background image

Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp – User’s Guide, Page 9 of 9 

 

©2008 Gallo Engineering & Design, PLLC.  All rights reserved.  “Virtual Bass Amp”, “Studio Devil VBA”, Studio Devil and the Studio Devil logo are trademarks of Gallo Engineering & 

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

SETUP TIPS

SETUP TIPS

SETUP TIPS    

 
Here are a few tips about setting up your Studio Devil plug-in for the best sound… 
 
HI

HI

HI

HI----Z INPUT

Z INPUT

Z INPUT

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 ¼” 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

SETTING A GOOD LEVEL

SETTING A GOOD LEVEL

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.  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

LATENCY

LATENCY

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 & DELAY

REVERB & DELAY

REVERB & DELAY

REVERB & DELAY:  We decided not to throw in a couple of no-frills reverbs 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 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

SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATIONS    
    

 

Compatible with VST, Audio Units, and RTAS audio hosts (Mac/PC) 

 

4x Up-Sampling Multi-Rate Processing Engine 

 

64-bit Internal Floating-Point Precision 

 

44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, and 192kHz sampling rate support 

    
    
VISIT US

VISIT US

VISIT US

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

www.studiodevil.com

www.studiodevil.com

www.studiodevil.com

    

    

((((visit often!)

visit often!)

visit often!)

visit often!)    

 

 
 

Содержание Studio Devil

Страница 1: ...he way you sound with Studio Devil TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY 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 p...

Страница 2: ...ck 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 WINDOWS WI...

Страница 3: ...ed to using it on one machine at a time 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 quick...

Страница 4: ...t for the next step When you are ready click NEXT NEXT NEXT NEXT 4 Your Studio Devil plug in will now display instructions on how to bring your INSTALL CODE INSTALL CODE INSTALL CODE INSTALL CODE to our web server for product activation 5 Launch your web browser and go to http www studiodevil com activate to display our product activation web page Enter or PASTE PASTE PASTE PASTE the INSTALL CODE ...

Страница 5: ...XT NEXT NEXT 9 That s it Your Studio Devil plug in is now activated Click CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE 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 ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT on the front panel of your licensed Studio Devil plug in This brings up the About screen that displays your serial numb...

Страница 6: ...e 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 TONE CONTROLS TONE CONTROLS TONE CONTROLS BASS MIDS FREQ TREBLE These TONE settings control the bass mid and treble frequencies The BASS ...

Страница 7: ...ation is the key to finding what works best for you LIMITER CONTROL LIMITER CONTROL LIMITER CONTROL 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 ...

Страница 8: ...E ENABLE BUTTON BUTTON BUTTON 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 CABINET SWITCH CABINET SWITCH CABINET SWITCH Without a bass speaker cabinet bass d...

Страница 9: ...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 LATENCY LATENCY LATENCY Try to use a...

Отзывы: