KVR Audio

Mr. Tingle · Post by **Mr. Tingle** » Sat May 06, 2006 6:47 pm

obviously not a direct copy but something along the lines of:

http://www.museresearch.com/kvr/i/b/vintagemeter.jpg

a combination of old and new, a bit like the tardis (from a UK tv program called doctor who) would be very cool.

FrettedSynth · Post by **FrettedSynth** » Sat May 06, 2006 7:07 pm

grymmjack wrote:Good job, now it's up to me on the GUI eh?

I know you will

I was not kidding when I said the presets in PhazOsc turned out better because of the new UI, They changed quite a bit after setting up with your GUI

Thanks
Joe

grymmjack · Post by **grymmjack** » Sat May 06, 2006 8:03 pm

The visuals make it sound better.

I know it's weird but it's true. Like, I have been more productive with WS now that I have skinned it and made my nest visually, it's like breathing/so comfortable to use. I am dying to do the same for FreeAMP. IT's gonna be a long fun learning experience. I'm honored to be a part of this man, seriously.

What's everyone else think of FreeAMP1.5 so far? I think it sounds as good or better than AT1 and is definitely way more "responsive" to my playing and driving it harder than AT1 and GR1. This thing plays more realistic than my POD and my GuitarPort too, I have never tried AT2 or GR2 or that other one..

Freaking gift, not worthy.

grymmjack · Post by **grymmjack** » Sat May 06, 2006 8:05 pm

@tingle: Ahh. I have PSP vintageMeter, duh. I should have thought of that. Joe, is this a possibility? I mean it's still just frames so if I animated it's rotation from left to right where the pin moves I would imagine it could be emulated, ... What say you ampgod?

spuddle · Post by **spuddle** » Sat May 06, 2006 8:28 pm

Thing of beauty so far!

Mixes really well, uberly responsive, and freeeeee?!!?

*gets wallet out for donation*.

*watches moths fly out*

*promises to return and donate when money comes his way*

FrettedSynth · Post by **FrettedSynth** » Sun May 07, 2006 12:49 am

grymmjack wrote:@tingle: Ahh. I have PSP vintageMeter, duh. I should have thought of that. Joe, is this a possibility? I mean it's still just frames so if I animated it's rotation from left to right where the pin moves I would imagine it could be emulated, ... What say you ampgod?

Yep! just make the needle with a transparent background, then you can make any VU box part of the amp background or just one image. will send you an example from the SE default skin.

spuddle · Post by **spuddle** » Sun May 07, 2006 1:36 am

Still having fun here but I find all of the clean presets/settings very quiet. I can really pump the input on the sound card or with some gain boosters before hand etc but then hiss becomes a pretty serious issue. I was wondering if this is my fault or if the clean channels are just pretty quiet?

FrettedSynth · Post by **FrettedSynth** » Sun May 07, 2006 2:29 am

spuddle wrote:Still having fun here but I find all of the clean presets/settings very quiet. I can really pump the input on the sound card or with some gain boosters before hand etc but then hiss becomes a pretty serious issue. I was wondering if this is my fault or if the clean channels are just pretty quiet?

Hello

What is your setup to the input of the soundcard and what does the amps input VU show? best to work with the output level for clean tones! as cranking the input can\will cause clipping of the preamp.

Fretted Synth

matthewjumps · Post by **matthewjumps** » Sun May 07, 2006 2:46 am

oh baby!!!! can i test it?

spuddle · Post by **spuddle** » Sun May 07, 2006 3:41 am

I'm plugging the guitar straight into the HI-Z input of my soundcard. The input goes up to about 20-25% max.

The output volume doesn't have enough gain I find so maybe need to run in some sort of maximisers after the amp?

Any tips would be appreciated.

Luckysp · Post by **Luckysp** » Sun May 07, 2006 3:41 am

FrettedSynth... what can I say? This is the best amp sim I've ever heard. It has the tone I've been trying to get but have never had with other direct input methods. The clean tones are really amazing... so much warmth. I'm going into an an Alesis Multi-Mix 8 chan. mixer (used as preamp to jump up the input gain a bit) then into an Audigy 2 soundcard to Sonar 4. I'm playing an EMG/LTD MH400 with active EMG 81/85 pickups. I've had no problems at all so far.
I can't wait to see the new GUI!

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:46 am

Mr. Tingle wrote:obviously not a direct copy but something along the lines of:

http://www.museresearch.com/kvr/i/b/vintagemeter.jpg

a combination of old and new, a bit like the tardis (from a UK tv program called doctor who) would be very cool.

Just so long as we can switch them off if we need to reserve CPU.

--Sean

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:47 am

Hey, how to I get this to check it out?

By the way, FreededSynth, did you manage to get the Flange effect in there for me?

--Sean

asseca · Post by **asseca** » Sun May 07, 2006 7:11 am

spuddle wrote:I'm plugging the guitar straight into the HI-Z input of my soundcard. The input goes up to about 20-25% max.

The output volume doesn't have enough gain I find so maybe need to run in some sort of maximisers after the amp?

Any tips would be appreciated.

Taken from the manual:
Hook up your guitar to your soundcard with a line level matching device (DI box, mic preamp).

Mr. Tingle · Post by **Mr. Tingle** » Sun May 07, 2006 7:33 am

sometimes you need to press a button to activate the hi-z input of the sound card (a physical button on the card itself).

FreeAmpSE update 1.5 what do you want?