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1. Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 6 of 21 2008 2011 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners 4 Launch your web browser and go to http www studiodevil com activate to display our product activation web page Enter or PASTE the INSTALL CODE you just obtained into the space provided and click GET LICENSE KEY e090 Studio Devil Product Activation Enter Install Code a O http studiodevil com activate Studio Devil Product Activation To activate your Studio Devil product please enter your INSTALL CODE into the space below NOTE This is NOT your serial number To get your install code launch your Studio Devil plug in and follow the product activation steps until your INSTALL CODE is displayed Then paste or type it into the space below and click Get License Key YOUR INSTALL CODE wike i a ex XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Get License Key Copyright 2007 2008 Gallo Engineering LLC StudioDevil is a registered trademark of Gallo Engineering LLC Vacuum tube emulation and guitar tube amp plugins
2. CROSS IN x m DVER vi vi vi vi l 5 X i C lt BAss LMins FREQS TRES DRive MODE m O BIAMP f F NORM a vi vi CH EB d y f Inv E Ta s NORM ii t X BASS MIDS FREQ TRtee ACTIVATE CABINET VOL ean are i e CHORUS OM 4x10 B dd Jaz REVERB 2 JEE D E is s sean ee i i oy lel lel le nar le s le f isi te f 4 W A MY YS WY YS YS YS YY YS WY LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 160 340660 1 5K 2 6K SK 10K I5K LEVEL DIGITAL YACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 5 of 21 2008 2011 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners 2 When you are ready to begin enter your serial number and click NEXT COMPRESSOR a _ _ _ _ _ POWER AMP BIAMP aps z es OVER i A 9 A vi a ww si vi 5 a 7 7 GAN BASS LMins FREQS TRES DRI STEP 1 ACTIVATION REQUIRED ont ur product now Enter your serial number and click NEXT You can purchase one from STUDIODEVIL
3. le s i f WY UY UU US OU OU OU OW 5k LEVEL DEEP Fonna Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 8 of 21 Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners MORE SCREEN If you ever need to contact customer support you will need your serial number and license key You can always get these by clicking MORE on the front panel of your licensed Studio Devil plug in This brings up the MORE screen that displays your serial number and license key COMPRESSOR PREAMP POWER AMP BIAMP m CROSS pee A OVER vi vi c Ea D z i Bass L MiIns FREQS TRES DR MODE BiAmp aA a CHB l TY GT NORM BAss LuMinps FREQS TRES GRAPHIC EQUALIZER f k 4 a ia CABINET VOL AAAA ANANA OUT OAE oF of W Je JEC 12 A 4x10 ixis P LEVEL SPEED CUTOFF BRIGHT Orr REVERE E i ieg fe d on vi vi Al i s R 2 UNER s f 9 LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 180 340660 1 5K 2 6K 5K 10K 15K LEVEL DEEP DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING s A COMPRE SSOR PRE A MP POWER AMP BIAMP CROS
4. picking and strumming of your notes sound muffled or muddy In part this is how a compressor actually works but having control over how quickly or how slowly the compressor affects your picking is a nice feature to have The ATTACK KNOB does just this allowing you to control how much of your guitar s attack or picking is allowed to slide though giving your tone a sharp biting tone along with the compressor s sustain Turn this knob up to the right for more attack or turn it down to the left for more of a traditional compressor sound LEVEL METER The three small indicator lights to the right of the ATTACK knob are the INPUT LEVEL METER indicators They measure the signal at the output of the COMPRESSOR module letting you compare what the compressor is doing to your signal strength When you turn the COMPRESSOR on and off this meter shows you how the output level and dynamics change in response to your compressor effect settings You can use these meter in conjunction with the COMPRSSOR ENABLE switch to help find the perfect settings for the AMOUNT and ATTACK knobs The three indicators are arranged from bottom to top GREEN YELLOW and RED The GREEN lamp tells you that the signal is healthy and above 20dB The YELLOW lamp comes on when your signal exceeds 9dB and the RED lamp indicates that your signal is above OdB PREAMP CONTROLS eey ron a ri vi o Bass LMips FREQS TRES MODE Each channel of Virtual
5. COM or continue evaluation by clicking RUN AS DEMO S S T D A e a a VIRTUAL BASS AMP PRO D Enter your SERIAL NUMBER be E me BFU PRODUCT ACTIVATION 4runasoeno k a C _ DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING Oooo L m r i i sera REVERE p n E a m fo E 4 E st ie st ie tf 9 T TUNEF On vi vi vi f a n s l s le le 2 f f Frys FF 38 FF FF FF g LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 180 340660 1 5K 2 6K SK 1DK I5K LEVEL DEEEF DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING Remember to write down and keep your serial number in a safe place You will need it if you ever wish to re install your Studio Devil plug in in the future Your Studio Devil plug in will now display your INSTALL CODE COMPRESSOR PREAMP POWER AMP BIAMP F es OVER a Pi fi G ri Q r LMIDS FREQJ TRES DRive CLIP STEP 2 COPY INSTALL CODE Write down this install code or copy it to the clipboard b sii R COPY You will need it to get your license key in the next step When you re ready click S a fo Se es ee VIRTUAL BASS AMP PRO D Copy or write down this INSTALL CODE 7 m HW PRODUCT ACTIVATION s A A EA ON E C 4 BACK LcOPY DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY J AL SALL O ENGINEERING 2 6 ee eee eee ee ee eee r r i i s r 8 REVERE gt i j f sf
6. MAC USERS After opening the DMG file that comes with your Studio Devil download you will see two files An installer package for installing your AudioUnits VST and ProTools plug ins and a Studio Devil LIVE application which is for running Studio Devil LIVE To install Studio Devil LIVE simply drag the Studio Devil LIVE application to your Applications Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 19 of 21 2008 2010 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners folder or drag it to your Desktop or wherever you want Then when you want to launch Studio Devil LIVE simply double click on this application and you are up and rockin LAUNCHING STUDIO DEVIL LIVE Before launching Studio Devil Live LIVE make sure your preferred sound interface is plugged in and powered on Studio Devil LIVE will look for your audio devices on launch and give you a list of them to choose to use as your input and outputs Make sure the device you intend to use with your guitar and speakers or headphones is ready and has the proper drivers installed If not then your
7. VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners SETUP TIPS Here are a few tips about setting up your Studio Devil plug in for the best sound HI Z INPUT Always use a good quality sound card interface with a Hi Z input The Hi Z input allows you to connect a guitar or bass directly with a 14 guitar cord without degrading the instrument s output signal If you don t already have a sound interface with a Hi Z or Instrument input invest in one you ll need it SETTING A GOOD LEVEL The idea here is to get the highest possible input signal without clipping your sound interface This insures that you get all the nice tube like distortion from your Studio Devil plug in and none of the nasty digital clips from your sound interface At first turn all the volume and tone knobs on your guitar or bass all the way up for the strongest signal You may even want to switch to the Neck pickup if your instrument has one which typically has a higher output as well but this isn t necessary Then once you re setup and plugged in start strumming or plucking the guitar or bass a little harder than you think you ll be playing normally While strumming hard adjust the input trim control on your sound interface so that you get the highest signal possible without any clips On
8. before IMPORTing your new tone STANDALONE STUDIO DEVIL LIVE Until now if you just wanted to play around with Amp Modeler Pro even if you weren t doing any recording you had to launch your favorite recording host and use Studio Devil as a plug in Well not anymore Introducing Studio Devil LIVE an application that lets you run your Studio Devil plug in in standalone mode meaning all you have to do is launch it and you are up and running No more host No more complicated setup Ready to play Studio Devil LIVE Here s how to get started INSTALLING STUDIO DEVIL LIVE Installing and running Studio Devil LIVE for your plug in is easy Here s what to do FOR WINDOWS USERS Studio Devil LIVE is already installed when you run the Setup exe that is included with your plug in download This installer installs both the Studio Devil LIVE application as well as your VST and RTAS plug ins The Studio Devil plug in installer creates a Start Menu folder in Start Menu gt Programs gt Studio Devil that lets you launch the Studio Devil LIVE application for your plug in The installer also gives you an option to put a shortcut for this application on your Desktop After installation simply click on either of these shortcuts to launch Studio Devil LIVE If you lose these shortcuts you can find the Studio Devil LIVE application for your plug in here Program Files x86 StudioDevil StudioDevilPlug InName StudioDevilPlug InName exe FOR
9. device will not be available for use with Studio Devil LIVE Now to get started simply click on the Studio Devil LIVE application On PC this will be installed in your Start Menu under Program Files gt Studio Devil On Mac you will have probably dragged it either onto your Desktop or into your Applications folder Either way look for where you placed it and double click on it your LIVE AMP is moments away When launching Studio Devil Live for the first time the application will prompt you to select your input and output devices see AUDIO CONFIGURATION below Simply choose the input and outputs you want to use and click OK If your preferred devices do not appear in the selection boxes EXIT the application and make sure the correct device is plugged in powered on and has the proper device drivers installed Once you click OK Studio Devil LIVE will then begin streaming your real time low latency amp modeling through the devices you choose automatically using 44100Hz sampling and the lowest available latency for the interface you select Studio Devil LIVE remembers the settings you choose so that each time you come back to launch Studio Devil LIVE AMP you don t have to reselect anything After the first initial setup rockin with Studio Devil is then only a double click away AUDIO CONFIGURATION Studio Devil Live AMP G e Audio Configuration 3A Studio Devil LIVE remembers your selection of MIDI Configuration 38M au
10. two modes NORMAL and BI AMP These modes control how your input signal feeds the two independent channels Here s how ae 3 a ns they work mmo tt LEVEL SPEED CUTOFF MODE SWITCH This switch lets E i i l T T T i i 1 you choose between NORMAL m a ms lt e i i U e Jej jeze mode and BI AMP mode In Se e a e a E A E A E EA NORMAL mode your bass guitar input feeds both CHANNEL A and CHANNEL B directly In BI AMP mode your bass guitar input feeds a Linkwitz Riley crossover which splits your bass guitar signal into low frequencies and high frequencies sending the lows to CHANNEL A and the highs to CHANNEL B The crossover frequency is selected by setting the BIAMP CROSSOVER KNOB see below Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 10 of 21 2008 2010 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners BIAMP CROSSOVER KNOB This knob only works in BIAMP mode See MODE SWITCH above This control lets you set the crossover frequency which is the point where the BIAMP crossover splits your bass guitar input signal into lows and hig
11. your reverb and it can have a great effect on your sound Turn this control down for a brighter crisper reverb or turn it up for more damping and a darker muffled room CLIP LIGHTS Healthy signal levels are the key to any good tone If your signal is too low things are going to sound grainy and digital and when your signal is too loud you get nasty knarly clips Not good Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro comes with some nice CLIP LIGHTS that tell you when your input and output signals are just right or if they need a little trimming When OFF these lights indicate that your signal is COMPRESSOR POWER AMP ri vi o Bass LMIDS FREQJ TRES BIAMP e e NORM L k z vi CH E a y Rien 1 A STUDIO anoa sass aw o GRAPHIC EQUALIZER sapier m ZOO LATE ea TOOG WW S e LEVEL 40 60 100 180 340 660 1 3K 2 6K Sk 10K I5K LEVEL DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING BASS LuMins FrREQS Tre too low GREEN means a good level above 20dB YELLOW indicates you re getting close to clipping at about 6dB And RED just means you blew it overload If you see RED on the input light you need to turn down the input gain on your sound interface or bass volume knob A RED light on the output means you need to reduce the output level with the MASTER VOLUME control See below or just turn down some of the drive and EQ level settings As a guide try to keep the input li
12. 08 2010 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners
13. Bass Amp Pro has its Cysiame gi het MAO he ho own dedicated vacuum tube PREAMP This Ss Aa Je is probably the most important section of ee 3 each channel and it s where you set the channel s gain distortion and basic tone RENI Neo fY ek The controls are simple just like on a real 4x10 amp Here s how to use them ga a A zf GAIN This knob controls the Ean alata araili T Ti TT T ten runen SK 10K I5K LEVEL DEEP amount of bass guitar signal that s Se a ee Ne arene AE o E EAO fed into the channel Turning this control up to the right means more gain more distortion more clipping and more punch Turning the gain knob down to the left results in a cleaner tone less distortion but more dynamic responsiveness Whichever setting you choose remember that Studio Devil acts just like a real tube amp you can also use your bass guitar s volume knob to achieve similar results Experiment with both your bass s volume knob and the gain control to see what works best with your playing style BOOST SWITCH Flipping this switch ON has the effect of increasing the overall gain and adding more preamp distortion When you just need a little bit more gain where can you go from there 11 It s one louder Flipping the BOOST switch gets you there The red indicator above the switch lights up when the BOOST feature is ON Here s a trick Even though a high gain knob setting with the boost switch off may have the same o
14. CTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 17 of 21 Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners TUNER COMPRE 85850 R POWER AMP Of course rockin out is what it s all about rie A A LA mM i 4 A But there are times when you need to check SS your tune to make Sure your tone is coming BASS LMins FREQS TRES ORonm si across loud and clear Thankfully Studio ne wR Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro comes with a O Kirm nee E9 VIRTUAL BASS AMP amp built in TUNER to help you keep your instrument in tune letting you get the most D EN GRAPHIC EQUALIZER CABINET VOL out of your sound sajaial ELTETE A Ei L BRIG TURNING THE TUNER ON ERD O EGO O GGO 1 3K 2 6K SK 5K LEVEL DEEP AND OFF DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING When you first open Virtual Bass Amp Pro the tuner will display the word OFF to indicate that the tuner is disabled saving CPU power To activate the TUNER just click anywhere inside the TUNER display This will enable the tuner which will then activate the tuning display When you are done tu
15. E j I iz ie s gt i vi vi vi i i f gt TUNER 5 l s he s le s 12 f e mJ AY AY LY OY OV J J J J U LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 I80 340 660 1 5K 2 6K SK 10K I5K LEVEL DEEP DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING Write down this code or copy it to the clipboard by clicking COPY You will need it for the next step When you are ready click NEXT 3 Your Studio Devil plug in will now display instructions on how to bring your INSTALL CODE to our web server for product activation COMPRESSOR PREAMP ss POWER AMP BIAMP OVER i A aoa s a i vi 5 K 7 Bass LMins FREQS TRES STEP 3 GET LICENSE KEY Bring the install code from the last step to www studiodevil com activate Follow the instructions on the web page to get your license key When you re ready click NEXT S eee a Pl E i VIRTUAL BASS AMP PRO Bring your install code to PID CE GEY AIEEE your license key mel PRODUCT ACTIVATION 4ean u C T DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp L ECTS iy SAL LO ENGINEERING ee r j r s WU REVERB D 3 5 B lt B lt 2 gs r 2 gt 2 st f is i a TUNER on ri ri vi ane z _ 5 l le 2 f f e WW WU VY VY UY UV l a p J l 8 e LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 IB0 340 660 1 5K 2 6K 5K 10K I5K LEVEL DEEP DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING
16. EQUALIZER sities ree my hy ay he hs OVER e vi vi 4 gt o The GRAPHIC EQ comes after all the Osame Sa a er a a PREAMP TONE and POWER AMP LIMITER cHe w processes and lets you adjust the overall C NORM LB H i IASS Sa TRES tonal character of your bass sound Why Boa DLO ee AL BASS AMP PRO wonee have a GRAPHIC EQ when you already have BRAPHIG EQUALIZER a tone controls Well first it has more bands CHORUS al ANA fi cole axo and finer control than the tone controls But Crem Ia Ta A H t more importantly it comes after the preamp REVERE iii I J I I i I Iz IA A ow 12 distortion and power amp limiting so it Cer Ie o OF Bee o LEVEL DECAY DAMP 40 60 100 180 340 660 1 3K 2 6K SK 10K I5K LEVEL allows you to control the overall tone without DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING changing the other effects Playing around with the subtle interplay between your tone knobs and the GRAPHIC EQ is where you ll discover all the great tones Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro delivers Here s how the GRAPHIC EQ controls work EQ SLIDERS Each of the graphic EQ s twelve sliders starting from the left lets you adjust the boost or cut for frequencies within a certain band Slide the handle up for more boost or slide it down for less Going from left to right the frequency bands go from bass lows to treble highs The frequencies for each band are specific
17. IDER up to the A position to hear Owl JR JK S UU I N J UN oF LEVEL DECAY P 30 40 60 100 180 340 660 1 3K 2 6K SK 10K I5K LEVEL DEEP more of CHANNEL A or slide it DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING down to the B position to hear more of CHANNEL B When the MIX SLIDER is in the middle position you get a 50 50 mix of both channels The MIX SLIDER control works even when only one channel is enabled This is to allow you to control the relative Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 13 of 21 2008 2010 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners volume of each channel when using the CHANNEL A B switch as a channel switcher And it also lets you use the CHANNEL A B switch as a solo control to better hear how the MIX SLIDER is working in your mix and how each channel contributes to the mix especially when using BIAMP mode Be careful when setting the MIX SLIDER all the way to the A or B position in these cases you won t hear the other channel at all even when only that channel is selected GRAPHIC
18. KS Well that s it for the controls of Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro pretty straightforward and simple But the main thing to remember is that this is all about tone and getting a great sound Experiment with the controls until you find what you like And take your time to listen and play a while through your changes You will find that Studio Devil reacts just like real amps small changes in your settings add up to a very different feel and texture of your sound Keep tweaking until it s just right And just right means just right for you no one can tell you what that is except yourself Have fun rockin with Studio Devil SPECIFICATIONS e Compatible with VST Audio Units and RTAS audio hosts Mac PC e Ax Up Sampling Multi Rate Processing Engine e 64 bit Internal Floating Point Precision e 44 1kHz 48kHz 88 2kHz and 96kHz sampling rate support VISIT US Remember we re dedicated to getting the best digital guitar and bass amp tones If you dig the tone you re getting from your bass with Studio Devil VBA Pro then be sure to check out our guitar amp modeling plug ins Virtual Guitar Amp and Amp Modeler Pro We have a lot of great stuff in the works so come visit us on the web for the latest info DESIRE ANALOG EMBRACE DIGITAL WWW STUDIODEVIL GCOM facebook ewitter WWW FACGCEBOOK COM STUDIODEVIL WWW TWITTER COM STUDIODEVIL Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 21 of 21 20
19. S TA DVER vi C vi BASS LuMins FREQS TRES a For more information about Studio Devil digital tube sit and effects come visit us at http www studiodevil com S S T U D CJ VIRTUAL BASS AMP PRO TE CICESE CHOR 2010 Marc Gallo Stud jio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro and VBA Pro are trademarks of Gallo prs Engineering PLLC Digital vacuum tube technology protected by patents pe nding All rights reserved DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING REVERE 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 a bd ri Pi ri gt s 9 ri TUNER 5 i2e a f j bADS ATS ANR AnS An AER ODS LJ LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 160 340 660 1 3K 2 6 Sk 10 Sk LEVEL DEEP DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp CFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING License keys change every time you install your Studio Devil plug in onto a different computer or when you re install your Studio Devil plug in onto the same computer after a fresh operating system installation In these cases you will have to re activate your Studio Devil plug in as described above You are entitled to unlimited activations per purchase But you may only use this software on one machine at a time If you need to run this software on multiple machines you may contact Studio Devil to purchase more licenses Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 9 of 21 2008 2011 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC Al
20. STUDIO DEVIL VIRTUAL BASS AMP PRO USER S GUIDE Version 1 2 November 2011 COMPRESS DR PREAM P POWER AME BIAMP CROSS i TF DVER vi S i a 6 C i BASb6S Lm DS FREQ TR tG ORive CLIP MODE f BIAMP NORM CH amp INY C NORM Umi lt a BAbS Lm bs FREQ TREG GRAPHIC EQUALIZER A 2a a a a 28 a2 2 a A i s A a s A i a ei r aa CHORUS p p gt p p p F gt TE TFE ki i ba ll li ln ed i a l l a E Da a LEVEL S ED CUTOFF ment BRIGHT l OFf LJ REVERB I f JEE 7 o z on deo i TUNER i z f F n F i o J J LJ LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 180 340660 1 3K 2 6K Sk 10K 15K LEVEL DEEP DIGITAL VACUUM TUBI TECHNOLOGY amp gt BY GALLO ENGINEERING STUDIODEVIL DESIRE ANALOG EMBRACE DIGITAL Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 1 of 21 2008 2011 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners THANKS FOR USING STUDIO DEVIL Thanks for using Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro the ultimate vacuum tube bass amplifier model
21. TER control knob is a small stack of three indicator lights GREEN YELLOW and RED These lights indicate when the limiter is really starting to clip GREEN means negligible limiting and clipping is occurring YELLOW means the limiter is beginning to work on your signal And RED indicates that the limiter is doing a lot of limiting This is by no means a warning light If you see these lights entering into the yellow or red zones it does NOT mean that you are overloading something or doing something wrong It just indicates that the limiter is really starting to do some work and it gives you an idea of how hard you re driving it In fact many great tones often drive this indicator into the yellow or red all the time These lights are meant to be a guide when it s hard to hear what the limiter is doing and when it s hard to know if distortion is coming from the gain stage or the power limiter But no matter what use your ears they ll tell you when it sounds right Sven rA 1 1 1 1 1 1 ri ES MIX CONTROL D D y E z F lt iw Bass LMins FREQS TRES Cra oH aw H em H H w Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro lets you om Le mix its two independent channels with the MIX SLIDER Here s how gt A7 E GRAPHIC EQUALIZER fF ve panar A MIX SLIDER The MIX SLIDER lets Paini aall I aE il z L you control the mix of CHANNEL A YO SS wa SS CF je with CHANNEL B Slide the MIX Revere aa Ql I I I I IJ JE eee SL
22. ally chosen to work well with bass guitar and to give you lots of control over your sound LEVEL SLIDER The rightmost graphic EQ slider controls the overall LEVEL of the EQ s output This comes in useful to balance the overall volume of your bass between EQ on and EQ off settings Another useful trick is to set the EQ sliders all in the middle for no tonal change and use the LEVEL slider just to control the overall volume output Either way the LEVEL slider lets you set your output volume when the EQ is enabled ENABLE SWITCH This switch turns the GRAPHIC EQ on and off You can use this control to make quick comparisons of your EQ settings to see how it s affecting your sound This indicator next to the switch lights up to let you know when the GRAPHIC EQ effect is enabled COMPRESSOR PREAMP m POWER AMP DEEP BRIGHT foe a e Te a ae CONTROLS ag is i A S S Olen LB Sometimes you need a little more bottom end or a bit more sizzle on the top This is CABINET VOL the place where you can add just that add snes Tee ane e just a pinch more DEEP and BRIGHT sete ne AS rere rrr re Tow DEEP KNOB This knob adds O1 LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 180 340 660 1 3K 2 6K SK 10K I5K LEVEL DEEP more low end to your bass If you DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING like your sound with lots of bass turn this knob up If you re playing through smaller speakers and want to back off the deep lo
23. annels A and B from one place Flip this switch up to the A position D Jhs SST OY i aT to enable only channel A Flip this switch eae IAD AH ALAC AADAC ALAC ADA a mo ene down to the B position to enable only Q al if I I I i I I i I le il x A channel B In the middle position both C VEL SPEED CUTOF Srisnr 1O channels A and B are enabled and are mixed iieauime a Ga EEEREN iie 7 ae Ka together by the A B Mix slider Amber LED LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 180 340 660 1 3K 2 6K SK 10K I5K LEVEL DEEP indicators light up to show you when the DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING corresponding channels are enabled The CHANNEL SELECT A B switch has a few uses First it can be used as a typical channel switch letting you toggle between two distinct sounds like you would in a live situation Second you can use it as an A B test to hear the differences between two different sounds when making fine adjustments You can also use it to help you hear the best spot to set the BIAMP CROSSOVER frequency knob when operating in BIAMP mode The possibilities are endless ri pA gt E P z BAss LMIDS FREQJ TRES MODE Each channel of Virtual Bass Amp Pro has its oe gt ms io i a A own dedicated COMPRESSOR Here s how Bany SS SS ES they work VIRTUAL BASS AMP PRO MORE GRAPHIC EQUALIZER f ja CABINET VOL ENABLE SWITCH You guessed B ES e
24. but it can be any note at all Once it s struck you will see the note appear in the TUNER display window If you are picking an open string and using standard tuning you should see one of the following notes in the TUNER display 1st String G 2nd String D 3rd String A Ath String E 5th String B for five string basses Regardless of which tuning you use or which note you pluck if the note that appears in the TUNER window does not match the one that you expect then you need to tune up or down to get it close before you can move on For example say you pluck the open E string and the TUNER window displays an F In this case you will need to tune down until the TUNER window displays an E before you can fine tune that string Once the correct musical note appears in the TUNER window you can then use the TUNER arrowheads to fine tune your string precisely You will notice that the TUNER window displays two arrowheads one to the left of the note letter and one to the right When both arrowheads are lit your string is perfectly in tune If the TUNER displays an arrowhead to the LEFT of the note letter then your string is flat and needs to be tuned up Likewise if the TUNER displays an arrowhead to the RIGHT of the note letter then your string is sharp and needs to be tuned down If you are new to tuners this process may take some getting used to but if you are already accustomed to them then you ll feel right at home with the Studio Devi
25. ce it starts to clip back off the sound interface s input level just a touch If you still get too many clips turn the input level down on your interface a little bit more but don t turn the level down too much or you won t get the best sound out of your amp modeling plug in This is the same basic technique for recording any other traditional tracks but some extra care is needed here where the distortion and tone from Studio Devil s dynamic amp modeling shouldn t be clouded by harsh digital clips or lost by poor utilization of the dynamic range of the sound interface LATENCY Try to use a sound interface that has low latency drivers and hardware That way you can record though your Studio Devil plug in in real time Studio Devil plug ins have been designed to keep the processing demand on the CPU as low as possible to allow even slower hosts to run our amp models in real time but if your driver is slow you ll still hear a lag Try ASIO drivers too they re usually faster There s not much else too it except to pick up your favorite bass and start laying down the best directly recorded tracks of your life Remember when you sound good we all sound good Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 3 of 21 2008 2011 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp D
26. cy of your current selection i i When available it will display the latency in milliseconds If this fails then it will try to display the performance as Good Fair Poor or Unknown depending on the results of the internal tests Try to choose an interface and driver combination that results in the lowest latency or at least display s Good in the dialog box On Mac systems this is usually not a problem On Windows systems you will most likely want to use ASIO drivers since they usually provide the lowest latency If your sound interface does not have ASIO drivers search the Internet for ASIO4ALL a universal ASIO driver that may help Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 20 of 21 2008 2010 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners When you have made your selections click the OK button to save your changes Now the next time you launch Studio Devil LIVE it will look for these new devices by default Now just plug in your favorite axe and get playing with Studio Devil LIVE THAT S ALL FOL
27. dio input and output devices so that you don t always have to set them up each and StudioDevil every time you launch the application But PRESET NAME a ECD gr there may be times when you want to change save as your selections such as when you buy a new interface use someone else s hardware or maybe you just want to try a different driver a type To pull up the dialog box that permits you oh Ta 2 cut 9 2 _ iA a change your audio setup click on the AUDIO AMP MO DELER CONFIGURATION option found under the __ ce a RAST CONFIGURATION menu On Windows systems use the AUDIO CONFIGURATION option under the SETUP menu Also keep in mind that if you launch Studio Devil LIVE and it fails to find your previously selected input and output devices such as if you forgot to plug it in or you just don t have it anymore or when you run Studio Devil LIVE for the first time then you will be automatically taken to this AUDIO CONFIGURATION menu AOO Audio Configuration Either way once the AUDIO CONFIGURATION dialog box P appears you will be given the options to choose your INPUT ea and OUTPUT devices On Windows systems you will also be Input Device Built in Input 1 amp 2 asked to choose your DRIVER type Output Device Built in Output 1 amp 2 H4 Choose your devices from the pull down select boxes As you make changes to your selections Studio Devil LIVE tries Latency 4 ms er to determine the actual laten
28. e owners Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 7 of 21 2008 2011 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners Return to your Studio Devil plug in and click NEXT COMPRESSOR PREAMP BIAMP CROSS OVER vi C A POWER AMP ri L MIDS FREQJ TRES STEP 3 GET LICENSE KEY Bring the install code from the last step to www studiodevil com activate Follow the instructions on the web page to get your license key When you re ready click NE Bring AV http your license key PRODUCT AOA 4BACK DIiGiTAL OC EN CHOR oN f A VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp REVERB on vi ri vi gng r sl s T ES G f od se Oke OF OL VK Oe Vr em YY LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 1860 3460 660 1 3K 2 6 DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFEC PREAMP LmMivos FREQS TRES STEP 4 ENTER LICENSE A XT VIRTUAL BASS AMP PRO ur install code to Sstudiodevi gt BY GALLO ENGINEERING a TUNER Se Sm S SK ELS EVEL DEEEF TS BY GALLO ENGINEERING ri n A DRive CLIP KEY Enter o
29. ect or turn it to the right for more of that miked up power amp sound When you turn the DRIVE knob more to the left for clean sounds you can compensate for the lower volume by boosting the GRAPHIC EQ LEVEL SLIDER or MAIN VOLUME SLIDER see below Or if you turn the DRIVE up you can compensate for the louder volume by lowering the GRAPHIC EQ LEVEL SLIDER or MAIN VOLUME SLIDER This technique is the best way to keep a good level while changing the amount of power amp drive and clipping Experimentation is the key to finding what works best for you LIMITER CONTROL This knob controls the type of power amp limiter by letting you choose from soft clipping to hard clipping or anywhere in between With hard clipping any part of your signal that goes above the maximum limit just gets clipped right off This results in a buzzing or crunching that some bassists love If you want a softer more pillow like kind of feel then soft clipping is more for you With soft clipping the limiter pushes back against your bass signal more and more as the level gets louder and louder This results in a clipping that gradually rounds off your peaks and sounds softer mellower and more muffled Both the hard and soft clipping extremes sound great but with the LIMITER knob you can select a setting anywhere in between A good starting point is somewhere between the middle and hard clipping this is most like a real amp LIMITER LED INDICATOR To the right of the LIMI
30. er it it turns the COMPRESSOR on or SHORUS e AN Q OR z A off Click to turn it on click again A FY er EVEL SPEED CUTOF to turn it off The button above the REVERE a 8 NEN iii f i i t j J i T i switch lights up RED when the 2 OER ER ER SREN SEES RENE LEVEL DECAY DAMP 40 60 100 160 34606601 SK 10K ISK LEVEL DEEP a a COMPRESSOR is ON DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING AMOUNT KNOB This knob controls how much compression and sustain you get by setting the peak gain boost of the compressor Turn this knob to the right for more sustain and boost or to the left for less gain and more Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 11 of 21 2008 2010 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners subtle compression The actual gain will taper off as you play harder or will ramp up to the peak gain as your notes decay and fade It acts a lot like a leveler and this knob sets how much ATTACK KNOB Sometimes compressors can squash or deaden the attack of your bass tone making the
31. esign PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners INSTALLING YOUR STUDIO DEVIL PLUG IN If you purchased your Studio Devil plug in as a download then you will first need to open and extract the downloaded ZIP file for Windows users or DMG file for Mac OSX users If you purchased your Studio Devil plug in on DVD CD ROM just insert the disc into your CD DVD drive and open its folder to access the installation files After opening your CD DVD drive folder or unzipping your download you will see two installers For Windows double click Setup exe to begin the installation On Mac systems double click the Mac Installer mpkg to begin the installation Installation of your Studio Devil plug in is pretty straightforward The only key point is that in some cases you will need to know or specify where your Studio Devil plug in will be installed Your Studio Devil plug in is installed into the following default folders WINDOWS INSTALLATION FOLDERS WINDOWS VST 32 bit C Program Files x86 VSTPlugins Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro WINDOWS VST 64 bit C Program Files VSTPlugins Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro WINDOWS RTAS C Program Files x86 Common Files DigiDesign DAE Plug Ins MAC INSTALLATION FOLDERS Mac VST Library Audio Pl
32. ght in the GREEN zone as much as possible at least during loud picking This will make sure you are getting the most dynamic range out of your sound interface converters resulting in the best tone The same goes for the output level Don t worry too much about YELLOW lights they just tell you how close you are to the edge But RED is not good maybe not so bad on the output but you definitely want to avoid this on the input side MASTER VOLUME When everything else is going right and you just need to adjust the overall volume of your sound this is the place Sometimes you might go a little crazy with the gain drive and EQ levels and then find that you re starting to clip on the main output Well you can tame your output level here with the MASTER VOLUME control Or you might have a soft tone that needs a little more push without altering the tone Either way slide the MASTER VOLUME control up for 6dB of boost down for 12dB of volume reduction or anywhere in between 2008 2010 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro COMPRESSOR PREAMP ri vi o POWER AMP Bass LMIDS FREQJ TRES MODE 5 BIAMP a e NORM s q L wi vi CH B a j A Inv NORM GRAPHIC EQUALIZER q CHORUS et LLLLLLI LLL On vi vi i E aaa HEA EAE EH El ee 79 LEVEL DECAY P 30 40 60 100 180 340 660 1 3K 2 6K SK 10K I5K LEVEL DEEF DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFE
33. hat really stand out This tone is based on an Ampeg B15 cabinet loaded with a D140 speaker and miked up with a Neumann U47 microphone 4x10 This setting emulates a miked up 4x10 cabinet It has a punchy bass and a slightly metallic tone a great setting for modern loud tones This tone is based on a Hartke 45XL aluminum cone 4x10 miked up with a Neumann U47 microphone 8x10 Have you ever played through the fridge If so then you know what we re talking about here And if not imagine a speaker cabinet the size of a refrigerator with 8 pounding speakers and thunderous bottom end Yep this is it If you like big bottoms talk about bum cakes this babe s got em This tone is based on an Ampeg SVT 8x10 cabinet miked up with a Neumann U47 microphone Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 15 of 21 2008 2010 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners CHORUS EFFECT The CHORUS effect gives your bass guitar a nice shimmering tone it s like a group of singers where each singer is just ever so slightly off perfect p
34. hs This knob selects a frequency crossover point from the range 40Hz to 8kHz When in BIAMP mode the frequencies below this knob setting are sent to CHANNEL A and the frequencies above this setting are sent to CHANNEL B CH B INVERT SWITCH The CH B INVERT switch works in both NORMAL and BIAMP modes This switch acts as a phase switch for CHANNEL B and lets you invert the output of CHANNEL B before it gets mixed with CHANNEL A via the MIX control see MIX slider below When this switch is in the INV position the output of CHANNEL B is inverted When this switch is in the NORM position the output of CHANNEL B is unaffected CHANNEL CONTROLS Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro has two identical channels CHANNEL A and CHANNEL B These channels are enabled or disabled using the CHANNEL SELECT A B switch and the output of both channels is mixed using the MIX slider Both CHANNEL A and CHANNEL B have their own set of COMPRESSOR PREAMP and POWER AMP LIMITER controls These controls let you set the basic tone dynamics and distortion of your bass guitar sound And because each channel can be set independently you can set each one to a completely different tone and then choose to hear one the other or mix them both together Read on to learn more about these controls and how to use them to sculpt your tone CHANNEL SELECT A B SEE SWITCH w MODE BIAMP NORM CH BE The CHANNEL SELECT A B switch lets you Onn enable or disable ch
35. ht amount and type of reverb that works for you Dial some of this in if you want to breathe some life into your track Here s how CH B Oxy LB oh a i D eN An VIRTUAL BASS AMP PRO GRAPHIC EQUALIZER MORE gt CABINET VOL puT 6x10 the axio ixis a BRIGHT 2 a rr D E EFAA TG x Eaa a I Ta TUNER orF LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 160 3460660 1 5K 2 6K SK 10K 15K LEVEL DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING REVERB ENABLE SWITCH Yep flip it up for ON or flip it down for OFF The indicator lights up when the REVERB is ON Pretty simple One thing to note here though if you re using another reverb that sounds great like on an effects buss don t forget to turn the REVERB off you can save some CPU processing for other plug ins REVERB LEVEL KNOB This knob controls the volume level of the reverb Turn to the right for more reverb or to the left for a drier sound You can think of this knob like a mic placement close far knob Turning it up sounds like the mic is far away from the cabinet picking up more of the room sound Turning it down sounds like the mic Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 16 of 21 2008 2010 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST
36. ing plug in We know you re going to love the way your bass sounds with Studio Devil TECHNOLOGY Studio Devil s Virtual Tube Amplification is a breakthrough in vacuum tube amplifier modeling technology Our patented tube modeling process is based on the dynamic characteristics of real 12AX7A vacuum tube preamplifier stages the building blocks of the world s most coveted tube amplifiers By accurately mimicking this preamp tube stage virtually any tube amp can be built through unique configurations and combinations of them Virtual Bass Amp Pro represents just a glimpse of the infinite number of virtual amplifiers that can be built with this technology When you play through Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro you will notice that it responds just like a real tube amp The tone is rich simple and inspiring And the dynamic gain structure reacts to your fingers and picking style allowing expressive playing just like the real thing You ll be amazed at how good your tone sounds playing through Studio Devil s virtual tube amplifiers Until now digital never sounded so analog So enjoy the newly found warmth of digital enjoy Studio Devil Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 2 of 21 2008 2011 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the
37. itch When several sources play together like this it has a nice choral sound hence the name chorus The CHORUS effect makes your bass sound like it s glistening and here s how to use it CHORUS ENABLE SWITCH This switch turns the CHORUS on and off Flip the switch up to turn it on or down to turn it off The small indicator lights up when the CHORUS effect is ON CHORUS LEVEL KNOB Sets the balance between the bass guitar tone and the choral voices allowing you to hear more or less of the CHORUS effect in proportion to the dry COMPRESSOR PREAMP CROSS gt A A A OVER ri vi vi A X POWER AMP p lt MODE 7 4 BIAMP e J lt NORM s q x L vi vi CH B y i INY NORM AA SPEED CUTOFF aaa ETG LEVEL DECAY DAMP 40 60 100 160 34606601 SK 10K 15K LEVEL DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING BAss LMIDS FREQJ TRES VIRTUAL BASS AMP PRO MODRE GRAPHIC EQUALIZER E ise BRIGHT rr p ER preamp signal Turn this knob up to the right to hear more of the pitch shifted choral voices or turn it down to the left to hear more of the bass signal A good balance is somewhere in the middle which allows the input signal and choral voices to mix well and interact producing the traditional CHORUS sound we usually look for CHORUS SPEED KNOB Sets the speed of the CHORUS effect which controls how quickly the apparent pitch variations fluctua
38. l tuner we designed it to be familiar and easy Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 18 of 21 2008 2010 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners Once the TUNER window displays both arrowheads simultaneously and the correct note letter in the center your string is tuned and you can move on to the next one Repeat the process for each string until all your strings are in tune Then play a chord and thank the tuning gods for the awesomeness of tone Now that wasn t too bad eh COMPRESSOR oc PREAMP POWER AMP IMPORT EXPORT a A A A A e A A N NA PRESE 3 c ie BASS LMivs FrReQo TRee DRIVE CLIP MODE l Eon m E A ri T zi For more information about Stus evil digital tl digital tur Neili Have a favorite preset that you want to and effects come visit us at http w studiodev share with a friend Or you got one that you E pact want to use with your Studio Devil Virtual PHAR IMPORT PRESET EXPORT PRESET ns Bass Amp Pro No problem we got you SHOR 2010 Marc Gallo Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro and VBA P
39. l rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners DUAL CHANNEL ARCHITECTURE Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro takes a powerful approach to bass tone sculpting This novel design gives you two independent channels CHANNEL A and CHANNEL B each with its own tube gain stage tone network compressor and variable clipping limiter It then allows you to blend these two channels together with a MIX control before processing the signal with equalization cabinet modeling and effects Below is a schematic of the signal flow showing you how your signal is processed as it flows from input to output CHANNEL A a CROSSOVER 0 INPUT o o LOWPASS MIX A B TUBE TONE POWERAMP ene 8 PREAMP CONTROLS LIMITER 8 gt I I I INPUT OUTPUT INVERT B l METER METER CROSSOVER HIGHPASS MODE NORM BIAMP GRAPHIC BRIGHT CABINET MASTER CHORUS REVERB volume OUTPUT The real power lies in the versatility of how you can choose to split you
40. l serial numbers Contact customer support at Support studiodevil com if you need to request additional license keys or if your activation fails The following are step by step instructions on how to activate your plug in and get you up and running quickly 1 Insert your Studio Devil plug in into your host application and open it If you are running the plug in for the first time you will see the following screen COMPRESSOR P R E A MP oc POWER AMP BIAMP CROSS N x OVER vi gt vi vi vi vi vi vi lt c BASS LMins FREQS TRES DRive CLIP MODE x BIA NO CH BE ORo S a c e a e a A a VIRTUAL BASS AMP PRO _ D Enter your SERIAL NUMBER below cHOR Enter serial number 3 PRODUCT ACTIVATION gpunaspemo gt a DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING tl i i REVERB k 2 n jes ie d si sf f i f Qn vi vi vi i I i lei lej je lel fe lej f lef e 128 f g LASS SSE JSE ASE SES ASE AES IES AmE EE OU J LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 6D 100 IBD 340 660 1 5K 2 6K 5K 10K 15K LEVEL DEEP DE TO i js P TUNER DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING If you do not have a serial number you may run the demo mode version of the plug in by clicking RUN AS DEMO If you choose to purchase a serial number at a later time you can resume this activation by clicking ACTIVATE from demo mode COMPRESSOR P R E A MP soc POWER AMP BIAMP
41. logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners is really close to the cabinet picking up very little room acoustics Most bass tones sound muddy with too much reverb This knob lets you set the amount of reverb to get things to sound just right REVERB DECAY KNOB This knob controls the DECAY time of the reverb Turning this knob up results in a longer decay time which emulates the sound of a large room or hall Turning this knob down has the opposite effect making the decay time very short and sounding like a small room or closet Adjust this knob to get the exact size space that works for you Experiment with both the LEVEL and DECAY controls together You can make a large room more DECAY with a soft LEVEL or you might prefer a small room Small DECAY with a loud LEVEL Both of these are great starting points to finding the ambience you prefer REVERB DAMPING DAMP KNOB This knob controls the DAMPING of the reverb DAMPING is how much the simulated room absorbs high frequencies Low damping is like a room made of stone or metal because sound reflects from theses surfaces almost perfectly High damping simulates a room made of wood or with fabric carpet or drapes on the walls where high frequencies are absorbed You can use the DAMPING control to select this type of character for
42. marks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners COMPRESSOR eel FOWER AMP POWER AMP LIMITER CA A a AM Ma A lm My 3 S a c i Bass LMIDS FREQJ TRES DRIiyE CUP CONTROLS a A P Q Ejer t a a w A fA CH B 3 6 INY NORM Les H i BAss LMinps FREQS TRES auve CLIP Each channel of Virtual Bass Amp Pro has its VIRTUAL BASS MORE own dedicated POWER AMP LIMITER STUDIO 6x10 1 section that allows you to add final limiting ee Teena A O Aa ANAT s1 and loudness to each channel of your sound ee Le Gul I if I I I I I I 14 K SE a while minimizing the amount of harsh I O O N D I J distortion and audible clipping just like REVERB Ori iii I J i J j j j i f T pues i when you turn up the volume on a real amp O20 JA JA Siete tial le Se Here s how the controls work DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING DRIVE CONTROL You can look at this control as the Master Volume of the channel It sets the amount of power amp soft or hard clipping that occurs at the end of your preamp chain This has the effect of compressing the sound a little differently from a standard compressor and it increases your signal s apparent loudness Turn this knob to the left for a sound more like a preamp recorded dir
43. ning up click on the TUNER display once more to turn the tuner back off This will display the word OFF in the tuner display window reminding you that the tuner is disabled and has returned to saving CPU power USING THE TUNER When enabled the TUNER window will display the musical note that your guitar tone is closest to and two arrows indicating whether your note is sharp or flat Here s how to use the TUNER display to tune your guitar First of all tuning is done one string at a time If you pluck two or more strings at the same time you will confuse the tuner and it won t know which tone to track You can start from any string and work along in any order you wish but you must work with one string at a time When you pluck the string pluck it normally not too strongly or too softly and let the note ring out or decay naturally while holding the note While the note decays turn your tuning peg to adjust the string tension If the note decays too much you may lose the tuning signal Pluck the string again let the note decay naturally and continue like this until you are in tune If the TUNER is unable to determine which note you are playing either from hitting more than one string or your signal dropping too low the TUNER will display a in the window reminding you to hit the string again more clearly and precisely Begin by plucking a musical note on one string of your instrument Typically this is an open string or harmonic
44. protected by U S Patent Pending All rights reserved VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc RTAS and ProTools are trademarks of Avid Inc SONAR is a trademark of Twelve Tone Systems Inc All other trademarks and brand identities are used for descriptive purposes only and remain the property of their respective owners 5 The Studio Devil web server will now respond with your LICENSE KEY Write down or COPY your LICENSE KEY You will need it for the next step e080 Studio Devil Your License Key So Qo http studiodevil com cgi serialnumbers activate cgi wy a a CTT TT lt Ces Your License Key Request Is Approved Here is your LICENSE KEY Please copy this LICENSE KEY or write it down You will need to paste or type it back into your Studio Devil plug in during the next activation step to unlock your product and complete your product activation Copyright 2007 2008 Gallo Engineering LLC StudioDevil is a registered trademark of Gallo Engineering LLC Vacuum tube emulation and guitar tube amp plugins protected by U S Patent Pending All rights reserved VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple inc RTAS and ProTools are trademarks of Avid Inc is a trademark of Twelve Tone Systems Inc All other trademarks and brand identities are used for descriptive purposes only and remain the property of their respectiv
45. r PASTE the license key you received from http www studiodevil com activate and click NEXT To get your license key click BACK and follow the instructions STUDIO Bewvi o PRODUCT ACTIVATION 4 scx 4 DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp REVERB h lt on vi vi vi f P zL v v LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 160 340 660 1 3K 2 6 DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFEC lpac gt BY G Sk 10K Ts BY VIRTUAL BASS AMP PRO Enter or paste your LICENSE Ki Y bel 7 l Enter License Key et SS 7 ew i bee n a ALLO ENGINEERING a TUNER i f wr 6S he DUT SH a GS ELS LEVEL a a GALLO ENGINEERING Enter or PASTE your LICENSE KEY in the space provided When you are finished click NEXT That s it Your Studio Devil plug in is now activated COMPRESSOR PREAMP BIAMP CROSS DVER ri C r A ag S D PRODUCT ACTIVATION On ECIENT VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp REVERB vi LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 160 340 660 DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFEC Click CLOSE to begin using Studio Devil 2008 2011 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro A Lmios FREQS TRES LSK ZGK SK TS BY POWER AMP A DRive CLIP VIRTUAL BASS AMP PRO Your product is now activatec Thanks for choosing Studio Dey F ICTS BY eEeeeee eee ee eee ie E D je r6 On vi vi tg
46. r input into these two channels In NORMAL mode the input signal feeds both CHANNEL A and CHANNEL B giving you a sound like playing through two different amps at once In BI AMP mode the input signal is split with a tunable crossover sending the low frequencies to CHANNEL A and the high frequencies to CHANNEL B letting you process the dynamics and clipping of your bottom end and high attack independently And in either mode you can control the mix of the two channels with the MIX fader The INVERT B option allows you to control the phase of CHANNEL B permitting you to either add or subtract it from the mix giving you advanced control of harmonics dynamics and tone This amazingly versatile split channel bass preamp architecture let s you explore infinite tonal possibilities with minimal fuss and controls This guide will cover these modes and all of the controls of Virtual Bass Amp Pro If this seems confusing at first don t worry The controls are very intuitive and with a little experimentation you will be achieving custom bass amp tones in no time The main thing to remember is that Studio Devil plug ins are designed to make navigating and exploring tones fun and easy Play around with everything at first and see what works for you and your tone IMPRESSOR lo POWER AMP MODE CONTROLS E as dire Bass LMins FREQS TRES ee Cre oA A M OM OMA A Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro features che Ww ft Inv C NORM
47. ro are trademarks of Gallo E Engineer ng PLLC Digital vacuum tube technology protected by patents pending All rights reserved covered DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING mills REVERE rs First click on the MORE button just above a 4 N EU U or the MASTER VOLUME slider This brings up DIGITAL AET eo Y 22 eo nio 1e pe eee ae a the MORE screen which has the IMPORT PRESET and EXPORT PRESET buttons Clicking on the EXPORT PRESET button brings up a file select box Navigate to the folder where you want to save your preset enter a name for the preset and click OK Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro will then take your current settings and save them into your selected file in XML format You can then send this file to your friends post them on the Internet share with users on Studio Devil s Facebook page or whatever They can now be used with the IMPORT PRESET function to restore those exact settings Clicking on the IMPORT PRESET button also brings up a file select box Navigate to a previously exported Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro preset file and click OK Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro will then load the file and update all of your settings to match those of the stored preset CAUTION This can t be undone Importing a preset will overwrite any existing tone you are working with so make sure you want to do this before importing your new tone Remember to EXPORT your existing tone
48. te with time Turn this knob down to the left for a slower rate or turn it up to the right for faster warbling sound CHORUS CUTOFF KNOB This control makes the CHORUS effect sound really good with bass by setting how much bottom end gets sent into the CHORUS effect Sometimes your bass can sound too fluttery if the low frequencies are sent into a CHORUS The CUTOFF control lets you set the rolloff frequency of a low cut filter which allows only your highs to experience the CHORUS effect adding all the shimmer without the flutter Adjust to your liking it all depends on your taste Turn it all the way down for no cutoff and full bass flutter or turn it up to rolloff some low end on the CHORUS to bring in a tighter bottom end with your shimmering highs COMPRESSOR PREAMP REVERB EFFECT POWER AMP BIAMP 5 m A m OVER 1 ri vi i 3 BAss LMIDS FREQJ TRES MODE f BIAMP NORM Reverb is the thing that makes your bass sound like it s in a real live space Without reverb bass guitar sounds dry and lifeless Natural reverb usually comes from the kind of room that a bass amp sits in when it s recorded Sometimes you want just a little reverb in a small room or sometimes you want a lot of reverb in a large room Sometimes you don t want any at all depends on your taste But the cool thing is that Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro gives you a Superb quality reverb algorithm letting you add just the rig
49. ug Ins VST Mac Audio Units Library Audio Plug Ins Components Mac RTAS Library Application Support Digidesign Plug Ins Mac RTAS Presets Library Application Support Digidesign Plug In Settings In most cases these folders will automatically be recognized by your host application But in some cases you will need to add the appropriate folder to your host application s list of plug in folders Consult your host application s documentation for instructions on how to do this if necessary Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 4 of 21 2008 2011 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners ACTIVATING YOUR STUDIO DEVIL PLUG IN Before you can use your Studio Devil plug in you need to activate it by getting a LICENSE KEY from our web server Only YOU are entitled to activate your product You are entitled to install and activate this software as many times as needed but you are limited to using it on one machine ata time If you plan on using this software on multiple machines at the same time you will need to purchase additiona
50. verall gain as a low gain knob setting with the boost switch on they will sound slightly different Try both to see what works best for your style of play TONE CONTROLS BASS MIDS FREQ TREBLE The TONE controls set the level of bass mid and treble frequencies for the channel The BASS knob sets the level for the lows the TREBLE knob sets the level for the highs and the MIDS knob controls the level of the mid frequencies The FREQ knob allows you to set the center frequency of the MIDS knob from 40Hz to 4kHz and this changes the character of the MIDS control and tonal range Pay close attention to the dramatic range of tones you can get from subtle changes in the MIDS and FREQ knobs There are a lot of possibilities but it s all about tone experiment until you find what works best for your sound Important note These tone controls come before the power amp limiter so not only do they affect your tone but they also allow you to control which frequencies get limited more than others If you want more control of your tone without affecting the power amp limiting refer to the description of the GRAPHIC EQ section that follows Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 12 of 21 2008 2010 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trade
51. w end to protect your sound from flubbing out you can turn this knob down BRIGHT KNOB This works a lot like the DEEP knob except it controls the high end Some preamp settings can sound a bit noisy especially when the GAIN or DRIVE is turned way up You can help correct this by turning the BRIGHT knob down But if you like crisp punchy highs then turn this knob up to add more high frequencies to your tone Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp Pro User s Guide Page 14 of 21 2008 2010 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Pro Studio Devil VBA Pro Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the VST logo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Audio Units is a trademark of Apple Inc Pro Tools and RTAS are trademarks of Digidesign All other trademarks are property of their respective owners CABINET MODELING Without a bass speaker cabinet bass distortion and compression might sound thin and harsh Studio Devil VBA Pro lets you simulate the effects of hooking up to a real bass cabinet to get a thicker and more authentic tone Cabinet Modeling in Studio Devil VBA Pro offers the choice of a D I simulator and 3 cabinet filters made by the nice people at Red Wire Impulses Red Wirez is a highly acclaimed library of cabinet impulse responses made from real guitar cabinets set up in great recording environments
52. with awesome microphones and numerous mic placements We selected 3 great sounding cabinets and mic placements from the extensive Red Wirez impulse collection and built them into Virtual Bass Amp Pro To find out more about Red Wire Impulses be sure to visit their website at www redwirez com You can select the type of CABINET MODELING you want with the CABINET switch There are 5 CABINET MODELING settings to choose from OFF This option turns all the i cabinet modeling and D I filtering OFF This is the best option to take BIAMP if you are using Studio Devil with a eee real cabinet such as in a live O oem situation or when you just love full range fuzz CABINET VOL Bx10 i D I DIRECT BOX This setting Ig A acts like a speaker simulator Lever SPEEO srisnt IF bypass It lets alot of the high end im Aa AR 5 UL LLULUULUL i N yp g ae oF through but Still has a gentle LEVEL DECAY DAMP 30 40 60 100 340 660 1 5K 2 6K SK 10K ISK LEVEL DEEP DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY amp EFFECTS BY GALLO ENGINEERING rolloff of the extreme high frequencies to keep things sounding natural This setting gets that recorded direct sound that many bassists love in the studio 1x15 This position is for a deeper mellower sound like those you get from single 1x15 cabinets This sound has less highs and is a bit more boxier than the other settings makes for great classic and vintage bass tones t

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