Overloud announces TH1 Guitar Amp v1.1

Overloud has announced version 1.1 of TH1, a free update for registered users expected to be released in February 2009. TH1 v1.1 includes a large set of new features and models together with improved functionality.

New Features

Sound:

• Two amplifiers: EXTC (US) boutique and BassFace '59 (US) classic amps.
• Amplifier adds a VariFire panel and control: a Gain-Character control for expanded distortion color control.
• Two Rack Effects: Comb Delay, Pattern Delay.
• Mixer Pro with control on Phase, Stereo Width, Sample Delay and Mono/Stereo output switch.
• Splitter with Balance/Switch capabilities and with two Crossover modes (HPF/LPF and BPF/BRF) and frequency/width controls.
• Dual IR Cabinet module allows users to load commercial or their own cabinet Impulse Responses with balance, phase and micro-delay control with HPF and LPF.
• Eight new Stomp Boxes: Noise Gate / Expander, Mild Flanger, Rich Flanger, Analog Flanger, D-Reverb, D-Delay, 7-Band Graphic EQ and 5-Band Amp EQ.
• Even smoother preset sound change.

Ease Of Use:

• Module Presets: user and factory.
• UI: Auto-hiding Overview panel simplifies the use of TH1 on smaller monitors.
• UI Background Skinning: drag&drop or select via preferences window of factory and user-picked backgrounds in Png and JPG formats.
• Copy and paste of modules between Variations and different instances of TH1.
• Localized numeric value display when moving module parameters.
• Computer keyboard value-entry.
• Bank import and export functions.

Control:

• Smart MIDI Control: assign Smart Controls to any MIDI CC, Note On or Program Change with Auto-Learn Function.
• Remote Preset MIDI Control: other than the default Program and Bank message control, TH1 can be programmed (also via Auto-Learn) to respond to MIDI CC, Note On and Program Changes for operations like Bank up/down, Sound up/down, Variation up/down.
• Global MIDI Control: assign any MIDI CC, Note On or Program Change to all Volume Pedals, Wahs, Internal BPM Tap Tempo, Tuner status, Output Mute and Output Volume.
• MIDI: Import and Export of MIDI configurations.
• Smart: copy, swap, remove Smart Controls via drag&drop actions.
• Smart: assign multiple parameters from one module in a single pass.
• Smart: button to swap Min and Max values.
• Smart: new Smart types, Touch, Stepper Up, Stepper Down, Stepper Up/Down with up to four different user definable settings to step through.

Fixes:

• Better Noise Gate implementation in Master Section.
• You can use left and right arrow keys in the Browser panel to scroll through Variations.
• Dedicated button to open the Smart Connections window.
• Fixes for Digidesign Pro Tools 8 and Cakewalk Sonar 8 64-bit.
• Various automation fixes.
• Master parameters get saved with song/session and when quitting the standalone version
• Internal BPM value gets saved with Variation.

Pricing and Availability

TH1 v.1.1, a free update for registered users, will be released in February 2009 and lists for €249 worldwide and $349 in the USA and Canada.