bits on the way Caii Mm E da Amp Panel Top Area In the amp panel you can alter the settings of the amp by clicking the knob and dragging the mouse up and down or left to right Switches will be switched either by clicking on them or by click and dragging the mouse
15. ve sound with a smooth high end and never ending sustain and special care was taken to make sure that the palm mute playing style hits you right in the stomach We also added a lower gain not to confuse with low gain preamp to ac commodate for a more traditional playing style Second and perhaps the most important of the building blocks are the cabinets You can choose between two different fourbytwelve cabinets and each cabinet has two mics A dynamic microphone for the classic metal sound and a condenser mic with a fuller and richer sound Just playing around with different cabinets and mic settings is a science in itself and we have worked really hard to make it as easy as possible for you to find the sound you look for To make this even easier we had to design the third building block the BALANCING STEREO PREAMP Ihis is basically two channel strips with a volume a pan and a phase control each that we combined into a single channel strip with a MIC BALANCE control instead of two volumes and a STEREO WIDTH control instead of two pan knobs Just to make the handling easy without compromis ing the sound And like our other products such as Vintage Amp DEPTH PRESENCE car 2 a ALN LCA CA CLA KI VI NG NTN STEREO WIDTH PHASE INV MIC BALANCE mem BALANCING STEREO PREAMP Ar At p 3 f u p Le P MIC Q Room Metal Amp Room has none of the added gadgets
16. w Softube User Manual Metal Amp Room User Manual for Version 1 3 15 Rev Jan 10 2013 Softube User Manual 2007 2013 Amp Room is a registered trademark of Softube AB Sweden Softube is a registered trademark of Softube AB Sweden All visual and aural references to the Valley People Dyna mite Trident A Range Tonelux and Tilt are trademarks being made with written permission from PMI Audio Ihe Tonelux and Tilt logo the Valley People Dyna mite and associated logos and the Trident A Range and Triangle logo are trademarks of PMI Audio Group used under license Tube Tech is a registered trademark of Lydkraft ApS Denmark All specifications subject to change without notice All Rights Reserved Other company and product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective companies Men tion of third party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation Softube assumes no responsibility with regard to the performance or use of these products Softube products are protected by patents SE526523 and SE525332 and related patents patent ap plications including WO06054943 US11 667360 US20040258250 EP1492081 EP1815459 and JP2004183976 Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement End User Li cense Agreement Disclaimer Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate How
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