Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Peavey ReValver MK III Intel
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T able of con tents Secon P age Intr oducon/T echnical requir ements 2 R ecording the Guit ar 3 W orking with R eV alver® M.
Intr oducon Congra tulaons on your purchase of ReV alver® MK III ! ReV alv er MKIII is a rev oluonary 64-bit amplier modeling soware that captur es the true characteris cs of vacuum tubes while allow - ing users unprecedent ed contr ol over their tonality and gain structures.
Loading the VST or AU plug-in into the DA W On a Mac, a plug-in in the VST or AU forma t is automacally located by the host and no acon needs to be tak en for the VST / AU host to nd the ReV alver® plug-in. It should be automacally list ed among the available plug-ins aer a rescan.
Connecng the Guitar to the sound card Here are three wa ys to connect your Guitar to the computer: 1) The simplest opon is to hook it up to the sound card Line-In jack using a suitable connector , usu ally a 1/4” to 1/8” adapter .
3) The middle road, which probably won’t cost you anything, but could be almost as good as a DI box, is the use of an ordinary stomp box , which in fact is a sort of DI box. It could be a pedal of any kind; a distoron pedal, chorus, echo, etc.
4) The best opon is, of course, to purchase a good quality Digital Audio Interf ace. There are sev - er al on the marke t made specically for Guitar for under $100. Look for a device with ASIO (audio stream input/output) drivers, which is an industry standar d and will work well with Re - V alver® MKIII.
Recor ding the Guitar with or without eects? Should you use hardwar e compressor s, distoron or other eects bef ore you recor d the signal? It is your personal pref erence. If you can’t live without “that special sound, “ then you should prob - ably recor d it that wa y .
W orking with ReV alver® MK III The tle module A t the top of the graphical int erface of the progr am is a module cont aining gener al setup funconal ity , including the Input volume +-16dB adjustment (with pre and post LED indica tors), Output volume -32dB adjustment (with post LED indicator).
Quality modes By pressing the gearwheel icon on the tle module you can select the Startup quality mode . The mix-down quality mode for ces 64-bit processing at 4x over sampling.
The Modules Complet e amps The modules in this category are int egrat ed preamps and power amps; thus, no module from the “preamp” or “power amp” categ ories is needed along with an “amp” in a ReV alver® MK III preset.
Module name = P eavey V alveKing® Descripon = A true tone monster in its own right, The V alveKing deliver s a tone ranging from bluesy clean to crunchy and classic rock. The amp has a built -in spring rev erb and separat e ton - est acks for the Clean and Lead channels.
Module name = Pea vey JSX® Descripon = Loaded with three independent channels and comprehensiv e tonal contr ol, the Joe Satriani signature JSX puts the full spectrum of Guitar tones at your ng.
Module name = Basic 100 Descripon = With one channel for Guitar and one for bass, this “100 wa ” amp has a lot of bo om and is fa vored for it ’ s clean tones. The Guitar and bass channels have di erent gain and tone stack s. The bass channel even has a “Deep” switch that shis the frequency response of the Bass knob.
Module name = Fo x ACS-45 Descripon = This amp has three channels, all running at the same me; a Normal, Brilliant and T remolo channel. The T one controls (Bass & T reble) only work on the Brilliant channel. The T one Cut control remo ves some high treble (on all channels), and works lik e a rev ersed presence contr ol.
Module name = ‘62 BluesMaker Descripon = Loosely based on a 1962 classic, this amp has 2 channels, normal and tremolo. The original amp did not have a “Drive” contr ol, but we put one here to modu late the distoron in the power amp.
Preamplier s A module from this category is pref erably placed befor e a module from the “power amp” categ o - r y. Module name = Pea vey 6505® preamp Descripon = The preamp from the 6505 amplier . All the tonal contr ol without the power amp secon.
Module name = Pre-HB Descripon = Simple preamp for clean and slightly over driven sounds. The preamp goes easily into over drive, but distorts gen tly and rela vely cleanly . Module name = Pre-02 Descripon = This preamp has 2 parallel channels: a triode tube path and a diode clipping path.
Module name = Basic 100 Guitar channel preamp Descripon = This is the Guitar channel preamp from the Basic 100. It is ra ther clean due to it ’ s dual 2 triodes, neither of which typically satur ates. Module name = ACM 900 preamp Descripon = This is the preamp secon from the ACM 900.
Po wer ampliers A module from this category is pref erably placed aer a module from the preamp categ ory . Module name = Pea vey 6505® power amp Descripon = The 4 x 6L6GC power amp secon from the Pea vey 6505 amplier .
Module name = M-998 Descripon = This simple power amp, uses 2 triodes in series for extr a gain, and also uses a pair of tonal charact er lter s, that can be tweak ed in the T weak GUI. Module name = Standar d Pow er Amp #2 Descripon = This power amp has a standard push-pull end stag e, but not driven by the usual Long T ail Pair (L TP).
Module name = Basic power amp Descripon = This power amp is tak en directly out of the Basic 100. Just like the original amp, the power secon has only a master contr ol. The Negav e Feedback Loop (NFB) shapes the distoron char acter , and can be adjusted in the T weak GUI.
Stomp box es / pedals A module from this category is usually placed bef ore an amp module. They are designed to shape the sound bef ore it is colored by the amp. Module name = OverDriver Descripon = This stomp box is wired somewhat lik e a Guitar amp, in that it uses 3 stag es of diode distoron.
Module name = Slow Grow SG-1 Descripon = An auto swell e ect tracks the notes you play and removes the transients to mak e the music sound lik e it ’ s being play ed backwar ds. Module name = Octapus Octa ver Descripon = Behind every grea t tone is another tone waing to come out.
Module name = The Sher ’ Descripon = The Sher ’ stomp pedal is a tough but versa le distoron e ect. Loosely modeled aer a 1980s-era cousin it ’ s perf ect for blues and rock either by itself or with a clean amp channel. Module name = Re-La y 2 delay Descripon = The Re-Lay 2 is a double delay with a lot of opons.
Module name = Driver Descripon = This is a very versa le stomp bo x that delivers anything from smooth overdriv e (with “Blues” turned up) to a heavily distort ed and overloaded sound (“Gain” and “Muer ” turned up high).
Module name = W ow-W ah! Descripon = A Wah pedal is a low-, high-, or band-pass lter with adjustable frequency . At the point of cut o , there is a peak with adjustable resonance, making the Guitar sound “waaaoooow - wwoooaaa” . The resonance has similaries with the human mouth, hence the name.
Speak ers / cabinets A module from this category is usually placed aer any amp module. Module name = Conv oluon speak er simulaon Descripon = This module uses real-me convoluon to mimic actual speak er and cabinet setups.
Gener al eects Module name = 8Q Descripon = An eight band parametric lter with adjust able frequency , gain and Q in seven types: high shelf , low shelf , high pass, low pass, band pass, notch and peak. Each band can be either a rs t order or second order IR lter .
Module name = ACS R2 Stereo Rev erb Descripon = Stereo reverb designed to be placed last in the chain to give ambience or width to the sound, with adjust able pre-dela y and room siz e. Three lter s can be progr ammed to shape the character of the wet signal.
Module name = Ster eo widening e ect Descripon = This module with combines ambience, ster eo widening and ex citer/ enhancer e ects to give your tone a wider , fuller sound with more presence.
Module name = CS3 T ube Compressor Descripon = A compressor is used to even the volume so that the lower levels do not com pletely disappear . Many music prof essionals believe that a tube compress.
Miscellaneous ulies Module name = Signal splier Descripon = The signal splier divides the signal into 2 streams. E ach runs in parallel using it ’ s own set of modules. In the “signal merg e” module, these two streams are mixed int o one signal again.
Module name = Ster eo Levels adjust Descripon = Same as “Leveler ” module, but with a contr ol knob for each channel. This ulity module can be inserted wherever you wish to monitor or change the volume levels. The module monitor s both the le & right channels.
Module name = Single tonestack Descripon = This module only cont ains one tone stack with Bass, Mid and T re ble knobs to adjust the lter aspects of any of the included tone st acks of ReV alver® MK III. (The Fo xy tonestack does not use the Mid knob.
T weaking modules One of the most powerful fea tures of ReV alver® MK III is the ability to tweak each parame ter of a module other than the usual knobs and buons on the fron t of the module. In an eort to explain the T weak mode in ReV alver , we’ve wrien some short explanaons of each tweak in the tube tw eak GUI.
The T otal Harmonic Distoron (THD) analyzer display s the relaonship between the input sound and the distort ed output sound. The Oscilloscope view illustra tes how a module alters the sine wa ve. It is av ailable for each module as a whole, and for any tube component thereof .
Y ou can save the Impulse Response (IR) of a module to a .w av le in 44.1 kHz stereo. The impulse response is praccally the same view as the frequency analyz er , but this tool allows you to save the response to disk.
The T ube Tw eak GUI One of the most powerful fea tures of ReV alver® MK III is the detail and number of parame ters that can be used to ne tune any tube circuit in a module. In the module’ s T weak GUI, click on a tube icon to bring up the tube T weak GUI.
On the tube T weak GUI, the editable paramet ers are divided into two groups, the Phy sical and the Non-Phy sical (which has no mean ing in reality but can be used to enhance the sonic properes, anyw ay). Depending on which tube you wish to tweak, you can choose between triodes or pentodes.
The coupling capacitor remo ves the high voltag e DC oset from the output si gnal of the tube st age. This high-pass frequency is usually between 5-10 Hz, but if it is set higher then a user can change the tonal and dynamic properes of the stage.
MIDI contr ol and automa on In the stand-alone ver sion, all knobs, fader s and buons can be controlled by MIDI. The VST and AU plug-in can be contr olled using nave automa on, but not all paramet ers can be automat ed.
Plug-in automation parameters T able 1: VST name AU name Description Ped Bass Distpedal Bass Distpedal Bass control Ped Mid Distpedal Mid Distpedal Mid control Ped Treb Distpedal Treble Distpedal Treb.
Plug-in automation parameters T able 1: VST name AU name Description Amp Out Power amp Output level Output adjust knob on amp or poweramp- module Pre Out Preamp Output level Output adjust knob on preamp module Finding a great sound: F AQ Q.
Q. I have some very cool Impulse Response (IR) les. Can I use them with ReV alver MK III? A. Y es. The speaker con voluon modeler (RIR) can load les in . wav forma t, provided they are reasonably short.
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