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- Page 1 Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual Developed by Brainworx in partnership with Engl Limited and Distributed by Universal Audio.
- Page 2 Capable of both clean and gritty sounds, the Savage 120 has become a staple guitar amp to the Metal world, and is a particular favorite of Brainworx Owner Dirk Ulrich. It offers four channels of clean and overdriven tones, along with several shaping switches that allow in-depth customization of the character of your guitar sound.
- Page 3 Probably the most notable feature on the FX rack is the selection of speaker cabinet recording chains– a standard feature on all Brainworx amps that includes an array of impulse responses that were captured by using the amp with different combinations of boutique cabinets, microphones, and effects.
- Page 4 EQs, the sound just doesn´t translate to your recording. With the Engl Savage 120 you put an SM57 or a Neumann Gefell in front of the cabinet, use any decent preamp, and you will only need EQ to tweak the sound to your taste;...
- Page 5 Plug-in Manual Features The main applications for this plug-in are • Exacting emulation of the original legendary Engl Savage 120 Tube • Achieve exceptional-sounding electric guitar tracks at any volume Guitar Amp the legend of Engl product line. level, without the need for great-sounding rooms or expensive •...
- Page 6 Apollo interface. In • ON position (pushed in): Main Channel 2 (CRUNCH 2 or LEAD). order to do this, you should insert the Engl Savage 120 in the preamp insert position of Apollo’s Console application. This will greatly...
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Page 7: Main Channel
Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual Depth Boost A Main Channel 1 Boosts the bottom end at 80Hz at+ 6 dB in the power amp; this pushbutton is assigned to the PRESENCE A control. Input Sensitivity Input sensitivity for Main Channel 1 (CLEAN und CRUNCH 1). - Page 8 Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual Crunch 1 Gain Clean Volume Additional sensitivity control feature for the CRUNCH 1 mode; allows Volume control for the CLEAN channel. you to increase and decrease the signal level for the CRUNCH 1 (Light Crunch) and balance its Gain in relation to Main Channel 1‘s GAIN setting.
- Page 9 Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual • OFF position: boosts lower midrange (around 500 Hz). Main Channel 2 • ON position (pushed in): boosts upper midrange (from 1200 Hz Gain upwards) and cuts lower midrange. Input sensitivity control for the CRUNCH 2 (Heavy Crunch) and the Lead channels;...
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Page 10: Noise Gate
Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual Overdrive Type FX Rack Switches between two completely unique overdrive characteristics: Noise Gate • ROUGH: emphasis on high and low ends. • SMOOTH: emphasis on midrange, suppresses the gritty upper Closed frequencies; red LED above the switch denotes the SMOOTH mode When lit this LED indicates that the Noise Gate is CLOSED. - Page 11 Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual Range Tight Frequency Continuous knob, 0db to 100db. The output level of your amplifier With the TIGHT filter you can cut LOW frequencies of either the DI will be reduced or muted when the input signal is lower than the guitar signal (PRE) or the processed amp output (POST).
- Page 12 Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual Delay Tap* Use this parameter with your mouse to click with the groove of the We closely modelled a vintage delay stomp box to capture the song and the delay will adjust to your tapping automatically. This is a true essence of retro delay effects.
- Page 13 10%, heavier effect sounds may require settings of 50% or more. In the past two decades Brainworx owner Dirk Ulrich has produced and recorded with members of DREAM THEATER, TOTO, MICHAEL Feedback JACKSON, and with many more famous and infamous acts. The This controls the number of repeats.
- Page 14 Using this impressive setup Dirk has produced a huge variety of The external gear we used: customized ‘Recording Chains’ for the Engl Savage 120 amplifier, 1. Chain: The legendary German Telefunken V76 Preamp connected to which you can apply to your Plugin amp settings. Imagine a selection the Massenburg GML 8200 EQ...
- Page 15 Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual RC Info of them every single bar, every two bars or every four bars, depending The RC Info feature showing you exactly what kind of setup was used on your setting. to produce the Recording Chain you selected.
- Page 16 Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual Power Soak you may still use the internal Power Amp and speaker / REC CHAINS Controls the output volume. simulation and will be able to achieve amazing results recording your In the real world power soaks are being used to reduce the volume of guitar sounds without using an external Power Amp and speaker.
- Page 17 Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual Cabinets we used for the Recording Chains American 4x12 Mesa Boogie Rectifier® 4fb 280W 4x12 Vintage 30 The STANDARD Rectifier® 4x12 is the “oversized” 4x12, providing thundering low-end punch and resonance which is perfectly tuned with the smooth, tailored midrange and articulate, clear high-end.
- Page 18 Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual EnglISH 4x12 ORANGE 4x12 Cabinet: Marshall® 1960TV Lead 100W 4x12 Greenback G12M-25 Orange® PPC 212 closed-back 120W - 2x12 Celestion Vintage 30 The 1960TV is loaded with Celestion® G12M-25 Greenback speakers, speakers which are more forgiving than the 75 Watt Celestions used in the The 120W Orange Amplifiers PPC212-C guitar speaker cabinet is 1960A™;...
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Page 19: Top Toolbar
Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual Copy / Paste Top Toolbar To set up variations of similar sounds you don´t have to dial in all the Undo / Redo parameters several times. Let´s say you like your setting A and want to use the same sound, just without delay, as setting B. -
Page 20: Factory Presets
Engl Savage 120 Plug-in Manual that sounds closest to what you are looking for before altering the Factory Presets knobs. We have made a lot of presets for the Savage 120 amp plugin, many • Once you found the Recording Chain you like best for your sound,... - Page 21 Plug in, Rock out! - www.brainworx-music.de...
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