just a note, because it's not immediately obvious to many people: if you are gain staging properly, then to use an overdrive pedal with a virtual amp, you have to do it in two stages. first, you set up your inputs in a way that preserve the input signal the best - so, not too loud (least amount of THD) and not too quiet (least amount of noise). the conventional way to do it is with a VU meter.
the second stage is doing to the virtual amp what happens when you drive it with an overdrive pedal - the "overdriving" part is hitting the amp harder by means of raised output volume on the pedal. since you can't really raise the output volume on the pedal itself (because that way you'd be overdriving your interface's input, not the amp), you have to do it the other way and raise input level for your amp simulator. only then you'll get a similar experience of overdriving a virtual amp from a real pedal.
Audiority Heavy Pedal updated to v2.2 - The Swedish Chainsaw - AAX/AU/CLAP/VST2/VST3
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- KVRAF
- 9064 posts since 1 Aug, 2003
@Raksha, vurt, Burillo:
Thank you very much for clarifying.
(And here I was thinking guitar is as simple as "bend the string like
reent-toont-teent-toont-teent-toont-teenooneenoonee"
)
Thank you very much for clarifying.
(And here I was thinking guitar is as simple as "bend the string like
reent-toont-teent-toont-teent-toont-teenooneenoonee"
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1424 posts since 15 Nov, 2005 from Italy
What I noticed, there are some amp simulators that seems to clip any signal going too hot BEFORE sending it in their processing chain... which is, IMHO, a great issue if you want to properly gain stage with boosters and overdrive/distortion pedals. More recent simulations, anyway, seems to deal with that pretty properly.. but other suites are surprisingly behaving that way.
My 2 cents
Luca
My 2 cents
Luca
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1424 posts since 15 Nov, 2005 from Italy
Heavy Pedal scored 5+/5 on Honest Amp Sim Reviews. Check it out here: https://honestampsimreviews.com/2019/06 ... avy-pedal/
Cheers,
Luca
Cheers,
Luca
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- KVRAF
- 1685 posts since 3 Aug, 2017 from San Diego, CA
Cheers to a perfect review!Audiority wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:54 am Heavy Pedal scored 5+/5 on Honest Amp Sim Reviews. Check it out here: https://honestampsimreviews.com/2019/06 ... avy-pedal/
Cheers,
Luca
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- KVRAF
- 1685 posts since 3 Aug, 2017 from San Diego, CA
Well, that's certainly PART of the equation.cptgone wrote: Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:50 pm @Raksha, vurt, Burillo:
Thank you very much for clarifying.
(And here I was thinking guitar is as simple as "bend the string like
reent-toont-teent-toont-teent-toont-teenooneenoonee"
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1424 posts since 15 Nov, 2005 from Italy
Heavy Pedal updated to v1.1
- NEW: Mac OSX Catalina support
- NEW: Notifications system
- FIX: Edit command visible to end user
- FIX: Wrong VST3 category
To update download and install the demo version from the product page or from your User Area account.
Cheers,
Luca
- NEW: Mac OSX Catalina support
- NEW: Notifications system
- FIX: Edit command visible to end user
- FIX: Wrong VST3 category
To update download and install the demo version from the product page or from your User Area account.
Cheers,
Luca
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- KVRAF
- 3086 posts since 4 May, 2012
This pedal kills on bass. Looking forward to trying it on guitar.
Plenty more tones in here than just the chainsaw. Perfect for doom or if you want distortion that spits and splutters. Disgustingly good.
Latest version working fine with FL Studio and Reaper.
Plenty more tones in here than just the chainsaw. Perfect for doom or if you want distortion that spits and splutters. Disgustingly good.
Latest version working fine with FL Studio and Reaper.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1424 posts since 15 Nov, 2005 from Italy
Hey Lotuz, you anticipated me! 
Today, 6pm (CET), we'll release mkII version of Heavy Pedal. There are a lot of changes that will be listed later.
This new version can be installed side by side with the previous version so it won't break your previous projects.
Oh, almost forgot: that's a free update for existing Heavy Pedal users.
See you later guys!
Today, 6pm (CET), we'll release mkII version of Heavy Pedal. There are a lot of changes that will be listed later.
This new version can be installed side by side with the previous version so it won't break your previous projects.
Oh, almost forgot: that's a free update for existing Heavy Pedal users.
See you later guys!
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1424 posts since 15 Nov, 2005 from Italy
Heavy Pedal updated to v2.0 (mkII)
– NEW: Updated Framework
– NEW: Universal 2 Binary for Apple Silicon Macs
– NEW: Revamped GUI
– NEW: Corner Resizer (bottom right corner of the UI)
– NEW: New circuit models
– FIX: Silence triggered randomly in some configurations
– FIX: Footer labels now show parameter values when using mouse wheel
– CHANGE: HQ is now global (per session)
– BREAKING CHANGE: Improved non-linear models
– BREAKING CHANGE: New Noise Gate
To update download the installers from the updates page or from your User Area account.
Cheers,
Luca
– NEW: Updated Framework
– NEW: Universal 2 Binary for Apple Silicon Macs
– NEW: Revamped GUI
– NEW: Corner Resizer (bottom right corner of the UI)
– NEW: New circuit models
– FIX: Silence triggered randomly in some configurations
– FIX: Footer labels now show parameter values when using mouse wheel
– CHANGE: HQ is now global (per session)
– BREAKING CHANGE: Improved non-linear models
– BREAKING CHANGE: New Noise Gate
To update download the installers from the updates page or from your User Area account.
Cheers,
Luca
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- KVRAF
- 9064 posts since 1 Aug, 2003
How very kind, thank you!
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1424 posts since 15 Nov, 2005 from Italy
Heavy Pedal updated to v2.0.1
- FIX: Unwanted harsh artifacts on high gain values
- CHANGE: Updated framework
To update download the installers from the updates page or from your User Area account.
Cheers,
Luca
- FIX: Unwanted harsh artifacts on high gain values
- CHANGE: Updated framework
To update download the installers from the updates page or from your User Area account.
Cheers,
Luca
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- KVRAF
- 3086 posts since 4 May, 2012
Still need to download the update but wanted to add that I think it's really generous to include new mods. New graphics look good too.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1424 posts since 15 Nov, 2005 from Italy
Heavy Pedal updated to v2.0.4
- NEW: Updated framework
- FIX: Value not shown while hovering on Dist knob
- FIX: VST3 version of the plugin silencing while activated
To update download the installers from the updates page or from your User Area account.
Cheers,
Luca
- NEW: Updated framework
- FIX: Value not shown while hovering on Dist knob
- FIX: VST3 version of the plugin silencing while activated
To update download the installers from the updates page or from your User Area account.
Cheers,
Luca