Apple Virtual Bass Amp Studio Devil User's Manual
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1. 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 at atime If you plan on using this software on multiple machines at the same time you will need to purchase additional 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 L 2 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 Enter your SERIAL NUMBER below Z Enter serial number DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY 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 POWER AMP ENC ENE NA w me AN Si GAIN naast sass bmios FREQ TREBLE ve LIMITER ORRU Se ALCS q ACTIVATE F m a F m a a ON 7 MA y s 1x15 G2 126260 00 IK ZK AK LEVEL Taira L VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY BY GALLO ENGINEERING When you are2. chain This has the effect of compressing the sound and increasing its apparent loudness Turn this knob to the left for a sound more like a preamp recorded direct 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 see below Or if you turn the DRIVE up you can compensate for the louder volume by lowering the GRAPHIC EQ LEVEL 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 b
3. 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 C Program Files VSTPlugins Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp WINDOWS RTAS C Program Files Common Files DigiDesign DAE Plug Ins MAC INSTALLATION FOLDERS Mac VST Library Audio Plug 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 User s Guide Page 2 of 9 2008 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Studio Devil VBA 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
4. ready to begin enter your serial number and click NEXT Enter your SERIAL NUMBER below 123456 7890 Caiual Bas His 4RUN AS DEMO NEXT gt DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY 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 Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp User s Guide Page 3 of 9 2008 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Studio Devil VBA 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 3 Your Studio Devil plug in will now display your INSTALL CODE a l L Copy or write down this INSTALL CODE 3 i AT4M 2J8X WC66 PW4A Cirtual Lasa IT 4BACK NEXT gt DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY 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 4 Your Studio Devil plug in will now display instructions on how to bring your INSTALL CODE to our web server for product activation 4 Bring your install code to http www studiodevil com activate to get your license key
5. up your tone try it 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 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 96kHz 176 4kHz and 192kHz 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 then be sure to check out our guitar amp modeling plug ins Virtual Guitar Amp and British Valve Custom We have a lot of great stuff in the works so come visit us on the web for the latest info www studiodevil com visit often Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp User s Guide Page 9 of 9 2008 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Studio Devil VBA 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
6. you get the highest signal possible without any clips Once 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 sometimes faster REVERB amp DELAY We decided not to throw in a couple of no frills reveros and delays since your host should come with some of the best ones out there anyway plus we figured why re invent the wheel when we can spend our time inventing something better great tone with digital vacuum tubes But you ll find that adding a little touch of your favorite ambiance reverb or delay is really going to fatten
7. BY GALLO ENGINEERING Enter or PASTE your LICENSE KEY in the space provided When you are finished click NEXT 9 That s it Your Studio Devil plug in is now activated e E RE A E L i WN Your product is now activated DE Thanks for choosing Studio Devil Crtual Cada tmp CLOSE F DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY BY GALLO ENGINEERING Click CLOSE to begin using Studio Devil If you ever need to contact customer support you will need your serial number and license key You can always get these by clicking ABOUT on the front panel of your licensed Studio Devil plug in This brings up the About screen that displays your serial number and license key 22132 6025 JQET ST28 9FGL M4J5 CLOSE M For more information about Studio Devil digital tube amplifiers and effects come visit us at http www studiodevil com l D VERSION 1 0 P E 2008 2006 1998 1991 Marc Gallo Studio Devil Studio Devil VGA and Studia Devil Virtual Guitar Amp F F are trademarks of Gallo Engineering PLLC Digital iz l if vacuum tube technology protected by U S Patent arta Dasa APEJE Pending All nights reserved DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY EY 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 St
8. Cnrtual Saas Mf ABACK NEXT gt DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY BY GALLO ENGINEERING 5 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 6 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 7 Return to your Studio Devil plug in and click NEXT D E j l Bring your install code to http www studiodevil com activate to get a your license key Pirta Ciadd fme IBACK ap DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY BY GALLO ENGINEERING Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp User s Guide Page 4 of 9 2008 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Studio Devil VBA 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 8 Your Studio Devil plug in will now ask you to enter the LICENSE KEY you just obtained from our web server D E N M j La Enter or paste your LICENSE KEY below JF97 J4E8 QM26 SSPA Cnrtual Lata IT BACK NEXT amp OIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY
9. ST 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 The GRAPHIC EQ comes after all the PREAMP TONE and POWER AMP LIMITER processes and lets you adjust the overall tonal character of your bass sound Why have a GRAPHIC EQ when you already have tone controls Well first it has more bands and finer control than the tone controls But more importantly it comes after the preamp distortion and power amp compression so it allows you to control the overall tone without 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 delivers Here s how the GRAPHIC EQ controls work EQ SLIDERS Each of the graphic EQ s seven 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 specifically 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
10. STUDIO DEVIL VIRTUAL BASS AMP USER S GUIDE Version 1 0 November 2008 PREAMP POWER AMF ig Eo ns F Pa at G i oem EN os E E DEEP mannar sass LbaMios FReEQ TREBLE Ue ORIV LIMITER GRAPHIC EQUALIZER 05a ABOUT E x a i E E Eo E i a T io m f EG OF E j par EF Py 4x10 FET EE ey ts Vitaal Cass Pomp 23 2 ii RS Ga 125 2540500 it ZE AE Lui wt DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY BY GALLO ENGINEERING THANKS FOR USING STUDIO DEVIL Thanks for using Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp the ultimate vacuum tube bass amplifier modeling plug in We know you re going to love the way you sound 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 represents just a few of the infinite number of virtual amplifiers that can be built with this technology When you play through Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp 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 all
11. 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 BUTTON Pushing this button turns on the GRAPHIC EQ feature Pushing it again turns it off You can use this control to make quick comparisons of your EQ settings to see how it s affecting your sound This button lights up to let you know when the GRAPHIC EQ effect is enabled CABINET SWITCH PREAMP POWER AMP a A E0 lad Pe S DEEP A a GAIN Cisis i ig BASS FREQ TREBLE UV LIMITER AROUT gt EQ ON Ti ftiit rrt go E a 2 g Cc a i fy xs Virtual Bass Ame EEEEET PEE G62 126260 GOO ik ZK AK DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY BY GALLO MECIE Without a bass speaker cabinet bass distortion and compression might sound thin and harsh The cabinet switch allows you to select a basic cabinet modeling filter to get the effect of hooking your amp up to a real bass cabinet There are 3 settings to choose from 4x10 This setting emulates a miked up 4x10 cabinet It has a punchy bass and a slightly metallic flangy tone characteristic This is the best setting for modern loud tones 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 t
12. d treble frequencies 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 There are many different bass amps out there that all use different frequencies for the MID control So to give you the best of all of them we gave Studio Devil VBA a FREQ knob which allows you choose what type of MIDS knob style you want The FREQ knob allows you to set the center frequency of the MIDS knob from 40Hz to 4kHz 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 Now remember these tone controls come before the power amp compression so not only do they affect your tone but they also allow you to control which frequencies compress more than others If you want more control of your tone without affecting the power amp compression refer to the description of the GRAPHIC EQ section that follows DEEP BUTTON Pushing this button turns on the DEEP feature which adds more low end to your bass If you like your sound with lots of bass push this button on If you re playing through smaller speakers and want to back off the deep low end push this button again to turn it off This button lights up to let you know when the DEEP effect is enabled BRIGHT BUTTON This works a lot like the DEEP butto
13. e PREAMP CONTROLS help you tweak your sound until it s just right Here s a bit about what they do and how to adjust your sound GAIN This knob controls the amount of bass guitar signal that s fed into the amplifier Turning this control up to the right means more gain more distortion more clipping more compression and more punch Turning the gain knob down to the left results in a cleaner tone less distortion but more dynamic responsiveness This knob also mimics the effects of gain knob capacitors which controls a bit of your tone and the high frequency distortion But whichever setting you choose remember that Studio Devil acts just like a real tube head 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 Turning 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 on gets you there Here s a trick Even though a high gain knob setting with the boost switch off may have the same overall gain as a low gain knob setting with the boost switch on they will sound very different Try both to see what works best for your style of play TONE CONTROLS BASS MIDS FREQ TREBLE These TONE settings control the bass mid an
14. etween the middle and hard clipping this is most like a real amp LIMITER LED INDICATOR Between the DRIVE and LIMITER control knobs is a small red indicator light This light comes on when the limiter is really starting to clip This is by no means a warning light If you see this light come on 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 light on all the time This light is 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 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER a eT POWER AMP was KS 3 SRIGHT aN g d ae DEEP N GAIN Hoos T BASS TREBLE ue A LIMITER ad ve ARODUT EQ OM ad fq ani Ee ai he 1x15 IA mr rE F E e 3 e S ee eT PIF dd MISO este Sues ee ee ee es es CABINET p G2 12G 260 GOO IK Ze ie ss DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TE M7 iocoay BY CGAL ENGINEERING Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp User s Guide Page 7 of 9 2008 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Studio Devil VBA Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC VST and the V
15. han the 4x10 setting This setting makes for great classic and vintage bass tones that really stand out D I DIRECT BOX This setting acts like a speaker simulator bypass It lets a lot of the high end through and gets that recorded direct sound that many bassists love in the studio It also allows you to use your own speaker modeling plug ins and impulse modelers There are a lot of really great speaker modeling plug ins out there and we want you to be able to use them to get your sound with Studio Devil So if you chain our plug in with other power amp or cabinet modeling plug ins make sure you set this switch to the DIRECT BOX setting That way you won t get the clashing effects of two speaker cabinets running together Well that s it for the controls of Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp pretty straightforward and simple But the main thing to remember is 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 Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp User s Guide Page 8 of 9 2008 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Studio Devil VBA Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademark
16. n 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 pushing the BRIGHT button off But if you like crisp punchy highs then push this button on to add more high frequencies to your tone This button lights up to let you know when the BRIGHT effect is enabled Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp User s Guide Page 6 of 9 2008 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Studio Devil VBA 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 POWER AMP LIMITER CONTROLS PREAMP POWER P GAIN MOOST BASS Sa Ne ve es DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY BY GALLO ENGINEERING ez 1264 260 GOO IK 2k AK S The POWER AMP LIMITER controls allow you to add compression and loudness to your sound while minimizing the amount of harsh distortion and audible clipping just like when you turn up the volume on a real amp Here s how the controls work DRIVE CONTROL You can look at this control as the Master Volume of the amp It sets the amount of power amp soft clipping that occurs after your preamp in the signal processing
17. owing 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 User s Guide Page 1 of 9 2008 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Studio Devil VBA 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 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
18. s 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 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 1 4 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
19. udio 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 atime If you need to run this software on multiple machines you may contact Studio Devil to purchase more licenses Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp User s Guide Page 5 of 9 2008 Gallo Engineering amp Design PLLC All rights reserved Virtual Bass Amp Studio Devil VBA 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 CONTROLS The controls of Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp are pretty easy to understand We designed them to be intuitive simple and able to let you get your tone quickly If you ve used a bass amplifier before then you already know how to operate them But just in case here s a description of the controls what they do and how to use them to sculpt your tone PREAMP CONTROLS Ts A POWER AMP 250 P ENEA a N E GAIN oostT gass bmMios FREQ TREBLE Ve LIMITER GRAPHIC EQUALIZER ABOUT we ats de ee en ee a A a son he 1x15 Virtaal Gata Pomp 1 1 i ii aanne G2 126260 GOO IK 2k AK LEVEL DIGITAL VACUUM TUBE TECHNOLOGY BY GALLO ENGINEERING Th
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