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real studio. Unfortunately, moving a mouse cursor
on a 17” LCD screen isn’t exactly like grabbing the
real mic stand in a cozy studio. Nevertheless, we
have tried to imitate that feeling
as far as it is possible, and if you have experience of
working in real studios, you will notice that Amp
Room handles and sounds the way you expect it to
do.
The sound of the amps has not been tampered with,
because we don’t give you a pre produced, ultimate
guitar sound. We simply provide you with the tools:
three great, classic amplifiers, in digital form. Then
it’s up to you to add compressors, EQs, reverb, or
any other effects, to get the sound you want.
In short, you need the same skills to master this
software as you need when dealing with a real
studio set up. You can get back to doing
what you do best, because music pro-
duction is about using your ears, not
your computer skills.
Supernormalize
The “supernormalize” feature (from
the beginning the internal name of a
slightly magic component of our model
building toolbox), makes sure that the
output signal from Amp Room always
has a reasonable volume. From a user
perspective, this means that the Amp
Room never clips the signal (unwanted
digital distortion). Also, the output
volume is normalized, so even with
low settings on the Volume knob in
Amp Room, the output volume will
be within a reasonable level and ready
for digital recordings. Compare this to
the real amp, which easily can have a
dynamic range of 100 dB.
From a technical perspective, this
means that the signal path within Amp
Room always has the highest dynamic
range possible, and you won’t lose any
bits on the way.
User Interface
Simplicity has been the goal when we
developed this product; the amps and
mics should work just as they do in the
Room View
Amp Panel