EQ Magazine - June 2008 - (Page 60)

Peavey’s 43 years of experience building tube amps has translated remarkably well into the digital world; ReValver MkIII could sweep the competition with its great tone and outstanding price. PRODUCT TYPE: Amp, cabinet, and effect modeling software. TARGET MARKET: Those who want an amp sim that comes as close as possible to the real thing. STRENGTHS: Amazingly lifelike tone. Massive tweak factor. Great price. LIMITATIONS: CPU-hungry. LIST PRICE: $299 CONTACT: www.peavey.com STUDIO DEVIL VIRTUAL GUITAR AMP You say you don’t have $300+ bills to drop for software that you will just use to sketch in some ideas when you are too lazy to mic your Marshall? No need—you’ll be amazed what you can get for under $100. Like Digi’s Eleven, the Studio Devil Virtual Guitar Amp offers only amp and cabinet models—but lists for way less. Why the difference? For starters, Studio Devil has only three generic amp types: Modern, British, and Classic (read Soldano, Marshall/Vox, and Fender). Each of these can be set to Lead, Crunch, or Clean, and Boosted or not. Gain, Tone (Treble, Bass, Middle, Presence), Power Amp Drive, and Noise Gate amount are all adjustable with virtual knobs. You have a choice of a combo cabinet, a stack sound, or a D.I. box—that’s it. Although the manual doesn’t mention “SHOW US YOUR LICKS” GUITAR RIG 3 GIVEAWAY! We want to hear what you’re doing with amp sims, and you want to win some cool software. Right? Right! So go to the “Letters to the Editor” thread in the EQ forums at www.musicplayer.com, and in the “Guitar Rig 3 Giveaway” topic, post links to your best material using guitar sims (please mention the guitar sim you’re using). We’ll listen to all of them, and pick the four that we like the most. Three runner-ups will receive a copy of Native Instruments’ acclaimed Guitar Rig 3, the multi award-winning guitar and bass solution for studio and stage with 12 amps, 23 cabinets, 4 rotary speakers, 9 mics, and 44 effects—including options you won’t find anywhere else. The first place winner will additionally receive the “Whether my recordings are analog or digital, I use ribbons to keep the signal as warm and real as possible . My Royer’s are all over everything I record guitars, drum overheads, trumpet, sax, even percussion and strings. They never get harsh or unnatural on the top end, and they find a home in the mix very easily.” Joe Chiccarelli (Producer/Engineer/ Mixer: The White Stripes, The Shins, Morrissey, Mika, Kurt Elling, Beck, U2 ) it, there are presets accessible through standard VST preset save/load functions— but not in the GUI of the software itself. It’s possible to get some really good sounds out of this budget product, but you won’t get the same dynamic response and richness as Eleven. The clean tones sound fine but the slight breakup area is where Studio Devil seems somewhat weak compared to the high-priced spread. The midrange-heavy Combo speaker setting stage-ready Rig Kontrol pedalboard with eight footswitches and a sturdy foot pedal; Rig Kontrol also doubles as a high-end audio and MIDI interface with exceptional sonic quality. So what are you waiting for?!? Amaze and delight us—you just might be a winner! Royer Ribbons 818.847.0121 s Burbank, CA. www.royerlabs.com EQ JUNE 2008 60 www.eqmag.com http://www.peavey.com http://www.musicplayer.com http://www.royerlabs.com http://www.royerlabs.com http://www.eqmag.com

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EQ Magazine - June 2008 Contents Talk Box Sounding Board 3 Doors Down, Hard-Fi, Paul Manousos Tool Box Panic at the Disco Guitar Trax Bass Management Key Issues Drum Heads Vocal Cords Mix Bus Cheat Sheet Cakewalk Projects Apple Loops Utility SSL Duende Mini JBL LSR4326/PAK & LSR4312SP Holophone H3-D Creation Audio Labs MW1 Studio Tool Amp Modeler Roundup Eventide Timefactor, Electro-Harmonix Stereo Pedals, Korg Pandora PX5D Room with a Vu: Blues Tunes Studios, Silverlake, CA

EQ Magazine - June 2008

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