Hello and welcome back to the channel. for this episode i thought we would take
a look at the guitar amp sim effect that is built into the behringer xr18 the x32...
and the midas version of these consoles. most people are going to use it in one
of three ways for live use- in place of carrying an amp,
as a backup plan in case the amp would fail at a gig, or for recording. so it is
for these ways that i will be demonstrating it in this video. i'll run
through the routing. i'll go through the general settings and
what they do... and i'll also call up some presets i've
created myself for crunch guitar, semi-clean guitar, and bass guitar.
i'll start with an initialized console in the x air edit software,
choose the dual version of the sim.
whether with the xr18 or the x32 you'll want to insert the guitar effects
simulator for these purposes. insert and enable.
make sure to highlight the button. the xr18 has high impedance inputs on
channel 1 and channel 2, so i'll use channel 1 to connect the guitar.
if you're using a di then it doesn't matter what channel you use.
if you have another guitarist or bassist that will be using the sim as well then
they can choose another channel and have an entirely independent guitar amp sim,
since we chose the dual version.
now, let's go to the channel and set our gain.
we want the meter to read around -18 dbfs on average.
adjust the gain control until the meter is in the ballpark.
okay, so here are the default settings on the guitar amp sim.
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master volume down and pre-amp up is where we first get some break up and
natural distortion.
you can toggle the cabinet simulator on and off.
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typically on an amp simulator the cabinet sim will make an amp sound
smoother.
we have buzz. [Music]
next is punch. [Music]
then crunch. [Music]
then drive.
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the next two are pretty obvious lows, bass eq
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okay, so let's load my crunch preset and run through some chords.
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let's switch to my semi-clean setting.
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let's add a little reverb here.
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there's even enough variety to use this amp sim effect for bass guitar as well.
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i've uploaded all of these presets to the patreon page.
if you're using this effect for recording purposes and individual tracks
you'll likely want to go into the routing section,
in / out, to usb sends on the xr18.
normally you take your signal just after the console preamp.
in this case you'll want to tap the signal later to actually capture the
guitar amp sim in your DAW since the amp sim is inserted after that default point.
right click on the guitar channel in the grid to get your choices.
you can also see the key explaining your choices (options) below the grid.
i'll choose post eq but it could have been pre-eq.
it depends on whether you want to use and capture the channel strip eq during
the recording of the individual track. if you need more information about using
and routing effects in the xr18 and the mr18 then click this link.
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other videos, and i will see you next time!
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