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Congratulations on choosing our BG Extasy Modern Tube Guitar Amplifier. This plugin is meticulously modelled on the Bogner Ecstasy* 101B head guitar amplifier. Nembrini Audio has carefully reproduced the incredible tone and versatility of this famous boutique guitar amplifier, being one of the most desirable guitar amps on the market today.
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BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER Front Panel 1 - Sound Style: This control is a pentode/triode emulation selector. In the “new” position, the power section is opera- ting in pentode, which means all elements within the power tubes are working. In the “old” or Triode mode only 3 out of 5 elements within each modelled tube are working.
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BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER Front Panel 1 - Vol.1: This controls the channel 1 level. 2 - Treble/Middle/Bass Ch1: This section controls the equalization of ch1. 3 - Gain 1: This controls the channel 1 gain. 4 - Gain Boost Ch1: This control engages the boost gain on channel 1. 5 - Pre EQ Ch1: This controls the pre equalization section.
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BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER Front Panel 1 - Vol. 2/3: This controls the channels 2/3 levels. 2 - Plexi Mode: This controls the “plexi” mode on channels 2/3. The ”plexi” channel is voiced to please players who love that wide open 60’s British sound. Plexi is a lower gain chan- nel than Lead.
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BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER 1 - Cabinet - Impulse Loader button: opens and closes the Cabinet - Impulse Loader panel...
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BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER Cabinet - Impulse Loader panel 1 - Recording Chain Mode: these three buttons switch between the included cabinet/recording chain emulation, the Impulse Loader and the complete bypass of the entire cabinet/recording chain section. The Cleaner (2), Noise Gate (3) and Levels (4) sections are always active in all the three Cabinet Modes.
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BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER 2 - Cleaner: this filter section has been added to our BG Extasy to clear your tone Rumbling: reduces the low frequency content Harsh: reduces the high frequency content 3 - Noise Gate: allows you to eliminate the noise produced by the large amount of gain Power: activates the Noise Gate circuit Threshold: defines the level where the gate is activated Range: selects the quantity of noise reduction...
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BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER Cabinet MODE 1 - Cabinet: you can choose between six selected cabinet emulations: 1- BG 4x12 UBERCAB: based on Bogner Ubercab* 4x12 with 2 Celestion* V30 and 2 G12T-75 speakers 2- MB RECT 4x12 V30: based on Mesa Boogie* Rectifier 4x12 with Celestion* Vintage 30 speakers 3- ORANGE 4x12 V30: based on Orange* 4×12 with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers 4- SLD 4x12 LEGEND: based on Soldano* 412B 4x12 with Eminence* Legend V12s 5- BG 2x12 V30: based on Bogner* 2x12 with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers...
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BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER 2 - Mic 1 and Mic 2 settings: You can use 2 virtual microphones for your amp recording chain and select between 4 different models, select between On or Off Axis postions, change the Position and Distance. The emulated microphone are: 1 - DYNAMIC 57: based on popular Shure* SM-57 dynamic microphone 2 - RIBBON 121: based on modern Royer Labs* R-121 ribbon microphone...
BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER STUDIO REVERB 1 - PAN: Manages the distribution of the reverb signal into a new stereo sound field. 2 - DECAY: Adjust the time required for the reflections (reverberation) to die away. 1 3 - LOW CUT: This controls the frequency of the reverb high pass filter. 4 - HIGH CUT: This controls the frequency of the reverb low pass filter.
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BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER IMPULSES MODE The Nembrini Audio Impulses Loader lets you load up to three 3rd-party impulse responses and blend them together. The following settings are available for each of the three loaded IRs: 1 - Empty button: unloads the current IR 2 - Browse button: opens an explorer window to select a folder and shows you the contained wav files in the adja- cent display (5).
BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER 4 - IR controls: you can change the volume, pan, phase of each IR and Solo or Mute it 5 - Browse/Preview display: in this display you can browse your favorite IRs or preview the resulting IR waveform BYPASS MODE In this mode the whole cabinet / recording chain section and impulses loader are completely bypassed, letting you use your favorite impulse loader or your real power amplifier and speaker system with...
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BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER The Toolbars 4 5 4 Top Toolbar 1 - Open the manual and the information about the plugin. 2 - + and - buttons allow you to scroll through the presets. 3 - Undo/Redo changes made to the parameters of the plugin at any time. 4 - With A/B banks, it is possible to compare two different settings in an easy way.
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BG EXTASY MODERN TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER 1 - Shows you the active preset. Click on the label to see the preset list. 2 - Allows you to override the current selected preset. 3 - Save the current selected preset as a new preset with a name of your choice. 4 - Delete the selected preset.
* Please note that all marks and models are all trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Nembrini Audio. These marks and names are used solely for the purpose of describing certain tones produced using Nembrini Audio’s modeling...
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