Greetings.
My name is Ian Vargo and I am with The Pro Audio Files.
Today I am going to be showing you how I use some of those really great amp simulator plug-ins
that have been released by Universal Audio.
So let's start with the signal chain right here.
We've got my guitar coming right out of this and going into this MXR Dynacon which is just
a really great guitar compressor pedal.
From there, I'm going into the second hi-z input of my Universal Audio Apollo, and we
can see that signal is showing up...
[electric guitar]
Right here.
Okay?
So I did add about 5dB of gain, because by the time we reach Pro Tools, I found the standard
10dB was a little bit quiet.
So we're at about 15dB.
A healthy level.
What we want next is to insert one of our amp simulator plug-ins.
So let's go to guitar and bass, and I chose this ENGL E765RT.
[distorted guitar]
I was looking for like, an Arena Rock, Anthem Rock, 80's type sound, and even with my tube
amp that I own, which is a great amplifier, I just couldn't quite nail the sound.
But this ENGL really did the trick.
So let's go to presets.
I like this one.
And now...
[guitar playing]
We can hear it.
Okay, so we've a couple options from here.
We can choose to only listen to the effect, auditioning it, but not printing it or committing
to Pro Tools.
This is great if you want to get inspired by a sound, but you don't necessarily want
to commit to that sound.
So by the time it's recorded, it will be the clean signal, and we can place an amp simulator
or a similar plug-in after the fact.
Let's try that first, okay?
So what you want is to make sure that you are in UAD Mon mode.
UAD Monitor mode.
This is a global control over here.
You can select individual channels if you want.
This is for if you want to commit the track.
This again is if you don't want to commit the sound.
Okay?
So let's go back to Pro Tools and let's give it a shot.
[recording guitar]
Okay.
So let's listen to what we've got.
[DI guitar]
Okay, so it's just the direct signal.
So now, in Pro Tools, I'm going to go and insert Universal Audio.
Let's find the ENGL plug-in.
And we can go back and choose that exact setting that we liked, and it will now be applied
to the direct signal.
Essentially, sounding the same.
[guitar with UAD ENGL emulation, then mix]
Okay.
Sounds pretty good.
Let's do a new playlist.
Let's go back into the console, and let's now go
into record mode.
Let's select the global control UAD record and let's see what happens here.
We'll go back to Pro Tools...
[mix, recording guitar]
Okay.
Now what we have is committed that effect.
[guitar playback, followed by mix playback]
Alright!
I hope this has been helpful.
We have a lot of options in terms of routing and flexibility when using the console application.
If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch.
Again, this has been Ian Vargo with The Pro Audio Files.
Thanks.