KVR Audio

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Sat May 14, 2011 3:33 am

Just recovering from a first test run

, this thing is awesome !

A completely new level of realism (and fun

) in the box.

Check out the demo, everybody !
Ymmv,
susiwong

Jezza-S, thanks for the cool clips and recording info !

SAW75 · Post by **SAW75** » Sat May 14, 2011 3:37 am

susiwong wrote: A completely new level of realism !

sssshhhhh.... don't let ik multimedia hear this. apparently they feel there is no competition.

personally, it's audiffex amplion that is nailing it these days.

Peevy2000 · Post by **Peevy2000** » Sat May 14, 2011 4:14 am

I checked it out briefly in Reaper & it does sound really good. But it crashes Ableton Live at startup when scanning plugins. Live later reports that the s-Gear plugin caused a run time error & will be put off line. There's also a problem in Reaper with the GUI being cut off at the bottom when expanding it to gain access to the Cab & delay section. It seem to work when you have the plugin run as a separate process. Probably just a few teething problems.

Plus according to this: http://www.kvraudio.com/get/4929.html
there should be a 64-bit version but there isn't, at least not with the Demo version.

blueman · Post by **blueman** » Sat May 14, 2011 4:20 am

susiwong wrote:Just recovering from a first test run , this thing is awesome !
A completely new level of realism (and fun ) in the box.
Check out the demo, everybody !
Ymmv,
susiwong

Jezza-S, thanks for the cool clips and recording info !

I have to agree!! The dynamics are incredible!!! It's not just that it cleans up when rolling back volume but how smoothly and convincingly it does so. Ridiculously good

And...the "Stealer" amp is more Marshall than ANYTHING else I've heard in a VST. I'm only 20 minutes into the demo and I'm already confused with the delight and wonder

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sat May 14, 2011 4:22 am

susiwong wrote:Just recovering from a first test run , this thing is awesome !
A completely new level of realism (and fun ) in the box.
Check out the demo, everybody !
Ymmv,
susiwong

Jezza-S, thanks for the cool clips and recording info !

I'll be trying it soon enough, thanx for your report susiwong

Question though, can you authorize it the way you want to without going online...I dont have an issue with that but I know and understand your concerns

fateamenabletochange · Sat May 14, 2011 4:52 am

Peevy2000 wrote:......There's also a problem in Reaper with the GUI being cut off at the bottom when expanding it to gain access to the Cab & delay section. .....

I had the same in Reaper,put it in another host, Orion which worked fine, opened again in Reaper and now all is good.

cool price and discount thank you, looking very good.

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Sat May 14, 2011 5:48 am

Hink wrote:
susiwong wrote:Just recovering from a first test run , this thing is awesome !
A completely new level of realism (and fun ) in the box.
Check out the demo, everybody !
Ymmv,
susiwong

Jezza-S, thanks for the cool clips and recording info !
I'll be trying it soon enough, thanx for your report susiwong Question though, can you authorize it the way you want to without going online...I dont have an issue with that but I know and understand your concerns

Good question, Hink .
Yes, you can !
Classic C/R.
There is also an installation guide where you find the demo.
http://www.scuffhamamps.com/download
Worth noting the demo is without any noise/dropouts which helps immensely

, only a nag screen whenever you open the UI.
Looks like I'll have to make ends meet with only three amps in the future

.
Cheers,
susiwong

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sat May 14, 2011 5:51 am

susiwong wrote:
Hink wrote:
susiwong wrote:Just recovering from a first test run , this thing is awesome !
A completely new level of realism (and fun ) in the box.
Check out the demo, everybody !
Ymmv,
susiwong

Jezza-S, thanks for the cool clips and recording info !
I'll be trying it soon enough, thanx for your report susiwong Question though, can you authorize it the way you want to without going online...I dont have an issue with that but I know and understand your concerns
Looks like I'll have to make ends meet with only three amps in the future

ahhh I see, a triangle wave

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Sat May 14, 2011 5:54 am

SAW75 wrote:
susiwong wrote: A completely new level of realism !
sssshhhhh.... don't let ik multimedia hear this. apparently they feel there is no competition.

Good for them ...

Didn't know that, of course nothing else matters if that's the case.

SAW75 wrote:personally, it's audiffex amplion that is nailing it these days.

I'll try that one, too, if there's a demo.

EDIT: There's even a free version, nice !

Cheers,
susiwong

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Sat May 14, 2011 6:01 am

Hink wrote:ahhh I see, a triangle wave

Nope, triangles are Dean's new toy.

Or something similar, not hellish enough, so he's afraid a coming out might ruin his monstrous reputation.

May the Lord of Darkness look away ...

Lol,
susiwong

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sat May 14, 2011 6:09 am

susiwong wrote:
Hink wrote:ahhh I see, a triangle wave
Nope, triangles are Dean's new toy.
Or something similar, not hellish enough, so he's afraid a coming out might ruin his monstrous reputation.
May the Lord of Darkness look away ...
Lol,
susiwong

now you got me picturing dean at the back of the orchestra, cigarette hanging out of his mouth daintily holding a triangle ready to play

and of course there I am sneaking up behind him with a pair of cymbals

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Sat May 14, 2011 6:34 am

Hink wrote:
susiwong wrote:
Hink wrote:ahhh I see, a triangle wave
Nope, triangles are Dean's new toy.
Or something similar, not hellish enough, so he's afraid a coming out might ruin his monstrous reputation.
May the Lord of Darkness look away ...
Lol,
susiwong
now you got me picturing dean at the back of the orchestra, cigarette hanging out of his mouth daintily holding a triangle ready to play

and of course there I am sneaking up behind him with a pair of cymbals

homemade, of course ...

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Sat May 14, 2011 6:51 am

blueman wrote:I have to agree!! The dynamics are incredible!!! It's not just that it cleans up when rolling back volume but how smoothly and convincingly it does so. Ridiculously good

And...the "Stealer" amp is more Marshall than ANYTHING else I've heard in a VST. I'm only 20 minutes into the demo and I'm already confused with the delight and wonder

Yes, the dynamics ...

Another great aspect is the absence of aliasing and these ugly microartifacts when a note is fading out, that was my main problem with previous attempts at emulating Marshalls, maybe the trick was aiming for a Park instead

(joking).
Now you can actually use rolled back volume to smooth out the tone (passive guitars without treble bleed cap) like on a real amp. Nice !

Might sound weird, but to me the limitation to a smaller number of really good cab/mic combinations is in fact a bonus - I easily get lost in too many options.

And arguably the classics are mostly included.

Ymmv,
susiwong

Franzel · Post by **Franzel** » Sat May 14, 2011 9:33 am

This thing is awesome!!!

Peevy2000 · Post by **Peevy2000** » Sat May 14, 2011 10:15 am

I'm gonna have another wee play with it later. Is anyone else using Ableton Live 8 in Windows? Just wanna verify if anyone else's having the crashing problem.

Scuffham Amps S-Gear (developed with former Marshall product designer)