User Manual

SOFTUBE AMPS
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Important note about using the Softube amps as insert effects
• To use a Softube Amp as an insert fx when you're recording an audio track, you need to monitor through Rea-
son (see “Monitoring”) - otherwise you won't hear the sound of the Softube Amp during recording.
For this to feel comfortable you will want as low latency as possible (see “Buffer Size settings”). With good audio
hardware and drivers, you can usually get down to a latency of a few milliseconds, which is about the same delay
you'd get standing a meter from a real guitar amplifier.
Front panel
The Softube Amps front panel can be divided into two main sections; the display area with Patch/Amp/Cabinet se-
lectors at the top, and a set of standard amplifier tone controls below. The Amp parameters (tone controls) are de-
scribed in “Amp panel controls”.
Common effect device parameters
While the specific parameters for the Softube Amps are described later in this chapter, some features and proce-
dures are common to all effect devices. Please, refer to “Common effect device features” for information about the
Input meter, the Bypass/On/Off switch and Signal Flow Graphs on the Softube Amps.