SPL Cabulator 2930, Manual

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Cabulator
Tonehunter and SPL
The Cabulator is a cooperative developmental effort between the guitar amp firm of
Tonehunter and SPL. It brings together many years of experience from the professional music
scene, combining specialized knowledge of electric guitarists and SPL‘s established interna-
tional reputation in the research and development of analog studio electronics.
This mutual effort of these two firms has been the basis for new ideas such as the Cabulator
cabinet and miking simulator, which formed the basis for the unique Cabulator concept. Both
units have the potential to revolutionize the working life of the guitarist and the recording
studio engineer.
Tonehunter
The firm Tonehunter has a long experience pursuing the goal of fulfilling the sonic wishes of
professional guitarists. This includes tube amplifiers, effects units, support for live and studio
sessions as well as custom set designs from instruments, cables and effects machines to
pickups, amps and speaker cabinets. The Tonehunter team is comprised exclusively of musi-
cians with extensive audio engineering backgrounds who, in contact with their customers,
are always at the forefront of new, no-compromise developments that fulfill the highest user
expectations.
SPL – Sound Performance Lab
SPL boasts decades of experience in the development and production of analog and digital
audio processing equipment in the professional music, film, multimedia and broadcasting
industries. Our products enjoy a first rank, worldwide reputation for innovation, user friendli-
ness and consistently superior performance.
To SPL’s technological milestones belong the patented Vitalizer® sound optimizing, the
first level-independent analog dynamic envelope shaping tool (the Transient Designer®),
the pioneering introduction of the first discrete 5.1 surround recording system (Atmos® 5.1)
and the development of the SPL SUPRA op-amps with an unprecedented operating voltage
of 120 volts. These SUPRA op-amps form the basis for SPL‘s mastering series for stereo and
multi-channel applications and with their performance set new benchmarks in audio signal
processing that are clearly a step beyond all existing analog or digital audio formats.
In 2008 SPL created the first Analog Code® plug-ins to also enrich the area of computer-based
music production with SPL’s processing innovations.
Cabulator
The SPL Cabulator combines three main features for e-guitar amplifiers: power soak, speaker
simulation, and D.I. output.
The Cabulator’s purely analog design excludes latencies. It thereby gives the guitarist a direct
response with an authentic punch.
The analog simulation allows to reproduce even the most subtle guitar amp nuances. The
Cabulator recreates the real harmonics structures and the dynamic response of a miked
cabinet – and delivers signals in recording quality.
With the Cabulator, the engineer gets a first-class guitar signal in seconds – both for studio
recordings or for a live mix.
Introduction