Plug-in Reference

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The included effect plug-ins
Distortion plug-ins
This section contains descriptions of the plug-ins in the
“Distortion” category.
AmpSimulator
AmpSimulator is a distortion effect, emulating the sound
of various types of guitar amp and speaker cabinet combi-
nations. A wide selection of amp and cabinet models is
available.
The parameters are as follows:
DaTube
This effect emulates the characteristic warm, lush sound
of a tube amplifier.
The parameters are as follows:
Distortion
Distortion will add crunch to your tracks.
The parameters are as follows:
Parameter Description
Drive Governs the amount of amp overdrive.
Bass Tone control for the low frequencies.
Middle Tone control for the mid frequencies.
Treble Tone control for the high frequencies.
Presence Use this to boost or damp the higher frequencies.
Volume This controls the overall output level.
Amplifier This allows you to select between various amplifier mod-
els. Click on the currently selected amplifier name to
open a pop-up with all the available amplifier models.
This section can be bypassed by selecting “No Amp".
Cabinet Various speaker cabinet models. Click on the currently
selected cabinet name to open a pop-up with all the
available amplifier models.This section can be bypassed
by selecting “No Speaker".
Damping Lo/Hi Further tone controls for shaping the sound of the se-
lected speaker cabinet. Click on the values, enter a new
value and press the [Enter] key.
Parameter Description
Drive Regulates the pre-gain of the “amplifier”. Use high values
if you want an overdriven sound just on the verge of
distortion.
Balance This controls the balance between the signal processed
by the Drive parameter and the dry input signal. For max-
imum drive effect, set this to its highest value.
Output Adjusts the post-gain, or output level, of the “amplifier”.
Parameter Description
Drive Increases the distortion amount.
Feedback This parameter feeds part of the output signal back to the
effect input, increasing the distortion effect.
Tone Lets you select a frequency range to which to apply the
distortion effect.
Spatial Changes the distortion characteristics of the left and
right channel, thus creating a stereo effect.
Output Raises or lowers the signal going out of the effect.