Alien Connections announces ReValver Mk II (RC available for Windows)

Alien Connections has announced the imminent release of ReValver Mk II for Windows in VST effect format with the Mac OS X VST/AU version to follow in January, 2007.

ReValver Mk II is the follow-up to ReValver, and uses new modeling techniques to accurately model many classical guitar amps and stomp boxes. It contains more than 50 chainable sub-modules and also has the capability to host 3rd party VST plug-ins anywhere in the chain.

The Speaker module uses over 150 Impulse Response files to accurately model well known speakers and cabinets. It is possible to import / export your own Impulse Responses (IRs). Cabinet stress & speaker distortion is included in the modeling, as well as power supplies, transformers, 17 tube types with over 15 programmable parameters per tube.

ReValver Mk II feature summary:

• Advanced valve modeling, with amps and stomp boxes inspired from the original schematics.
• Impulse Response speaker modeling, with hundreds of sampled speakers and cabinets.
• Cabinet stress and speaker distortion.
• Power amp rectifiers and output transformers.
• Import or export your own Impulse Response files.
• VST host module, allows you to insert your favorite VST plug-in right in the ReValver Mk II chain.
• Fully MIDI mappable.
• Live host included (ASIO/WDM for Windows, CoreAudio for Mac).

A "Release Candidate" of ReValver Mk II for Windows is available now in VST effect format. The full version should be released very soon with the Mac OS X version to follow in January.