hi I'm Jack from Audion I'm here today
with guitarist Bruce and we're going to
be talking you through our new amp
modeling audio interface Sonic
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we wanted to create the perfect audio
interface for guitarists so we've taken
our recording console technology and
partnered with two notes who are known
for making some of the world's best cab
simulations and we put it all into one
product and created the perfect guitar
channel so let's take a quick look
through sano and all its features and
then we'll get into some playing and
some sound examples so on the unit we've
got all the standard audio interface
features we've got two audio and contour
mic pries and these come from our large
format console the asp air 2 for they
sound great they're nice and clean and
they'll pretty much work on any source
you're recording we move over to here
and we've got the or speaker outputs so
if you've got this hooked up in your
studio you can just attach your monitors
to that and control the volume of this
we've also got the headphone out which
works as expected you plug your
headphones in the front and then you'll
turn up turn your volume of this we've
also got the monitor mix which will let
you get latency free playback so you can
turn it from here to listen to your
sound and computer in the guitar channel
we've actually got a 12 X 7 valve just
like you'd have in a classic valve and
and that's going to give you your real
warm analog tones straight in the box
and then that goes through into our EQ
and we've got a bass mid and treble
frequency which you can cut and boost
you know depending on what sound you're
after down on this bottom section we've
got our input which you can imagine like
the gain on a valve amp can turn it up
or down depending on how much gain you
want to get and then moving on we've got
the drive stage here and this controls
the power amp stage within the - note
software and you can turn that up or
down depending on how much drive you
want to get from the power amp but we'll
touch more on that later when we go
through the software we've got our
output which is just effectively your
master volume going into the cab and
then lastly we've got this cab button
which you can store three cabs onboard
and then by pressing this you can just
switch between them and get three
different amp sounds straight in Sonic
so now we're gonna have a look through
the to note software this is used to
tweak and change all the different cab
sounds which you can then store onto
sano and switch between them when you're
practicing at home in the studio whether
you've got the computer attached or
whether you've just got on your coffee
table and you're just plugging in for
practicing but on the software we've got
the three kind of main sections we've
got the room the amp and the microphone
we've then got the power amp section
which you control on Sonic and then
we've got our microphone positioning and
tone controls within the software so if
we kind of start to shaper clean we got
this two by twelve setup so you must
hear how that sounds
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really got that can feel and hear that
that valve warmth yes that's in there
exactly yeah
so if we kind of wanted to change the
sound around a bit and maybe we weren't
looking for a 2-byte as well so maybe
we're looking for something a bit
smaller yeah because we can have a look
through the the one-way valves mm-hmm so
Sano comes with a range of different
cabs that we've kind of set up for you
ones that we think are probably the best
ones to get you started of course you
can always purchase more on the two
nights store and they've got literally
everything you can imagine to get more
into the specific genres so maybe if we
have a look at a 1 by 12 you can really
kind of
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a little bit more a little bit more
punch here yeah we've just looked at two
different amps there and when I was
playing around with this and kind of
experimenting with the different tones
and getting a sense of the possibilities
within the software you can hear that
that quality how different how subtle
yeah and how genuine all of these these
different emulations are so we can have
a look through the software hmm we got
we got 1 by 12 setup in in Studio a at
the moment it might kind of close so
you're not really hearing much for the
room I mean it's a great clean sound as
it is but if we go through we have we
have a look through different rooms and
kind of get a sense of of how the M
sounds in the different rooms yeah let's
try it out so we're in studio a at the
moment and you'll be able to hear the
different kind of sounds as I swap
through the different rooms
you're stood at basement bigger more
than they are in live
you
and now she has a lot better
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and finally the cathedral which is
ridiculous yeah this giant definitely
the biggest reverb that we go yet
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back into the studio yeah I mean I think
we've got a pretty decent clean tone
going on so like I say you can tweak
pretty much anything you know to do with
the am the mic positioning and then you
can store that on the sanno
and then you're pretty much ready to
take that absolutely not just a practice
maybe you don't have the computer and
same river sana you want to take your
tear it's your bedroom or somewhere else
and this or you know if you have to send
your home studio then you're pretty much
ready to plug into your computer and get
recording and you've got a great great
tone you just straighten the bar yeah
should we should we try storing tone and
switching between different some
different rooms yeah sure yeah okay so
we've got I wanted to move between clean
rhythm yeah that I've kind of been doing
that yeah and then jumping to a little
bit more punchy lead sound yeah I would
put over the top of this so we've got
for our clean town we've got we got a
fender type amp fender vibrate v first
this is what we were using in the moment
yeah yeah with a high five microphone on
that in studio a you know you can hear
bits to room in there and then we switch
between a go on to B now we've got an AC
30 Studio B mics a bit close to see you
not hear so much of a sound but already
that's you know
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maybe if we if we get a little bit more
distance on the mic here yeah so I've
got a bit more reverb on my lead time
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probably some more get some more on
there maybe guards around two o'clock I
think probably needs a bit of a break up
in there I mean when you're really
digging it you can probably even get a
bit higher than that bring it on nicely
to our drive stage yeah so what this is
doing is this is controlling the power
amp within two notes so like you would
have on a regular valve amp you turn up
the gain it starts to break up so as we
turn it up on here in two notes it
starts to break up and you get that nice
kind of analog warmth that you would
expect really so now we able can we
switch between that restore this as a
preset between this and the lead and I
see only ambition sound so we've got
this as our kind of like we kind of
leave that I would I would probably put
over the top of that a clean sound that
we had going and then we go back onto a
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so back to here and now around that
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beautiful and obviously this is a great
base you've got your great amp sound you
know and maybe you've got your own pedal
board at home if you've got one or to
achieve scream and maybe something that
it gives you a good base to kind of
start building your own yeah sound
interesting that you mentioned tube
screamer yeah well we have one right
here so yeah what we can do is we can
you know have a play through this and
turn on some of the pedals and see what
kind of sounds we can get out there and
then you know you can really kind of
craft your own sound yeah through the
two notes yeah I mean I think this is
what's you know another element of this
that's so appealing for people that
practice perform records is that with
this cab emulation software you're
looking at really getting a sort of
fundamental tone stored within sano and
experimenting with it and then you know
any any other of what you would consider
your signature sound you can you can run
through your own pedal rap yeah and you
know the idea for me of not having to
lug my four by twelve cab to a gig and
be able to just take a small box like
that go into the PA bring my pedal board
yeah as a dream and I think the fact
that not only do I not need to take care
but I can bring three cabs yep exactly
and three room yeah yeah yeah so like
with that with the drive that we've got
on there we're to amplify even further
you know we've still got a little bit
heavier yeah exactly
and then if we if we jump onto like a
four by 12 you know something that looks
like air a marshal yeah
well yeah there's a Messer I'll jump
onto the bridge pickup in
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kind of answering rock territory and
that's that's just straight through solo
drive stages all the way up you know
that's just going through mmm the guitar
and another unit itself and you're
getting all that that breakup all that
kind of rot goodness cool the fact that
we've you get that fundamental basis
yeah you can transport so easily and
it's probably like you leave them the
most important part of your time I mean
you've got the guitar we see that's
gonna be a massive part of how how it
sounds but the next thing most important
thing is going to be the tap you know
that's what the sound is coming out so
having really decent cab emulation from
two notes is setting you up for an
amazing sound straight out of the box so
shall we take this sort of nice
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Riven Bluestone yeah if we add a little
bit of cheap scream Jana alright chief
screamer is on nice where we drive it
about right at 12 o'clock
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you can still hear you've got the same
total quality underneath is actually the
fundamental you know Meza cap
so as you can see it's taking us hardly
any time at all to die up through really
decent and different sounds we could
spend all day tweaking them but I think
it'll be a good idea if we had look at
some of the recording features so
obviously if you're just wanting to get
a mazing guitar tone like we've got you
can just plug your guitar straight in
and then start recording into your door
it's important for people to understand
that the changes that we're making to
the sound are within the interface yeah
they're all all real-time yeah so you
know you're gonna eliminate all those
problems that you get when you're
playing through a plug-in and you're
getting that latency and it's not really
feeling right there's nothing worse than
just playing along to a clean di sound
while you're recording a rock track
you've got you know you know we just all
shaking yeah exactly yeah you know
that's one way you can just get amazing
guitar recordings straight out the box
but as well as that obviously we've got
the two mic freeze on the unit itself so
maybe if you're a singer-songwriter you
could plug a microphone in plug your
guitar in as well and then you know
track a live session and obviously
you're getting audio console Mike reason
there so they're gonna sound you know
really clean really versatile and you
know it's not just limited to recording
vocals obviously you can plug in
microphones to mic up your guitar cabs
and you can whack it sm57 on there and
you know get your own tones out of that
obviously if you're going through the to
night stuff anyway you know that might
not be necessary so another great thing
as well is like I say if you do have an
amp already we've got a real output on
this so as you're recording the two
notes processing into your door you can
also simultaneously record a completely
clean di so this is really handy if like
to say you've got your own amp you can
plug in straight through the reamp
plugging into your amp input and then
play back what you've just recorded
through your own amp with some mic setup
and you've got you know maybe a
completely different tone which you can
then use to stack with your to note
stuff or you know use on its own or you
know you don't necessarily even to do
that if you've already got amazing tones
through the do that software anyway yeah
and I think you know
another element to this that this is all
giving you options and the the
opportunity to experiment with this huge
range of sounds that are here but it
doesn't take away in any way anybody
that just wants to use it as an
interface yeah to reamp it if you if you
really want the sound of your own amp
you've just got the option of the
fundamental differences in in tone yeah
as well as a great interface anyway so
Bruce I know that obviously you you've
been impaired in the past it's busy
something like this would obviously come
in pretty handy theme if you just wanted
to record some tracks for your bands
whether it was for demos or you know to
just send them your ideas but you know
even if you wanted to record a whole
band yourself it's perfect for that
because you got two channels of the
audience console mic pretty easy but as
well as this you can expand up to eight
more channels so you get ten channels
overall so you can plug in an 8 channel
mic pre and then you know you're ready
to record drums or you know a live band
performance all the things you'd need
really to record a band as well as get
an amazing guitar tone you know it just
in this one box yeah yeah I think the
versatility of this and how so many of
those challenges that you come up
against when you trying to record
together as a group and you've only got
a few channels on an interface to be
able to take another 8 into here yeah
you know to record keys guitar stick a
bass through there as well maybe even
some percussion and if you got enough
space a whole drum kit yeah is that
we've cover it it's it's just another
string to the boat yeah have you already
weld strings boat that we have here yeah
in that a very well thing boat so as you
can see sano is pretty much the perfect
audio interface if you're a guitarist or
an engineer and musician if you're just
recording or if you're practicing or
take it on the road and playing live it
really does do everything if you want to
find out more information then you can
check out online at audience comm /a
sonic
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